It’s Belgian Energy Week on the weblog this week with a second put up within the “All Belgian Shares” collection. From these 20, randomly chosen shares, 7 made it onto the preliminary watch record, together with some actually attention-grabbing corporations. Let’s go !!
121. Galapagos
Galapagos has nothing to do with the Islands within the Pacific however is a Biotech firm that has spiked throughout Covid and misplaced -90% since then. They do have gross sales and even some earnings and in response to TIKR, they’ve a unfavourable EV of -1,8 bn.
Gilead owns 25% of the corporate. For some unusual purpose, the unfavourable EV attracts me like a fly to the sunshine bulb, so I’ll put them on “watch”.
122. IBA – Ion Beam Utility
This 400 mn EUR market cap firm in response to Tikr “develops, manufactures, and helps medical units and software program options for most cancers therapies in Belgium, the US, and internationally”.
The corporate truly has gross sales and is waking out small income right here after which and has internet money.
In accordance with their final investor presentation, the corporate has fairly aggressive mid time period targets. If they might hit that, the inventory could be fairly low cost:
This sounds fairly attention-grabbing, particularly because the have internet money and don’t appear to burn a lot money. “Watch”.
123. Econocom Group SE
This 393 mn EUR market cap IT distributor is kind of attention-grabbing, as it is rather low cost and appears to purchase again a major quantity of shares every year on high of a present 7% dividend yield.
Then again, they’ve important internet debt and the share worth has executed little for a few years. Margins are razor skinny, too.
Not my favourite sort of scenario, however I nonetheless will put it on the preliminary “watch” record.
124. Brederode
Brederode is a 3,4 bn EUR market cap funding firm that’s formally headquartered in Luxembourg however to my data is initially from Belgium.
Trying on the chart, long run worth creation appears fairly good with round 15% CAGR over the previous 10 years:
⅔ of their investments are in Personal Fairness, ⅓ in public securities. They’ve a fairly detailed record of their non-public fairness fund investments on their web site which is kind of uncommon.
Their listed portfolio is one thing like a “giant cap high quality” portfolio. The NAV at 12 months finish was at round 128 EUR, so Brederode traded at a comparatively slender low cost of -20%.
Personally, I’d not make investments right here however I feel it’s an attention-grabbing instance of a nicely managed funding firm that manages to commerce at a comparatively slender low cost.
If somebody is in search of PE publicity, this could be a more sensible choice than the at the moment touted “PE for regular traders” choices. “Go”.
125. BOUFFIOULX-ST-NICOLAS (Le Patrimoine Immobilier)
This Knowledgeable market inventory has traded final in 2023. In accordance with Euronext “Bouffioulx-St-Nico is an actual property certificates issued by the corporate Le Patrimoine Immobilier. The exercise of the corporate Le Patrimoine Immobilier consists in issuing certificates that offers the precise to a quota of the distributions and decided property offers earnings.” As I’m not curious about Actual Property, I’ll “move”.
126. AGENCE MARITIME MINNE
This Knowledgeable Market inventory appears to have by no means traded. “Go”.
127. Banimmo
Banimmo is a 38 mn EUR market cap actual property firm that has been flatlining for a few years. It appears to be a subsidiary f a Life Insurance coverage firm. “Go”.
128. Floridienne
Floridienne is a 686 mn EUR market cap Holding firm that produces an incredible broad number of merchandise, from Chemical compounds to Connoisseur Meals and likewise recycles Batteries. Equally wonderful has been the efficiency over the previous 10 years:
The inventory first climbed slowly, however then took of like a rocket in 2021, doing total 8X over the previous 10 years.
If I perceive accurately, their largest division, Biobest, provides organic resolution for Farmers to battle bugs and illnesses. They usually simply did a really giant acquisition in Brazil at 12 months finish 2023. The P&L does probably not inform the story why the share worth went up a lot within the final 12 months. Perhaps some readers know extra ? Blissful to listen to. Anyway, that is clearly one to “watch”.
129. Roton
This Knowledgeable Market inventory truly traded in 2024. In accordance with Euronext, this appears to be an bancrupt coal mine. “Go”.
130. Previous England
This Knowledgeable MArket inventory traded final in 2015. “Go”.
131. KBC
With a 28 bn market cap, KBC is clearly one of many bigger European banks. Trying on the chart we are able to see that the share worth has been oscillating up and executed and not using a pattern for a while:
As many different banks, the inventory is kind of low cost at a P/E of 9. The ROE is kind of good, on common like 12-14% p.a. which explains the 1,3x P/B valuation.
That is clearly a good financial institution however not what I’m in search of, “move”.
132. Moury Assemble SA
This 218 mn EUR market cap development firm, owned 60% by the Moury household, has a fairly uncommon chart for a development firm:
The inventory roughly tripled over the previous 3 years:
Trying on the particulars, Moury might truly improve earnings by 6x over the past 6 years. To be trustworthy, I didn’t discover out why Moury has executed so nicely over the previous 3-4 years, possibly once more, a few of my readers might enlighten me why they’ve executed so nicely.
One attention-grabbing side is that Moury all the time appeared extraordinarily low cost primarily based on EV multiples, almost definitely as a consequence of prepayments from purchasers.
In any case, this can be a “watch”.
133. Exmar
Exmar is a 434 mn EUR market cap delivery firm and an “Previous good friend of the weblog”. I invested into Exmar as a particular scenario in 2022 when it turned clear that they might divest theri LNG belongings at a really excessive worth.
The paid out a fats further dividend of greater than 5 EUR per share in 2023. Earnings for 2023 have been very stable and the inventory appears low cost. It appears that evidently the generational handover throughout the Savery household simply occurred in January. Within the annual report 2023 they point out Inexperienced Ammonia as a serious driver for the longer term. Total, regardless of the volatility of delivery, this inventory is a “watch”.
134. BARCO
BARCO is a 1,2 bn EUR market cap that “develops visualization options for the leisure, enterprise, and healthcare markets in Belgium and internationally.”
The inventory of BARCO has been fairly risky as we are able to see within the chart:
Barco runs 3 segments, Healthcare, Enterprise and Leisure. 2023 numbers had been fairly stable. Barco has additionally give a fairly optimistic 2024 outlook with additional margin will increase:
Curiously, the corporate has a major internet money place. Q1 was comparatively weak, nevertheless administration confirmed the 2024 outlook.
Total, this appears like a doubtlessly attention-grabbing scenario, so I’ll put them on “watch”.
135. SOFINA
SOFINA, with a market cap of seven,5 bn EUR is without doubt one of the largest Belgian Funding corporations.
Trying on the inventory chart, we are able to see that SOFINA participated within the Covid Bul-run however then misplaced virtually -50%:
It is a first rate web page from their IR presentation displaying each, the final portfolio set-up in addition to the NAV low cost:
Digging one degree deeper, the portfolio appears fairly “Techy” with Bytedance (TikTok) because the second largest direct holding.
For somebody curious about a diversified Tech/VC Portfolio, this could possibly be attention-grabbing, for me it isn’t the precise factor, due to this fact “move”.
136. Charbonnages du Bois-du-Luc
This Knowledgeable Market inventory has been traded final in 2015. From the identify it appears to be a (Former) coal mine. “Go”
137. BOUWONDERNEMING VOORUITZICHT
This Knowledgeable Market Inventory has additionally traded final in 2015. “Go”.
138. Growners
Growners is an Knowledgeable Market inventory that in response to Euronext “makes a speciality of skilled actual property buying and selling providers”. Final commerce was in 2021. “Go”.
139. AGFA Gevaert
AGFA is a 200 mn EUR market cap firm that was a part of the V&O Portfolio only some months in 2020.
Again then, it appeared like an attention-grabbing “A few of the elements” turnaround story with an activist current.
However clearly that hasn’t labored out as we are able to see within the chart:
Though they removed the offset enterprise to german Aurelius a while in the past, all of the remaining divisions had been struggling, particularly the most important one, Radiology which appears to have important China publicity.
Nonetheless, I’d wish to make a deep dive into AGFA in some unspecified time in the future, due to this fact I’ll put them on “watch”.
140. TISSAGES BRUGGEMAN
And yet one more Knowledgeable Market inventory which traded final in 2015. “Go”.
