Link Securities) | Telefónica (TEF) and Vodafone have reached a strategic agreement with Meta (META-US) for the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to reduce its data consumption. Meta has implemented a new encoding in its videos that allows it to reduce its traffic by 20%.
Morgan Stanley | Following a road show with the company’s management team in NY, Ross Law (analyst) reiterates his investment thesis: despite near-term headwinds, he believes the medium-term growth outlook remains attractive (5Y EPS of €23-28 and a mid-teens FCF CAGR). As such, with the stock trading near cycle lows (9x MSe FY3 EV/EBIT) Ross reiterates Overweight (OW). More specifically, the analyst highlights that: a) engine supply has not fully…
Link Securities | OHLA (OHLA) continues to boost its portfolio in Europe after being awarded a contract by the Swedish Transport Agency (Trafikverket) for a new railway project worth €160 million. Specifically, the company will carry out improvements to the Ostlänken railway line in Gerstaberg, 80 kilometres south of Stockholm, and will undertake the start of the new high-speed railway line linking this city and Norrköping. This infrastructure will be…
Link Securities | The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed on Tuesday the reduction in crude oil production due to a blockade by protests at the Sharara oil field, the most important in Libya operated by the Spanish company Repsol (REP), as elEconomista reported. The social leader of the Libyan region of Fezán, Bashir Sheikh, who has claimed responsibility for blockades in the past, disassociated himself two days ago from…
Link Securities | British private equity fund Marshall Wace has increased its bearish bet on Telefónica (TEF) to 1.21% from 1.12%, according to Bolsamania.com. Never before has Marshall Wace had such a large bearish position. According to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the bearish fund first took a short position of 0.5% in April 2024, but has been increasing in recent weeks. Marshall Wace’s entry coincides with the increase…
Intermoney | Indra (IDR) has acquired the Deimos company from Elecnor, a subsidiary specialised in the development of space missions and satellite integration, according to several media. It has subsidiaries in the UK, Portugal, Italy and Romania. The price has not been made public, but could be in the region of €20-25 million, according to the press. Deimos has a strong position with space institutions, participating in national and European…
Bankinter | Telefónica is buying frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band , which is the standard for the bulk of 5G traffic, from Masorange. Both companies have submitted the formal request for the transfer to the Ministry of Digital Transformation. Opinion of Bankinter’s analysis team: The sale of frequencies by Masorange falls under the “remedies” or conditions imposed by the EC for the authorisation of the merger between Orange and…
Link Securities | The world’s major rating agencies have given the go-ahead to Iberdrola ‘s (IBE) biggest deal in recent years. Standard & Poors (S&P), Fitch and Moody’s estimate that the acquisition of 88% of British grid operator Electricity North West (ENW) for around €5 billion will improve the electricity company’s earnings structure, elEconomista reported on Tuesday. S&P expects ENW to contribute €500 million annually to IBE’s EBITDA (+3.5% versus…
Link Securities | Renfe has announced that it will ask Talgo (TLGO) for financial compensation for the “serious technical incidents” that the new Avril (S106) trains are experiencing after their debut last May on Spanish tracks and after accumulating years of delays in their delivery, as reported on Tuesday by Europa Press. Specifically, an Avlo train travelling from Valencia Joaquín Sorolla to Madrid Chamartín Clara Campoamor suffered a breakdown in…
Intermoney | As reported Tuesday by the company, Sacyr (SCYR) (Buy, PO €4.4) has been awarded the concession of the Northern Airport Network of Chile, which includes the airports of Atacama and Antofagasta. The consortium is made up of Sacyr Concesiones (70%) and Cointer (30%). The contract covers the operation and expansion of the two terminals of both airports. The concession foresees an investment of approx. €266 million and has…