Getinge reported Q1 2018 earnings well below our and the market’s expectations. The miss was mainly due to higher operating costs than expected. Sales actually beat our forecasts and order intake was just a tad short of expectations. We have kept our EPS estimate flat for this year and taken down our forecast by c5% for FY 2019. We reiterate our HOLD recommendation and have lowered our target price to SEK95 (105).
Getinge ended 2017 with a very weak report (to some extent due to high one-off costs) and we expect the start of 2018 to also be rather soft (report due at 10:30 CET on 26 April). Among other things, the company said Q4 operating costs would be a good quarterly proxy for 2018. Also, Q1 should be affected by one-off costs (cSEK350m) related to the ongoing investigation in Brazil. We reiterate our HOLD but have lowered our target price to SEK105 (SEK110) ahead of the report.
Getinge reported Q4 earnings and the outcome did not reach our estimates or consensus. The major deviation was the gross margin but most cost items were also a tad above our forecasts. Our impression is that the earnings uncertainty remains high in Getinge post Q4 and hence we reiterate the HOLD recommendation. Our target price is adjusted to SEK110 (SEK120) on the lowered estimates.
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