GREEK EQUITIES DAILY

January 19, 2015
GREEK EQUITIES DAILY
Market Comment
The market ended the week on a negative footing, posting 1.79% decline,
limiting the week’s performance to a 1.41% gain. The banking sector was at the
forefront of this evident weakness on Friday ending 4.63% lower. Trading
activity was somewhat higher amounting to EUR99.8mn. Several names among
large-caps came under pressure including OPAP (-8.02%), Fourlis (-5.07%)and
Metka (-4.15%), while on the other hand OTE (+2.70%) was the main
outperformer. Sentiment overall remains weak in the final run up to the
elections, therefore we expect the market to remain jittery in the coming days.
Athens General Index
Politics // Syriza leading 3.1-5% according to latest polls
The latest round of opinion polls published over the weekend suggest that
Syriza retains a 3.1%-5% lead over New Democracy. Kapa Research shows Syriza
leading by 3.1% compared with 2.6% last week (garnering 31.2% of votes).
Metron Analysis suggests Syriza’s lead has widened to 4.6%, with the
frontrunner still not being able to secure an absolute majority (147 seats).
Another poll conducted by Public Issue suggests Syriza is leading with a 5%
margin (35.5% vs. 30.5%) securing 144 seats. The previous poll conducted by
the same company was suggesting Syriza was leading by 8% and might secure a
thin majority (151 seats).
Market Statistics
Economy // Press reports on EU openness to possible further program
extension, while Greek FinMin warns of complacency
According to press over the weekend, it seems that EU officials have been
discussing the prospects of extending Greece’s program by up to 6-months in
an effort to give a newly formed Greek government the time to engage in
deliberations with the troika. We note that such an extension would have to be
requested by the Greek side as soon as a new government is in place. The
French FinMin offered additional leeway as he reportedly stated that he’d be
open to negotiations with a new Greek government on matters relating to the
program and national debt. The Greek Finmin highlighted during an interview
on Sunday, that he fears that involved parties on the Greek side exhibit an
unjustified complacency, which is backed by the fact that funding has remained
for the most part uninterrupted over the last year, nevertheless deadlines
remain tight thus non allowing for the exhibited complacency.
Economy // Press reports on potential new levies included in Syriza’s agenda
According to the local paper Eleftheros Typos, Syriza’s program related to social
security provides for the introduction of a series of taxes including taxation on
all financial transactions and special duties on gaming. The article refers to a
series of documents marked as Syriza’s proposals under public consultation,
which, indeed, make generic reference to the imposition of several “social
levies” for the benefit of the social security system. With regard to gaming in
particular, measures under consideration seem to be levies on player’s bets as
well as a gaming duty burdening the operators (e.g. OPAP, casinos, Hellenic
Lotteries etc.). From the language used in the document it is not clear whether
this refers to the increase of the gaming duty already in place or whether it
simply does not take into account its existence since 2013.
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ASE General Index
790.6
-1.8
-4.3
FTSE ASE Large Cap
252.6
-2.2
-4.6
FTSE ASE Mid Cap
754.1
-1.9
-2.5
Turnover EUR mn
99.8
Avg Turnover (3mo) EUR mn
101.9
Market cap EUR bn
52.2
Valuation*
2014e
2015e
2016e
P/E
47.8
22.4
15.6
EV/EBITDA
8.1
5.4
4.7
P/BV
1.0
1.0
0.9
Yield
2.8%
3.6%
4.9%
*Focuslist valuation data: Our Focuslist consists of 29 stocks accounting
for ca 85% of total ATHEX Mcap
Daily Best - Worst Performers *
Sidenor
2.7%
Intracom
-8.0%
OTE
2.6%
OPAP
-7.2%
Autohellas
2.0%
Alpha Bank
-6.4%
*FTSE Large Cap & FTSE Mid Cap
Greek Sovereign Yields
GGB Feb'23
GGB Feb'28
GGB Feb'33
GGB Feb'37
GGB Feb'38
GGB Feb'42
9.73%
9.37%
8.60%
8.26%
8.23%
7.89%
See Appendix for Analysts Certification and important
Disclosures
GREEK EQUITIES DAILY
January 19, 2015
Banks // Eurosystem funding up by EUR 21bn during the last few weeks, ECB
approves EUR 40bn credit line through ELA (press)
According to press reports (kathimerini), Greek banks’ reliance on the
Eurosystem has increased by EUR 21bn during the last few weeks, totaling more
than EUR 65bn, in their effort to weather tightening liquidity conditions
domestically. Greek banks’ liquidity positions have deteriorated lately mainly as
a result of: i) deposit outflows (ca EUR 3.0bn during December, continuing
during January), ii) higher needs for tbill auctions by ca EUR 9.0bn, given that
foreign investors do not rollover their holdings, iii) reduced access to interbank
markets which has cost about EUR 9.0bn lately and iv) lower value of collaterals
posted to ECB. At the same time, the ECB appears to have approved a EUR
40bn credit line for Greek banks through ELA as two of the four systemic banks
have already submitted requests to Bank of Greece in order to draw ca EUR
5.0bn in a proactive move to secure comfortable liquidity ahead of possible
further tightening of liquidity conditions. Finally, according to German press
reports (Der Spiegel) Greek banks may not be able to take advantage of the
ECB’s QE program that is expected to be launched soon given the latest political
developments.
Events Calendar
Results Announcements
AGMs / EGMs
Ex – Div
Economy // Fitch rating downgrades Greece outlook to “negative” on the back
of political uncertainty, maintains rating at “B”
The rating agency announced that it was reducing its outlook on the country’s
rating to “negative” from “stable” on the back of the political uncertainty given
the January 25th snap elections and the low visibility of future policy making.
The agency believes that the new government and the troika are likely to come
to an agreement as they both have strong incentives to do so. The next review
is set for May 15th, while the downside risks to the rating involve a prolonged
political deadlock and both macro and fiscal slippage. On the contrary, the
formation of a stable government and a timely agreement with creditors as well
an acceleration in economic activity would have a positive effect on the
agency’s view on the country’s credit profile.
Equity Research
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Nikos Koskoletos, CFA
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January 19, 2015
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Stock Ratings
Coverage Universe
Count
Total
Buy
14
48%
Hold
8
28%
Sell
3
10%
Restricted
2
7%
Under Review
2
7%
Total
29
100%
Investment Banking Clients
Count
Total
2
14%
2
25%
0
0%
2
100%
0
0%
Analyst Stock Ratings:
Buy:
Hold:
Sell:
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