Finnish listed company Elecster Oyj focuses on the design, manufacture, and marketing of UHT (Ultra High Temperature) milk processing and aseptic packaging lines, as well as the global sale of related packaging materials. 80–90% of the company’s products, which are primarily export-oriented, are delivered to approximately 60 different countries.
Speculatively made up pros and cons:
Pros:
- operational profitability has improved for the first half of the year
- demand for dairy machinery is increasing
- the company operates in many different markets, such as Asia, the Baltics, and the Nordics
- apparently, technical support and maintenance services provide a continuous revenue stream
Cons:
- negative profit warning, investors do not appreciate it
- the company is not covered by Inderes, which is why it is much, much more unknown, completely unfamiliar to me
- decrease in packaging material deliveries
- the market environment is not favorable for this company either
- milk consumption is decreasing , Keskipohjanmaa’s article, and it should be noted that most milk is produced in Ostrobothnia (Luke), so the provincial newspaper will probably write about the matter optimistically, even though the article talks about decreasing consumption.
Oh, for once the company’s announcements are visually to my taste. ![]()
Quoted from Inderes’ website 28.1.2024:
Here is the company’s latest announcement:
ELECSTER OYJ INSIDE INFORMATION 26.1.2024 AT 1:00 PM
INSIDE INFORMATION, PROFIT WARNING: ELECSTER LOWERS ITS REVENUE AND EARNINGS ESTIMATE
Elecster Group lowers its guidance for 2023 revenue and earnings per share.
New guidance
For the full year, we estimate the Group’s revenue to decrease and earnings per share to turn into a loss.
Previously, Elecster estimated full-year revenue to remain at the same level or decrease, and earnings per share to remain at the same level or improve compared to the previous year.
The increase in interest rates and the significant depreciation of currencies central to Elecster against the euro have substantially increased financing costs and slowed down the implementation of customer investment projects more than anticipated. Partially for the same reason, the delivery volume of packaging materials in the last quarter remained clearly below the comparison year’s level. The result is also weakened by one-off write-downs on receivables, which do not affect cash. Thus, the relative improvement in operational profitability was not fully reflected in earnings per share.
Elecster will publish its financial statement release for the period 1.1.-31.12.2023 on 22.2.2024.
Further information: CEO Arto Kinnunen, tel. +358 400 191 980
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