12 Best Italian Stocks to Buy in 2025

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8) Poste Italiane S.p.A. (OTC:PITAF)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: N/A

Average Upside Potential: ~13.3%

Poste Italiane S.p.A. (OTC:PITAF) is engaged in providing postal, logistics, and financial and insurance products and services in Italy. The company is based in Rome, Italy. In the first 9 months of 2024, the company posted group revenue of €9,226 million, reflecting an increase of €423 million as compared to the first nine months of 2023, courtesy of the positive contribution from all strategic business units. On 30 September 2024, Poste Italiane S.p.A. (OTC:PITAF)’s total financial assets came in at €593 billion and showed growth of 2% as compared to €581 billion on 31 December 2023.

This change was because of positive net inflows on current accounts (+€5 billion), investment funds (+€3.2 billion), assets under administration (+€0.8 billion), and insurance reserves (+€0.7 billion), partially offset by negative net inflows on postal savings (around -€4.9 billion). Poste Italiane S.p.A. (OTC:PITAF), while highlighting the Bank of Italy estimates, stated that GDP grew moderately in Q3 and is expected to continue at this pace until the early months of 2025 and then might strengthen over a 2-year period (2025-2026), with the support of consumption and exports. Against this backdrop, Poste Italiane S.p.A. (OTC:PITAF) accelerated its performance throughout all lines of business in Q2 2024. The favorable financial performance seen in the first nine months of the year, mainly in the mail segment and on the net interest income, prompted management to upgrade the guidance of the year-end adjusted EBIT to €2.8 billion.

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