Norway Royal Salmon (Hold, TP: NOK230.00) - Higher costs and back-end loaded growth
Q4 operating EBIT of NOK136m was ~23–26% below our estimate and consensus, driven by lower volumes and higher costs. Costs are guided to remain high for the coming quarters, while a back-end loaded growth profile and increased interest charges due to higher capex mean we have cut our 2020–2021e EPS by 11.7–4.0%. The proposed DPS of NOK10 for 2019 was above our NOK8 forecast. We have cut our target price to NOK230 (240) but reiterate our HOLD.Norway Royal Salmon has developed from a sales and marketing company for farmed salmon into an integrated seafood company. Co. is a fish farming company with activities in two main segments: fish farming and sales. The fish farming business includes salmon farming and harvesting activities. The fish farming business is divided into two regions: Region North, which consists of the fish farming business in Senja and West Finnmark; and Region South, which consists of the fish farming business in the area around Haugesund. The sales segment includes the purchase and sale of salmon, as well as Co.'s chain management activities.
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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