MAX Automation SE
ISIN: DE000A2DA588
WKN: A2DA58
16 May 2025 09:00AM

Original-Research: MAX Automation SE (von NuWays AG): BUY

MAX Automation SE · ISIN: DE000A2DA588 · EQS - Analysts
Country: Germany · Primary market: Germany · EQS NID: 22622

Original-Research: MAX Automation SE - from NuWays AG

16.05.2025 / 09:00 CET/CEST
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Classification of NuWays AG to MAX Automation SE

Company Name: MAX Automation SE
ISIN: DE000A2DA588
 
Reason for the research: Update
Recommendation: BUY
from: 16.05.2025
Target price: EUR 7.00
Target price on sight of: 12 months
Last rating change:
Analyst: Konstantin Völk

Soft Q1 numbers due to postponements into H2’25e

Topic: MAX released soft Q1 numbers due to a weak macro environment and project postponements. Despite this, the FY25e guidance was confirmed, as management expects a stronger H2.

Q1 sales came in at € 69.5m (eNuW: € 81m), 23% below last year, due to project postponements in the low double-digit €m amount, mainly for ELWEMA and Vecoplan. However, there is relatively high visibility that these projects will be realized in Q3 or Q4’25e.

bdtronic’s topline decreased 47% yoy to € 15.8m due to a continued weak EV market. Whereas Q1’24 still benefited from a solid order backlog (end of FY23 € 52m vs. € 34m in FY’24) thanks to an exceptionally strong demand in FY23, Q1’25 successively reflected the current market weakness. To preserve the company’s profitability, bdtronic is reducing its capacity to a sales scenario of € 75-85m for FY25e. Nevertheless, as the business is highly cyclical and the demand situation can change quickly, bdtronic will keep its capacity at a reasonable level to benefit from a potential rebound.

Vecoplan’s sales declined 13.8% yoy to € 33.3m resulting from an overall softer US business and postponements of larger projects which are seen to be realized in H2’25e. Order intake continued to be strong and grew by 34% yoy to € 45m. While demand in the Recycling/Waste segment (eNuW: 45% of sales) developed nicely, order intake in Wood/Biomass (eNuW: 22% of sales) picked up only slightly.

Order intake overall decreased by 14.2% yoy to € 77m, leading to an order backlog of € 161m (-18% yoy). Main contributor was a strong decrease in order intake for ELWEMA compared to the previous year due to project postponements. However, significant orders could already be secured during Q2.

EBITDA came in at € 0.1m (eNuW: € 2.4m; € 7.9m in Q1’24), noticeably below last year due to lower sales and high fixed costs. Personnel expenses declined only slightly by 2.1% to € 32.5m. On the other hand, cost of materials decreased disproportionately by 29% yoy, with a cost ratio of 44.2% (-3.6pp yoy).

Guidance confirmed. Management confirmed its guidance of € 340-400m sales (eNuW: € 364m) and € 21-28m EBITDA (eNuW: € 25m), despite the subdued start into the year. Considering the postponement of major projects into the second half of the year, the guidance looks still plausible in our view.

Reiterate BUY with an unchanged PT of € 7.00 based on DCF.

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  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025e
Sales1 425,49 307,00 349,08 409,19 397,37 365,99 315,00
EBITDA1,2 -0,89 5,66 25,72 25,72 34,56 29,28 14,00
EBITDA-Margin3 -0,21 1,84 7,37 6,29 8,70 8,00 4,44
EBIT1,4 -15,80 -19,49 11,56 21,99 19,16 17,57 5,00
EBIT-Margin5 -3,71 -6,35 3,31 5,37 4,82 4,80 1,59
Net Profit (Loss)1 -35,48 -26,33 -0,89 14,97 15,18 60,54 0,50
Net-Margin6 -8,34 -8,58 -0,26 3,66 3,82 16,54 0,16
Cashflow1,7 -20,88 32,03 27,67 -2,87 17,19 19,05 0,00
Earnings per share8 -1,18 -0,90 -0,05 0,39 0,37 1,47 0,01
Dividend per share8 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
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Explanation

1 in Mio. Euro; 2 EBITDA = Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation; 3 EBITDA in relation to sales; 4 EBIT = Earnings before interest and taxes; 5 EBIT in relation to sales; 6 Net profit (-loss) in relation to sales; 7 Cashflow from operations; 8 in Euro; Source: boersengefluester.de

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MAX Automation
WKN ISIN Legal Type Marketcap IPO Recommendation Plus Code
A2DA58 DE000A2DA588 SE 173,22 Mio € 27.05.1994 Kaufen 9F5FGXVJ+XV
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PE 2026e PE 10Y-Ø BGFL-Ratio Shiller-PE PB PCF KUV
30,00 13,40 2,24 -150,00 0,90 9,09 0,47
Dividends
Dividend '2023
in €
Dividend '2024
in €
Dividend '2025e
in €
Div.-Yield '2025e
in %
0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00%
Financial calendar
Annual General Meeting Q1-figures Q2-figures Q3-figures Annual press conference
23.05.2025 15.05.2025 01.08.2025 07.11.2025 20.03.2025
Performance
Distance 60-days-line Distance 200-days-line Performance YtD Performance 52 weeks IPO
Last Price (EoD)
-4,76%
4,00 €
ATH 9,32 €
-23,69% -26,02% -34,85% -31,74% +0,00%

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