Are shares in this European giant a big deal?
Not far off a two-year high, shares in this multi-billion euro business look interesting. Independent analyst Alistair Strang gives his view.
14th May 2024 07:52
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
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There cannot be many companies who can trace their lineage back to Napoleon III, but Vivendi were originally known as Compagnie Generale des Eaux, created by imperial decree by Napoleon in 1853, supplying water to Lyon, Paris, Nantes, Venice, and Constantinople. The company remained fascinated with water for the next 100 years, and by the 1970’s they decided to expand into other less wet sectors.
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Since the divestment of Universal Music Group (the worlds leading music company) in September 2021, the price has failed to actually do anything really interest, but there are early signs something may be going on with Vivendi.
To be utterly clear, there is currently no logic which presents any scenario where recovery to the levels before Universal was spun , but things are starting to give slight reason for hope. And, of course, we’ve had a few emails asking for our opinion on their potentials.
Above €10.3 looks capable of entering a recovery cycle toward an initial €12.25, along with a visual suggestion of hesitation given this matches the highs achieved post Universal Music. But we shall regard closure above the €12 mark as quite a big deal, entering a longer-term cycle to an impressive €16.6. If wanting to play safe and sane, above the Blue downtrend since 2022 illustrates €10.5 as a potential trigger level to get things moving properly.
If the market plans to take a crazy route, below €9.5 could possibly trigger problems, causing reversal down to an initial €9 with secondary, if broken, at a hopeful bottom before €8.5.
Source: Trends and Targets. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Alistair Strang has led high-profile and "top secret" software projects since the late 1970s and won the original John Logie Baird Award for inventors and innovators. After the financial crash, he wanted to know "how it worked" with a view to mimicking existing trading formulas and predicting what was coming next. His results speak for themselves as he continually refines the methodology.
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