Ageas, Solvay and D’Ieteren top favorites for 2021

The Belgian stock market experts choose Ageas, Solvay and D’Ieteren as the top trio at the Brussels stock exchange for 2021.

For the 25^{you are} year in a row we asked the Belgian teams of analysts about their favorite stocks for the coming year. Ageas

comes out as the undisputed winner in the survey. The specialists praise the solid balance sheet with a generous cash position, the growth in the Far East and the low valuation of the company. Ageas is little affected by the corona pandemic. Because we drive less by car and therefore cause fewer accidents, the margins for non-life insurance are higher. The dividend yield of 4.5 percent is, according to the experts, an extra not to be sneezed at.

The chemical group Solvay

gets the silver medal. Top woman Ilham Kadri focuses on cash generation and cost savings, which should support margins. The economic recovery after corona should advance the branch that makes lightweight composites for aircraft construction and the automotive industry.

At the holding D’Ieteren

The car window repairer Belron, known to us from the Carglass brand, is the profit engine. Belron conquers the US and also became active in body repair, increasing sales and profits. D’Ieteren also has a balance sheet like a rock and has 1.4 billion euros available to invest.

The selections that the analysts had put forward for this year at the end of 2019 did very well. They achieved a slightly positive return with their Belgian top ten, while the Belgian All Share Index with all Belgian shares resulted in a loss of 11 percent. With their foreign top press list they even scored a return of 45 percent.

Discover all the favorites of the Belgian analyst teams in De Tijd on Saturday 12 December.