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The Corner has a team of on-the-ground reporters in capital cities ranging from New York to Beijing. Their stories are edited by the teams at the Spanish magazine Consejeros (for members of companies’ boards of directors) and at the stock market news site Consenso Del Mercado (market consensus). They have worked in economics and communication for over 25 years.

Neinor Homes

Small & Mid Caps: Neinor Homes, Hitting bottom

Sabadell | Neinor 8 April´s profit warning was undoubtedly a bucket of cold water, not just because it was unexpected (the consensus expected a lowering of targets), but also because of the scale of the cut (-50% of the Ebitda accumulated in 2019 and 2020). In this note we downgrade our objective price 13% to 13.86 euros/share because of the delay in the delivery plan and because of more conservative profitability hypotheses in the long term. Despite the cut in our O.P. we continue to see value in the share and maintain or recommendation of BUY.





gamesa siemens

Siemens Gamesa earns 49 M€ (+40%): strong entry of orders, but pressure remains on onshore

Renta 4 | Siemens Gamesa (SGRE) has closed the first quarter of the year (Q119) with an increase of 40% in net income, up to 49 M€, between January and March 2019, which for Siemens is the second in their financial year. The company has earned 49 M€. Operational income remains at 178 M€, in line with expectations, even if with a fall of 6% compared to last year.

 


Cellnex buys El Corte Inglés' antenna business for € 70M

Cellnex records +11% growth in Q1 2019

Spanish Cellnex Telecom has presented its 20191Q results. Revenue amounted to € 241 million (+11%) and EBITDA was € 159 million (+11%). The net result closed neutral at € 0 million compared to losses of 37 million in the first quarter of 2018, according to the firm.


NH Hotels: interesting, but expensive compared to rivals

NH Hotels: Interesting, But Expensive Compared To Rivals

José Benito de Vega | Following the sharp fall compared to the Ibex 35 in the last two months of 2018 (-26% in November/December 2018 compared to the -4% of the Ibex 35), NH has performed relatively positively so far in 2019, with a rise of 22% compared to the 12% of the Ibex 35.


tecnicas reunidas

Middle East represents 70% of Tecnicas Reunidas projects

Alphavalue | Even if the battle between Chevron and Occidental for Anadarko serves to remind us that financial discipline and oil and gas rarely go together, it remains far from its 2014 heights. The companies integrated in Tecnicas Reunidas have drastically restructures their cost basis in the last five years, to the consternation of the oil services sector.