Loss-Making Clavister Holding AB (publ.) (STO:CLAV) Expected To Breakeven
Clavister Holding AB (publ.)’s (STO:CLAV): Clavister Holding AB (publ.), together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and sells network security solutions in the area of cyber security worldwide. The kr313m market-cap company announced a latest loss of -kr122.0m on 31 December 2018 for its most recent financial year result. The most pressing concern for investors is CLAV’s path to profitability – when will it breakeven? In this article, I will touch on the expectations for CLAV’s growth and when analysts expect the company to become profitable.
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Expectation from Software analysts is CLAV is on the verge of breakeven. They expect the company to post a final loss in 2019, before turning a profit of kr6.0m in 2020. So, CLAV is predicted to breakeven approximately a few months from now. In order to meet this breakeven date, I calculated the rate at which CLAV must grow year-on-year. It turns out an average annual growth rate of 95% is expected, which is extremely buoyant. If this rate turns out to be too aggressive, CLAV may become profitable much later than analysts predict.
Given this is a high-level overview, I won’t go into details of CLAV’s upcoming projects, though, keep in mind that generally a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.
Before I wrap up, there’s one issue worth mentioning. CLAV currently has a debt-to-equity ratio of over 2x. Typically, debt shouldn’t exceed 40% of your equity, and CLAV has considerably exceeded this. A higher level of debt requires more stringent capital management which increases the risk around investing in the loss-making company.
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There are key fundamentals of CLAV which are not covered in this article, but I must stress again that this is merely a basic overview. For a more comprehensive look at CLAV, take a look at CLAV’s company page on Simply Wall St. I’ve also put together a list of relevant factors you should look at:
Historical Track Record: What has CLAV’s performance been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Clavister Holding AB (publ.)’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
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