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Alex Morozov
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

William Demant's First-Half Results Hold no Surprises; Maintaining Our Valuation

William Demant's first-half results were roughly in line with our forecast. We are maintaining our fair value estimate and narrow-moat rating, and we believe the shares are fairly valued at current levels.
The company delivered 15% reported growth, 16% in local currencies, with acquisitions contributing 10%. Despite declining global ASPs, gross margin improved but mainly as a result of the Audika retail acquisition. The mix toward retail is adversely affecting the EBIT margin, though; coupled w...
Underlying
Demant A/S

William Demant Holding is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co develops, manufactures and sells products and equipment designed to aid the hearing and communication of individuals. Co. focuses on four areas: Hearing Devices, Diagnostic Instruments, Hearing Implants and Personal Communication. Co.'s hearing devices include Oticon, Bernafon, Sonic, Phonic Ear, and FrontRow. Co.'s Hearing implant consist of Oticon Medical. Co.'s diagnostic instruments include Maico, Interacoustics, Amplivox, Grason-Stadler, MedRx, and Micromedical. Co.'s personal communication consists of Sennheiser Communications.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Alex Morozov

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