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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/basf-se">BASF </a>is navigating a challenging cyclical downturn in the chemical industry by focusing on cost savings, portfolio optimization, and strategic investments in high-growth areas, particularly in Asia.</li>
  <li>The company's core competitive advantage remains its integrated 'Verbund' production system, which provides significant cost and efficiency benefits, although it faces headwinds from high European energy costs and increasing competition from Asia and the Middle East.</li>
  <li>While near-term profitability is under pressure due to weak demand and overcapacity in commodity chemicals, long-term value drivers include a strategic focus on specialty chemicals, battery materials, and sustainable solutions, coupled with a commitment to shareholder returns through a stable dividend policy.</li>
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BASF is navigating a challenging cyclical downturn in the chemical industry by focusing on cost savings, portfolio optimization, and strategic investments in high-growth areas, particularly in Asia.
  The company's core competitive advantage remains its integrated 'Verbund' production system, which provides significant cost and efficiency benefits, although it faces headwinds from high European energy costs and increasing competition from Asia and the Middle East.
  While near-term profitability is under pressure due to weak demand and overcapacity in commodity chemicals, long-term value drivers include a strategic focus on specialty chemicals, battery materials, and sustainable solutions, coupled with a commitment to shareholder returns through a stable dividend policy.
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US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher, ORTEX

Dimitris Ioannidis

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/deutsche-post-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21608:1" rel="noopener">Deutsche Post (DHL GR)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/reckitt-benckiser-group-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22105:1" rel="noopener">Reckitt Benckiser (RKT LN)</a> are the top two candidates for deletion with 7-9% below the exit threshold. Forecasted supply is $200m and 2 ADV.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intesa-sanpaolo-spa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21200:1" rel="noopener">Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP IM)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/london-stock-exchange-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22034:1" rel="noopener">London Stock Exchange (LSEG LN)</a> are the top two candidates for addition by replacement. Forecasted demand is $330m and 1-2 ADV.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/banco-bilbao-vizcaya-argentari" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21251:1" rel="noopener"></a>The highest ranked between <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/banco-bilbao-vizcaya-argentari" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21251:1" rel="noopener">Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA SM)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/industria-de-diseno-textil-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21278:1" rel="noopener">Industria De Diseno Textil (ITX SM)</a> could become the third addition, conditional on the deletion of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/basf-se" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21585:1" rel="noopener">BASF (BAS GR)</a>.</li>
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Deutsche Post (DHL GR) and Reckitt Benckiser (RKT LN) are the top two candidates for deletion with 7-9% below the exit threshold. Forecasted supply is $200m and 2 ADV.

Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP IM) and London Stock Exchange (LSEG LN) are the top two candidates for addition by replacement. Forecasted demand is $330m and 1-2 ADV.

The highest ranked between Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA SM) and Industria De Diseno Textil (ITX SM) could become the third addition, conditional on the deletion of BASF (BAS GR).


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Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>After downgrading our outlook to neutral in our 3/3/26 Compass, we further downgraded our outlook to bearish last week (3/31/26 Compass)...</li>
<li>...with the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) violating major support at 6480-6520, Nasdaq futures (NQ) violating 24,000 support, and the Russell 2000 (IWM) breaking down below crucial $245 support.</li>
<li>Quick reclaims are technically bullish, but we discussed last week how we'd be sellers on rallies to 6480-6520 and the 200-day MA on SPX(currently 6648), and that remains our playbook.</li>
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After downgrading our outlook to neutral in our 3/3/26 Compass, we further downgraded our outlook to bearish last week (3/31/26 Compass)...
...with the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) violating major support at 6480-6520, Nasdaq futures (NQ) violating 24,000 support, and the Russell 2000 (IWM) breaking down below crucial $245 support.
Quick reclaims are technically bullish, but we discussed last week how we'd be sellers on rallies to 6480-6520 and the 200-day MA on SPX(currently 6648), and that remains our playbook.


Concerns Persist; SPX Testing Resistance at 21-Day EMA and Near 200-Day MA; Bearish Outlook Intact

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>BASF SE's second quarter 2025 financial results present a balanced view of challenges and opportunities faced by the company in a complex macroeconomic landscape.</li><li>The company reported EBITDA before special items of approximately EUR 1.8 billion, a decrease from EUR 2 billion in the same quarter the previous year, reflecting the pressures from global economic uncertainties and declining margins in its upstream Chemicals segment.</li><li>Positives from the results include robust performance in the Agricultural Solutions segment, which saw a 21% increase in earnings driven by strong volume growth and improved margins across all regions, particularly North and South America.</li></ul>

BASF SE's second quarter 2025 financial results present a balanced view of challenges and opportunities faced by the company in a complex macroeconomic landscape.The company reported EBITDA before special items of approximately EUR 1.8 billion, a decrease from EUR 2 billion in the same quarter the previous year, reflecting the pressures from global economic uncertainties and declining margins in its upstream Chemicals segment.Positives from the results include robust performance in the Agricultural Solutions segment, which saw a 21% increase in earnings driven by strong volume growth and improved margins across all regions, particularly North and South America.

BASF Is Arming Itself Against Global Volatility—Inside Its Mega Strategy for Energy

<ul><li>BASF SE reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2025 in a dynamic and challenging market environment.</li><li>The company's EBITDA before special items matched the previous year's level, aligning with analyst expectations, reflecting resilience among shifting global market conditions.</li><li>Overall, the quarter showcased BASF's robust manufacturing strategy with strong emphasis on local production to buffer against the impact of U.S. tariffs.</li></ul>

BASF SE reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2025 in a dynamic and challenging market environment.The company's EBITDA before special items matched the previous year's level, aligning with analyst expectations, reflecting resilience among shifting global market conditions.Overall, the quarter showcased BASF's robust manufacturing strategy with strong emphasis on local production to buffer against the impact of U.S. tariffs.

BASF SA: Initiation of Coverage- China Mega-Site & Local-for-Local Strategy Signal Bold Asian Expansion!

Germany

BASF SE is a chemical company. The Company operates in six segments, including chemicals, plastics, performance products, functional solutions, agricultural solutions, and oil and gas. BASF offers products for the chemical, automotive, construction, agriculture, oil, plastics, electrical, electronics, furniture, and paper industries, and provides a range of system solutions and services.

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