** Deutsche Bank outlines a "moderately positive" view for European utilities following the sector's strongest performance since 2007 last year
** "After a year of excitement around rising network capex and data centre fuelled power demand, earnings growth is accelerating", DB says, though it warns that hopes for strong-near demand growth may be "overdone"
** The brokerage updates its forecast, expecting earnings CAGR in 2026-2031 to grow at 6%, up from its previous outlook of 4% growth for the 2025-2030 period
** It downgrades Spain's Enagas ENAG.MC from "hold" to "sell", seeing "scope for disappointment from the Spanish regulatory review
** It also cuts Italgas IG.MI to "hold" from "buy", saying that the current stock price reflects the "attractive" outlook, as the utility's share price has doubled since October 2023
COMPANY
RATING
OLD RATING
PT
OLD PT
Enagas
Sell
Hold
EUR 12.00
EUR 12.80
Italgas
Hold
Buy
EUR 10.30
EUR 10.00
Acciona Energia ANE.MC
Hold
-
EUR 21.00
EUR 20.00
EDP EDP.LS
Hold
-
EUR 4.20
EUR 4.10
EDPR EDPR.LS
Hold
-
EUR 12.50
EUR 12.00
Elia ELI.BR
Hold
-
EUR 105
EUR 95
Enel ENEI.MI
Hold
-
EUR 8.50
EUR 7.70
Engie ENGIE.PA
Buy
-
EUR 25.00
EUR 21.50
E.ON EONGn.DE
Buy
-
EUR 18.00
EUR 17.00
Fortum FORTUM.HE
Sell
-
EUR 15.70
EUR 14.80
Iberdrola IBE.MC
Hold
-
EUR 18.00
EUR 14.50
National Grid PLC NG.L
Buy
-
1250p
1150p
Orsted ORSTED.CO
Hold
-
DKK 130
DKK 120
Pennon Group PNN.L
Buy
-
600p
580p
Redeia REDE.MC
Sell
-
EUR 13.80
EUR 14.00
RWE RWEG.DE
Buy
-
EUR 55.00
EUR 50.00
Snam SRG.MI
Buy
-
EUR 7.00
EUR 6.50
SSE SSE.L
Buy
-
2500p
2350p
Severn Trent SVT.L
Hold
-
2950p
3000p
Terna S.p.A. TRN.MI
Buy
-
EUR 10
EUR 9.60
Verbund VERB.VI
Sell
-
EUR 58
EUR 60
Veolia Environnement VIE.PA
Buy
-
EUR 33
EUR 32
(Reporting by Javi West Larrañaga)
((javier.west@thomsonreuters.com; +34 918 35 61 12))
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