Weak Q1, but GN with firm grip on rudder

Interim Report Q1 2025: Growth challenged by market uncertainty – proactive cost mitigation initiated to support long-term margins

Interim Report Q1 2025: Growth challenged by market uncertainty – proactive cost mitigation initiated to support long-term margins Highlights The Hearing division delivered -1% organic revenue growth driven by a strong initial uptake of ReSound Vivia, but off-set by a challenged U.S. market as well as some slowdown of existing products in anticipation of ReSound Vivia. The strong uptake of ReSound Vivia has continued into April, lending support for expected market share gains. As a consequence of the launch initiatives and the challenged U.S. market, the divisional profit margin ended at 2...

Guidance updated: Impact from and mitigation to navigate the global trade environment

Guidance updated: Impact from and mitigation to navigate the global trade environment Following the recent announcements by the U.S. administration regarding tariffs, GN now takes further actions to counter the negative direct and indirect effects from the increased tariff levels. With the actions, GN is capable of mitigating the majority of the assumed tariff impact on the EBITA margin in 2025 as well as protecting its mid-term earnings growth.    The development in tariffs and its impact on our markets makes our environment more uncertain than normal. As a base assumption for our revised...

Kone (Hold, TP: EUR55.00) - Limited surprises

Q1 provided few surprises: total orders were a touch better than expected; orders received margins continued to decline; China orders matched our estimates; cash flow was strong; and the 2025 guidance was broadly in line with consensus. Having raised our 2025–2027e clean EPS by c2% on average, we have increased our target price to EUR55 (52) but reiterate our HOLD.

Pareto Bank (Buy, TP: NOK84.00) - Solid start to the year

Helped by still-solid core revenues and firm cost efficiency, PARB reported a Q1 ROE of 13.5%, despite some provisions. With deposit volumes rising by ~8.1% QOQ, the bank somewhat increased its bond holdings in the quarter, resulting in a ~5bp lower CET1 ratio at quarter-end, offset by strong earnings generation. We have made only minor changes to our 2026–2027e EPS. With the stock trading at a 2026e P/E of ~8.0x, we still find the valuation attractive, and reiterate our BUY and NOK84 target price.

Sparebanken Møre (Hold, TP: NOK95.00) - Higher margin pressure and costs

With elevated margin pressure and higher costs YOY, Q1 ROE was 11.2%, despite modest loan losses. Given the composition of the lending growth, MORG increased its risk-weight assets, leading to a ~ 20bp lower CET1 ratio QOQ. That said, the bank guided for a net positive effect of ~1.5%-points from the pending implementation of Basel IV in Q2 and Q3, leaving an ample buffer to its 16.15% requirement (including P2G), boding well for solid distributions. We have lowered our 2026–2027e EPS by ~5% on lower NII and higher costs, and our target price to NOK95 (100), but reiterate our HOLD.