What changed
VAT Group AG ($VACN.SW) and AT&S Austria Tech.&Systemtech. ($ATS.VI) are the cleaner momentum/downside-risk combo: univ/sec 100%, +8.5%/+8.3%, conf 79. Industrials and tech are getting the same 12mo + 6mo momentum + downside-risk print. Crowding is the issue.
Soitec SA ($SOI.PA) and Lotus Bakeries NV ($LOTB.BR) split the signal: Soitec is tech momentum + downside risk, univ 99%/sec 97%, +8.3%, conf 77. Lotus is consumer defensive, univ 99%/sec 98%, +7.8%, conf 77, with illiquidity as the second driver.
Technoprobe S.p.A. ($TPRO.MI) and Fortum Oyj ($FORTUM.HE): Technoprobe is tech with sec 94%, +7.8%, conf 75, still 12mo + 6mo + downside risk. Fortum is utilities, sec 100%, +7.6%, conf 79, but illiquidity is the third push. Good signal / bad signal depends on trusting that illiquidity factor.
Valeo SE ($FR.PA) and Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. ($DIM.PA) round it out. Both illiquidity-led, +7.6%/+7.5%, conf 79. Watch if the momentum bid broadens or just crowds these less liquid leaders—t
Why it matters
VAT Group AG ($VACN.SW) and AT&S Austria Tech.&Systemtech. ($ATS.VI) are the cleaner momentum/downside-risk combo: univ/sec 100%, +8.5%/+8.3%, conf 79. Industrials and tech are getting the same 12mo +