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Ework: Performing well in a strong market - ABG

Q3 sales +14% y-o-y, order intake 28% y-o-y
’22-‘23e EBIT up 3-4% on strong momentum
16x-14x ’21-‘23e EV/EBIT

The IT services sector continues to recover after a weak 2020, and eWork, as one of the largest players in this field, is capitalising on the rebound. Q3 sales were SEK 2,815m, up 14% y-o-y (vs. +7% y-o-y in Q2). According to the company, most sectors are performing well, with finance and automotive performing particularly well. In terms of regions, all geographical business units expect Finland are witnessing a strong recovery in demand. On the back of major investments into its digital services over the past years, eWork has recently seen an increased number of matching requests, which is a margin-accretive revenue stream. Owing to this, the gross margin improved to 3.70% (ABGSCe 3.65%) from 3.61% in Q2, which we find encouraging. EBIT was SEK 23.5m for y-o-y growth of 25%. This was -6% vs. ABGSCe due to slightly higher-than-expected opex.

Looking at the periods following previous crises, we observe that eWork has seen strong demand for its services in the subsequent years (i.e. during the recovery), and we think that this will prove true following COVID-19 as well. For 2020-2023e, we see sales and EBIT CAGRs of 8% and 12%, respectively. Both of these numbers are supported by the fact that eWork recently exited a period of major investment into its product portfolio. On our new estimates, eWork’s share is trading at 16x EV/EBIT on 2021, and 15x on 2022.
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