Sitowise Group

Sitowise announced on Tuesday that it will sell its loss-making Swedish technical consulting business to Sweco.

Sitowise's Q1 performance was generally in line with our expectations, though write-downs on Buildings projects slightly weakened the figures. We made no major changes to our estimates.

Sitowise's Q1 interim report this morning did not offer any major surprises. The bottom line was slightly below expectations, but this was due to write-downs of long-suspended projects in the Buildings business. Without these write-downs, our estimates would have been slightly exceeded.

We expect the company's revenue to have remained flat year-on-year, with stable adjusted EBITA.

On Tuesday, Sitowise announced its new mid-term strategic priorities and financial targets, as well as its new purpose and vision. These updates were expected, as the new management, which recently took office, aims to return the company to a path of profitable growth. In our estimation, the updated strategy is leading the company in the right direction, and the revised targets are more realistic than before. The release does not cause changes to our estimates or our view.

While the agreement strengthens our confidence that the company has the banks' support to weather a challenging cycle, the balance sheet still plays a significant role in the stock's risk profile.