Medistim (Hold, TP: NOK172.00) - Q3 report
While up 7% YOY (currency-neutral sales growth 5.3%), revenues of NOK132.8m were below our forecast of NOK136m. The EBIT margin of 24% (Q3 2023: 27%) also fell shy of our forecast of 28.6%. We still see signs that the company’s ‘going direct’ efforts should eventually bear fruit, but we now believe their effect on the revenue side and on margins will take longer to materialise than we initially expected. We also note the cardiac segment is seeing slower progress than we expected, causing us concern about longer-term growth. We have downgraded to HOLD (BUY) and cut our target price to NOK172 (190).Medistim is engaged in the developing, producing, service, leasing and distribution of medical devices. Co. develops, manufactures and brings to market the quality assessment systems VeriQ™ and VeriQ C™ for cardiac, vascular and transplant surgery. In addition, Co. is a distributor of other medical devices through its subsidiaries: Medistim Norge AS, Medistim Danmark Aps and Medistim Deutschland GmbH. The products distributed are mainly medical devices within all types of surgery.Minus income tax paidInbound VAT receivable
DNB Markets is the investment banking arm of DNB Bank ASA and is focused primarily on the Nordic region, as well as internationally on niches such as global shipping, energy and related services, and seafood. DNB Markets offers services in FICC, Equities and Investment Banking advisory from offices in Oslo, Stockholm, London, Singapore and New York. Equity research coverage is offered on c250 Nordic companies. DNB was ranked no.2 in Extel Nordic Research 2017. The DNB Markets’ Credit and FICC Macro & FX Research teams are repeatedly highly rated by Prospera Nordic Institutional Investor Surveys.
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