Flat earnings as bad as it gets in mild downturn. Deep-cyclicals now partly de-risked, so value opportunities fewer. Epiroc and Hexpol down to HOLD; prefer Alfa, Assa, Metso, Hexagon, Volvo.
Soft org. growth but strong margin expansion among mid/large caps. E-commerce penetration back to growth. We highlight Axfood, H&M, Rugvista and RVRC as top picks.
The US market likely to stay tough throughout the year. Change of analysts, significant est. revisions post -soft Q4. Reiterate HOLD, TP cut to SEK 95 (100).
Earnings hold up on big backlogs; PMIs have turned, but only slowly. Meanwhile, stocks have bounced, multiples back to normal. We favour Alfa Laval, Epiroc, Metso, SKF and Volvo.
Very weak Q3 EBIT, with Q4 set to be even worse. New cost savings programme needed to restore margins. We lower '23-'24e adj. EBIT by 54% and 16%, TP SEK 100 (130).
Gently slowing demand, strong margins; estimates unchanged. Valuation now 10% lower than history, just as PMI's appear to bottom out. Look for short-cycle value, top picks Sandvik, SKF, Volvo.