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🏭 Global Manufacturing PMI · Buy <49.0 · Sell >53.5

Best European PMI Stocks — Industrial Cycle Returns Compared

9 European stocks use the Global Manufacturing PMI signal. When PMI falls below 49, industrial confidence contracts and all 9 typically de-rate. When PMI recovers above 53.5, the entire industrial cycle accelerates. Here is how the 2015–2016 PMI cycle compared.

All stocks on this signal — ranked by cycle return

#StockExchangeReturnDurationCycleAnalysis
1 KingspanKRX Dublin
+58%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
2 DSVDSV Copenhagen
+50%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
3 CRHCRH Dublin
+46%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
4 Smurfit WestRockSW Dublin
+43%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
5 HeidelbergMaterialsHDMG Frankfurt
+44%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
6 StellantisSTLA Amsterdam
+38%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
7 SKFSKF-B Stockholm
+37%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
8 Saint-GobainSGO Paris
+34%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →
9 BMWBMW Frankfurt
+22%
13 mnd Oct 2015 → Nov 2016 Read →

Key insight

The PMI signal produces more uniform returns than commodity signals — the spread from +34% (Saint-Gobain) to +58% (Kingspan) is narrower than in the oil or copper cycles. This reflects the more diversified revenue bases of PMI companies. Kingspan's outperformance reflects its data centre exposure — a structural tailwind that amplified the cyclical PMI recovery in 2016.

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