That is the final batch of randomly chosen Belgian shares. As within the different “All Shares” collection, there wil be a abstract put up the place I’ll trim down the preliminary watch checklist to a extra manageable quick checklist. This time, 5 firms made it onto the preliminary watch checklist. Up to now I haven’t selected a brand new nation but.
181. Reibel
This appears to be an virtually zero price shell of a bankrupt firm. “Move”.
182. Oxurion
This 1 mn EUR market cap Biotech firm doesn’t look very convincing. “Move”.
183. Tetrys
This 4 mn market cap firm sadly has nothing to do with the well-known Tetris sport however is a few sort of actual property improvement firm. “Move”.
184. Recticel
Recticel is a 715 mn EUR firm that previously did a lot of issues however beneath stress from activists targeted itself on its insulation enterprise. As such, it was already a part of my portfolio a while in the past as a part of the “insulation basket”.
2023 was a transition yr with “Noisy” earnings, however the Q1 replace was surprisingly robust:
Recticel additionally used their money buffer to amass one other Belgian firm that produces insulation panels. A transfer that I might have additionally anticipated kind my portfolio firm Sto, however they didn’t do something but.
The long run share worth clearly exhibits the uninspiring previous:
Nonetheless, as a targeted insulation participant, I’ve Recticel on “watch” anyway.
185. Pantech (Skilled Market)
This Skilled Market inventory was final traded in Sep. 2021. “Move”.
186. BEM Make investments (Skilled Market)
This inventory was final traded 7 years in the past. “Move”.
187. Aedifica
This 2,8 bn EUR market cap firm is as soon as once more an actual property firm that has seen higher occasions. Nevertheless, almost definitely attributable to its specialization on aged care, it doesn’t appear to be in deep misery:
In any case, nothing for me, “go”.
188. PB Finance (Skilled MArket)
This Skilled Market Penny Inventory traded final in 2015. “Move”.
189. Quest for Progress NV
This 81 mn market cap funding firm doesn’t appear to have discovered what they had been searching for. At the least this means the Share worth:
Apparently, in accordance with TIKR they’ve unfavourable EV which is perhaps not appropriate. If I perceive it appropriately it’s this closed finish fund.
The listed a part of the portfolio could be very attention-grabbing, amongst others they personal EVS and ABO Vitality. The VC half seems much less strong although.
Based on this chart, the present valuation for the time being provides zero worth to the unlisted half:
As I discover the inventory choice attention-grabbing, I’ll put them on “watch”.
190. Softimat
This 4 mn EUR market cap inventory seems like one other failed Actual Property developer. “Move”.
191. Ackermans Van Haaren (AvH)
AvH is without doubt one of the extra profitable Belgian conglomerates. With 5,5 bn EUR market cap, AvH has an honest long run worth creation observe document:
I had lined AvH each in 2014 and as soon as once more to start with of this yr.
As some readers would possibly recall, I really invested into DEME, a subsidiary of AVH as a result of I assumed that this was the very best asset and it paid off effectively. I’m not so certain about a few of the different companies. Nonetheless an organization to “watch” although.
192. Utexbel (Skilled MArket)
Skilled Market inventory that traded final 9 years in the past. “Move”.
193. CHEMINS DE FER BELGES (Sté nationale des) – BELGISCHE SPOORWEGEN (Nationale Mij der) – Skilled MArket
This appears to be an artifact of the Belgian Nationwide Railway. “Move”.
194. Spadel
This 790 mn EUR market cap firm appears to be within the enterprise of promoting mineral water. The corporate appears to be 93% owned by its CEO and really thinly traded: They declare to be market leaders in Belgium and apparently in Bulgaria. What a Combo.
The corporate has internet money and appears to be doing fairly OK, however 2022 noticed a big drop in earnings. Total, this doesn’t too attention-grabbing to me, due to this fact I’ll “go”.
195. Solvay
Solvay is a 3,5 bn EUR market cap Chemical substances firm that has been simply present process a significant re-org Spin-Off train which explains the massive drop in Share worth:
David Einhorn had pitched SOlvay in April as a high decide, he has some expertise with European Chemical firms.
The valuation remains to be very very low cost. Here’s a Video of Einhorn explaining the thought at a excessive stage:
The Spin Off Syensqo has retained about ¾ of the full fairness worth. After the Einhorn pitch, Solvay gained round 20%, however nonetheless seems attention-grabbing. “Watch”.
196. Solvac
With Solvac, for as soon as I overruled the almighty random quantity generator and deal with this 2,3 bn firm proper after Solvay as a result of it’s really the Holding firm, that owns ~30% of each, Solvay and Spin-Off Syensqo.
They’ve this good graph on their website which makes it straightforward to calculate the worth:
I shortly calculated the worth on the time of writing and it seems like this:
Solvac passes on the dividend obtained to shareholders. As a result of low cost to NAV, the dividend yield is ~5,5%.
Solvac has a pleasant chart exhibiting the final 40 years of dividend historical past:
Nevertheless we are able to additionally see that the share worth did little for the previous 20 years:
As a pure dividend play, Solvac will not be attention-grabbing for a German investor attributable to te excessive withholding tax in Belgium. Nonetheless, I might put Solvac as a part of the “solvay” household on “watch”.
