UMI.BR - Umicore SA
| Previous Close | 26.80 |
| Open | 26.35 |
| Bid | 0.00 x 0 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 0 |
| Day's Range | 26.16 - 26.69 |
| 52 Week Range | 25.11 - 50.78 |
| Volume | 593,244 |
| Avg. Volume | 982,992 |
| Market Cap | 6.388B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 1.20 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 21.25 |
| EPS (TTM) | 1.25 |
| Earnings Date | Jul 31, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.78 (2.96%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2019-08-23 |
| 1y Target Est | 46.18 |
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Should You Be Pleased About The CEO Pay At Umicore SA's (EBR:UMI)
Marc Grynberg has been the CEO of Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) since 2008. This report will, first, examine the CEO...
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Umicore: Interim dividend to be paid on 27 August
As previously announced on 31 July 2019, the Board of Directors approved a gross interim dividend of € 0.375 per share (ISIN BE0974320526) - i.e. half of the dividend paid in.
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Edited Transcript of UMI.BR earnings conference call or presentation 31-Jul-19 7:30am GMT
Half Year 2019 Umicore SA Earnings Call
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Umicore: Half Year Results 2019
Umicore delivered a robust performance in the first half of 2019 with revenues amounting to € 1.6 billion and a recurring EBIT of € 240 million against a backdrop of challenging conditions in key industries and reduced consumer confidence, especially impacting the automotive sector. In Energy & Surface Technologies, as announced in April, Umicore is facing a temporary slowdown in demand for its cathode materials and has adjusted its capital spending to the current slower pace of growth.
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Lithium Industry Buildup Is Outracing the Electric-Car Boom
(Bloomberg) -- Lithium miners are bulking up for a booming future when electric cars go mainstream. But speed bumps loom, with prices tumbling on a burst of new production and demand growth slowing in China.Between mid-2015 and mid-2018, prices for lithium, the soft, silvery-white metal crucial for rechargeable batteries, almost tripled as the world’s fleet of electric vehicles hit the 5 million mark, and the auto industry began to fret over the supply of raw materials.That sparked the opening of six lithium mines in Australia since 2017 as companies raced to gain from an evolving technology. But while the EV boom is coming, it isn’t here yet. Sales growth is slowing in China, the top market, and the drive to fill the battery supply chain has cooled. The result: A 30% price plunge for lithium that’s spurring concern over where the bottom may lie.“The latest EV data did reveal slowing growth, inferring that on top of excess supply, demand is now a problem,” Vivienne Lloyd and other analysts at Macquarie Capital Ltd. wrote in a report this month. “The key interest for investors should be who is likely to survive.”On Monday, shares were largely down for lithium producers worldwide. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Albemarle Corp. fell 1% at 10:06 a.m. in New York trading, while Philadelphia-based Livent Corp. slipped 0.9%. The American depository receipts of Santiago-based Soc. Quimica y Minera de Chile SA fell 0.8%, while in Australia, Pilbara Minerals Ltd. fell 2.1% and Galaxy Resources Ltd. dropped 1.8%.Mineral Resources Ltd. declined 2.6% after it confirmed the price for material from its Mt Marion mine will fall this quarter.In the first quarter of 2019, sales of electric vehicles in China, the largest market for EVs, grew by about 90% compared with a year earlier. While that sounds impressive, it’s half the growth seen between 2017 and 2018, according to Nikolas Soulopoulos at BloombergNEF in London.Meanwhile, lithium output in Australia, the world’s leading producer, is expected to rise about 23% over the next two years. And last month, the mining minister for No. 2 Chile, Baldo Prokurica, said the current administration was seeking to double that country’s production within four years.Lithium producers face other pricing hurdles as well, including a slowdown in the world’s ability to convert mined ore into lithium materials. Some converters in China reported delayed expansion due to overly aggressive project time lines, extended periods to commission their facilities, and tightened credit, according to a July report by Orocobre Ltd.In response to the delays, Perth-based Pilbara said in June that it planned to temporarily slow the pace of production.Even though the long-term demand outlook still looks strong, some producers are lowering their earnings forecasts for the short-term. Earlier this year, Belgium-based Umicore SA, the world’s largest lithium ion cathode maker, lowered its earnings guidance through the end of 2019, citing weaker demand and the shutdown of energy storage systems in South Korea.While Umicore said it expects “significant growth in revenues and earnings in 2020,” its previous projections of 100,000 tons of cathode materials sales in 2019 and 175,000 tons capacity by the end of 2021 are now on a 12 to 18 month lag.Top lithium miner Albemarle Corp. and Livent Corp. also cited weakening demand and low prices as the cause of business headwinds and production delays.“There’s a tradeoff,” said Joel Jackson, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets.Producers “see that electric vehicles will take off years from now, and they want to be the dominant players in 2023, 2025, 2030,” Jackson said by telephone. “So they’ll try to build out what they believe will be the supply needed to service lithium demand years from now, and they want to get their products out there first.”By 2025, the market for mined lithium raw material may be worth $20 billion, compared with $43 billion for refined products and $424 billion for battery cells, according to a base case scenario outlined in a 2018 study published by the Australia-based Association of Mining and Exploration Companies.By 2030, the supply of lithium-ion batteries will need to increase by more than 10-fold, BloombergNEF forecasts, with electric vehicles to accounting for more than 70% of that demand.In the meantime, the lithium bears are in control.Morgan Stanley forecast earlier this month that lithium carbonate prices from South America would fall below the $10,000 per ton threshold. Different forms of lithium produced in different regions will continue declining and converge between $7,000 and $8,100 per ton by 2025, according to analysts led by Javier Martinez de Olcoz.Not all lithium is equal either. Miners produce lithium with specific chemical properties, catered to the needs of each buyer. Negotiations to close contracts are confidential and typically take months.“As the EV industry evolves, battery requirements are changing to address greater safety needs, range specifications, and energy density,” Martinez de Olcoz wrote in a report. The difference, he said, "has raised questions about the ability of lithium producers to keep up with the fast-changing demand profile.”Lithium stocks will remain volatile, but producers who can adapt faster to the changing needs of their customers are likely to win in the race to dominate the market, de Olcoz said.(Adds industry shares in the fifth and sixth paragraphs.)\--With assistance from Justina Vasquez and David Stringer.To contact the reporter on this story: Laura Millan Lombrana in Santiago at lmillan4@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Luzi Ann Javier at ljavier@bloomberg.net, Reg Gale, Pratish NarayananFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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Is Umicore SA's (EBR:UMI) 2.7% Dividend Worth Your Time?
Could Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) be an attractive dividend share to own for the long haul? Investors are often drawn to...
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Umicore - Transparency notifications by BlackRock, Inc.
Transparency notification of 17 July 2019 In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings BlackRock, Inc. has notified Umicore on.
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Should You Be Tempted To Sell Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) Because Of Its P/E Ratio?
This article is written for those who want to get better at using price to earnings ratios (P/E ratios). To keep it...
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How Much Of Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) Do Institutions Own?
Every investor in Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Institutions will...
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Here's Why I Think Umicore (EBR:UMI) Might Deserve Your Attention Today
Like a puppy chasing its tail, some new investors often chase 'the next big thing', even if that means buying 'story...
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Umicore completes a € 390 million private debt placement
Umicore has successfully completed a € 390 million US Private Placement notes issue. The offering was significantly oversubscribed and attracted strong interest both from institutional investors who participated in Umicore’s initial 2017 placement as well as from new investors. Through the successful completion of this private placement offering, Umicore further extends the maturity of its debt at historically low fixed terms.
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UPDATE 1-Germany to support three battery cell alliances - economy minister
Germany will award to three consortiums 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion) in funding it earmarked last year to support domestic battery cell production, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told Reuters, part of a bid to cut carmakers' reliance on Asian supply. Securing a regional supply chain for electric vehicles (EVs) would help Germany achieve European Union goals to lower carbon emissions and cut fossil fuel consumption.
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Umicore SA (EBR:UMI): Poised For Long-Term Success?
In December 2018, Umicore SA (EBR:UMI) announced its latest earnings update, which showed that the company experienced...
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Joint press release: Umicore and Glencore develop partnership for sustainable cobalt supply in battery materials
Umicore and Glencore announce today that they have entered into a long-term revolving agreement for the supply of cobalt hydroxide (cobalt) to Umicore’s battery materials value chain. The cobalt will be sourced from Glencore’s state-of-the art industrial mining operations, KCC and Mutanda, located in the DRC. Umicore has assessed each operation as fully compliant with its sustainable procurement framework for cobalt which excludes artisanally mined cobalt from its supply chain, as well as any form of child labor.
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Umicore to acquire cobalt refinery and cathode precursor operations in Finland
Umicore announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Freeport Cobalt’s cobalt refining and cathode precursor activities in Kokkola, Finland, for a total consideration of $ 150 million on a debt and cash free basis, plus the value of the working capital to be taken over at closing, which at the end of March was approximately $ 40 million. The transaction which is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, is expected to be finalized by the end of 2019 and will be funded from Umicore’s existing credit facilities. It is anticipated that the acquisition will be earnings accretive from 2020 and value accretive from 2021, after completion of the integration process and a significant reduction of the net working capital resulting from supply chain synergies.
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Does Umicore SA's (EBR:UMI) 48% Earnings Growth Reflect The Long-Term Trend?
Assessing Umicore SA's (EBR:UMI) past track record of performance is a valuable exercise for investors. It enables us...
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Umicore SA (EBR:UMI): Time For A Financial Health Check
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France, Germany to support battery cell consortium including PSA, Saft
France and Germany have asked the European Commission to approve state subsidies for a cross-border battery cell consortium including carmaker PSA with its German subsidiary Opel and French battery maker Saft, a German official said on Monday. The two countries have earmarked 1.7 billion euros (£1.4 billion) to support company alliances to help reduce European carmakers' dependence on Asian suppliers and protect jobs at risk from the shift away from combustion engines. The economy ministries of both countries sent a letter of intent to the European Union's executive body asking it to give a provisional go-ahead, a German economy ministry spokeswoman said, without giving a sum for the planned state funding.
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Umicore - All agenda items approved at the shareholders' meetings
On Thursday 25 April 2019, Umicore held its ordinary and special shareholders’ meetings at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Shareholders approved all agenda items..
