WEBVTT - Unilever's Diet, HelloFresh's Low, Diploma Up

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<v Speaker 1>we're joined by Bloomberg reporter Chloe Mele. Chloe, good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start this morning with Unilever pondering whether to put

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<v Speaker 1>its portfolio on a diet. Yes, absolutely so.

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<v Speaker 3>Unilva is as said to be considering the separation of

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<v Speaker 3>its food assets, and so that includes some very well

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<v Speaker 3>known names like the like nor Stock Cubes, a Mami,

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<v Speaker 3>Talman's mayonnaise. And this potential separation of those food assets

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<v Speaker 3>fits really well within the strategy under the new CEO,

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<v Speaker 3>which has really been about moving away from food and

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<v Speaker 3>really refocusing on beauty and personal care instead. And so

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<v Speaker 3>the reasoning behind this is that people are still very

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<v Speaker 3>much struggling with the cost of living, and they're moving

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<v Speaker 3>more and more away from those household names and those

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<v Speaker 3>household brands and moving more towards a cheaper store brands,

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<v Speaker 3>for example. And then there's also have caused a GLP

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<v Speaker 3>one a side of this where we have got more

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<v Speaker 3>and more people on those OBC shots maybe eating less,

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<v Speaker 3>eating less calorie dense stuff. And then on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 3>we've got beauty, which is where there's potentially more opportunities.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got you know, things like multi step skincare routines.

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<v Speaker 3>The older population is also a key demographic needed maybe

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<v Speaker 3>more anti aging stuff. So there's a lot of opportunities

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<v Speaker 3>there for the beauty space. And so within this context,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, Leva started really moving away from food. It's

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<v Speaker 3>already sold a bunch of brands recently. It's also we

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<v Speaker 3>have the spinoff of, of course, of the Magnum ice cream,

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<v Speaker 3>a brand last year. But what some analyists are saying

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<v Speaker 3>is that there's actually really little appetite right now for

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<v Speaker 3>such a big transformation, and of quiz so quickly after

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<v Speaker 3>the spinoff of Magnum, given the uncertainty it could create

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<v Speaker 3>internally potentially, So maybe that explains was shares a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit down this morning as investors try and really digest

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<v Speaker 3>what this means for Unileva.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, that's interesting, you live on all of the various

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<v Speaker 4>beauty permutations, right Let's also talk about Hello Fresh shares

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<v Speaker 4>plunging to a record low after the meal kits talked

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<v Speaker 4>about sales. What have they been saying?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, HelloFresh is actually really struggling to kind of get

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<v Speaker 3>back to the glory days of the pandemic when everyone

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<v Speaker 3>was ordering those meal kits from them. It had already

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<v Speaker 3>released some disappointing numbers for twenty twenty five with sales declining,

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<v Speaker 3>and then today it also issued some disappointing twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 3>six guidance, So it said that sales will be declining

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<v Speaker 3>as much as six percent this year, which was worse

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<v Speaker 3>than what analysts had expected, and it blamed two things

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<v Speaker 3>for that in particular. So the meal kit category is

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<v Speaker 3>actually showing some improvement, but where there's real weakness is

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<v Speaker 3>actually the ready to eat a segment, and so there

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<v Speaker 3>had been some operational issues of perditional bottlenegs there and

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<v Speaker 3>those got resolved, but it really had a long term

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<v Speaker 3>impact on customer attention, and so that will be really

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<v Speaker 3>weighing on the performance of that segment this year. And

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<v Speaker 3>then the other big thing is something that it had

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<v Speaker 3>already flagged previously, which is that there were really bad

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<v Speaker 3>snowstorms in the US in particular in the first quarter,

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<v Speaker 3>and so that had led to canceled deliveries, some customer

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<v Speaker 3>refunds as well, and then also higher production costs and

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<v Speaker 3>HelloFresh said that it would use those snowstorm would would

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<v Speaker 3>impact the first quarter performance are quite a bit. So

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<v Speaker 3>for investors, this was really disappointing and shares, as you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 3>hit a record low, and some analysts are saying now

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<v Speaker 3>that the company is essentially facing a decrease in customer

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<v Speaker 3>base and so that means that a turnaround is going

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<v Speaker 3>to be kind of less and less likely.

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<v Speaker 1>And the next STOC is one Chloe that sent me

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<v Speaker 1>running straight to the DS function on the terminal diploma.

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<v Speaker 1>PRC had to look up what they do. They distribute

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<v Speaker 1>to manufacturer, building components and special c Their share is

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<v Speaker 1>the best performing company on the FORTS one hundred this century.

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<v Speaker 1>What's driving them higher today?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so it's one of those companies that are just

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<v Speaker 3>maybe not as exciting, but that really do very well. So,

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<v Speaker 3>as you mentioned, they manufacture seals and wires and things

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<v Speaker 3>like that for the energy, life sciences, and aerospace industries,

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<v Speaker 3>and that seems to be a great business to be in,

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<v Speaker 3>given that they just boosted guidance quite significantly today, which

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<v Speaker 3>has been driving those shares this morning. So it seems

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<v Speaker 3>that the aerospace and defense segment in particular is driving

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<v Speaker 3>that performance. There's also some good contributions from nuclear power customers.

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<v Speaker 3>The life sciences segment is a little bit weaker, but

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<v Speaker 3>the rest is really offsetting that. Diploma also makes a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of acquisitions of smaller companies, and it said the

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<v Speaker 3>pipeline was quite positive, so that explains how well it

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<v Speaker 3>has been performing, and they'll probably just keep going in

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<v Speaker 3>that trajectory.

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