SXKP is the second worst performing sector -5% YTD, and -12% relative to the ESTX. Since the start of 2016 its almost 30% underperformance, and that during a period of yield compression that has benefitted other yielding sectors. Why have the telcos been so poor? Competition is intense so growth is hard to come by,…
Numbers tonight and I think they will be ok. This was a trading sell and I don’t need the earnings risk. May look to re short tomorrow post numbers but for now we step aside and book a small profit. MICHELIN TRADING SELL Thursday • 28th September 2017 • 16:08 Despite recently cutting EBIT…
Last night was a mildly hawkish surprise from the FED. Certainly judging by the bond market recently, the hurricanes and recent poor inflation prints had dampened expectations for December. December is in play, and you get the feeling the FED want to continue normalising while they still can, and why not whilst the US is…
The bid hasn’t come to fruition and the announcement that the shares will be placed into a trust denote that VIV wants TI more than MS. In the meantime the market has been left to deal with the decline in OTT TV and numerous warnings elsewhere in the space, allowing MS to reconnect with fundamentals….
Small beat, but +20% on a 1% increase in PBT guidance since the bottom and +12% today. I understand the positives of the buyback and trading being better. Decent SI has also helped the rally today. They had a relevance problem, which they have cleaned up, that is what they are in control of. HOWEVER…
This trade has not worked from day one. There are still telco’s we like stand alone and there is still great value and stories in the sector. VOD/TIT & DTE but we step aside on this spread trade and lick our wounds. Have a good day. Closing for -14.60% abs. LONG TELCOS vs SHORT…
We initiated on RWE as a cheap way into Innogy. RWE’s valuation is highly dependent on its Innogy stake When we initiated it accounted for over 200% of RWE’s market cap. Now it only accounts for 120%. Recent out-performance has come from that discount reducing as people saw value and the recent bid noise around…
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain manufactures glass products, high-performance materials, and construction materials. They produces flat glass, insulation, glass containers, high-performance ceramics, plastics, abrasives, and building materials such as gypsum, roofing, wall facings, mortars, and ductile cast iron pipe. SGO also retails building materials through Point P in France and Jewson in the UK. While the company…
Target Price €1.33 (upside of 42%) TP on ev/ebitda €2.03 (upside of 115%) Solocal Group is principally engaged in local online communication. The Co provides digital content, advertising solutions, and transactional services connecting people with local businesses. Solocal also supports the online development of SME. The print business (Yellow Pages) is slowly dying (15% of…
Cheapest Telco in Europe with largest upside with strong quarterly earnings for the past 3Q. Consensus remains well below management guidance. Telecom Italia S.p.A., through subsidiaries, offers fixed line and mobile telephone and data transmission services. Telecom Italia is set to dominate TV distribution in Italy with a market share similar to the 50% it…