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Innofactor - Still a lot to prove

Innofactor’s Q3 results were below our estimates, mainly on profitability, with EBIT at EUR -1.2m (Evli -0.3m). Focus lies on reorganization and with the measures taken Innofactor expects a positive impact on EBITDA of 2.4m from 2019 onwards. We retain our HOLD rating with a TP of EUR 0.55 (0.70).

Profitability affected by lower sales

Innofactor’s Q3 results fell below our estimates. Revenue amounted to EUR 13.8m (Evli 14.2m) while EBIT fell to EUR -1.2m (Evli -0.3m). The low profitability was at least partly due to the lower sales. Innofactor completed cooperation negotiations and combined with reorganizations expects a positive impact on EBITDA of EUR 2.4m from 2019 onwards. Reorganizations are expected to contribute EUR 1.0m, to be achieved through reorganizing tasks, enabling more customer work hours. The Finnish delivery organization is being scaled down from seven to four organizational levels. The Finnish organization will further be reorganized into smaller self-organized teams. To our understanding one key goal is to enhance decision making especially in sales.

Profitability upside potential, sales growth a question mark

We expect EBITDA to turn positive in Q4, which typically is a stronger quarter for Innofactor. Our 2018 sales and EBITDA estimates are at EUR 65.1m and EUR 0.3m respectively. The organizational actions being taken in our view give prerequisites for improved profitability in 2019. The scaling down of the organization alone should prove beneficial, as the organization has been growing faster than sales. We remain conservative on sales growth in 2019, as we expect the changes to have some negative short-term impact and with the sales track recently Innofactor still has a lot to prove.

HOLD with a target price of EUR 0.55 (0.70)

The reorganization measures, if successful, would provide some breathing room for Innofactor, but pick-up in sales in our view remains a key driver for normalizing profitability. We retain our HOLD-rating with a target price of EUR 0.55 (0.70).

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