Legrand seen up on beat and raise

By Reuters News

** Shares in Legrand LEGD.PA are seen up 2.6%-3% after the French electrical and digital building infrastructure group raised its 2026 sales growth forecast for the second time this year

** It sees FY sales growth of 20-22% excluding currency effects and organic growth of 11-13% (prev.: 16-19% and 8-10% respectively)

** Its 9-month sales grow 12.7% organically to €8.33 billion ($9.38 billion), beating consensus of +10.1% to €8.08 billion

** J.P. Morgan says quarterly sales growth is "well above consensus", boosted by growth in data centres, energy transition solutions in the US

** The broker flags an accelerating growth broadening beyond the US, and welcomes the EU margin beat after the miss in Q2

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