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StreetAccount Summary - Europe Pre-Open: Futures: FTSE (0.10%), DAX30 +0.12%, CAC40 (0.18%)

Nov 05 ,2024

  • Synopsis

    • European equity markets are set to open mixed amidst Asia equities trading mostly higher Tuesday in a quiet session. Region being powered by gains in Japan and Greater China markets. Taiwan and Singapore also ahead, India flat to follow yesterday's steep losses. Australia lower, South Korea giving up some of Monday's gains.

    • All eyes on US election today with race extremely close after slew of polls indicated Trump and Harris deadlocked in battleground states that will decide election. Trump still betting market favorite though his odds have narrowed over recent days after some polls favored Harris. Result may not be known on the day with market volatility expected until there is clearer visibility on which party wins control of White House and Congress.

    • Also on today's agenda, in the UK, MPs continue to debate the budget, whilst committee topics include the budget (10:00GMT with reps of the Office of Budget Responsibility, 14:00 include rep of Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)), grey belt (10:45 includes rep from Barratt Redrow (BTRW.LN)) and Science, Innovation and Technology (14:15, government minister). Chancellor Scholz hosts Somali President Hassah Sheikh. Economist Croatia Business Summit, EU's Šuica among the speakers. UK Oct new car registrations are due to be released

    • In central banks, Bank of Latvia's Kazāks address at 9:10 CET at Latvia Fintech Forum and BOE's Bailey speech at 9:20GMT at Assn British Insurers conf. ECB's Lagarde speech at 15:30CET at French Competition Authority's 15th Anniversary Event in Paris. ECB's Schnabel speech at 19:30CET at Harvard Univ. Bank of Spain publishes Financial Stabilty Report (Autumn 2024). ECOFIN meeting, ECB's de Guindos among the participants.

    • European macro data releases out today include: France Sep industrial production, Spain Oct unemployment rate, Switzerland Oct unemployment rate, Sweden Oct services PMI, UK Oct final services PMI, retail sales monitor - BRC

    • A busy morning for earnings saw DACHs region names kicking off off the session with Zalando (ZAL.GR), Fraport (FRA.GR), Adecco Group (ADEN.SW), Fresenius Medical Care (FME.GR), Uniper (UN0.GR) and Hugo Boss (BOSS.GR) reporting Q3 earnings. In France, Exclusive Networks (EXN.FP) and Vicat (VCT.FP) released their Q3 revenue number and guidance for 2024, whilst Bouygues (EN.FP) reported Q3 earnings ahead of expectations and confirmed FY24 outlook.

    • In Nordics, SATS ASA (SATS.NO), Ambu (AMBU.B.DC), Coloplast (COLO.B.SS), Vestas Wind Systems (VWS.DC) and ISS A/S (ISS.DC) updated investors with their lates numbers. In Benelux, Syensqo (SYENS.BB) reported Q3 earnings and UCB (UCB.BB) announced the sale of two established brands and raised FY guidance.

    • In M&A, EQT X (EQT.SS), through Oak BidCo S.à r.l, has announced a public offer to the shareholders of OEM International (OEM.B.SS) to tender all their shares in the company to EQT at a price of SEK 110 in cash per share in deal valued at ~SEK 15.25B. Elsewhere, the shareholder of Salzgitter (SZG.GR) GP Günter Papenburg Aktiengesellschaft has notified the company that it considers, together with TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG, to submit a voluntary public takeover bid. Carrefour (CA.FP) is looking at ways to increase valuation, reports Bloomberg.

  • Politics/Macro/World News

    • Reeves to Join EU Finance Meeting Next Month in Labour Reset - Bloomberg

    • UK consumer spending slowed before last week's budget, retailers say - Reuters

    • A Third of UK Inflation Basket Is in Deflation, Analysis Finds - Bloomberg

    • EU fraud busters probe scheme to relabel banned Russian oil - Politico

  • Top company news

    • Earnings/updates

      • DACHs

        • ZAL.GR (Zalando) -- reports Q3 net income €44.3M vs FactSet €39.5M [5 est, €27.9-65.8M]; confirms FY guidance

        • ADEN.SW (Adecco Group) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.68 ex-items vs StreetAccount €0.67

        • FRA.GR (Fraport) -- reports Q3 net income €273.2M vs consensus €229M; guides FY24

        • RDC.GR (Redcare Pharmacy) -- reports Q3 net income (€7.1M) vs FactSet (€14.2M) [1 est]

        • KRN.GR (Krones) -- reports Q3 EPS €2.08 vs FactSet €2.14 [3 est, €2.10-2.19]; reaffirms FY guidance

        • OERL.SW (OC Oerlikon Corp.) -- reports Q3 operational EBITDA CHF98M vs FactSet CHF91.2M [5 est, CHF88-95M]

        • BCHN.SW (Burckhardt Compression Holding) -- reports H1 EPS CHF10.99 vs year-ago CHF9.61

        • NXU.GR (NEXUS) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.46 vs FactSet €0.36 [1 est]

        • NOEJ.GR (Norma Group) -- reports Q3 adjusted EPS €0.32 vs FactSet €0.27

        • FME.GR (Fresenius Medical Care) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.67 vs consensus €0.67; confirms its outlook for FY24

        • CICN.SW (Cicor Technologies) -- updates its mid-term financial targets - CMD

        • SENS.SW (Sensirion ) --presents its updated growth strategy at the Capital Market Day

        • POST.AV (Oesterreichische Post) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.37 vs FactSet €0.30 [1 est]; guides FY Revenue of €3B vs FactSet €3.03B

        • BOSS.GR (Hugo Boss) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.79 vs consensus €0.81; Full-year 2024 outlook confirmed

        • UN0.GR (Uniper) -- reports 9M adj net income €1.28B vs year-ago €3.74B; FY24 outlook updated in August reaffirmed

      • Benelux

        • UCB.BB (UCB) -- announces sale of two established brands and raises FY guidance

        • SYENS.BB (Syensqo) -- reports Q3 underlying EPS €1.56 vs FactSet €1.63 [3 est, €1.55-1.75]; FY outlook ranges updated, including impact of strike at Boeing

        • SHUR.BB (Shurgard Self Storage) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.47 ex-items vs year-ago €0.48; revises FY outlook to include Lok'nStore acquisition

      • France

        • ALCLS.FP (Cellectis SA) -- reports Q3 EPS ($0.23) vs FactSet ($0.20) [6 est, ($0.31)-(0.03)]

        • EXN.FP (Exclusive Networks) -- reports Q3 revenue €1.33B, +9% vs year-ago €1.23B; confirms FY guidance

        • VCT.FP (Vicat) -- reports Q3 revenue €979M, (7%) vs year-ago €1.05B

        • S30.FP (Solutions 30) -- reports Q3 revenue €225.4M, (10%) vs year-ago €250.7M

        • EN.FP (Bouygues) -- reports Q3 Current Operating Profit from activities €1.72B vs consensus €1.63B; confirms group outlook for 2024

      • Nordics

        • AMBU.B.DC (Ambu) -- reports Q4 EPS (DKK0.51) including impairment mainly relating within gastroenterology

        • BAKKA.NO (Bakkafrost) -- reports Q3 operational EBIT DKK173M vs FactSet DKK247.3M [11 est, DKK176.0-301.7M]

        • CS.SS (Coinshares International) -- reports Q3 net income £14.2M vs FactSet £16.3M [3 est, £10.8-20M]

        • TAALA.FH (Taaleri) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.38 vs FactSet €0.29

        • SATS.NO (SATS ASA) -- reports Q3 EPS NOK0.35 vs FactSet NOK0.32

        • SMCRT.NO (SmartCraft) -- reports Q3 net income NOK21.8M vs FactSet NOK32.5M [4 est, NOK30.5-35.2M]; Reiterates medium-term outlook

        • ACAST.SS (Acast) -- reports Q3 EPS (SEK0.15) vs year-ago SEK0.13

        • IDUN.B.SS (Idun Industrier) -- reports Q3 EPS SEK2.90 vs FactSet SEK2.50 [1 est]

        • NOHO.FH (NoHo Partners) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.14 vs FactSet €0.16 [4 est, €0.14-0.18]; reaffirms FY outlook

        • KOA.NO (Kongsberg Automotive) -- reports Q3 net income (€4.0M) vs FactSet (€0.5M) [1 est]; lowers FY EBIT to €18-23M vs prior €28-35M and FactSet €34.90M

        • COLO.B.DC (Coloplast) -- reports Q4 net income DKK1.31B vs consensus DKK1.29B

        • ISS.DC (ISS A/S) -- reports Q3 revenue DKK20.27B vs consensus DKK20.87B; increases buyback by DKK250M and keeps FY24 outlook unchanged

        • NCAB.SS (NCAB Group) -- reports Q3 EPS SEK0.27 vs FactSet SEK0.31

        • RAIVV.FH (Raisio) -- reports Q3 EPS €0.03 vs FactSet €0.04

        • RVRC.SS (RVRC Holding) -- reports Q1 EPS SEK0.40 vs FactSet SEK0.48

        • TETY.SS (Tethys Oil) -- reports Q3 EPS ($0.01) vs FactSet $0.16 [1 est]; now guides FY Production to be 7,800-8,000 bopd vs prior 7,800-8,200 bopd

        • QLINEA.SS (Q-linea) -- reports Q3 EPS (SEK0.36) vs year-ago (SEK0.56)

        • IPCO.SS (International Petroleum Corp0 -- reports Q3 net income $22.9M vs FactSet $30.1M

        • CAPSL.NO (Capsol Technologies) -- reports Q3 EPS (NOK0.11) vs FactSet (NOK0.16)

        • VWS.DC (Vestas Wind Systems) -- reports Q3 net income €127M vs consensus €243M

      • Also due to report today includes:

        • Earnings:

          • Denmark: Orsted (ORSTED.DC), Topdanmark (TOP.DC), KObenhavns Lufthavne (KBHL.DC), NNIT (NNIT.DC), Columbus (COLUM.DC), North Media (NORTHM.DC)

          • Finland: Lemonsoft (LEMON.FH)

          • France:Coface (COFA.FP)

          • Germany: Deutsche Post (DHL.GR), Bayer (BAYN.GR),

          • Norway: Odfjell (ODF.NO), LINK Mobility Group (LINK.NO), Solstad Offshore (SOFF.NO), Hexagon Purus (HPUR.NO),

          • Southern Europe: Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane (INW.IM), FinecoBank (FBK.IM), Credito Emiliano (CE.IM), Banca Popolare di Sondrio (BPSO.IM), Industrie De Nora (DNR.IM), Gestamp Automocion (GEST.SM)

          • Sweden: Cibus Nordic Real Estate (CIBUS.SS), Boozt (BOOZT.SS), Nobia (NOBI.SS), Vicore Pharma (VICO.SS), Awardit (AWRD.SS)

          • UK: Associated British Foods (ABF.LN), ASOS (ASC.LN), Smiths News (SNWS.LN)

        • Trading Update:

          • Benelux: Jensen-Group (JEN.BB)

          • DACHs: flatexDEGIRO (FTK.GR)

          • France: Neoen (NEOEN.FP), Rubis (RUI.FP), Maat Pharma (MAAT.FP), HERIGE (ALHRG.FP)

          • Nordics: Nordnet (SAVE.SS), Avanza Bank (AZA.SS),

          • Southern Europe: Buzzi (BZU.IM), Applus Services (APPS.SM)

          • UK/Ireland: Schroders (SDR.LN), TP ICAP Group (TCAP.LN), International Workplace Group (IWG.LN), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS.LN), AIB Group (A5G.ID)

        • CMD/events: MAPFE (MAP.SM),

    • M&A

      • SZG.GR (Salzgitter) -- notified of potential voluntary public takeover bid to shareholders

      • CRH.LN (CRH plc) -- CRH paid at least A$400M ($263.3M) for Civilmart - Australian Financial Review, citing sources

      • SGSN.SW (SGS) -- North America acquires Beta Analytic

      • CA.FP (Carrefour) -- looking at ways to increase valuation -- Bloomberg

      • EQT.SS (EQT AB) -- EQT emerges as frontrunner to acquire Waste Services Group - The Australian

      • RBT.FP (Robertet) -- to acquire Phasex in the US; terms undisclosed

      • FNAC.FP (Fnac Darty) -- announces reopening of the tender period for UniEuro until 8-Nov

      • ADJ.GR (ADLER Group) -- LEG Immobilien subsidiary enters agreement with Adler to acquire 52.7% of shares in BCP Property

      • TRX.LN (Tissue Regenix Group) -- notes media speculation and confirms it is conducting a review of the company's strategic options that may include soliciting offers for the company

    • Healthcare

      • SOBI.SS (Swedish Orphan Biovitrum) -- announces David Meek proposed as new chair of the board

      • NYXH.BB (Nyxoah) -- appoints John Landry as CFO; effective 4-Nov-24

      • PHXM.FP (Phaxiam Therapeutics) -- receives Investigational New Drug approval (IND) for its Phase II study, GLORIA, in Prosthetic Joint Infections (PJI) caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)

    • Other

      • NESTE.FH (Neste) -- Neste, Technip, Alterra Energy to collaborate on standardized solution for chemical recycling

      • CBK.GR (Commerzbank) -- working on plan to keep expected growth in risk-weighted assets several billion euros below current 2027 goal - Bloomberg (4-Nov, 14:02 CET)

      • KOG.NO (Kongsberg Gruppen) -- awarded $329M US Navy contract action

      • Apple considering push into smart glasses with internal study of products currently on the market - Bloomberg

      • Italy Oct new passenger car registrations 126,488 units, (9.1%) y/y -- UNRAE

  • Key rating changes

    • Upgrades

      • LHA.GR (Deutsche Lufthansa) -- to equal-weight from underweight at Morgan Stanley

      • SCA.B.SS (Svenska Cellulosa) -- to neutral from underweight at JPMorgan

    • Downgrades

      • LI.FP (Klepierre) -- to neutral from buy at Goldman Sachs

      • AF.FP (Air France-KLM) -- to underweight from equal-weight

    • Initiations

      • KNOS.LN (Kainos Group) -- buy at HSBC (earlier, timing uncertain)

    • Other Actions

      • RMV.LN (Rightmove) -- resumed equal-weight at Morgan Stanley

  • Data

    • Nikkei +1.11% to 38474.90

    • Hang Seng +1.46% to 20867.82

    • Shanghai Composite +2.19% to 3382.60

    • S&P futures +7.0 vs prior close of 5743.3

    • €-$ +0.0001 or +0.01% to 1.0881

    • $-¥ +0.28 or +0.18% to 152.37

    • €-¥ +0.30 or +0.18% to 165.79

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