All German Shares Part 20 (Nr. 401-425)
Another 25er batch of German stocks based on my random selection criteria. This time the result are 3 new entries into my watch list.
401. Kampa AG
Insolvent “zombie” stock. Pass.
402. Dinkelacker AG
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All German Shares Part 19 (Nr. 376-400)
Halftime !!! I covered now more than 50% of the German stock universe which is around 800 shares. In this post you’ll see still some entries that I have written pre-crisis that I then had to update significantly. Overall these 25 stocks resulted in 6 watch list candidates which is clearly above average.
376. Instant IPO Holding AG
All German Shares Part 18 (Nr. 351-375)
So back to the “new normal” with another episode of my German Stock series. Most of these summaries have been written before the crisis hit, so I just added a few comments here and there and updated the numbers.
351. Rhoen Klinikum AG
Rhoen Klinikum is a 1.1 bn 1.2 bn EUR market cap company owns and runs a series of clinics in Germany. I used to own the shares some time ago but more like a “special situation” investment. The company was target of a take-over battle some years ago and sold a large part of its clinics to a competitor and kept the more difficult ones. The stock did quite well for some time but the started to decline with no end in sight:
All German Shares Part 17 (Nr. 326-350)
The next batch of 25 randomly selected German stocks.
In the last post, someone asked why I do not filter out certain stocks (Nanocaps etc.). I have thought of this, but decided against it. The main reason is that some of these “Zombie’s” have really interesting stories that might contain important lessons. Plus there is a VERY small chance that a real gem is hiding somewhere, although I haven’t found one yet.
This time, I only put 3 stocks on my watch list, but some of the “passed” stocks have really interesting stories.
326. United Labels AG
United Labels is another child and survivor of the Dotcom boom. The 8.7 mn market cap company is active in licensing brands to producers of everyday articles like T-Shirts etc. Top line is however shrinking since a few years and this year they had to put their Spanish subsidiary into insolvency. “pass”.
All German Shares part 16 (Nr. 301-325)
At the moment I can keep the weekly frequency for this series. This time, the random generator only included 2 stocks that in my opinion are worth “watching” but some of the stocks covered have interesting histories.
301. Lotto24 AG
Lotto24 is providing online access to Germany’s state lottery. With a market cap of 353 mn, investors get a run rate of 5mn Profit. The high market cap is mostly a result of a successful take-over event of Zeal Group, which now seems to own 93% of the shares. a “pass” for me.
302. WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz Aktiengesellschaft
All German Shares part 14 (Nr. 251-275)
This week there are as always a couple of “zombies”, some hyped real estate companies but also some interesting watch candidates and two former portfolio companies. Enjoy !!
251. Atoss Software AG
Atoss is a 620 mn market cap Enterprise Software company specializing in HR software solutions. As many Software companies, the stock has performed very well over the past few years:
All German Shares Part 13 (Nr. 226-250)
Another week, another 25er batch of “fresh” German companies. Again, there is a lot of “Garbage” but also some interesting “watch” positions. One of the candidates is German Startups Group which, in the meantime made it into my portfolio. I publish the “All German stock” Series with a certain time lag and if time allows, I dive deeper into stocks that really interest me a lot. So It can happen that I decide to invest prior to actually publishing the respective post…
226. SAP AG
With 147 bn EUR the most valuable listed German company, leader in enterprise software with a steady increase in valuation over the last years:
All German Shares – Part 11 (Nr. 176-200)
New year, same series. This time the 25 stocks contain 5 watch list candidates. At 200 stocks I have managed now to cover already 25% of the universe.
176. Puma SE
Puma SE, the iconic German sportswear brand founded by the brother of Adi Dassler (Adidas) is a very interesting case. The now 10 bn EUR market company was one of the real hot growth stocks in the 90ies early 2000s, then nothing happened for a long time as we can see in the chart:
German Startups Group KGaA – Where Deep Value meets Venture Capital
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. Please do your own research !!!
Management summary:
Despite many issues in the past, I do think that German Startups Group, a stock listed VC investment vehicle, represents an interesting “deep value” situation, where one can buy 1 EUR of underlying value for less than 50 cents. A lot of things have changed into the right direction and there is the chance for some (soft) catalysts in the relatively near future. On the other hand, the unusual corporate structure in combination with a small market cap (EUR 15mn) and relatively illiquid trading also clearly makes it a risky investment.
“Never say never”
Some of my readers will ask: What did make my opinion change on this ?
All German Shares – Part 11 (Nr. 151-175)
And the next 25 stocks, this time with 5 candidates for the watch list. Enjoy !!!
151. Hesse Newmann AG
Troubled 4 mn EUR market cap asset manager fully depending on major share holder. “pass”.
152. Aareal Bank AG
value and opportunity 