Gft Technologies: Q2 set to confirm earnings acceleration - NuWays AG Research
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Gft Technologies: Q2 set to confirm earnings acceleration - NuWays AG Research

GFT reports H1 results on 6 August, and we expect a second consecutive quarter of adj. EBIT growing well ahead of sales. The recent IBM and Accenture news do not read across to GFT, in our view, while two takeovers of listed peers highlight the structural attractiveness of the sector at current prices.

Q2 sales look set to improve 4.5% yoy to € 229.5m and adj. EBIT is seen growing 8.6% yoy to € 16.3m, at a margin of 7.1% (+0.3pp yoy; eNuW). That would mark a second consecutive quarter of earnings growing well ahead of sales, with the pace picking up from Q1 (adj. EBIT +6.8% yoy). The mix should look much like Q1, with double-digit growth in the Americas on the back of strong business in Brazil, a still soft Germany, and a UK business having just passed the trough.

Confirm BUY, PT unchanged at € 32, based on DCF. GFT is turning its strength in bank modernisation into margin, with adj. EBIT growing ahead of sales in Q1 and, on our estimates, again in Q2.
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