Fundamental analysis

Piraeus Bank, Greece's fourth-largest lender by market value, said on Monday it will cut its nonperforming exposures (NPE) ratio to below 6% of its loan portfolio in 2023.

Under a business plan for 2022-2025, unveiled last year, Piraeus aimed to decrease its NPE ratio to 3% by 2025 and possibly start paying out dividends from 2024 onward.

The estimate that a collapse of the demand for liquid fuels is possible in the very near future due to high inflation was made by the Deputy CEO of Motor Oil during yesterday's teleconference with analysts.

Koper – Port operator Luka Koper posted a net profit of EUR 16.5 million for the first quarter of 2022, up 91% over the same period in 2021. Sales revenue rose by 23% to EUR 70.9 million, and transshipped goods were up 18% to nearly 5.9 million tonnes, show unaudited results released on Friday.

Papoutsanis pre-tax profits increased by 46% to 1.1 million euros in the first quarter of 2022, while turnover amounted to 14.9 million euros, an increase of 45% compared to the first quarter of 2021. Profits after taxes amounted to 0.8 million euros compared to 0.5 million euros in the corresponding period of 2021, showing an improvement of 40%.

The credit rating of PPC was upgraded by the financial firm S&P, after the corresponding upgrade it made for the Greek economy.

Ljubljana – Mercator, Slovenia’s largest retailer, recovered from last year’s deep loss as it posted a net profit of EUR 12.6 million for the first nine months of the year. Sales revenue was up by almost a percent to EUR 1.63 billion, shows the group’s earnings report released on Thursday.

Ljubljana – Steel group SIJ increased its sales revenue by 34.2% to EUR 714.6 million in the first nine months of the year over the same period last year. Profit before tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) reached EUR 73.5 million, the company said on Monday.

62.4% increase in earnings per share on an adjusted basis for extraordinary and non-recurring events, compared to the Nine Months of 2020, or 18% on a non-adjusted basis, with net profit after minority interests amounting to € 115 million, was shown by MYTILINEOS in the 9 months of 2021, according to a relevant announcement.

Sales of 60.97 million euros, with an increase of 11.83% showed Loulis Mills at group level in the first half of this year compared to the first half of 2021, while at company level sales amounted to 54.25 million euros with an increase of 13%. Cost of sales increased by 17.63% for the group and by 19.09% for the company.

Ptuj – The poultry group Perutnina Ptuj posted EUR 294 million in sales revenue in 2020, a new record and 3% increase on the year before. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were up 7% to EUR 47.7 million, the company has reported.