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Rob Hales, CFA
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Strong containerboard market expected to continue in 2018; shares overvalued.

No-moat Stora Enso reported a solid finish to the year with EBIT of EUR 280 million, 47% higher than the prior-year period and slightly ahead of our forecast. Strong pricing environments in containerboard and pulp drove most of the outperformance. Guidance for the first quarter of 2018 remains healthy, with EBIT expected to be somewhat higher than the fourth-quarter level of EUR 280 million, but this implies a significant increase relative to the first quarter of 2017, when EBIT amounted to just...
Underlying
Stora Enso Oyj Class R

Stora Enso is a provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper on global markets. Co.'s reporting segments are: Consumer Board, which develops and provides consumer packaging boards for printing and packaging applications; Packaging Solutions, which develops fibre-based packaging; Biomaterials, which provides a variety of pulp grades for paper, board, tissue, textile and hygiene product producers; Wood Products, which provides wood-based solutions for building and housing; Paper, which provides paper solutions for print media and office use; as well as Other, which includes Co.'s shareholding in the energy company, Pohjolan Voima.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Rob Hales, CFA

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