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In Europe 12th November 2024

Iberdrola among utilities driven by 7-10% CAGR in distribution in Northern Europe and 15-20% in transmission in Germany and UK

Morgan Stanley: Our analyst Rob Pulleyn thinks it is too early to move away from the utilities theme, as he believes the market is not fully discounting the outlook: the market does not yet seem to have digested the shift in regulated utilities from “low growth dividend” companies to “quality growth” companies. In more detail, Pulleyn estimates an average CAGR of 6% in EPS by 2024-27 (versus 3% consensus) in…

European economy 11th November 2024

IAG clashes with UK tax authority over £700 million

London is claiming VAT from the airline group on the redemption of points for flights in the loyalty program. The holding company has already paid £103 million, although it disagrees and does not rule out going to court.IAG, the parent company of Iberia, British Airways, and Vueling, is clashing with the British tax authority (HMRC) over the VAT of IAG Loyalty, its loyalty subsidiary that allows the redemption of points…

European economy 9th November 2024

Central banks: BoE cuts rates 25 b.p. to 4.75%, Riksbank by 50 b.p. to 2.75%, Norges Bank sticks on 4.50% b.p.

Bankinter : The BoE has cut the policy rate by -25bp, as expected, to 4.75%, but sends a slightly more cautious message about the next moves. Analysis team’s view: Our central scenario pointed to a cut at this meeting. We do not expect any further moves for the rest of the year, especially given the expected pick-up in inflation in the last three months of the year and the level…

European economy 8th November 2024

Colonial looking at merger with French subsidiary Société Foncière Lyonnaise

Link Securities | The Boards of Directors of Colonial (COL) and its 98.24% owned subsidiary, Société Foncière Lyonnaise (SFL), have agreed to initiate a detailed analysis for their potential merger, whereby COL would absorb SFL. The potential merger would be in line with the group’s strategy of simplifying its structure, one of the key points of which was the takeover bid launched by COL for all SFL shares in August…

In Europe 6th November 2024

Preview ArcelorMittal 3Q24 Results: 8% deterioration in net income expected to reach €470 million

Renta 4 : The company announced that it was changing the way it publishes results as of 2024. The main changes are: 1) New “sustainable solutions” division, whose results come from the Europe division (which is revised), 2) inclusion of the contribution of the net results of the JVs, mainly India, Calvert (USA), China and others, which were previously in the results of investees and 3) ACIS (Eastern Europe, South…

European economy 5th November 2024

Ryanair profit down 18% as fares fall 10%; outlook for next quarter more positive

Norbolsa | Results for its first half year ending in September and covering the entire summer season show an 18% fall in profit after tax and a 10% drop in fares. On the other hand, the comments for the next quarter are somewhat more positive, pointing out that the fall in tariffs is moderating and will probably be below 5%. In any case, Boeing’s lower aircraft deliveries mean it is…

European economy 3rd November 2024

M3 money supply in euro area rises 3.2% in September, up from 2.9% previously

Money supply in the EurozoneLink Securities | The ECB reported on Friday that the M3 money supply in the Eurozone increased by 3.2% in the month of September at an annual rate, to €16,549 billion. The growth rate exceeded the 2.9% growth rate it had reached in September, which was the reading expected by FactSet consensus analysts. The ECB also published that bank lending to households in the Eurozone increased…

In Europe 2nd November 2024

Volkswagen to close factories in Germany for first time in history

Bankinter | The German company could close three plants in Germany. Until now everything pointed to the closure of two plants, one dedicated to the production of vehicles and the other to components. Now the unions claim that the measure could be extended to three factories and include the reduction of installed capacity in other European plants. Volkswagen has not confirmed the news. It could provide more details on Wednesday…

In Europe 31st October 2024

VMEDO2 UK sells stake in Cornerstone, Telefónica to make €110m from deal

Renta 4 | VMEDO2 UK is selling a stake in Cornerstone Telecommunications. VMEDO2 UK, Telefónica’s 50:50 JV with Liberty Global in the country, has agreed to sell an 8.33% stake in mobile towers joint venture Cornerstone Telecommunications to UK-based asset manager Equitix. VMEDO2 will receive at closing approximately £186 million in cash (approximately €221 million), equivalent to a multiple of 21x adjusted EBITDA 2024 R4e and will retain a 25.01%…

In Europe 30th October 2024

Porsche, BMW and Mercedes most exposed to higher tariffs on cars imported from Europe

Morgan Stanley, Javier Martinez Olcoz and Ross MacDonald study the possible scenarios of a tariff increase on imported cars from Europe and possible tax cuts. European cars have a tariff increase of 2.5% while American cars sold in Europe have a tariff increase of 10%. Tariffs for trucks and vans are 25%.The cars most at risk of a rate increase are SUVs and sedans, but precisely the price elasticity is…

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