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Probi: North American weakness only short-term - ABG

North America below, but EBITDA margin held up
Lower expectations for Q4 but outlook remains positive
’21-‘22e EBITDA down 5%; share at 31x ‘22e EV/EBIT

The Q3'21 report came in below our expectations, with organic growth of -17% (vs. ABGSCe -1%) for sales at SEK 159m (-14% vs. ABGSCe 184m). The deviation was manly driven by North America, where the company highlighted COVID-19-related stocking effects in the comparison quarter alongside the SEK 15m one-off last year. We believe EMEA performed well, while APAC reverted somewhat from the last quarter. Considering the lower sales, one positive note was the EBITDA margin at 26.6% (ABGSCe 26.7%), which was helped by a gross margin in line with expectations (Q3’21 41.9% vs. ABGSCe 42.9%), and strong opex cost control.

On the back of the report, we lower our expectation for Q4 North America sales and make no other changes to estimates, leading to ’22-‘23e EBITDA estimates declining by 5%. Probi ended Q2’21 with a net cash position of SEK 195m, and while our forecasts exclude M&A, we estimate Probi could add ~14-19% to ‘21e EBIT via potential M&A. The share is trading at 30x EV/EBIT ‘22e, or ~5% above its two-year average and ~5% above key peer BioGaia.
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