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Meliá

Ibex, Spanish economy 20th June 2022

Meliá forecasts closing 2022 with Ebitda of over €400 M; expects to recover pre-Covid revenues in 2023

Bankinter | Meliá has offered some guidelines for the next few years, for the first time since the pandemic. It will recover pre-Covid revenue levels in 2023, with an improvement in margins of 300 bp from 2024. This clearly beats our estimates. The CEO of Meliá forecasts closing 2022 with EBITDA of over 400 million euros, excluding capital gains. In 2023, the group will recover pre-Covid revenues (1.8 billion euros…

Aena

Ibex, In Spain, Spanish economy 16th June 2022

Eurocontrol’s estimates are in line with those of Aena; sees 2024 air traffic +3% pre-Covid

Intermoney | The latest estimate from the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) flags that air traffic in Spain will recover pre-Covid levels in 2024, a year, in fact, in which they would be 3% higher than in 2019, according to the daily Expansion. This would partly be in contrast with other markets like Italy and the UK (+2%) and particularly Germany, which would remain slightly below…

Fluidra

Ibex, In Spain 13th June 2022

Fluidra will fully control Hungarian firm Kerex after buying 73,2% for €4,5 M

Intermoney | Fluidra has informed the Stock Market Regulator (CNMV) that it will fully control Hungarian firm Kerex after buying 73,2% for 4,5 million euros. The transaction is expected to be closed in September 2022. This is after the usual suspensory conditions in this kind of deal have been met, and provided there is no material adverse change which negatively and significantly affects Kerex between the Signing and the Close…

Inditex

Ibex, Spanish economy 13th June 2022

Inditex: recent progress encourages a recovery of confidence unblocking the stock in the short-term

CdM |Inditex (ITX)’s first quarter results released on Wednesday beat expectations; the net profit figure reflects the provision for the suspension of activity in Russia and the Ukraine. Main figures compared with Bloomberg consensus: Sales 6.742 billion euros (+36.4%) vs 6.237 billion expected. Gross Margin 4.054 billion euros (+36.9%) vs 3.713 billion (e). This means a margin of 60.1% vs 59.9% in Q1 2021 and 59.5% expected. EBITDA 1.917 billion…

repsolatardecer

Companies, Ibex, In Spain 9th June 2022

Repsol will decide this Thursday whether to sell 25% of Repsol Renovables (total worth some €3.500 B)

Norbolsa | This Thursday Repsol’s board will decide on whether it will sell 25% of Repsol Renovables, according to online daily El Confidencial. Possible favourites could be Prédica (a subsidiary of Credit Agricole) and Swiss fund Energy Infrastructure Partners. A valuation of 3.5 billion euros has been suggested for 100% of Repsol’s renewable arm. We recall that a few days ago press reports flagged the possibility that Repsol was studying…

siemens gamesa

Ibex 18th May 2021

What If Siemens Energy Wants To Eat Up Siemens Gamesa?

Bankinter | For weeks, financial circles have been hovering around the idea of the German giant taking full control of the subsidiary. The market is speculating on a possible stock market exclusion of Siemens Gamesa, in which it currently holds a 67% stake, according to Expansion. As said by the same sources, the CEO of Siemens Energy commented that “it is not currently on its agenda”. The remaining 33% of the capital would represent at market prices some 5.833 billion euros.

ACS Euston station

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 12th May 2021

ACS Is Awarded The Construction Of A ‘Green’ Railway Station In The UK For €660 M

ACS has been won, in consortium with the British company Mace, a contract valued at €660 M for the construction of a new high-speed train station in Birmingham (United Kingdom), which will not produce any polluting emissions once it comes into operation. Ferrovial is also present in HS2 after it took a 15% stake in the consortium led by France’s Eiffage in April last year, which has been awarded the construction of one of the sections of the line, a contract worth around €2.6 Bn.

Caixabank

Ibex 22nd April 2021

The Restructuring Of Caixabank Could Lead To The Largest Redundancy Scheme In The History Of Spanish Banking Sector

The Catalan bank has informed the trade unions of the adjustment resulting from the merger with Bankia. The plan, in principle, includes the lay-off of 8,291 workers, 18% of the group’s workforce in our country, although the final figure could be lower depending on the negotiations that began last week. Until now, the most significant restructuring plan in the Spanish financial industry was carried out by Bankia in 2013 and affected 4,500 workers.

ACS signs €10 billion contract for the purchase of Abertis with Atlantia

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 9th April 2021

ACS Shows Atlantia Its Interest In Italian Motorways: Offers €10 Bn for Autostrade

Corporate activity in Spain is gaining momentum with ACS’s offer to buy the Italian concessionary group ASPI (Autostrade per l’a Italia) from its partner Atlantia. ASPI has 3,000 kilometres of toll roads. The aim is to create a giant in the concessions business, with the union of Autostrade and its subsidiary Abertis, and ACS would be willing to make the purchase in the company of other investors – there is talk of the Italian group CDP. The offer would be for 10 billion euros, exceeding that presented by the Italian public bank CDP, which has the backing of the Italian government, and the funds Blackstone and Macquarie.

Ferrovial Texas

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 7th April 2021

Ferrovial Gains Ground In Its US Talisman State With A €1.275 Bn Deal, Ahead Of Biden’s Investment Plan

The Spanish construction group has been awarded one of the largest road contracts of the year in the US to expand the I-35 interstate highway in Texas, with a budget that means 20% of the group’s total 2020 revenues. Ferrovial was chosen in 2005 as a strategic partner of the Texas government to design and build the TT Corridor 35. Furthermore, this US state is one of the Group’s largest markets given that its three largest consolidated concessions globally are located there.