Looking for signs of recovery in SBU amidst low visibility
DT has stated that it expects lower demand in the security segment to continue in Q3 and SBU sales to decrease in 2020. DT however sees SBU sales starting to improve towards end of the year. DT estimated in its Q2 report that airport CT standard equipment upgrades in Europe and U.S. will be postponed at least 12 months. Regarding China, it remains unclear when similar Chinese airport standardization will start and if any security infrastructure related government recovery measures will take place. MBU sales growth is expected to continue in H2 driven by the demand in CT applications.
Situation regarding aviation main uncertainty
The situation regarding aviation remains the biggest near-term uncertainty for DT as SBU represents roughly 2/3 of net sales and we’ve estimated aviation to contribute roughly half of SBU net sales. We have not made any changes to our estimates, thus we maintain our target price of 22 euros ahead of the report, our recommendation is HOLD (prev. BUY).