Norne reduserer kursmålet til 150 (160):
"Photocure delivered 3Q figures that were largely in line with our estimates. The pandemic continues to take its toll on the company’s growth and is a hurdle for especially the giant European market to bring more sales. However, normalization into 2022 is expected. Therefore, we continue taking a long-term view and stay positive on the stock anticipating strong growth, as the pandemic wanes. New TP is set at NOK 150/sh (160) after some estimate cuts post 3Q.
In-line quarterly figures
Photocure released its 3Q21 report last week. Revenues of NOK 87.4m were only a bit lower than our NOK 90.5m estimate and EBITDA came in as expected at around zero (NOK -0.2m vs NOK 0.4m expected). EBITDA-wise, US segment came in a bit weaker, but was offset by better performance in the European unit. Notably after rather weak blue light cystoscope installations in 2Q (only 8 due to some delays), there were 14 new BLC installed in 3Q (11 rigid and 3 flex) in the US. Still, slower BLC installations are expected in 4Q and into 2022, as potential sites are likely delaying due to the anticipated equipment upgrade by Karl Storz."