Bittium. What thoughts?

The journey to this point. I practically cannot comment on the current view here / in the video separately, so I won’t take a stand on it. It would be problematic to anticipate possible future changes here for the “insiders”.

A bit the same boring answer as before. We’ll see.

This was a way to comment on different views, brought up by @Verneri_Pulkkinen. If you read the reports, these come through quite well. Many, of course, only look at recommendations, so here are quotes from previous reports:

Previous report (Q3’25) end of valuation section: “…we remain neutral, even though the stock’s valuation multiples are somewhat alarming.” Of course, the report’s title was also “Let’s see Indra before drawing major conclusions”.

CMD update end of valuation section: “In practice, the targets must be met in the coming years, preferably exceeded, for the stock to still have a good return expectation. This is possible with strong tailwinds, but the valuation is already in the red.”

Q2’25 report end of valuation section: “However, we believe long-term investors can hold onto their shares and see what kind of performance Bittium ultimately achieves.”

When using analysis reports, one should always try to look behind the view. I would always pay attention to the “conviction” level (I apologize, I couldn’t come up with a Finnish term for it now). We have considered whether this could be brought directly into the report, but for now, it comes through in the text.

A ‘Hold’ recommendation has its pros, and these have indeed been considered often over the years. In this case, I think it would have been good, but it’s easy to say that in hindsight :wink: These matters are, however, decided by the management of the Research business.

Hope this clarified!

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Here’s a link to today’s updated analysis, interesting reading.

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IMUGS2 has now been confirmed for Bittium, and it sounds good to be involved; one would think it supports businesses now and in the future.

The iMUGS2 project builds upon the achievements of the iMUGS project and strengthens Europe’s autonomy and robotics capabilities by developing a scalable, interoperable, and secure system-of-systems architecture for both unmanned and manned platforms. The project enhances Europe’s technological independence in key defense areas such as AI-based autonomy, system integration, data transfer, and command and control systems.

In the project, Bittium is responsible for the entire system’s data transfer, utilizing both tactical and commercial technologies and networks. Bittium’s solution seamlessly supports the cooperation and command of different branches of service and defense forces, as well as unmanned systems and troops, and the production and sharing of situational awareness in challenging battlefield conditions.

The iMUGS2 project has a duration of 36 months and a total value of 55 million euros, of which Bittium’s share is approximately 2.35 million euros.

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Bittium participates in delegation

https://defmin.fi/en/-/permanent-secretary-pulkkinen-and-finnish-business-delegation-to-visit-allied-command-transformation

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This news is likely very strongly related to Bittium.

“– The command and control system unit would offer an opportunity for the development of compatibility between Finland’s national and NATO command and control system services, states Minister of Defence Häkkänen in a press release from the Ministry of Defence”

“The press release states that the task of the command and control system unit would be to produce telecommunications and information system services to support the command of NATO forces and leadership in Finland and, if necessary, throughout the entire alliance.”

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Hi @Karoliina_Malmi & Bittium

Could you comment on the current production situation? According to recent newspaper articles, the CEO commented that production was currently churning out devices almost around the clock. Was this just a temporary situation or a longer-term trend? Additionally, it would be interesting to know who the deliveries are currently being made to, as no new disclosure threshold for deals has been crossed for a long time. In the summer, there was an announcement about a couple of million deal and the Boston announcement.

Investors would certainly also be interested in the situation in Spain, are we still on schedule? (To be announced this year)

And the situation in Austria currently? I’m under the impression that something should have been heard during the autumn, what’s the situation there now?

Furthermore, there’s interest in communication regarding the Finnish Defence Forces (PV), now that new partnership agreements are in force. Does the Finnish Defence Forces (PV) now order equipment under the agreement without a disclosure obligation, even if it’s a larger order (e.g., +5 million)?

My interest in these matters has arisen mainly because quite significant investments were made in CMD, and since then, there hasn’t been a single DEAL announcement.

Thanks in advance!

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