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European private equity has just had a confidence check, with Cinven returning liquidity to investors, tightening its governance and leaning into new fundraising. That ripple runs through listed financial and professional services stocks that help make these deals happen. If you care about where capital flows next, this is a moment to pay attention. This article walks through 3 stocks that appear closely linked to these shifting private equity currents. The three stocks below are just a...

In August 2026, Van Lanschot Kempen reported half-year 2026 results showing net income of €88.13 million and basic earnings per share of €1.96, both higher than a year earlier. Alongside these results, management reiterated its focus on bolt-on acquisitions in Belgium and the Netherlands, highlighting disciplined financial criteria and cultural fit as key conditions for any deals. We’ll now examine how this stronger half-year profitability, combined with ongoing acquisition ambitions, may...

Why HAL Trust’s Half Year 2026 Results Matter For Investors HAL Trust (ENXTAM:HAL) released half year 2026 results that showed lower sales, revenue, and net income compared with the same period last year, alongside portfolio changes that could influence how investors view the stock. HAL Trust’s share price has moved to €161.4, with a 1-day share price return of 1.25% and a 7-day share price return of 1.89%, although the 90-day share price return is down 6.27%. Even so, a 13.66% year to date...

Recent coverage highlighted ASML Holding’s unique role as the sole supplier of advanced lithography tools essential for high‑bandwidth memory and leading‑edge AI chips, alongside mixed sentiment ahead of a closely watched earnings release earlier this year. The combination of booming AI‑driven chip capacity build‑outs and ASML’s technological monopoly puts a spotlight on how much future demand is already reflected in current expectations. Next, we’ll examine how ASML’s AI‑linked lithography...

Adyen (ENXTAM:ADYEN) stock is in focus after the company appointed Nicole Olbe as President for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, with former regional head Alexa von Bismarck shifting to a global role. Against this leadership change, Adyen’s recent 30 day share price return of 24.35% and 90 day return of 19.59% suggest momentum has been building, even though the year to date share price return is down 21.96% and the 1 year total shareholder return is down 23.98%. Scan how other payment and...

Eurocommercial Properties earnings event in focus Eurocommercial Properties (ENXTAM:ECMPA) just reported half year 2026 results, with revenue of €138.7 million and net income of €78.1 million. Management reaffirmed 2026 guidance and highlighted a 2.6% rise in direct investment results. The earnings release has been met with a firmer tone in the market, with Eurocommercial Properties’ share price at €27.65 after a 1-day share price return of 3.17% and a 7-day share price return of 2.98%...

ASR Nederland N.V. recently reported half-year 2026 results, with net income rising to €809 million and basic earnings per share from continuing operations reaching €3.77, alongside declaring a €1.39 cash dividend with an ex-dividend date of August 26, 2026. The sharp increase in net income and earnings per share compared with the prior year highlights how profit generation has shifted meaningfully within ASR Nederland’s existing business mix. We will now examine how this sharp uplift in...

Shipping is being pushed into a cleaner era as governments in Europe and Asia throw serious money at low and zero emission vessels. Subsidies, tax breaks and green corridor funding are starting to reshape which companies may win or lose from the shift. This article looks at three stocks tied to this trend. It also explains how the latest policy moves could influence their long term prospects, both positive and negative. The stocks in the list below are a starting sample, and the full screen...

Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Gijs van Lookeren Campagne, the Co-CEO & Member of...

Quite a few insiders have dramatically grown their holdings in Akzo Nobel N.V. ( AMS:AKZA ) over the past 12 months. An...

Prosus (ENXTAM:PRX) is in focus after shareholders approved a new distribution of €0.28 per ordinary share N. Investors can choose between a capital repayment or a cash dividend. Prosus shares closed at €38.69. The 1-day share price return of 1.79% and 7-day return of 1.03% suggest a short-term lift following the dividend and board announcements. By contrast, the year to date share price return is down 28.09% and the 1-year total shareholder return is down 26.5%, set against a 3-year total...

ArcelorMittal (ENXTAM:MT) confirmed a missile strike on its Kryvih Rih plant in Ukraine that caused casualties among staff and contractors and damaged key facilities. This led to a partial halt in production and an ongoing damage assessment. The missile strike comes at a time when ArcelorMittal’s share price has shown strong momentum, with a 30 day share price return of 11.80% and a year to date share price return of 62.07%. The 1 year total shareholder return of 130.10% highlights how recent...

Readers hoping to buy Aegon Ltd. ( AMS:AGN ) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the stock is...

Van Lanschot Kempen stock closed at €66.40 after the H1 2026 release, with the recent 7 day gain of about 1.4% suggesting investors were already leaning optimistic. The headline is clear: wealth management scale and profitability are doing the heavy lifting, not trading noise. Client assets moved beyond €200b and the net result for the half year reached €88m, while the trailing P/E of 16.7x now sits above capital markets peers but below the wider Dutch market. For you as a shareholder or...

Azerion Group shares closed at €0.94 after the market had already marked the stock down over the past week and past quarter. The slide reflects concern about a company that screens as very cheap on sales while still loss making. The headline from this quarter is the balance sheet strain. Azerion remains unprofitable on a trailing 12 month basis and reports negative shareholders’ equity, even as the business generated €127.7 million of revenue in the second quarter and a trailing price to...

Eurocommercial Properties stock closed at €27.65 after the market had a day to weigh fresh Q2 numbers. On the surface, earnings per share of about €0.74 and quarterly net income above €40m keep the income story alive for a retail-focused property owner. The real headline sits on the balance sheet. Debt coverage by operating cash flow and the strain on dividend funding now matter more than the quarter’s profit print. For anyone looking beyond this week’s price move, the tension between an...

HAL Trust stock closed at €161.40 on 28 August, roughly flat over the past month, yet the latest half year numbers point investors toward a different tension. The long held thesis of HAL as a quiet compounder now has to contend with earnings that have moved the other way. The headline from this release is clear. Net income for the first half of 2026 came in at €856.1m on revenue of €6,378.9m, while trailing 12 month earnings from continuing operations eased to €1,717.8m. A P/E of 10.2x keeps...

ASML Holding has delivered a very strong 3 year return, yet its current valuation checks present a more cautious picture for investors trying to judge what is already priced in. The stock’s recent strength, supported by attention on high bandwidth memory and advanced lithography, now meets a low overall value score that suggests it is not an obvious bargain on broad metrics. ASML Holding has returned 150.7% over the past 3 years, which puts more pressure on today’s buyers to justify the...

Kendrion’s stock closed at €19.28, roughly flat over the past week, even as the quarterly figures put profitability squarely in the spotlight. The headline is not revenue, which came in at €65.4 million, but what the company kept from it. Net income from continuing operations over the trailing twelve months reached €16.7 million, and basic earnings per share for the quarter printed at €0.32. For a stock trading on a P/E of 17.3x and still carrying memories of an unstable dividend record, that...

NX Filtration went into these H1 numbers as a high‑expectation growth stock, priced richly at about 13.3x P/S and coming off a 20% gain over the past three months. Yet the shares closed at €3.19 today after a weaker week and month, as investors weighed another loss against strong commercial traction. The headline from this earnings release is clear: Revenue reached €7.81m in H1 2026 while the company still reported a net loss of €12.35m. Record order intake and a much larger order book now...

Van Lanschot Kempen (ENXTAM:VLK) drew investor attention on 27 August 2026 after reporting half year 2026 earnings, with net income of €88.13 million and basic earnings per share of €1.96 from continuing operations. The earnings announcement follows a strong period for Van Lanschot Kempen, with the share price at €65.9 and a year-to-date share price return of 23.87%, which points to building momentum. The 5-year total shareholder return of 354.65% reflects substantial long-term gains. Compare...

It looks like Wolters Kluwer N.V. ( AMS:WKL ) is about to go ex-dividend in the next four days. Typically, the...

Recent updates on strong demand for extreme ultraviolet tools used in advanced DRAM and AI chip production have put ASML Holding (ENXTAM:ASML) in focus, as investors assess what this means for the stock. At a share price of €1,501.0, ASML Holding has seen some short term consolidation, with the 7 day share price return down 2.65% and the 30 day share price return down 3.97%. However, the year to date share price return of 52.18% and 1 year total shareholder return of 132.22% indicate that...

Aegon (ENXTAM:AGN) has put capital returns in focus after lifting its second half 2026 share buyback program to €350 million and raising its 2026 interim dividend by 11% to €0.21 per share. See our latest analysis for Aegon. Aegon’s recent move to lift its buyback program and raise the interim dividend comes after a period where the share price is slightly down over the past week, yet still up 19.07% year to date, and supported by a 1-year total shareholder return of 23.92% and a 5-year total...