Etteplan - Upgrade to BUY

Etteplan reports Q3 earnings on October 30th. Etteplan has apart from smaller problems in the Technical documentation and Embedded Systems and IoT business areas seen steady progress and we do not expect Q3 to have changed the trend. Profitability in Engineering Services has reached solid levels and we expect to see margin development slowing down in the near future. With recent share price development valuation looks more attractive. We upgrade to BUY (HOLD) with a TP of EUR 10.

Profitability at healthy levels, still room for improvement

Etteplan’s EBIT from business operations margin improved to 9.7 (8.6 in Q2/17) per cent in Q2/18, driven by profitability developments in Engineering Services, while margins in Technical documentation and Embedded Systems and IoT saw flattish development y-on-y. The EBIT BO margin in Engineering services reached 10.7 % and has according to management reached solid levels. We expect margin improvement in Embedded Systems and IoT due to a weaker comparison period. In Technical documentation delays in a significant project delivery has impacted on margins and we expect this to still have some effect on Q3.

Seasonally slower quarter

We have not made changes to our estimates ahead of Q3. Market conditions have remained favorable and along with the acquisition of Eatech we expect continued good growth in Q3. Our net sales and EBIT BO estimates for Q3 are EUR 54.5m and EUR 4.7m respectively.

BUY (HOLD) with a target price of EUR 10

Following recent share price development valuation again looks more favourable. We upgrade to BUY (HOLD) with a target price of EUR 10.

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