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Spanish economy 2nd May 2025

Networks division drives Iberdrola’s 1Q25 results: company earns €2,004 million (up 26%) excluding capital gains

Bankinter | First quarter 2025 results beat estimates thanks to the network division. Maintains 2025 guidance (single-digit growth) excluding the positive impact of past cost recognition in the US. Growth would reach double digits with this impact. Key figures compared with consensus: EBITDA excluding capital gains €4,643 million (+12%) versus €4,491 million est.; NAV excluding capital gains €2,004 million (+26%) versus €1,707 million est.; Funds generated from operations €3,502 million…

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Spanish economy 30th April 2025

CaixaBank reports 1Q25 attributable profit of €1,470m, 14% beat versus company-compiled consensus of €1,294m

Jefferies | While the 1Q25 print was a welcomed 14% net income beat, this was mainly driven by better other revenues and impairments, which we think the market will look through to some extent. Elsewhere, core dynamics are progressing as expected and FY25 guidance is reiterated. €148m special banking tax accrual, in line with the near-€600m guidance for FY25. CaixaBank reported 1Q25 attributable profit of €1,470m, a 14% beat versus…

Banco Santander office

Spanish economy 30th April 2025

Santander: 1Q25 First Look – 9% Beat, with Many Moving Parts across Geos

Iñigo Vega (Jefferies) | A 9% net income beat, mainly driven by revenues (trading and other income) and lower other provisions. Strong prints in South EU, alongside Poland and the US, while key geos in Latam and the UK were soft. The print looks good enough to us, with LLPs the only notable miss driven by €100m in extra NPL provisions booked at Corp Centre. FY25 guidance maintained despite EZ…

wholeshale electricity market

Spanish economy 29th April 2025

CEOE estimates impact of Monday’s blackout at €1.6 billion, 0.1% of GDP

CdM | The president of the CEOE employers’ association, Antonio Garamendi, has put the impact of yesterday’s blackout at 0.1% of GDP, some €1.6 billion, and has pointed to the Insurance Compensation Consortium for possible claims.”It is a huge impact”, said Garamendi in statements to the media at the Nueva Economía Forum breakfast, where he gave as an example that the refineries will take weeks to start up or the…

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Spanish economy 28th April 2025

‘Invest in Spain’ Forum, with 75 companies from 25 countries to attract investment held in Spain

Representatives from 75 companies from 25 countries will attend the meeting, of which 20 are American, with investments in Spain or in the process of having them. They will speak with national companies and members of half a dozen ministries and autonomous communities about the projects they are interested in. The government denies that, for the moment, a slowdown in trade relations with the US has been noticed, stating that…

InmoColonial

Spanish economy 28th April 2025

Colonial’s investment in Deeplabs not to detract from REIT’s traditional model

Banco Sabadell: The company announced at closing an investment of €200 (6% of capitalisation) in Deeplabs, a rental platform in the science and innovation (S&I) segment. The agreement foresees an alliance with Stoneshield to jointly manage a REIT in which new capital will enter to increase the asset base, which will initially be €400 million (of which Colonial holds 90% or the equivalent of 3% of the asset portfolio) but…

bbva sabadell

Spanish economy 27th April 2025

CNMC could approve BBVA’s Sabadell takeover bid on Monday

Link Securities | The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) expects to approve next Monday, 28 April, its opinion on the takeover bid launched by BBVA for Banco Sabadell (SAB), according to sources close to the process, the Efe news agency reported. The work of the CNMC has been well advanced for weeks and now the result of the market test initiated at the beginning of the month to approve…

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Spanish economy 23rd April 2025

Spain’s general government debt rises 2.6% to €1.646 trillion in February

The debt of the Public Administrations stood at €1.646 trillion in February, which represents a growth of 2.6% in year-on-year terms, with €42,051 million more, as reflected in the data of the Excessive Deficit Protocol published by the Bank of Spain. Compared with the previous month, the debt balance increased by €16,906 million, or 1.04%. Specifically, the State debt stood at €1.498 trillion, with a year-on-year increase of 3.8%, while…

Spanish SMEs provide jobs for 71% of social security contributors

Spanish economy 21st April 2025

Spanish self-employed workers: Lower turnover and higher expenses

This is revealed by the latest Barometer from the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), which details that “40.9% of self-employed workers state that their turnover has decreased in the first quarter of the year compared to 2024,” while “28.4% believe that their activity will decrease in the coming months.” In fact, “three out of four self-employed workers are not optimistic and have a negative (45.6%) or very negative (28.7%) perception…

Cuerpo

Spanish economy 16th April 2025

Washington Asks Spain to spend more on Military and Eliminate ‘Google Tax’

The Spanish and US governments held their first high-level meeting yesterday, Tuesday, after Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20th. Carlos Cuerpo, the Spanish Minister of Economy, visited Scott Bessent, the US Secretary of the Treasury, in Washington just days after Pedro Sánchez met with Xi Jinping in Beijing. According to the rhetoric of the new US administration, Spain is a problem because it is the NATO…