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An article underscoring the challenges and future opportunities in offshore wind.
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Offshore wind technology plays a pivotal role in the drive to decarbonize our electricity supply. Although it today generates less than 1% of total electricity production, there is an ambition that it should account for approximately 15% of a much larger total electricity production in 2050.
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have optimistic capacity targets. The EU Commission’s latest is for installed offshore wind capacity to grow from 16GW in 2022 to as much as 111GW in 2030 and 300GW in 2050. In the US, the Biden administration is targeting 30GW in 2030, up from a paltry 0.1GW generated by only seven turbines last year.
However, despite the increased urgency following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the skyrocketing energy prices, investments in wind capacity, particularly offshore, slowed down significantly. As can be seen from the graph below from Wind Europe, a European industry lobbyist, offshore wind investments were virtually non-existent last year.
To make it worse, the wind developers are also trying to renegotiate previously entered contracts that are no longer profitable. Last month, Vattenfall, Sweden’s largest utility, decided to suspend development of its UK Norfolk Boreas 1.4GW offshore wind farm. It will impair the project by as much as SEK 5.5bn (USD 520m) as development and capital costs have soared since it won the tender only a year earlier.
Similarly, in the US, Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Avangrid, recently paid a USD 49m penalty fee to exit a 1.2GW offshore wind program in Massachusetts. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) calculated that the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for the project has increased by 48% from the time it was signed in 2021. The investment tax credit in the meantime increased from 30% to 40%, but without this lift, the LCOE would have increased by as much as 57%.
It is evident that wind fundamentals have deteriorated despite improved government incentives. The main problem for all developers is the soaring cost inflation in the wind supply chain. Post-pandemic, prices for steel, labour, and transportation have surged, adversely affecting anticipated internal rates of return (IRR). The second problem is the increased funding cost. Offshore wind projects are very capital intensive with most of the capex upfront. With aggressive interest rate hikes over the past 18 months, projects grapple with greater interest payments, and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) has risen with an elevated risk-free rate.
The difference between the expected IRR and the WACC is the profit for the developers. This spread is likely negative for some offshore wind projects entered into in 2020-2022, which often, but not always, means that it is better to write off the loss and exit the project.
To top it off, the industry in Europe also suffered from regulatory uncertainty in 2022. As power prices spiked due to the Ukraine war, European politicians introduced wind-fall taxes on renewable energy to subsidise energy demand, often generated by fossil fuels. Although the final tax burden was relatively small in the end, it sent a signal to the industry that the regulatory framework is uncertain and could be swayed by populist politicians. The risk premium in the cost of capital must go even higher.
While the wind sector seems inundated with discouraging news and headwinds, there are however glimmers of hope and signs of some tailwind.
First, we believe it is positive for the industry that developers chose to write off costs and pay exit fees rather than continuing with unprofitable projects. Most of the developers with projects facing negative profitability will try to renegotiate the existing contracts, which we believe will have mixed success, but we are confident this will help accelerate the recalibration of price expectations on future contracts. In fact, according to LevelTen Energy, a renewable energy consultancy, the average purchasing power agreement (PPA) for offshore wind is up as much as 85% since 2020.
Second, although Vestas, the largest wind turbine installer, increased prices on new orders by 20-30% year over year for three quarters in a row, the average selling price have stabilized in the last two quarters. Steel and other commodity prices have also decreased and supply chain issues that impacted margins for both turbine manufactures and the developers in 2022 are in the rear-view mirror.
Third, there are also regulatory tailwinds. We have in previous monthly reports discussed the strong focus on speeding up permitting for renewable projects. Considering that a typical wind project takes nine years, with only two years dedicated to construction, faster permitting could speed up projects significantly and boost projects profitability.
On that note, Germany has taken the lead in making the new EU regulation agreed upon in January this year into national law. Some of the most important changes are the introduction of a two-year binding deadline for permits, expedited permitting in designated 'acceleration areas', and a digitalisation requirement for a process that remains largely paper based. This has already resulted in 65% more permits issued in Germany in Q1/23 than in the first quarter of 2022 and 2021. The other EU nations are expected to introduce similar regulations in the forthcoming months.
Similarly, in the US, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) some weeks ago issued a sweeping new rule aimed at speeding up permitting for interconnection to the US power grid, a very important development for all renewables including offshore wind. We discussed this in our march-23 monthly report ‘Grid connection the next bottleneck?’ and expressed that we were hopeful this reform would be implemented.
The essence of the new rules is that projects will be assessed on its readiness and not when it entered the queue. The US will go from ‘first come, first serve’ to ‘first ready, first serve’. The new framework also imposes penalties on developers for retracting speculative projects, potentially reducing future wait times. Simultaneously, FERC will penalize transmission providers failing to complete timely interconnection studies. This reform marks one of the most substantial shifts in FERC's near half-century history. As of the close of 2022, over 2000GW of generation and storage projects awaited connection, equivalent to the entire existing US power generation capacity. Clearly, an accelerated permitting process that trims years of development will boost profitability (IRR), reduce the uncertainty (lower cost of capital) and result in more value creation for the developers.
Finally, a last positive factor worth mentioning is that most European countries are moving to contract for differences (CFDs) as the favoured method for awarding offshore wind projects. CFDs ensure a fixed price for developers; when spot energy prices exceed this rate, the excess is returned to the government, but if prices drop below, the shortfall is covered by the government. Essentially, the government absorbs the price risk and the developer bear the volume risk.
Wind Europe, a wind lobbyist, has calculated that in today’s debt market a typical project's breakeven might be EUR 92/MWh, but it would drop by almost 80% to EUR 50/MWh if the price risk was carried by the government. This should be a low hanging fruit for any country keen on expanding offshore wind capacity.
To sum up the potential tailwinds, as price expectations are reset higher and developing costs are declining, developers’ profitability (IRR) on new projects is likely to improve. IRRs will be further boosted by accelerated permitting reducing the development time of projects. Funding costs will come down as CFDs become the preferred way to award government contracts. If forecasts about the FED slashing interest rates five times next year are accurate, we can anticipate a further drop in capital costs for upcoming projects, enhancing the cash flow value of future offshore wind projects.
Certainly, it will take some time before you see the effect of higher prices, lower funding cost and faster permitting in the accounts of the likes of
RWE (RWE GR), EDP RENOVAVEIS (EDPR PL) and
Orsted (ORSTED DC). However, as the stock market’s current valuations assigns limited value to any capacity growth, we believe the risk reward of investing in this area is improving.
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| Performance in Share Class Currency | 1 Mth | YTD | 3 yrs | Since incep |
| Coeli Nordic Corporate Bond Fund - R SEK | 1.30% | -0.93% | 3.38% | 14.52% |
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Gustav Fransson
Portfolio Manager of Coeli Nordic Corporate Bond Fund
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Alexander Wahlman
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| LANSBK 1.25% 18-17.09.25 | 4.1% |
| NORDEA HYP 1.0% 19-17.09.25 | 4.1% |
| SWEDBK 1.0% 19-18.06.25 | 4.1% |
| WHITE MOUNT FRN 17-22.09.47 | 3.9% |
| B2 HOLDING FRN 19-28.05.24 | 2.9% |
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Christofer Halldin
Fondförvaltare Coeli Circulus
Christofer förvaltar Coeli Circulus sedan starten augusti 2022. Innan det arbetade han som chef för den aktiva aktie- & ränteförvaltningen hos Handelsbanken (HB) Fonder. Där var han med och utvecklade Handelsbanken Fonder till en av Sveriges mest framgångsrika aktie- och ränteförvaltare under slutet av 2010-talet, då HB Fonder hade störst nettoinflöden på den svenska fondmarknaden flera år i rad. HB Fonder utsågs även under den tiden till både årets förvaltare och årets hållbara förvaltare av aktörer som Prospera, Privata Affärer, Söderberg & Partner, Länsförsäkringar m fl. Innan Christofer utsågs till chef för den aktiva förvaltningen förvaltade han under flera år olika globalmandat. Han har också arbetat sju år, 2007-2013, som förvaltare i USA av både Amerika-, Brasilien- och Latinamerikafonden på HB Fonder.➜ Kontakt:christofer.halldin@coeli.se➜ LinkedIn➜ Twitter➜ Instagram
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Portfolio Manager Coeli Renewable Opportunities
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Joakim By
Fondförvaltare Coeli Circulus
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Portfolio Manager Coeli Renewable Opportunities
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Joel Etzler
Portfolio Manager Coeli Renewable Opportunities
- Portfolio Manager Coeli Renewable Opportunities
- Joined Coeli in 2019
- More than 13 years of experience from the financial industry
- MSc from the Royal Institute of Technology
Joel Etzler is Portfolio Manager and Founder of the Coeli Renewable Opportunities fund and has more than 13 years in the industry, with investment experience from both the public and private equity side. Etzler joined Kalvoy at Horizon Asset in London in 2012 and spent five years before that within Private Equity at Morgan Stanley. Etzler started his investment career within the technology sector at Swedbank Robur in Stockholm, 2006.
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Vidar Kalvoy
Portfolio Manager Coeli Renewable Opportunities
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Vidar Kalvoy
Portfolio Manager Coeli Renewable Opportunities
- Portfolio Manager Coeli Renewable Opportunities
- Joined Coeli in 2019
- 25 years of experience from the financial industry
- MBA from IESE, MSc from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Adm.
Vidar Kalvoy is the lead Portfolio Manager and Founder of Coeli Renewable Opportunities fund. He has 25 years of experience from portfolio management and equity research. For nine years he was responsible for the energy investments at Horizon Asset in London, a market neutral hedge fund. Kalvoy also did energy investments at MKM Longboat, another hedge fund in London. He started his financial career as a sell side equity research analyst focusing on the technology and telecom sector, working six years in Oslo and Frankfurt. Prior to working in finance, he was a second lieutenant in the Norwegian Navy.
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Utveckling september
Fondens värde sjönk -5,1 procent i september (andelsklass I SEK). Stoxx600 (brett Europaindex) sjönk under samma period med -3,4 procent och HedgeNordics NHX Equities var preliminärt oförändrat. Motsvarande siffror för 2021 är en ökning om +21,6 procent för fonden, +14,0 procent för Stoxx600 och +6,4 procent för NHX Equities.
Equity markets / Macro environment
After seven consecutive months of positive performance the world’s stock markets were poised for some degree of turbulence. Volatility was especially high in some equities and on Monday, September 20, the highest nominal volume ever traded was reached in options on the S&P500 (!) The broad European index fell by 3.4 percent in September compared to the S&P500 which fell by 4.8 percent. The fund also had its first negative performance since October last year with a decline of 5,1 percent. More about that later.
Despite high levels for many stock indices, sentiment among investors has been relatively gloomy. Bank of America's monthly survey recently showed that only 13 percent of managers expect a positive market in the future, which is the lowest figure since April 2020 (and that was clearly wrong). The reasons cited are China's growth problems, the crisis-stricken Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, the development of the delta variant, declining profit growth and, of course, rising inflation. However, they are still overweight equities which is perhaps not so strange when you have to pay to lend your capital to countries. As interest rates rose at the end of the month, the German 10-year interest rate followed with a giant step from - 0.25 percent to - 0.17 percent… The picture below is an overall risk indicator, and we are around zero (neutral).
The news flow in September began with record high inflation figures in Europe at +3.0 which exceeded market expectations. The corresponding figure in July was + 2.2 percent. It was the fastest growth rate since November 2011 and several countries recorded up to five percent in inflation rate. The pressure on the ECB to reduce its support measures is increasing. On Friday, October 1, new inflation figures came in for September, which showed a further acceleration in the inflation rate by +3.4 per cent.
The rate of change can be mostly attributed to rising energy prices that are starting to create real problems in the world's economies as well as agricultural shifts. The picture below shows that food prices are at record high levels over the past 60 years. The biggest losers are the poorest part of the population.
In the slightly longer term it is forecasted that it is not excessive demand that will drive inflation, but rather a limited supply, and then both in terms of products and labour. At the end of September, long queues were reported at petrol stations across the UK when fuel ran out and there were not enough truck drivers to refuel. Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges his citizens to refuel sensibly and at a normal rate. You wanted Brexit, so there you go. In sheer desperation, Johnson has now issued 5,000 temporary short-term visas for temporary drivers. Good luck.
M25 spring 2022?
Below are European gas prices which have risen in a seemingly uncontrolled fashion and recorded the highest September prices ever. A silent prayer for the mild winter. We guess that this development will soon be a major topic in the media, and it will undoubtedly create various problems and somewhat reduce next year's expected growth. It feels reassuring that Per Bolund (Swedish Green Party MP) claims that there is no electricity shortage in Sweden because then the costs for ordinary people would be unbearably high during the winter (which of course they will be). Rising gas and electricity prices have led European politicians to start discussing billion-dollar subsidies (in euros) to households and manufacturers who will experience sharply rising electricity bills over the winter.
Source: Bloomberg
Henrik Svensson, site manager at the oil-fired power plant in Karlshamn (south Sweden), does not agree with Per Bolund that we have a surplus of electricity in the country. For large parts of September, the power plant ran at full capacity and burned 240k liters of oil per hour. Henrik Svensson believes that it is electricity shortages and high electricity prices that are behind the high production. He also says that there is a lack of planned power production in southern Sweden and that it will take many years before the electricity grid is strengthened and new electricity production is in place. Sweden today burns more oil than we have done in 10 years. A gigantic energy policy and climate policy failure signed by the Green Party.
Source: Steget efter
Winning candidate for this year's Christmas presents below.
The change in the US 10-year interest rate created considerable pressure on, primarily, growth stocks at the end of the month. The performance dispersion for different sectors was very large in September with oil shares as a clear winner. This was also felt in the last days of September.
Source: Bloomberg
Below is the development for the US 10-year interest rate. The turbulence in the stock market was caused by the change in interest rate level breaking through on the upside, as can be seen in the chart.
There have been countless attempts to explain the turbulence in recent weeks. The recent and significant amount of options being exercised, Evergrande, interventions by the Chinese government, Fed tapering, Bank of England expected to raise interest rates, delta variant, inflation, bottlenecks in production, difficulties in finding staff, rising energy prices and declining growth rates. We think it is enough to look at the picture below. Rising interest rates hit hard at growth companies' valuations.
Goodbye Mutti and thank you for an extraordinary effort for Europe!
Source: Nyhetsbyrån TT
She was politically in a class of her own during the euro crisis ten years ago and Sweden also has her to thank for a lot. Despite a somewhat weaker performance in recent years, German citizens have experienced significantly better economic development than many others.
On September 29, the covid-19 restrictions in Sweden were finally removed and we can now, in principle, start living a normal life again. The number of bookings for winter holidays skyrocketed to the great joy of the tourist and transport industry. In recent months, tourism activity in the Mediterranean has been "extraordinary" and much better than forecasted before the summer. Luxury travel is also reaching new heights. Private jet passengers to Mallorca increased by +70 percent in July compared to July 2019 with an average of 83 private jets per day landing in Palma. If you want to rent a yacht, you are being referred to next year as basically everything has already been fully booked.
We now belong to a minority group. Passively managed capital exceeds actively managed capital for the first time ever. This will give us more opportunities as mispricing increases.
In addition to being one of the world's best stock markets this year, Sweden also has the most listed companies in the entire EU. Bloomberg drew attention to the fact that there are now around 1,000 listed companies on the various trading platforms in Stockholm. More than 80 percent are smaller companies, and the list is filled with new listings every day until Christmas! For us, it is interesting as we are constantly looking for new potential core holdings. In recent weeks, we have identified one which we write about under Long Positions.
We end this section with a picture that well reflects today's political level.
Source: Kluddniklas
Long positions
Truecaller
During September, we did a lot of work on the Swedish company Truecaller which will go public on October 8th. Truecaller is one of the most interesting companies we’ve seen in recent years. Truecaller has developed a phone application that can, among other things, identify unwanted calls from, for example, telemarketers. The app is one of the top ten most downloaded applications globally, and in some of the main markets such as India, Nigeria and Indonesia, it is one of the three most downloaded apps. As a Swedish company with headquarters in Stockholm, the firm has chosen to list on the Swedish stock exchange, which we are very happy about.
Truecaller was founded in 2009 by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam. They met at the Royal Technical University in Stockholm, and they continue to be active in the company as the CEO and Chief Strategic Officer (CSO), respectively. When they released the first version of the app, they received 10,000 downloads within one week. By 2013 they had reached over 10 million users globally and in Q2 2021 they had reached 278 million monthly users. Throughout their journey, Truecaller has attracted several well-known investors such as Sequoia Capital (early investors in Apple, Whatsapp, and Zoom among others), Atomica (Skype-founder Niklas Zennström’s investment company), and Kleiner Perkins (early investors in Google, Amazon, and Spotify among others).
Until recently, revenue streams have mainly consisted of income from in-app advertising. In addition to this, there is a premium version where paying users can get additional functionalities. That business accounted for around 20 percent of revenues in 2020. During the fall of 2020, Truecaller launched a corresponding offering that targets corporates. This part of the business allows B2B customers to be listed as verified callers when they call private people. It can for example be a security company that calls about an alarm or a courier company that needs to get in contact with a receiving customer. It is a common problem that these types of companies get rejected when the call-receiver doesn’t recognize the number.
Truecaller declares that their product benefits from network effects. i.e., the product gets better the more people who use it (think Facebook). This can be relatively easy to appreciate since phone number identification inherently evolves from reporting of unwanted calls by the users, i.e., when enough people have reported an unwanted call Truecaller flags for this in the app). Over time, Truecaller has built a database containing 5.7 billion unique phone-identities. Network effects doesn’t just build a better product over time, they also increase the entry-barriers for potential competition.
The majority of Truecaller’s income comes from developing countries. The company explains that the problems related to spam emails, harassment, unwanted calls, and messages are more common there than in the western world. India is Truecaller’s largest market where these types of problems are significant. One positive aspect of the geographical exposure is that it allows for a nice structural tailwind: the population growth in developed markets is much higher than in the west (driven by an increasing average age) and the smartphone penetration is growing fast.
Historically, 97 percent of all app downloads have been organic. However, management has begun to experiment with user acquisitions by the way of advertisements through, for example, Facebook. The returns on user acquisition looks extremely attractive. In some markets, such as India, Truecaller could achieve a return on investment of up to 20x on every spent dollar. In more mature markets, such as the USA, the same multiple amounts to 4x, still very attractive. Indonesia, which is a relatively new market to the company, has a multiple of 0.8x. This means any user acquisition spend in Indonesia is unprofitable at this point. However, management is confident that the return profile will wander above the 1x as more users join and the network effects take place. In summary, the investment opportunities are plentiful and attractive – and unique.
In summary, several things speak for significant growth in the future. The investment in paid user acquisition, a sharpened premium-offer, the newly launched B2B product and continued growth of the advertising business. In addition to this, acquisitions may likely follow.
Growth has been prioritized over profitability and it is only recently that the company began to report profits. In 2019 sales grew by 57 percent. In 2020 the corresponding figure was 64 percent, and during the first half of 2021 the company’s sales grew with as much as 151 percent in comparison to the same period last year (which was partly affected by the pandemic). During the first half of this year, the company’s operating margin was 32 percent. As you can imagine, Truecaller is very capital-efficient. Working capital is very low which gives a nice cash conversion and a very high return on capital employed – all attributes that are required to create a very successful and valuable company over time.
Truecaller targets a revenue growth of at least 45 percent between 2021-2024e. After 2024 the EBITDA-margin should be at least 35 percent. The sum of the year-on-year growth and the EBITDA-margin should amount to at least 70 percent (a variant of the rule of 40 that tries to balance growth and profitability). We don’t think it will be difficult to reach these targets and the analyst estimates we have looked at are cautious, especially regarding profitability. In our preliminary prognosis for 2023, our EBITDA-estimate is around 16 percent ahead of the analyst estimates that we’ve studied. This is based on that Truecaller can continue to grow sales much faster than hiring new people while the gross margin improves slightly in coming years.
The gross margin is an interesting aspect of the equity story. Truecaller’s gross margin amounts to approximately 70 percent. Most of the cost of sales consists of platform fees to Apple and Google. Since Apple and Google practically control the distribution channels for apps together, a duopoly has occurred and prices for app-developers such as Truecaller have remained high around 25-30 percent of sales. This situation is now heavily criticized from all parts of the world since the situation is not considered competitive, for example
look at this analysis about an American court ruling concerning a twist between Epic Games and Apple. We believe Google and Apple’s fees will decrease over time – which would be a positive event for Truecaller. Furthermore, Truecaller’s new business deal bypasses Goggle and Apple, which gives a gross margin of close to 100 percent. This will strengthen the profitability even more.
There are of course risks associated with the dependence on Google/Apple (which is the case for every company in the application business); the geographical exposure and one should never write off the threat of competition even if it seems far away at this stage. However, we do believe the benefits outweighs the negatives. Truecaller has excellent financial characteristics, operational founders with large shareholdings who will remain active in the business and some of the world’s most well-known investors behind it. We therefore look forward to being included as an anchor investor ahead of the stock exchange listing on October 8th. We are even more excited to follow the company’s successes in current and new markets in the coming years.
CVS Group
One of the happiest days of the month was when our veterinarian company CVS Group released their interim numbers. Once again, the company beat analysts’ expectations which have been raised several times over the course of the year. In the first two months of the new financial year (which begins in July), the company has grown by 17 percent. This can be compared with the growth expectations for the full year which, before the report release, were 7 percent. Once again, analysts have thus far been “forced” to upgrade their assumptions. In a sour September stock market, the share fell 3 percent.
It becomes clear that the positive effect of the pandemic on pet ownership is more tenacious than ever. Pets live for many years, and we believe many underestimated the importance of the large number of new customers during the pandemic. Below is a graph of Google searches for veterinarians in the UK as well as data from the Swedish Board of Agriculture regarding the number of newly registered dogs. We speculate that the UK has similar trends as Sweden. The data points are also positive for our other pet company Swedencare. Pet companies are obviously still hot; right now there’s a bidding war going on over the German pet company Zooplus, where EQT is currently in the lead with the highest bid. We also note that there have been several venture capital-led acquisitions of veterinary companies at higher multiples than CVS is valued at.
Source: Jordbruksverket, Coeli
Source: Google Trends, Coeli
Lindab
Since our first investments in Lindab in the autumn of 2019, the thesis has always been that the building systems business segment did not fit into the business and in September, management finally found a buyer for the company. The transaction entails a write-down of goodwill corresponding to SEK 430 million, but it is cash flow neutral. Lindab took the opportunity to update its financial targets; the company now wants to grow by 10 percent per year (of which approximately two thirds are through acquisitions) and reach an operating margin of at least 10 percent (previously 10 percent over a business cycle). The share responded positively to the message.
We noted broad insider purchases in Lindab during the month, also from CEO Ola Ringdahl himself, which we think bodes well for the report in October. Despite this the share price decreased 8 percent in September.
Victoria
We have written several times about the British flooring company Victoria, which in September had a weak share price development of 17 percent. By all accounts, the company is doing well – during the month it was reported that sales rose 70 percent compared to 2020, and 50 percent compared to 2019. If you only partially extrapolate these figures for the rest of the year, it is obvious that analysts’ expectations are too low. We believe that this month’s decline is related to flows: growth companies and small and mid-cap companies were some of the most affected sectors in September – Victoria was hit from both sides. We have increased our position in recent days.
The Pebble Group
One of the month’s (few) joys was Pebble Group. As we previously wrote, the company is active in the market for gift advertising, i.e. gifts that companies give to customers, employees, and other stakeholders for marketing purposes. In September the company came out with its half-year figures that were better than expected. Pebble’s software division, Facilisgroup, is growing better than our expectations. This is also the part we believe the market is valuing too low. The stock rose 10 percent in September.
Knaus Tabbert
During the last trading day in September, our German motorhome manufacturer Knaus Tabbert announced that the forecasts for 2021 must be lowered due to component shortages. We are not particularly surprised that this has happened given what we have seen from other vehicle manufacturers. If the company can remedy these supplier problems, management believes that 2022 will be unaffected at best, as Knaus still has a bursting order book, increased production capacity and more suppliers from January next year. The share fell 7 percent in September.
Short positions
The short portfolio contributed with a negative result during the month. Our short-term negative positions in the German DAX had the largest negative contribution. Some stock specific short positions that contributed positively to the result were Swedish Dometic, German Henkel and Norwegian NEL.
Exposure
The net exposure, adjusted for our unlisted holdings, at the beginning and end of the month was 76 and 74 percent, respectively.
Summary
September's negative return of x percent also meant the end of the fund's, so far, longest period of positive return (10 months). We are obviously disappointed with that, but we have been in the game long enough to understand that equities sometimes must fall to be able to refuel and continue their upward trajectory. In general, September was the weakest month for many equities since the crisis started 1.5 years ago. September, otherwise, started strong for us and was a continuation of an unusually good performance at the end of August. Our companies presented many good news (except for Knaus Tabbert on the last day of the month) but small-caps and especially those categorized as growth shares, had a very weak performance during September. The main reason for this was, as previously mentioned, the change in the US long-term interest rate and general "risk off".
The picture below shows the development since March last year compared with the corresponding time intervals in the financial crisis in 2009 and onwards. Both periods have shown an unusually strong recovery and the current trend is even stronger than when the financial crisis raged 12 years ago.
Source: Goldman Sachs
Since the crisis started 1.5 years ago, we have had three different phases. The first and shortest, "despair", showed a decline in prices of 33 percent. The second phase, "hope", ended at the beginning of this year and showed a very strong return of 79 percent despite declining earnings. The last, “growth”, where we are now, has shown +11 percent in share prices with sharply rising growth for companies' earnings, but at lower valuations.
Source: Goldman Sachs
The recovery for American companies (below) has been extremely strong and compared to 2019, the 2021 profits will be approximately 36 percent higher. Very impressive.
Source: Goldman Sachs
It is very gratifying that Europe, for once, is keeping up with the United States and showing strong profit growth. Compare this with the non-existent profit growth between 2007–2019 (!)
Despite rising equity prices, valuations have fallen and Europe is now trading around 16x the profit 12 months ahead. It's not very strenuous (we think). For an average commercial property, you can get a return of maybe 3 percent before net financial costs. After financing, this corresponds to at least P/E 50x. And paying to lend to different countries does not feel like an exciting alternative either.
Source: Goldman Sachs
The valuation of global shares in relation to global GDP looks more strained. A major reason for this is the central banks' aggressive policy.
The valuation of the major leading technology companies is at an average level seen from the last five years.
Source: Goldman Sachs
The image below is striking. It shows that Swedish property prices, which have risen by almost 200 percent over the past 15 years, have had the same development as the money supply. In theory, price per m2 and krona is unchanged for the past 15 years. Is there anyone who still doubts that the world's central banks are responsible for the largest wealth creation in human history? It is important to be on the wagon because when it is gone you’ve missed it. And what central banks cannot push, the price of bitcoin for example, rises even more as central banks cannot make more of it. The opportunities for central banks to reverse the band are few. In the long run, this means that the next 10 years will, overall, be a good period for, for example, stock picking. All forms of uniqueness (growth) will be highly valued to compensate for the fact that the value of money decreases at a rapid pace.
If there is anyone who is still not convinced, take a look at the picture below. The market capitalization of the S&P500 divided by the Fed's balance sheet….
Source: Bloomberg
Onwards and upwards. The wealth of American households is accelerating away from the change in GDP.
Thank you Fed and all the world central banks!
Citigroup's surprise index has weighed down and analysts' profit estimates are also starting to soften. Not a good combination and it has undoubtedly contributed to the weak development in the stock markets recently.
It took a full 219 days for the S&P500 to have a decline of 5 percent. We will see how high the next bar will be.
Timing is everything. A fascinating graph that shows the importance of having reasonable timing in decisions.
Source: Goldman Sachs
Despite a difficult month behind us, it feels reasonable to expect a stronger market during the last quarter of the year. Our view is that we are still in a rising market, although we are likely to experience some turbulence for a few more weeks. "Bear markets" are constantly declining with sharp rallies while "bull markets" continue to rise with some strong drawdowns. We therefore believe that we are still in a rising market.
Some statistics to cheer you up. The S&P500 managed to rise by 0.2 percent in the third quarter (Europe -1.9 percent) which means six consecutive positive quarters. This has only happened eight times before and only on one of the (eight) occasions has the following quarter yielded a negative return. Two quarters later, it has in all cases yielded a positive return. In addition, for the past 20 years, October has been the fourth best month, thus much better than its reputation. Having pointed that out, October takes first place in terms of most frequent daily movements that exceed one percent.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange, which is an excellent reference point, had risen by 30 percent at its highest about a month ago, but is currently at 20 percent. Even more important is that measured in USD, OMX has "only" risen by 13 percent, which is in line with the US stock markets. This is hardly excessive given the profit growth among the companies. The risk premium in the market is high.
Investors are reasonably careless, and we are approaching the turn of the year. Global growth is well above average and interest rates are extremely low. Given how cruel the market has been to many investors this year, with sector rotations and a high concentration of companies driving performance, it almost feels obvious that the broad mass of investors will continue to reduce risk in their portfolios and then be short equities at year-end when the market rises. We'll see, but that's our main scenario right now.
We are now closing the books for the third quarter, and we look forward to the end of the year and above all the entrance for Truecaller on the Stockholm Stock Exchange on October 8!
Thank you for this month and we'll hear from you later.
Mikael & Team
Malmö on 5 October
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Coeli Nordic Corporate Bond Fund
| Performance in Share Class Currency | 1 Mth | YTD | 3 yrs | Since incep |
| Coeli Nordic Corporate Bond Fund - R SEK | 1.30% | -0.93% | 3.38% | 14.52% |
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Gustav Fransson
Portfolio Manager of Coeli Nordic Corporate Bond Fund
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Alexander Wahlman
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Fund Overview
| Inception Date | 2017-12-20 |
| Investment management fee (share class I SEK) | 1.00% p.a + 20% Performance fee (OMRX T-Bill Index) |
| Performance Fee. Yes | 20% |
| Risk category | 5 of 7 |
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Top Holdings (%)
| LANSBK 1.25% 18-17.09.25 | 4.1% |
| NORDEA HYP 1.0% 19-17.09.25 | 4.1% |
| SWEDBK 1.0% 19-18.06.25 | 4.1% |
| WHITE MOUNT FRN 17-22.09.47 | 3.9% |
| B2 HOLDING FRN 19-28.05.24 | 2.9% |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION. This is a marketing communication.
Before making any final investment decisions, please refer to the prospectus of Coeli SICAV II, its Annual Report, and the PRIIP of the relevant Sub-Fund. Relevant information documents are available in English at coeli.com. A summary of investor rights will be available at
https://coeli.com/regulatory-information-coeli-asset-management-ab/.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. The price of the investment may go up or down and an investor may not get back the amount originally invested.
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