Consti - Some headwind seen

Growth softness in Q1 due to long winter
Consti’s Q1 results were fairly decent compared with our estimates. Revenue development was slow due to the longer winter, with y/y growth of 0.9% to EUR 59.8m (EUR 63.3m/64.4m Evli/cons.). Profitability was still at decent levels for the seasonally slower quarter, with EBIT at EUR 0.4m (EUR 0.0m/0.4m Evli/cons.). The increase in construction materials prices had a somewhat higher impact than in the comparison period. The order backlog grew 4.4% y/y on new orders of EUR 37.6m (Q1/21: 69.8m). Consti kept its guidance intact, expecting the operating profit in 2022 to be between EUR 9-13m.

2022 estimates still largely intact
We have only minor adjustments to our 2022 estimates, having slightly lowered our growth and profitability estimates for the rest of the year, while our full year EBIT estimate is slightly up due to the earnings beat in Q1. Our 2022 estimates for revenue and adj. EBIT are now at EUR 304.5m (2021: 288.8m) and 10.7m (2021: EUR 9.5m). The market continues to be affected to some degree by construction material availability and prices, with the crisis in Ukraine having further affected the situation and created short-term uncertainty relating to new projects in the negotiation phase, but overall still does not appear to have deteriorated materially and the long-term demand drivers for the renovation market provide continued support.

BUY with a target price of EUR 12.0 (13.0)
The uncertainty relating to demand and construction material prices and availability is currently at elevated levels and has understandably led to lower valuation multiples. Consti is in our view still less prone to the shocks compared with primarily new construction focused companies. Consti currently trades below peers, which given the aforementioned appears unjustified. We adjust our TP to EUR 12.0 (13.0) and retain our BUY-rating.