We initiate coverage of AROBS Transilvania Software (AROBS), a leading Romanian software development company, with an Outperform rating and a target price of RON 0.87 (implying > 30% upside). Our recommendation is supported by: i/ organic growth in key markets, driven by customer proximity and increasing demand for digitalisation across industry verticals; ii/ rising revenues from proprietary software supported by product innovation; iii/ the ability to benefit from digitalisation initiatives in...
HEADLINES: • InPost: 2Q25 in line with expectations; FY25E EBITDA guidance broadly maintained; domestic market recovery in 3Q POSITIVE • GTC: 2Q25 – bond refinancing critical • AROBS Transilvania Software: 2Q25 – trending up, despite continuing headwind from automotive vertical • Romania macro: fiscal consolidation effort moves forward, but politics remain jittery • Türkiye macro: 2Q GDP momentum points to a stronger 2025E outlook • Greek banks: commit an additional donation of EUR 75m each to s...
On 27 August, AROBS reported 2Q25 net profit of RON 3.8m (+56% yoy), on revenues of RON 95.7m (-5% yoy) and EBITDA of RON 14.0m (+16% yoy). On the top line, the numbers underline both: 1) the scale of the contraction of AROBS’ automotive vertical; as well as 2) the growing size of the contribution from the (non-automotive focused) companies acquired since 2021. The latter accounted for 40% of total sales in 1H25, vs. 35% in 1H24; however, in software services, they account for 57% of the segment...
EME Equity Market – March 2025 Türkiye hammered, once again. The MSCI EM Europe Index advanced 0.5% in EUR terms and 4.5% mom in USD terms in March. The Czech PX Index was the best performer (+7.0% mom in EUR terms), followed by the Greek ASE (+4.8% mom), Polish WIG (+3.7% mom) and Hungarian BUX(+1.3% mom) indices (all in EUR terms). There was a muted performance from the Romanian BET Index (-0.1% mom in EUR terms). The Turkish ISE30 finished in the red again, declining 9.5% mom in EUR terms.
HEADLINES: • Athens Exchange Group: bottom-line miss in 4Q24, on higher costs, but proposed DPS in line with expectations NEUTRAL • AROBS Transilvania Software: publishes its 2025 budget POSITIVE • MedLife: publishes its 2025 budget NEGATIVE • CCC: new financing agreement, extending factoring line POSITIVE • DataWalk: sale to Coöperatieve Rabobank; total contract value reaches PLN 66.1m POSITIVE • Orlen: 2024 consolidated results to be affected by one-offs NEUTRAL • Poland macro: preliminary Mar...
HEADLINES: • BIM: strong operating results in 4Q24 POSITIVE • Bank Handlowy: 4Q24 results do not bring much new to the table NEUTRAL • Sok Marketler Ticaret: recovery in operating results masked by bottom-line loss in 4Q24 NEUTRAL • GEVORKYAN: 4Q24 results – lower than expected, due to one-off expenses NEUTRAL • Benefit Systems: key takeaways from the call on the MAC Group acquisition in Türkiye POSITIVE • Grupa Pracuj: PLN 28.6m revaluation of Beamery to harm 2024 results NEGATIVE • Budimex: an...
HEADLINES: • European oil and gas monthly: November 2024 – gas inventories down, prices up • Bank Handlowy: published its 2025-27E strategy on 6 December NEUTRAL • Metlen Energy & Metals: pushes EC to promote CRMs, as it preps EUR 300m investment to boost bauxite and alumina production, plus brand-new gallium production facility POSITIVE • Auto Partner: November sales growth slows down to 5% yoy, well below our expectations NEGATIVE • Turkish banks: BRSA announces financial services companies wi...
The main message from the 3Q24 earnings call is that customers, particularly in the automotive sector, are sitting on the budgets earmarked for outsourced work, as they reassess their own priorities. While this happens. AROBS is positioning itself to capture new business where customer demand is strongest – cyber security, AI and data engineering. This quarter, management did put personnel and other opex cuts in place, the results of which are visible already: it reversed the gross margin erosio...
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