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UTILITIES: Week in Review

UTILITIES
  • Utility spreads had a firm week (-4bp) with several names strongly reversing recent weakness (see chart). Origin Energy (+5bp) was an underperformer following earnings.
  • Earnings didn’t really move the needle; Orstedcontinues its path to targeted better credit metrics although its decision to halt its e-methanol project raises doubts for green gases’ development prospects https://marketnews.com/utilities-orsted-orsted-baa1-n-bbb-bbb-2q24-results. Fortum earnings were solid with leverage still very low https://marketnews.com/utilities-fortum-fumvfh-baa2-bbb-bbb-2q24-results.
  • RWE and E.ON results were largely credit neutral, confirming normalisation of energy prices since last year.

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