Strong medical to continue, security also starting to recover
The increased investments in healthcare infrastructure and demand for CT applications have kept momentum for MBU strong. As a result, DT expects MBU sales to grow over 20% in Q2 and H2. DT is also seeing early positive signals in the security market after a difficult year. DT believes that worst challenges in SBU are behind and security will head toward growth starting in Q2 and continue to grow in H2. IBU sales is expected to be at the same level as in the comparison period in Q2 but to grow in H2. In total, DT expects total net sales to grow double-digit in Q2 and in H2 of 2021 driven mainly by the strong medical demand.
Target price of €30 (prev. €28.5), HOLD rating
Our estimates are broadly unchanged after the report. As the security market is slowly starting to recover and demand in medical market remains strong, we remain positive towards the investment case given both the market drivers as well as DT’s strategy and execution capabilities. We expect both net sales and EBIT growth to recover in 2021E, but accurately predicting the slope of the recovery is challenging. We expect 2021E to be a year of recovery, and DT to resume above 15% margins from 2022E onwards. Based on increased confidence in security market recovery and strong outlook in medical, we raise our target price to €30 (prev. €28.5) but maintain HOLD recommendation.