Dalata Hotel Group

Good conclusion to 2024 provides encouragement

Dalata updated on FY24 trading this morning. In what was a more challenging year for market wide RevPAR growth, Dalata expects to deliver aEBITDA in excess of €232m, +4% year-on-year...

Flutter Entertainment plc

Growth underpinned by scale effects

Flutter Entertainment is proving out the competitive advantages of being the scale global B2C operator. In a sector where scale is key, its podium positions in several of the world’s...

De La Rue

H1 EBITA ahead – strong order book growth drives upgrades

De La Rue has delivered a better-than-expected H1 profit. Momentum is building in the Currency order book – which is up 34% in the last two months to £338m, aided by strong polymer...

IRES REIT

Positive developments in the investment case provide an opportunity

Private rented sector (PRS) yields in Ireland look to have stabilised and are at an attractive level in a European context. IRES has absorbed the yield shift as well as a major rotation...

Marshalls

The Marshalls Plan

Marshalls’ Capital Markets Event (CME) outlined the levers that the group can pull to grow sales over the coming years. There was a clear signal that it has shifted away from...

Irish economy

New forecasts: strong economic growth set to continue despite downside risks

We are updating our economic forecasts for 2025 and extending the horizon out to 2026. Available details for this year indicate that growth momentum has picked up, helped by rising...

DS Smith

In-line H1; expect Q1 2025 IP take-over completion

DS Smith’s £221m H1 FY25 EBIT was in-line with Visible Alpha consensus. Subject to European regulatory clearance, we expect the International Paper (IP) take-over of DS Smith to...

Irish economy

Budget stimulus obscured by Apple back-taxes in November

The November exchequer returns are heavily affected by the receipt of back-taxes from Apple. Beneath the surface however, the fiscal stimulus from Budget 2025 is evident. November...

FBD Holdings

Strategic delivery

FBD continues to deliver on its strategy, growing customer numbers and gross written premium (GWP) in its core franchise and priority areas in a manner consistent with managing risk....

Essentra plc

Components of value

Essentra Components has delivered consistent growth over time at good margins. When it was part of the wider Essentra group (before it emerged as a pure-play components business in...