MS ups Sodexo, sees scope for margin boost
** Morgan Stanley ups French caterer Sodexo EXHO.PA to "overweight" from "equal-weight" citing potential simplification of its holding structure and scope for higher margins
** On the back of its US catering survey, the brokerage says it is confident in Sodexo's operational turnaround sustainability in the U.S., which could boost margins by around80bps
** The brokerage lifts its PT by 11.6% to 96 euros, sayinga simplified structure of Sodexo's holding could addabout 10% to its market cap
** Sodexo indirectly owns 8.4% of itself and Pluxee PLX.PA via its Sofinsod subsidiary (owns ~20% of Bellon SA, which owns ~43% of both companies)
** "It sounds close to resolving this... we think investors will increasingly start to price it in," MS says on the potential simplification of the holding
** Out of 21 analysts that cover Sodexo, 15 rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy," five rate it "hold" and one rates the stock "sell"
($1 = 0.9224 euros)
(Reporting Clement Martinot)
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