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ENI CEO Feedback – More growth, diversification and value; Stay OW
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ENI CEO Feedback – More growth, diversification and value; Stay OW
J P M O R G A N Europe Equity Research
17 July 2026
ENI Overweight
ENI.MI, ENI IM
CEO Feedback – More growth, diversification and Price (16 Jul 26):€21.11
value; Stay OW Price Target (Jun-27):€25.50
We hosted CEO Claudio Descalzi in Europe last week. Discussions reinforced European Oil & Gas
ACour OW conviction by underlining that superior topline growth capacity and Matthew Lofting, CFA
positively trending execution (strategic and operational) are enhancing the quality (44-20) 7134-6301
of Eni’s cashflows. This built on constructive meetings with upstream matthew.lofting@jpmorgan.com
management during last month’s JPM Italy Energy Tour (here). YTD progress has Tianyu Wu
further bolstered management’s confidence in the extension of organic O&G (44-20) 3493-1281
growth into the 2030s and the merits of an increasingly distinctive ‘satellite’ tianyu.wu@jpmorgan.com
J.P. Morgan Securities plc
organisational model. In parallel, industry leadership in exploration and floating
LNG (FLNG) create a potential ‘snowball’ effect through preferred partner access Specialist Sales contact details:
to future resources and assets. This suggests durability to an arguably hard-to-
Ian Mitchell - Specialist Sales -
achieve direction of travel (in this industry) on key metrics – O&G European Energy
production/reserve life up, capex down, TSR up, leverage down. (44-20) 7134-1356
ian.e.mitchell@jpmorgan.com
Upstream O&G calling cards – exploration, speed to market...and FLNG.
Discussions indicated that Eni’s proficiency in these areas is becoming accretive
to future resource opportunities. The exploration business has discovered another
~1bn boe O&G resources YTD at a 90% success rate. Importantly, this represents
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