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Innofactor - Return to slight sales growth

Innofactor’s Q3 saw a return to net sales growth and better than expected profitability. The continued solid order backlog development remains a clearly supportive factor. With order backlog conversion visibility being challenging due to longer duration of signed contracts, we continue to expect only minor growth in the near-term, however noting the advantages of the added sales stability. We retain our BUY-rating with a TP of EUR 0.85 (0.80).

Profitability above estimates, solid order backlog growth

Innofactor’s Q3 results were better than our expectations. Net sales were in line with our estimates at EUR 14.0m (Evli 14.1m), showing slight growth of 1.4%, for the first time since Q3/2017. EBITDA and EBIT beat our estimates at EUR 1.5m (Evli 0.7m) and EUR 0.3m (-0.2m) respectively. Q3 EBIT was slightly burdened by depreciation adjustments attributable to the period 1-9/2019. Profitability improved compared with the previous year due to the measures taken to improve profitability at the end of 2018 and the sales per employee improved 12% from the previous year. The order backlog further grew by 107% y/y to EUR 53.2m.

Continuing to show signs of improvement

Innofactor’s Q3 results in our view continued to show signs of good progress and also saw the recurring components of the net sales mix increase to just slightly over 50%. Interpreting the speed of translation of the order backlog to sales remains challenging due to the increased share of long-term projects, which on the other hand provides added stability in net sales going forward. We have made minor revisions to our estimates post-Q3, expecting revenue growth of 3% during 2020-2021. Our 2020-2021 EBITDA estimates are up by around 5%, expecting profitability to continue to improve.

BUY with a target price of EUR 0.85 (0.80)

Having made minor upwards revisions to our estimates we adjust our target price to EUR 0.85 (EUR 0.80). On our estimates valuation on purchase price excluded basis still remains fairly attractive and we retain our BUY-rating.

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