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Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 8th December 2022

Iberdrola restructures debt: sees 47 B euros investment in 2023-2025; hikes weighting of development banks

Bankinter |Iberdrola’s Strategic Plan contemplates investments of 47 billion euros in 2023-2025, while maintaining generous shareholder retribution in this period (11 billion euros in dividends for shareholders and minorities). This will mean that the group’s Net Debt will go from 45 billion euros at end-2022 to 57.5 billion in 2025. The restructuring of the debt envisages a reduction of the listed debt from 55% currently to 52% in 2025. The…

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Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 5th December 2022

With a 7.8x P/E and double digit total yield, Overweight for Caixabank

Morgan Stanley | The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) has reached an agreement with trade unions to raise salaries by 4.5% in 2023. This figure compares with the 5% increase in costs which analysts had in their models for 2023-2024. It also compares with the estimates for a 25% growth in NII in Spain in 2023. Although this agreement only applies to Santander, BBVA, Sabadell and Bankinter, Álvaro Serrano believes that a…

Meliá

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 5th December 2022

Meliá expects to beat 2019 figures this Christmas; anticipates revival of urban hotel business in 2022-2023

Bankinter | The big hotel chains are confident that the tourist boom will last until, at least, the end of the year. That said, many of them are already seeing a reduction in the demand growth curve which anticipates a cooling in consumption in the medium-term. Meliá in particular expects to exceed 2019 figures this Christmas, also anticipating a revival in the urban hotel business at end-year or the start…

Merlin Properties

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 2nd December 2022

Merlin Properties: BBVA prevails over minorities in the arbitration over Madrid Nuevo Norte

Renta 4 | In line with information in the el Economista daily, BBVA would have prevailed over minority shareholders (MERLIN Properties and SANJOSE) in the arbitrage over the sale rights in Distrito Castellana Norte (DCN) project. The Arbitrator, D. Miguel Virgós, has communicated his decision to the parties involved. This means the Spanish bank, chaired by D. Carlos Torres, will be able to sell its 75.54% stake in the project,…

Acciona

Companies, Ibex, World economy 1st December 2022

Acciona Energía to expand MacIntyre wind farm in Australia to 2.000 MW; most important project to date

Renta 4|Acciona Energía has announced the expansion of the MacIntyre wind energy complex which is currently under construction in Queensland, Australia. It will reach a total installed capacity of 2000 MW. The MacIntyre complex is divided into two wind farms, where Acciona Energia owns 70% of 923 MW, while 103 MW belong to Queensland state-owned company CleanCo. Valuation: Positive news. This is the most important project to date of all…

Telefónica

Companies, European economy, Ibex 1st December 2022

The EC gives green light to Vauban, Crédit Agricole’s entry in Telefónica’s rural fibre optic arm

Bankinter | The European Commission (EC) has authorised the entry of Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Crédit Agricole in Telefónica’s rural fibre optic affiliate. The company, called Bluevia, will have the 3.5 million premises which has the group’s fibre optic and will roll out an additional 1.5 million fibre optic connections in the next two years. Bluevia will also signs provision of services contracts with Telefónica. The consortium formed by Vauban and CA…

aenasede

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 30th November 2022

Spain’s CNMC freezes Aena’s airport tariffs for 2023, despite the company’s request for increases

Intermoney | The Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has decided to leave tariffs unchanged for Aena’s network of airports in 2023, a move which will be made public shortly, according to Cinco Días. This contrasts with the request for a seven-tenths of a point hike made by the airports’ operator in July, but is in line once again with the opinion of the airlines. The sources cited by Cinco…

Abertis

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 29th November 2022

ACS and its Atlantia partners will approve €1 B injection for Abertis

Intermoney | ACS, along with its partners in Atlantia, will tomorrow approve at an EGM a 1 billion euros injection of cash for Abertis. The aim of the move is to provide the concessionary with more ammunition for new investments, according to the daily elEconomista. Meanwhile, the company is also analysing opportunities for refinancing its debt, in the face of rising interest rates. That said, it is still benefiting from…

Meliá

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 28th November 2022

Meliá’s goal is to cut debt by half in two-three years, leaving it under €650 M

Bankinter | Meliá’s CEO said in an interview with a local media outlet that one of the group’s big goals is to cut its net financial debt to less than half in a period of two-three years. This would mean trimming it to below 650 million euros from the 1.271 billion currently (excluding leases). To do this, it forecasts that demand will remain strong, at levels close to those of 2019…

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Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 28th November 2022

Ferrovial gets the I-66 in the US up and running after $3.600 B investment

Intermoney | Ferrovial (Hold, Target Price 24 euros/share) announced on Wednesday that the consortium which owns the concession, in which the Spanish group has 56%, has started opertations on the I-66 Managed Lanes in the vicinity of Washington DC, in the state of Virginia (US). This project has involved an investment of 3.6 billion dollars, of which 786 million euros correspond to capital contributed by Ferrovial itself, without taking into…