Renta 4 | Iberdrola would have reached an agreement with Axa for the development of four offshore wind farms in France, with a total of 1.750MW. Via the agreement, the French firm would have a minority stake in the event the projects are awarded to Iberdrola in the auctions expected to take place in 2023. The implementation is planned for 2030. Valuation: This is a repeat of the strategy of…
Morgan Stanley | For the time being, the results season in Europe highlights the following: A strong quarter in terms of revenues, with 59% (in net) of companies beating consensus.The level of EPS beating is healthy, with 22% of companies beating consensus (in net).By size, the big caps are showing better trends in EPS, similar to that seen in Q2’22.The negative bias impact remains: -142bps of relative performance in the…
The deployment of 20,000 recharging points in large supermarkets that the Government has demanded of the distribution companies as of 1 January is doomed to failure. “There is no technical capacity for it, it is absolutely impossible”, all the large companies in the sector are practically unanimous in their assurances, according to the newspaper El Economista. Overall, and at most, according to their estimates, it will be possible to reach…
Renta 4 | Saudi Arabia will extend the contract it has with Talgo for the supply of very-high-speed trains, according to press reports. The possible new contract would cover the supply of 20 new very-high-speed trains for an amount close to 800 million euros. Valuation: If this news is confirmed, we would value it very positively. The amount of the contract would double the firm’s current manufacturing portfolio of around725…
The Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) on Monday authorised Siemens Energy’s takeover bid for the 32.9% of its subsidiary Siemens Gamesa that it does not yet control. Siemens Energy is offering 18.05 euros per share in its takeover bid for Siemens Gamesa, presented on 31 May and admitted for processing on 16 June, which values the company at 12,294 million euros, meaning that it would pay 4,048 million euros…
Bankinter | Indra has bought Selex’s air traffic control business in the US. With this acquisition, the Spanish company, already one of the leaders in European air traffic control business, has now positioned itself in the US market. No details are yet known on the price of the transaction, but it is expected it will be completed in Q1 2023, once the relevant regulatory approval has been obtained. Analysts team’s…
Intermoney | Acciona (Buy, T.P. 245 euros/share) and its partner in the Ghella consortium have handed over to the Norwegian authorities the biggest railway tunnel in the Nordic countries. The 1 billion euros contract for the project was awarded in 2015. The works included the design and construction of the twin tunnels for high speed railway lines of the Follo Line project, the biggest transport initiative developed in Norway up…
IEA (*) | The global energy crisis, which will weigh heavily on negotiations at the COP27 Climate Change Conference that starts next week in Egypt, is also undermining efforts to ensure universal access to secure affordable energy, especially in the developing world where populations without access to electricity are once again growing. According to the latest IEA data, the number of people around the world who live without electricity is…
The ifo Institute has called for a show of unity toward China. In recent years, the trade imbalance between Germany and China has tipped significantly in China’s favor, but the same is not true for EU-China trade relations, according to an ifo study. “For this reason, it is questionable whether Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip to China will on its own be enough to send the right message. It would have…
Matt Christensen (Allianz GI) | The COP27 climate summit takes place in Egypt in November, providing a check-in on global progress towards net zero in a year dominated by economic and geopolitical pressures. There are reasons to be optimistic. • The focus of this year’s COP27 is on “delivery” after an eventful year that has also revealed the flaws in our existing energy mix• The financial sector will be in…