Nexam Chemical A return to impressive growth
We find the Q3 report encouraging as the company has returned to impressive growth with 89% YOY sales growth in Performance Chemical providing confidence that the company can deliver on its 2022 sales target. EBITDA was positive for the third consecutive quarter, signalling that the company has now reached break-even volumes and we expect the gross margin contribution to drive margins higher into 2022. On its 2022 financial target, we have raised our fair value to SEK10–14 and we note that the stock is trading at 2022e EV/sales of 2.0x, 31% below peers.Nexam Chemical Holding AB (Nexam) is a Sweden-based company engaged in the production of plastics. It develops technology and products that improve properties and performance of plastics, without changing the production technology of its customers. Nexam's operations are based on crosslinking, a heat-activated technology of linking multiple polymer chains by small molecules called crosslinkers. Its main products are additive closslinkers, Neximid and Nexamite, manufactured at production plant in Scotland, which are transported to plastic manufacturers to be added during the production process. Neximid series improves properties of polyimides and Nexamite crosslinkers are designed for other thermoplastics. Nexam's solutions serve electronics, aerospace, and pharmaceutical industries, among others. The Company is the parent entity of Nexam Chemical AB and its subsidiary, Nexam St. Andrews Ltd. Also, it operates masterbatch manufacturer Plasticolor Sweden AB as subsidiary.
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