** Lanxess rises around 13% after J.P.Morgan upgraded the German chemicals maker to "overweight" from "underweight" and placed the stock on positive catalyst watch ahead of Q1 results on May 7
** The broker sees the German chemicals maker best positioned to take advantage of production disruptions in the Asia Pacific region due to the war in Iran
** It highlights that Lanxess is potentially the only company in its select key product chains among Western companies, thus easing competitive pressure and drive pricing power
** It deems Lanxess' 150 million euros ($174 million) incremental cost savings to largely offset fixed-cost inflation in 2026
** Out of 22 analysts that cover Lanxess, six rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy," 11 "hold" and five rate the stock "strong sell" or "sell"
($1 = 0.8622 euros)
(Reporting by Tristan Veyet)
((Tristan.veyet@thomsonreuters.com))
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