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Research Update: SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG

30. Oktober 2009



Consolidation among carbide suppliers
 
Powder and Granules segment under significant pressure
The Powder and Granules segment’s procurement activities are focused on ensuring the availability of magnesium (mainly in the US) and carbide (mainly in Europe) based hot metal desulfurization materials for ...


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Research Update: SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG

15. Mai 2009



High costs variability
 
Q1/09 review
SKW reported Q1/09 revenues and earnings today. Revenues of €50.0mn were heavily impacted by the financial crisis and well below last year’s €81.0mn. Gross margin, one of the key indicators for ...


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Research Update: SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG

24. März 2009



No swimming against the tide
 
Towards the trough: Volumes remain at risk
Since our last update in November the global economy slowed even faster than expected. IMF economists have revised their world GDP outlook and now expect the global economy to ...


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Research update: SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG

17. November 2008



Windfall profits from magnesium trading

>Q3 again strongly boosted by magnesium prices
After nine months, sales rose to €296.0mn (+86.7% YoY), EBIT was €23.3mn (+77.2% YoY), and EBT amounted to €22.0mn (+57.7% YoY).
The key growth driver was the consolidation of...


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Research update: SKW Stahl-Metallurgie AG

14. August 2008



Fruits of Magnesium

Magnesium price hike was the main source of profitability
Since SKW had reported preliminary Q2 results a few weeks ago, today's release did not include any surprises. Sales in the second quarter rose to €102.4mn (+82.7%), significantly surpassing last year's €56,1mn. In H1, sales increased to €183.4mn from €106.0mn...


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Research update: SKW Stahl-Metallurgie AG

23. Juli 2008



Effects from the recent Magnesium price increase

Surprisingly strong Q2
SKW reported strong preliminary Q2 results, which is in contrast to the moderate outlook from the last conference call, when we were repeatedly advised not to extrapolate Q1 results into the future. As it turns out, performance in Q2 was even better than in Q1. Sales in Q2 rose by 83% to...


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Research update: SKW Stahl-Metallurgie AG

01. Juli 2008



Suspicion of price-fixing agreements

European Commission investigates price-fixing
The accusations of price-fixing, which have been known of since January 2007, have now been formulated specifically by the European Commission. Accordingly, the EC is investigating SKW on suspicion of co-ordination of behaviour in the sale of calcium carbide power and magnesium...


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Research update: SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG

16. Mai 2008



Q1/08 with up and downs

Organic growth no more than about 2%
In the first quarter, SKW was able to boost revenue by 62.0% from €50.0mn to €81.0mn (eViscardi €84.5mn). However, with adjustment for the take-over of EMS, first-quarter growth was no more than about 2% and thus, significantly below that of world-steel production, which rose by...


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Research update: SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG

16. November 2007



Guidance only disappoints at first glance

9M/07 as expected
Based on SKW's conservative guidance, the adjusted EBITDA CAGR 2007e-11e stands at a remarkable 20%. This nicely demontrates SKW's profitable growth and should be reflected in much higher share prices. We reiterate...


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Research update: SKW Stahl-Metallurgie

14. August 2007



Strong delivery again, bright outlook

H1/07 results matched our forecast
We maintain a Buy recommendation on SKW. a) The group operates in a steady growth industry (8.4% in H1/07) and is continuing to outperform the market; b) with ESM successfully integrated we believe SKW should unlock significant synergies; and c) with sound management SKW has delivered...


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Research update: SKW Stahl-Metallurgie

12. Juli 2007



A logical takeover

SKW has agreed to acquire the US-based ESM Group. ESM is by far the largest provider of service solutions for magnesium-based raw iron desulphurization in North America. The takeover makes SKW the global market leader in this segment. Apart from these ...


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Research update: SKW Stahl-Metallurgie AG

16. Mai 2007



Q1 in line with our expectations

SKW's quarterly results were in line with our expectations. In the first quarter, SKW boosted its revenues from EUR 49.0mn to EUR 50.0mn. This correspondends to growth of 2.1%; at constant currency rates, the company's growth rate would have come to 5%. Compared to the prior-year ...


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Research: SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding

15. Januar 2007



Inititation of Coverage

With more than 50 years' experience in the field of metallurgy, SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding is the world market leader in secondary metallurgy and niche markets for chemical additives for raw iron desulphurisation. In the steel...


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