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Iberdrola

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 11th August 2022

Iberdrola, amongst stocks with greater exposure and benefitting more from clean energies in US

Morgan Stanley |The climate legislation in the US is improving the profitability outlook for investments in clean energy, since countries are competing for capital and accelerating the new energy ambitions in the wake of the global energy crisis. Previously, the US was the top destination for capital. However, the gas crisis in Europe has changed the preference for assignation of capital of those companies in our coverage: a: 1) Europe,…

Heathrow Ferrovial

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 10th August 2022

Ferrovial studies getting rid of Heathrow: book value assuming a valuation at RAB would be €840 M

Intermoney | Ferrovial (Hold, Target Price 24 euros/share) would be considering selling its 25% stake in Heathrow, where it has been present since 2006, according to various media outlets on Tuesday. These same sources say that one of the interested parties in this stake would be the fund Ardian, who would join forces with the Saudi firm PIF. Currently, in addition to Ferrovial, Heathrow’s shareholders are QIA (20%), the Canadian…

Sacyr

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 9th August 2022

Sacyr wins road works contract in Colombia for an investment of €900 M

Intermoney | Sacyr (Buy, Target Price 3,4 euros/share) has won the concession to improve and finish a dual carriageway running between the Colombian municipalities of Buga and Buenaventura, according to the daily Cinco Dias. The investment will be 900 million euros. The length of the new stretch of road is 128 km, and it will be complemented with other works and maintenance jobs on other roads, for a total of 244…

iberia IAG

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 8th August 2022

Iberia (IAG) reaches code-sharing agreement with Viva Aerobus; it will allow them to coordinate frequencies, mutually contribute clients

Intermoney | Last week, Iberia (IAG) and Viva Aerobus announced a code-sharing agreement for passengers travelling between Mexico and Spain. On the one hand, Iberia’s passengers who use the Madrid-Ciudad de México route will be able to take advantage of the network which Via Aerobus offers from that city. Meanwhile, on the other hand, those passengers who want to transfer to Madrid via Iberia will be able to connect with…

Colonial

Companies, Ibex, Relevant News Item 14th July 2022

Colonial confirms main strategic points: rental income of €510 M in 2025

Intermoney | Colonial (Hold, Target Price 9,5 euros) celebrated its Capital Markets Day (CMD) in Paris on Monday. The socimi confirmed its main strategic points, such as focus on its three markets, maintaining a stable financial structure, asset rotation policy and reinforcing ESG policy. In the face of doubts from some investors, Colonial confirmed the high occupancy levels in its portfolio in service, and in the one where it will be…

grifols blood bags

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 13th July 2022

Grifols warns recovery could be threatened; puts the brakes on acquisitions and suspends dividends

Link Securities | The daily elEconomista.es made echo on Monday of a risk report Grifols presented to the US regulator SEC. In the document, the Spanish multinational pharmaceutical company admitted the recovery could be threatened by the pressure from a competition which has increasingly more resources and already offers solutions similar to those of the listed Catalan firm. Grifols warns in the report that its rivals are tough: “Our main competitors…

Enagas

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 12th July 2022

Enagás will flag potential growth in hydrogen; but visibility with regard to financing is very limited

Morgan Stanley | Enagas will present its strategic plan 2022-2030 this week. We are not very positive ahead of this presentation as we expect the company will flag the potential growth in hydrogen. This is something which we believe is very long-term and seems already to be reflected in the price at 20 euros/share. Meanwhile the visibility with regard to financing is very limited. In the most optimistic scenario the…

Iberdrola

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 11th July 2022

Iberdrola wins 2.122 MW in UK renewable auctions

Norbolsa | Iberdrola (IBE) has won Contracts for Difference (CfD) for 16 renewable energy projects in Scotland, England and Wales via a renewables auction in the UK. The company obtained a contract for the offshore wind farm East Anglia Three for 1.400 MW, five onshore wind projects for a total of 396 MW and ten solar photovoltaic sites for a total of 326 MW. In this way, Scottish Power has ensured…

Repsol

Companies, Ibex, In Spain, Spanish economy 9th July 2022

Repsol production falls 3.2% in Q2’22 (540.000 b/d); but refining margins continue recovery

Renta 4 | On Thursday after the market’s close, Repsol published operating figures for Q2’22, during which the price of Brent (113,9 USD/b) rose 65.1% year-on-year and 11.4% quarter-on-quarter. Meanwhile the price of gas (7,2 USD/Mbtu) was up 157.1% year-on-year and 44% quarter-on-quarter. We recall that in its guidelines for 2022, the Spanish oil and gas group considers levels of 70 USD/b and 3,7 USD/Mtbu, and that the sensitivity to…

Madrid Bourse

Companies, Relevant News Item, Spanish Small & Mid Caps 8th July 2022

The Ibex Medium Caps is coping better with the pressure in Q2’22

Renta 4 | During Q2’22 the stock market indices have had to deal with the consequences of the war in Ukraine, the environment of high inflation, the uptick in IRRs and downward revisions to economic growth. In this context, the IBEX Medium Cap (-1.5% in Q2’22) has offered a relatively better performance out of the three benchmark indices (-4.1% of the IBEX-35 and -6.1% of IBEX Small Caps). Our Selection…