Q1 2025 Instalco AB Earnings Call Transcript

Apr 29, 2025 / 07:30AM GMT
Release Date Price: kr32.04

Key Points

Positve
  • Instalco AB (FRA:4IIA) reported organic growth for the first time since Q3 2023, indicating a potential positive shift in market conditions.
  • The company's cash flow from operations increased by 12% compared to last year, showcasing strong focus on improving working capital.
  • Instalco AB's service business saw a growth of 14% in absolute numbers, making up 36% of sales, which acts as a stabilizing factor.
  • The company completed its first acquisition of the year and finalized the first phase of its investment into Germany, marking strategic expansion.
  • Instalco AB maintains a stable financial position with significant headroom in relation to loan covenants, allowing for continued selective growth.
Negative
  • The EBITA margin decreased to 5.7% from 7.6% last year, impacted by one-off costs and a tough pricing environment.
  • The market remains challenging with global uncertainty affecting investment willingness, particularly due to interest rate and geopolitical concerns.
  • Instalco AB's leverage is approaching 3 times, raising concerns about financial stability in a tough market environment.
  • The company faced a one-off expense of 64 million due to Northvolt's bankruptcy, impacting EBITA in the first quarter.
  • Utilization in Norway and Finland was negatively affected by temporarily lower capacity, impacting earnings in the rest of the Nordics segment.
Operator

The install code Q1 presentation 2025. For the first part of the conference call, the participants will be in listen-only mode. During the questions and answer session, participants are able to ask questions by dealing 5 on their telephone keypad. Now I will hand the conference over to CEO Robin Boheman. Please go ahead.

Robin Boheman
Instalco AB - President, Chief Executive Officer

Welcome everyone to this presentation of Instalco's report for the first quarter of 25. My name is Robin Boheman, and I'm the CEO at Instalco, and with me today I have our CFO Christina Kassberg.

Let's kick off as usual with a short summary of the company today. Instalco is one of the leading installation companies in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, and since quite recently, we also have a presence in Germany.

Our decentralized model is a key strength, gives our local companies the freedom to act, but also backed with a strong governments and shared tools. Across the group, we have more than 6,000 employees contributing daily to enable the green transformation, and

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