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Proximus: A Quiet Backup Plan Delivering 7% Gross Yield and Currency Upside The State-Backed Backup Plan with 7% Gross Yield and 15% Currency Upside. Proximus currently offers investors a solid gross dividend yield of around 7%, translating to approximately 5% net return after typical 30% taxes.Read more

NAV As Sofina is an investment holding company, NAV is an important factor in my evaluation. This Net Asset Value is estimated at a price share of 297 Eur, up from 294 last year.Read more

Agfa-Gevaert: A New Lease of Life Through Digitalisation and Materials Innovation A Careful Industrial Repositioning, Driven by Discipline, Digitalisation, and Speciality Materials Agfa-Gevaert (Euronext: AGFB) has undergone a transformation from an iconic photographic company into a focused digital imaging and specialty materials company. Following the sale of its Offset Solutions division to Aurelius Group in 2023, Agfa significantly reduced its exposure to the cyclical print sector and freed up capital for growth in higher-margin segments, such as digital radiology, industrial inkjet, and advanced chemical materials.Read more

Strong Operational Momentum Palm oil production up +19.1% YoY , driven by improved yields and extraction rates. Banana volumes up +3.4% , supported by maturing plantations.Read more

This belgian REIT feels confident in meeting customers needs and trends and challenges related to internet purchasing. I put its value to EUR 50 per share, which corresponds to the sectorial discount of 20 %.Read more

Lotus has been a very good company positive: with future revenue growth around 12% and profit margins increasing, the fair value is still high, even with decreasing p/e and using an 8% discount rate, they are still at least 10% undervalued great balance sheets with low debts/equity - 35% High increasing demand for their flagship cookie in Asia building of a new factory in Thailand to follow the increasing demand should help ensure future revenue growth currently at a discount, having as low a p/e as it has basically has had in the last 5 years High ROA compared to industry - 11% compared to 3 % 3Y free cash flow cagr of 9.90% is in the top 25% of its sector. increasing dividend payments expansion into ice cream products in cooperation with Mondelez negative: they are still at a high p/e ratio of 40X, even with this recent discount A slow down in future revenue growth due to inability to follow increasing demand with increasing production capacity could lead to a lower p/e balance in the futureRead more

Why has the stock dropped? Proximus had to invest heavily in the deployment of Fiber.Read more

Catalysts About Cenergy Holdings Cenergy Holdings is an industrial group active in cables and steel pipes for energy and power infrastructure projects. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Read more

Key Takeaways Growth in emerging markets, premiumization, and no and low-alcohol innovation are supporting long-term revenue expansion and increased market share. Digital transformation and operational efficiencies are improving margins, cash flow, and flexibility for shareholder returns and reinvestment.Read more