Thomas Cook Group from stroke to call option
At 47p, a 54% retreat over the last 3 months, Thomas Cook sits firmly in call option territories. The trigger is a summer heat-wave that struck its business at the wrong…
Ofgem-restrained National Grid
Fully-regulated players have been left in the dust as integrated peers benefited from rising carbon and electricity prices, yet we like National Grid’s model as it offers a compelling mix of…
Casino fights back – successfully
2018 has been a nightmare for Casino. Investors have dumped the stock en masse (its price touched 22-year lows just a few days ago) due to apprehensions about the health of the French…
Casino: Dare to think beyond three months?
This article is meant for investors with an inclination towards calculated but higher-risk investments, for a period beyond 3-6 months. Today, we present a ‘must-buy’ case for Groupe Casino Guichard,…
Go for a SCOR
Becoming a possible target in a rich industry contemplating consolidations is good news for shareholders and seemingly less so for Scor’s management. The insurer has a healthy in-force portfolio and…
Will Monsanto axe Bayer?
Monsanto has been ordered to pay USD289m to Dewayne Johnson, a caretaker, who used a glyphosate-containing product (i.e. RoundUp) from Monsanto. Times are changing for Monsanto After the highest court…
Enel rather than Iberdrola
We like Iberdrola but currently prefer Enel as the drivers behind the latter’s recent underperformance should progressively peter out. Stormy Italian politics combined with Eletropaulo’s pricey acquisition kept Enel’s share price under…
Allied Irish Bank: Back to the future
We are initiating coverage of AIB with a Sell recommendation. All the valuation approaches point to a stretched valuation, while the visibility on the group’s operating environment has reduced sharply,…
Apprentice sorcerers at work
Undoing world trade is about quick populist wins, subsequent massive pains, probably conficts and impossibly long and costly reconstruction. Once upon a time, apprentice sorcerers were bankers, both too imaginative…
Sampo’s dividend dancing with Nordea?
Last week, Saxo Bank, in which Sampo took a 19.9% stake for €265m in 2017, appointed a new Head of Operations, Oliver ZECEVIC. The new manager had spent his entire…
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