FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Ströer shares made up some ground on Friday, slightly narrowing the significant year-to-date performance gap with JCDecaux. While Ströer climbed 7 percent to 35.32 euros, the French firm's shares showed less momentum with a 2.5 percent gain. Despite this, JCDecaux still maintains a lead of over 30 percentage points over Ströer so far this trading year.
The investment newsletter "Der Aktionär" suggested on Friday that the German advertising service provider is on the verge of a turnaround, both operationally and technically. The publication pointed primarily to growth opportunities linked to Artificial Intelligence.
This stands in contrast to an assessment by the financial portal Boerse.de, which labeled Ströer a "capital destroyer" from a long-term perspective. The portal noted that the stock has posted an average annual decline of 3.6 percent over the past decade, warning that investment and loss risks remain high./bek/ag/jha/
