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Potential Conflicts: Altice Europe, Altice USA, Broadcom, BT Group, Comcast, Criteo, Iliad, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Liberty Global, Microsoft, Netflix, Orange, Orange Belgium, ServiceNow, SES S.A, Synaptics, T-Mobile US, TSMC, Vodafone, Zalando, Zuora – The analyst or a member of the analyst's household owns equity securities in these companies.
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Distribution of Ratings - As of 31 March 2024, 55.4% of stocks covered were rated Buy, 9.8% Sell and 34.8% Neutral.
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