J.P.Morgan GLOBAL EQUITY RESEARCH

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J.P.Morgan GLOBAL EQUITY RESEARCH

Global Equity Research

International First to Market 03 August 2026

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Equity Strategy (Mislav Matejka, CFA)

August Chartbook

Our bullish equities call for this year was based on resilient activity, strong earnings momentum and likely no de-anchoring in

inflation expectations, among other. We believe that main positives are still tracking. In addition, we have in the past two

months called for a rotation and broadening in market leadership, from what was an exceptionally narrow participation in

Q2 – page 6. It is very much reassuring that, despite material unwind in momentum factor, an almost 40% fall in KOSPI and

30% in SOX in the past 4-6 weeks, up to last Friday’s rebound, global equity indices – MXWO, SPX, SXXP etc – are all still

within 1% of all-time highs. We stay with the view that Tech/AI is unlikely to be the dominant driver of returns in 2H, in contrast

to 2025, and are looking for continued broadening – we note SPW is ahead of SPX this year – page 44. Having said that, we

argued in our last weekly that the main chunk of momentum derisking was likely behind us, with Semis RSIs near/at

oversold levels – page 8. As the EPS momentum is still upward, this should help the group stabilize.

DSM-Firmenich (Chetan Udeshi, CFA) (DSFIR NA, UW, PT €68.00), Netherlands

Strong 2Q/July colour drives upgrades; unwind risk may be delayed, not eliminated

DSM-Firmenich (DSFIR) delivered a solid 2Q print with organic sales growth (OSG) of +6% YoY and adj EBITDA up 10% YoY

organic. The broad-based nature of growth across divisions suggests actions to re-invigorate growth alongside a tighter cost

focus may be starting to bear fruit. Management also highlighted a strong June and a good July, which the market read as

reassuring.