L'Oreal reassures with Q1 growth, shares jump
** Shares in L'Oreal OREP.PA rise about 5% after the French cosmetics giant beat expectations on Q1 sales as mass-market makeup outshone luxury
** Q1 sales rise 9.4% to 11.24 bln euros ($11.95 bln), above consensus expectations of 6.1% cited by Jefferies
** Stifel says the biggest positive surprises come from Europe and Consumer Products, while North Asia and Luxe are not worse than feared
** RBC notes Q1 growth materially beats expectations even when adjusted for a positive one-off from IT systems change and insurance
** "We anticipate a strongly positive share price reaction," Stifel says, as investors have been cautious so far due to U.S. data softness, a warning from ULTA ULTA.O, and weak cosmetics retails sales data in China
** Between ULTA's warning and Tuesday's close, L'Oreal shares lost about 3.7% in value, before paring the losses to 1.7% at Thursday's close
** "We think the market trends suggest the worst is over (in Asia)," J.P.Morgan says, which should give some reassurance to Shiseido 4911.T and Kose 4922.T
** The stock is heading for a best day in 15 months if gains hold
($1 = 0.9406 euros)
Reporting by Piotr Lipinski
Related Assets
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
