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Important information: All information regarding limitation of liability and potential conflicts of interest can be found at the end of the report Redeye, Mäster Samuelsgatan 42, 10tr, Box 7141, 103 87 Stockholm. Tel. +46 8-545 013 30, E-post: [email protected] Update Equity Research 27 October 2019 KEY STATS Ticker DORO.ST Market Small Cap Share Price (SEK) 39.1 Market Cap (MSEK) 946 Net Debt 19E (MSEK) 207 Free Float 88 % Avg. daily volume (‘000) 4 BEAR BASE BULL 38.0 61.0 84.0 KEY FINANCIALS (SEKm) 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E 2022E Net sales 1924 1906 2023 2014 2048 2135 EBITDA 156 194 210 247 274 298 EBIT 92 122 119 135 160 180 EPS (adj.) 2.8 3.8 3.5 3.9 4.5 5.1 EV/Sales 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 EV/EBITDA 7.3 5.4 5.5 4.5 3.6 2.9 EV/EBIT 12.3 8.5 9.7 8.3 6.1 4.8 P/E 15.5 9.0 11.3 10.0 8.7 7.6 ANALYSTS Viktor Westman [email protected] Fredrik Nilsson [email protected] 3 3 3 0 10 20 30 40 50 29-okt 27-jan 27-apr 26-jul 24-okt OMXS 30 Doro Solid phone Q3 – but we only care for Care Better Q3 sales - weaker gross margins EBIT came in at SEK 34m as expected. However, as most other quarters, it was a matter of swings and roundabouts. Sales of SEK 521m came in 4% above expectations. The order book continued to look solid, amounting to SEK 518m (+26% y/y), indicating a good Q4’19. The gross margin reached 31.1% (expected 32.5%) due to a logistics effect and the USD/EUR movement, although from the conference call we conclude gross margins should improve ahead. Given the margin headwinds and UK certification issues we think Doro did a good job in Phones, delivering a 6.5% group EBIT margin (expected 6.9%). However, we only care for Care (Services). Services: Strong sales growth – but Doro lost 4 000 connections Services followed the same trends as before, growing 6% organically q/q to SEK 96m (expected 94m). Doro highlighted new contracts won in Sweden, but it forgot to mention that it lost about 4 000 subscriptions from Q2’19. Since UK and Norway were strong the problem is likely still related to Sweden. We are more optimistic regarding UK telecare (see further below) and have increased our associated estimates, although they are fully offset by the weakness in Sweden. Cash flow machine trading at a pessimistic one-digit R12M OE multiple The operating cash flow of SEK 73m (up 28% y/y) is the most impressive part of the Q3 report. It means that Doro self-financed the Centra acquisition within the quarter. If we assume a 75% maintenance CAPEX ratio, Doro’s enterprise value trades at an Owner Earnings multiple of ~9x on its trailing 12-months cash flow. We would argue that this is too pessimistic given especially the telecare outlook in UK where Doro is the market leader. Shares in line with our bear case – EV/EBIT 6x for 2021E suggests eventual revaluation With our estimates virtually unchanged we keep our valuation with a base case of SEK 61 per share. Shares continue to trade in line with our bear case of SEK 38. It is tricky to see what will drive the stock, besides care M&A, but if our current estimates play out (EV/EBIT 6x for 2021E) we think Doro is in for an eventual revaluation. Doro REDEYE RATING VERSUS OMXS30 FAIR VALUE RANGE Finance People Business

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Page 1: Doro - Redeye · 10/27/2019  · The EBIT margin came in at 6.5% compared to the company long-term target of 8% and our estimate of 6.9%, which was related to a soft gross margin

Important information: All information regarding limitation of liability and potential conflicts of interest can be found at the end of the report Redeye, Mäster Samuelsgatan 42, 10tr, Box 7141, 103 87 Stockholm. Tel. +46 8-545 013 30, E-post: [email protected]

Update

Equity Research 27 October 2019

KEY STATS

Ticker DORO.ST Market Small Cap

Share Price (SEK) 39.1 Market Cap (MSEK) 946 Net Debt 19E (MSEK) 207 Free Float 88 %

Avg. daily volume (‘000) 4

BEAR BASE BULL 38.0

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KEY FINANCIALS (SEKm)

2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E 2022E Net sales 1924 1906 2023 2014 2048 2135 EBITDA 156 194 210 247 274 298 EBIT 92 122 119 135 160 180 EPS (adj.)

2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E 2022E EPS (adj.) 2.8 3.8 3.5 3.9 4.5 5.1 EV/Sales 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 EV/EBITDA 7.3 5.4 5.5 4.5 3.6 2.9 EV/EBIT 12.3 8.5 9.7 8.3 6.1 4.8 P/E 15.5 9.0 11.3 10.0 8.7 7.6

ANALYSTS

Viktor Westman [email protected] Fredrik Nilsson [email protected]

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Solid phone Q3 – but we only care for Care Better Q3 sales - weaker gross margins

EBIT came in at SEK 34m as expected. However, as most other quarters, it was a matter of

swings and roundabouts. Sales of SEK 521m came in 4% above expectations. The order

book continued to look solid, amounting to SEK 518m (+26% y/y), indicating a good Q4’19.

The gross margin reached 31.1% (expected 32.5%) due to a logistics effect and the

USD/EUR movement, although from the conference call we conclude gross margins should

improve ahead. Given the margin headwinds and UK certification issues we think Doro did

a good job in Phones, delivering a 6.5% group EBIT margin (expected 6.9%). However, we

only care for Care (Services).

Services: Strong sales growth – but Doro lost 4 000 connections

Services followed the same trends as before, growing 6% organically q/q to SEK 96m

(expected 94m). Doro highlighted new contracts won in Sweden, but it forgot to mention

that it lost about 4 000 subscriptions from Q2’19. Since UK and Norway were strong the

problem is likely still related to Sweden. We are more optimistic regarding UK telecare (see

further below) and have increased our associated estimates, although they are fully offset

by the weakness in Sweden.

Cash flow machine trading at a pessimistic one-digit R12M OE multiple

The operating cash flow of SEK 73m (up 28% y/y) is the most impressive part of the Q3

report. It means that Doro self-financed the Centra acquisition within the quarter. If we

assume a 75% maintenance CAPEX ratio, Doro’s enterprise value trades at an Owner

Earnings multiple of ~9x on its trailing 12-months cash flow. We would argue that this is

too pessimistic given especially the telecare outlook in UK where Doro is the market leader.

Shares in line with our bear case – EV/EBIT 6x for 2021E suggests eventual revaluation

With our estimates virtually unchanged we keep our valuation with a base case of SEK 61

per share. Shares continue to trade in line with our bear case of SEK 38. It is tricky to see

what will drive the stock, besides care M&A, but if our current estimates play out (EV/EBIT

6x for 2021E) we think Doro is in for an eventual revaluation.

Doro

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Solid Q3 for Phones – but we only care for Care The Q3 order intake of SEK 589m equals a 2% growth and is in line with the past two years.

The rolling 12-month trend is stable, as indicated in the graph below.

Q3: Weaker gross margins – but improvement ahead

Q3 sales grew 2.5% from Q3’18 or 0.3% adjusted for currency. As mentioned above, sales

were SEK 521m while we expected SEK 502m (see the table below). The deviation was

related to all regions outside UK delivering slightly better than our estimates. Doro says it has

been working hard to solve UK and it is now back on the shelfs, although the company

highlighted a challenging Q4 in UK.

The EBIT margin came in at 6.5% compared to the company long-term target of 8% and our

estimate of 6.9%, which was related to a soft gross margin of 31.1% (expected 32.5%). It

sounds like the logistics effect (shipping via air as opposed to boat due to a surprisingly high

Order Intake & Sales R12M (SEK million)

Source: Doro & Redeye Research

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Doro - Expected vs. Outcome

SEKm Q3'18 Q3'19E Outcome Diff

Net sales 509 502 521 4%

whereof Services 82 94 96 2%

EBIT 33 34 34 -1

EBITDA 54 56 57 1

PTP 33 33 32 -1

EPS, SEK 1.09 1.04 0.95 -0.09

Salesgrowth 9.3% -1.3% 2.5%

Grossmargin 31.5% 32.5% 31.1%

EBIT margin 6.5% 6.9% 6.5%

EPS growth (y/y) 53% 95% -13%

Source: Doro, Redeye Research

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demand) explains 20-40% of the deviation. The other part is related to a weaker gross margin

in Services (42% vs. expected 47%). Restoring the gross margin in Services is an important

priority for Doro and on the call the company mentioned an improvement in Q4, albeit not a

full recovery. Following the Q3 outcome, we see no reason to lower our gross margin

assumptions as we had already taken the EUR/USD movement and a weaker Q4 into

account.

The operating cash flow after working capital effects (SEK +23m) amounted to a strong SEK

73m (up 28% y/y), despite Q3 usually being a seasonally challenging quarter (working capital

build-up for Q4). Doro continues to deliver operating cash flows of around SEK 180-200m on

a rolling 12-month basis. This means that Doro trades at an enterprise value of 5-6x its

operating cash flows. Subtracting Doro’s internal investments (excl. acquisitions) the multiple

is about 11x. Thus, assuming a 75% maintenance CAPEX ratio, Doro trades at an Owner

Earnings multiple of 9x on its trailing 12 months cash flow.

Doro Sales & EBIT margin R12M

Source: Doro, Redeye Research

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During the past years, every little setback for Doro resulted in a severe blow for margins or

growth. Nowadays, we get the feeling that Doro better can absorb adversities, such as with

the CEO severance package in Q2’19. In other words, Doro does not need to fire on all

cylinders to deliver decent quarters. This tells us that Doro has a better, more stable

underlying business. During Q3’19, Doro e.g. tackled the UK certification issues and weaker

gross margins from e.g. logistics costs and the USD/EUR movement, still being able to report

a 6.5% EBIT margin. Moreover, Doro says, excluding UK, it increased its market shares in

most markets during Q3.

Besides the new 8080 smartphone model for active seniors, Doro launched four new feature

phones during the quarter. Doro is pleased with the listings and sell-in related to the 8080. We

do not so far have any strong opinions on the prospects of the 8080.

Services: UK is promising – Sweden remains problematic Services grew organically 6% q/q to SEK 96m (expected 94m), meaning Services accounted

for 18% of total sales. As the organic y/y growth came in at 11% Centra Pulse and Connect

(“Centra”) contributed SEK 5m versus our expectations of 6m. For more on the rationale of

acquiring Centra etc., read our last update after the Centra acquisition.

The total number of subscriptions, following adding the 106 000 from Centra, amounted to

304 000. Doro highlighted new contracts won in Sweden, but it forgot to mention that it lost

about 4 000 subscriptions from Q2’19 (see the graph below). Since UK and Norway were

strong the problem is likely still related to Sweden.

There is reason to be slightly more optimistic going forward due to the new Country Director

for Sweden, Carl Johan Fredin, that joined in August. Fredin is supposed to be very

commercially focused, coming from a long sales background (20+ years) in healthcare

(Janssen, Aleris & Mundipharma etc.).

N.o. Doro alarm subscriptions per region*

Source: Doro & Redeye Research

* = The graph extrapolates data between some quarters as we do not have complete data for all quarters

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Doro said it has kept the gross margins stable in Sweden in both existing and new contracts,

which is reassuring as there generally speaking is a risk for price wars from long periods of

dropping subscriptions.

Norway accounted for a major part of the growth in Services. However, Trygghetssentralen

had negative earnings during 2018, which is related to growth investments leading to initially

lower margins on new contracts, but mostly it is an accounting effect (payment of old

pension liabilities).

With the growth phase over in Sweden, the future is all about UK. There were few tenders

during the quarter as the market has not taken off yet, but there is a strong interest from

potential customers. The telecom migration from analogue to digital is led by BT and Virgin

who together hold a majority of the market. As mentioned before, the deadline for becoming

fully digital has been set by BT to year 2025 with Virgin joining in. We expect the shift to

accelerate from September 2023 when BT will start its forced migration (no new PSTN lines).

Talk Talk, the fourth largest player, does not have an official deadline, but it has a fiber-to-the-

home project of 3 million households, which represents the vast majority of all its lines.

Several of the ~10 players that have announced aggressive fiber roll-out projects are private

equity backed.

Welbeing has previously taken over operations from smaller players and municipalities who

have been struggling with unprofitability due to only having a couple of thousand

connections, i.e. telecare is not their core business. One example, we believe, is Liverpool

Mutual Homes, where Welbeing in November 2018 took over a contract that had already

started, related to 1 200 residents. We believe there will be more similar opportunities related

to the 200 alarm centrals as the digital evolution and its associated large investments

approaches. In conclusion, the care M&A multiples overall could be very attractive as we

believe the alternative for many sellers is shutting down completely.

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Forecast adjustments As mentioned above, we were already expecting a weaker Q4 gross margin and the Q3 OPEX

came in as expected. We therefore do not see any need to revise our earnings estimates and

only make negligible estimate changes (see the table below).

We see a greater potential in UK from telecare, but this is fully offset by the loss of

subscriptions in Sweden.

Looking at Q4, we are conservative and expect the group gross margin to remain at a soft

31%, but we still believe Doro’s earnings will remain at last year’s levels of SEK 38m, due to a

4% sales growth on the back of the strong order book.

Forecast adjustments

(SEKm) 2019E 2020E 2021E

Net sales Old 2000 2006 2048

New 2023 2014 2048

% change 1% 0% 0%

EBITDA Old 208 247 274

New 210 247 274

% change 1% 0% 0%

EBIT Old 120 134 160

New 119 135 160

% change -1% 0% 0%

Profit before tax Old 115 126 151

New 113 126 152

% change -2% 1% 0%

Earnings per share Old 3.61 3.89 4.51

New 3.47 3.91 4.51

% change -4% 1% 0%

Source: Redeye Research, Doro

Doro - Detailed estimates

SEKm 2017 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 2018 Q1'19 Q2'19 Q3'19 Q4'19 2019

Net sales 1924 420 424 509 554 1906 466 460 521 575 2023

whereof Services 193 53 64 82 86 285 86 86 96 108 377

EBITDA 156 39 44 54 57 194 44 47 57 62 210

EBIT 92 25 26 33 38 122 21 26 34 38 119

PTP 92 25 30 33 35 123 20 25 32 36 113

EPS, SEK 2.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 3.8 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 3.5

Sales growth -1.8% -7.2% -4.9% 9.3% -1.1% -0.9% 11.1% 8.3% 2.5% 3.9% 6.1%

EBIT margin 4.8% 5.9% 6.2% 6.5% 6.9% 6.4% 4.5% 5.7% 6.5% 6.6% 5.9%

Earnings growth (y/y) 116.7% 40.0% 37.5% 53.0% 16.3% 33.8% -19.3% -11.4% -13.2% 5.3% -8.2%

Gross margin 30.3% 33.7% 36.6% 31.5% 32.6% 33.4% 31.1% 34.9% 31.1% 31.3% 32.0%

Source: Doro, Redeye Research

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Investment Case Growth in phones seems to be over

This is a telecare & mobile health play

Reported growth is required to move the shares

Growth in phones seems to be over

Doro has not been able to reach underlying top line growth during the past years. The current depressed market

valuation suggests that the perception is that Doro will never be able to grow again. This might be true for phones

but there are, according to us, promising growth opportunities in the service segment within telecare and mobile

health (see further below). This will eventually drive recurring revenue as well as higher margins and multiples. The

main problem is that the services (Care) part at the moment is way too small (about 20 % of the total) and will

remain so until Doro makes a few more acquisitions similar to Welbeing. Thus, M&A is key.

This is a telecare & mobile health play

In the summer of 2018, Doro's US competitor GreatCall was acquired by Best Buy for USD 800m (EV/S about 2.5x

or USD 800-900 per subscriber). We argue that Doro can, and will, pursue a similar care journey. Doro’s new Smart

Care box will function as a gateway to which all types of devices and sensors can be connected in order to detect

unusual behavior. Doro will pre-program the alarm button on the phone and offer various services for a monthly fee,

including making it possible for families, friends and caregivers etc. to monitor the user via an app and receive

alarms. Relatives or caregivers can receive notifications that everything is ok alternatively not ok and in a more

serious situation an alarm to an alarm centre can automatically go off and caregivers can be dispatched. Doro will

open up the platform for all kinds of third party solutions such as e.g. portable heart scanners or bed sensors that

can sense if a person is not in bed. The system can also detect unordinary events, e.g. if the refrigerator has not

been opened during the past 24 hours, if someone has been in the bathroom for an hour or perhaps in the bathroom

30 times in one day.

All this will create a moat, as copying Doro’s extensive offering will not only require hardware but also software and

services. The value proposition is obvious. Seniors can live home longer, free and independently. Relatives are sure

that their loved ones are safe as everything can be monitored remotely: the current location, missed calls and

battery life etc. Last, being able to determine that everything is ok from a distance is also very cost efficient for the

municipalities and the care providers. Doro has several unique and important assets that will help it succeed in its

quest:

1. Major confidence in the Doro brand from the target customers, as opposed to competing start-ups. 2. A deep understanding of the users and their needs. 3. Sales channels within about 50 countries and hardware logistics to handle 3+ million hardware units 4. A physical alarm button on every phone and an installed base of almost 130 000 telecare alarm

subscriptions as well as long-time experience from the whole alarm chain

Reported growth is required to move the shares

In relation to our reasonably pessimistic scenario of SEK 38 per share and our base case of SEK 61, today’s share

price provides a favourable risk/reward. However, a narrower price/value gap requires earnings reports which

clearly shows that Doro has come back to growth. The stock market’s trust in Doro is low at the moment, meaning

one good report alone may not be enough.

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Valuation

Bear Case 38.0 SEK Base Case 61.0 SEK Bull Case 84.0 SEK In our pessimistic scenario we assume that the days of growth are over. The key difference in our bear case compared to our base case and the reason for our zero sales growth estimates is that we assume that the rapid growth in smartphone penetration across the globe will severely hurt the feature phones business. This will not necessarily be related to a lower demand from consumers. We see a threat that as Doro’s telecom operator customer and retail partners decrease their feature phones models in favour of smartphones they decide to go for a general feature phone as opposed to a senior dedicated feature phone. This results in a -5 % growth in the phones business that is compensated by the service growth of 8 % but, as mentioned, total group sales are flat. Even though gross margins could remain stable due to solid services sales, the decreasing sales means that the average EBIT margin and long-term EBIT margin will only be 7 and 4 percent respectively. Our bear case SOTP breakdown implies 3 % average EBIT margins in phones and 13 % within services.

Our base case is built around years 2018-2024. For this period we expect an average sales growth of 3 %, with Services (Care) growing sales at a CAGR of 12 % and subscriptions by 4 %. The traditional phones business is estimated to be flat related to the feature phones business whose volumes can grow and offset the ASP decline. The smartphones penetration of sales, however, continues to struggle and remains at about 20 percent. We do not expect Doro to come back to its historical margins. Instead we model group gross margins of on average 34 %, despite a growing proportion of service revenue (Care), which of course is related to plummeting phone sales. As ASP as well as gross margins are sinking in the mobile segment we do not expect group EBIT to be higher than on average 8 %. We assume a long-term EBIT margin of 6 percent – slightly below Doro’s historical margins. Our SOTP breakdown implies 4 % average EBIT margins in phones and 17 % within services.

In our bull case valuation of Doro we expect a better phones volume growth of CAGR 11 % (5 % in base case) and a lower ASP decline of -1 % related to smartphones finally taking off, primarily due to Doro Response. We expect the smartphone volume ratio to go from 7 % to 17 % in 2024, meaning about one third of the total coming from smartphone sales in 2022. We forecast a total services sales CAGR of 12 % driven by SmartCare and strong organic growth in UK from the shift to digital alams. On the margin side we expect the gross margins to gradually improve slightly to 35 % in 2024, meaning we believe Doro will reach its 8 percent EBIT target in 2021 and then a long-term EBIT margin of 9 percent. We believe the average EBIT margin during 2018-2024 will be 8 %. Our bear case SOTP breakdown implies 5 % average EBIT margins in phones and 17 % within services.

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Catalysts New Care services

The new Care offerings, SmartCare and Doro Response, are important for the company's transformation and how

they grow in popularity following their launches is an important factor for the shares.

Return to growth

Following two years of zero growth for Doro we assume that the perception can only change when it is obvious for

the stock market that Doro is back to growth, which would likely be in an earnings report.

Foreign expansion of Doro Care

The Care acquisitions are Doro's chance to build more sticky revenue and endurable competitive advantages.

Doro's foreign care expansion will lead to margin and multiple expansion. In UK, Doro now has important M&A

expertise from its Welbeing acquisition.

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Summary Redeye Rating The rating consists of three valuation keys, each constituting an overall assessment of several factors that are rated

on a scale of 0 to 1 points. The maximum score for a valuation key is 5 points.

People: 3

The new CEO and practically the whole management team is brand new, creating some uncertainty, although partly offset by

experience in the Board. The former Management initiated the focus in Care and the associated acquisitions but as for execution,

the last years have been clouded by recurring profit warnings. Sales growth has been non-existent during the past years due to

various problems. Nevertheless, there is a history of growth and overcoming setbacks. Doro has often (instead of communication

to shareholders) let solid numbers speak for themselves, although we would prefer a bit more transparency ahead. Doro now has

a main owner with a corner as Accendo Capital owns 16 percent of the shares. Accendo is an active owner that has taken position

on Board and helped in recruiting important telecom experience to the Board. Rite Ventures also recently acquired a corner. The

ownership interest in the Board has improved but Management's share positions on the other hand are too small, which has been

the case for many years. We would especially prefer if the CEO had a larger stake.

Business: 3

The total phone market in general is not growing in value, although the senior segment is. Doro is the market leader in a small,

carved-out niche where the penetration ratio still only is 1-2 percent outside of the Nordics. Doro is also capturing market share in

the growth area Care where its focused efforts can provide good growth prospects within telecare and digital/mobile health over

the upcoming years. There is however a major obstacle in the smartphone transition to overcome, which we want to see if Doro

can cope with. If so, we could increase this parameter.

Financials: 3

Doro’s EBIT margins have started to recover but have contracted compared to 2012. The ROE and ROIC show similar trends

during the same period. Cash flows have been rather solid though. An increased proportion of Care should improve the margins.

We believe the same eventually goes for smartphones if Doro can reach economics of scale by selling larger volumes. The

financial situation is solid with a strong interest coverage ratio and a healthy debt/equity ratio, although there is still a substantial

net debt following the Care acquisitions. The cash flows are volatile, yet stable over time. Doro seems to do fine in managing the

Company's large investments with its own means.

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PROFITABILITY 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E ROE 12% 15% 12% 12% 13% ROCE 12% 14% 11% 12% 13% ROIC 10% 13% 10% 11% 12% EBITDA margin 8% 10% 10% 12% 13% EBIT margin 5% 6% 6% 7% 8% Net margin 3% 5% 4% 5% 6%

Please comment on the changes in Rating factors……

INCOME STATEMENT 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E Net sales 1,924 1,906 2,023 2,014 2,048 Total operating costs -1,768 -1,712 -1,813 -1,766 -1,774 EBITDA 156 194 210 247 274 Depreciation -5 -12 -5 -11 -11 Amortization -59 -60 -86 -101 -103 Impairment charges 0 0 0 0 0 EBIT 92 122 119 135 160 Share in profits 0 0 0 0 0 Net financial items 0 1 -6 -8 -8 Exchange rate dif. 0 0 0 0 0 Pre-tax profit 92 123 113 126 152 Tax -25 -32 -29 -32 -38 Net earnings 66 92 84 95 114

BALANCE SHEET 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E Assets Current assets Cash in banks 57 134 168 182 319 Receivables 421 399 405 423 440 Inventories 197 264 253 242 236 Other current assets 0 0 0 0 0 Current assets 675 797 825 846 995 Fixed assets Tangible assets 19 41 114 113 107 Associated comp. 0 0 0 0 0 Investments 0 0 0 0 0 Goodwill 375 490 525 525 525 Cap. exp. for dev. 13 27 27 27 27 O intangible rights 78 95 131 137 139 O non-current assets 8 8 6 6 6 Total fixed assets 493 661 804 808 804 Deferred tax assets 10 7 16 16 16 Total (assets) 1,177 1,464 1,645 1,670 1,815 Liabilities Current liabilities Short-term debt 62 70 37 17 17 Accounts payable 380 411 485 463 481 O current liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 Current liabilities 442 481 522 480 498 Long-term debt 100 282 338 338 338 O long-term liabilities 19 20 20 20 20 Convertibles 0 0 0 0 0 Total Liabilities 561 783 880 838 856 Deferred tax liab 0 0 0 0 0 Provisions 33 34 34 34 34 Shareholders' equity 584 647 731 798 924 Minority interest (BS) 0 0 0 0 0 Minority & equity 584 647 731 798 924 Total liab & SE 1,177 1,464 1,645 1,670 1,815

FREE CASH FLOW 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E Net sales 1,924 1,906 2,023 2,014 2,048 Total operating costs -1,768 -1,712 -1,813 -1,766 -1,774 Depreciations total -64 -72 -91 -113 -114 EBIT 92 122 119 135 160 Taxes on EBIT -25 -31 -30 -34 -40 NOPLAT 67 91 89 101 120 Depreciation 64 72 91 113 114 Gross cash flow 131 163 180 214 234 Change in WC 45 -14 80 -29 7 Gross CAPEX -73 -240 -234 -117 -110 Free cash flow 103 -91 26 68 131 CAPITAL STRUCTURE 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E Equity ratio 50% 44% 44% 48% 51% Debt/equity ratio 28% 54% 51% 44% 38% Net debt 105 218 207 173 36 Capital employed 689 865 938 971 960 Capital turnover rate 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 GROWTH 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E Sales growth -2% -1% 6% 0% 2% EPS growth (adj) 117% 34% -8% 13% 15%

DATA PER SHARE 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E EPS 2.82 3.78 3.47 3.91 4.51 EPS adj 2.82 3.78 3.47 3.91 4.51 Dividend 0.00 0.00 1.14 1.29 1.49 Net debt 4.47 9.01 8.53 7.15 1.42 Total shares 23.54 24.20 24.20 24.20 25.20 VALUATION 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E EV 1,133.8 1,041.2 1,153.0 1,119.4 982.2 P/E 15.5 9.0 11.3 10.0 8.7 P/E diluted 15.5 9.0 11.3 10.0 8.7 P/Sales 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 EV/Sales 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 EV/EBITDA 7.3 5.4 5.5 4.5 3.6 EV/EBIT 12.3 8.5 9.7 8.3 6.1 P/BV 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0

SHARE INFORMATION Reuters code DORO.ST List Small Cap Share price 39.1 Total shares, million 24.2 Market Cap, MSEK 946.4 MANAGEMENT & BOARD CEO Carl-Johan Zetterberg Boudrie CFO Ronnie Ekman IR n/a Chairman Lennart Jacobsen ANALYSTS Redeye AB Viktor Westman Mäster Samuelsgatan 42, 10tr [email protected] 111 57 Stockholm Fredrik Nilsson [email protected]

SHARE PERFORMANCE GROWTH/YEAR 16/18E 1 month 2.0 % Net sales 2.5 % 3 month 6.1 % Operating profit adj 13.7 % 12 month 2.8 % EPS, just 10.8 % Since start of the year 14.5 % Equity 11.9 %

SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE % CAPITAL VOTES Accendo Capital 15.5 % 15.5 % Rite Ventures 10.3 % 10.3 % Nordea Fonder 9.2 % 9.2 % Lazard Frères Gestion 5.7 % 5.7 % Dimensional Fund Advisors 2.9 % 2.9 % Clearstream Banking S.A. W8imy 2.9 % 2.9 % Nordea Bank Ab(Publ) Nordea Bank Abp 2.7 % 2.7 % Avanza Pension 2.7 % 2.7 % Nordea Liv & Pension 2.6 % 2.6 % n/a 0.0 % 0.0 %

DCF VALUATION WACC (%) 10.4 % Assumptions 2017-2023 (%) Average sales growth 2.6 % EBIT margin 7.7 %

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Redeye Rating and Background Definitions Company Quality

Company Quality is based on a set of quality checks across three categories; PEOPLE, BUSINESS, FINANCE. These

are the building blocks that enable a company to deliver sustained operational outperformance and attractive long-

term earnings growth.

Each category is grouped into multiple sub-categories assessed by five checks. These are based on widely

accepted and tested investment criteria and used by demonstrably successful investors and investment firms. Each

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ranges from 0 to 5 rounded up to the nearest whole number.

The overall score for each category is then used to generate the size of the bar in the Company Quality graphic.

People

At the end of the day, people drive profits. Not numbers. Understanding the motivations of people behind a business

is a significant part of understanding the long-term drive of the company. It all comes down to doing business with

people you trust, or at least avoiding dealing with people of questionable character.

The People rating is based on quantitative scores in seven categories: Passion, Execution, Capital Allocation,

Communication, Compensation, Ownership, and Board.

Business

If you don’t understand the competitive environment and don’t have a clear sense of how the business will engage

customers, create value and consistently deliver that value at a profit, you won’t succeed as an investor. Knowing

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The Business rating is based on quantitative scores grouped into five sub-categories: Business Scalability, Market

Structure, Value Proposition, Economic Moat, and Operational Risks.

Financials

Investing is part art, part science. Financial ratios make up most of the science. Ratios are used to evaluate the

financial soundness of a business. Also, these ratios are key factors that will impact a company’s financial

performance and valuation. However, you only need a few to determine whether a company is financially strong or

weak.

The Financial rating is based on quantitative scores that are grouped into five separate categories: Earnings Power,

Profit Margin, Growth Rate, Financial Health, and Earnings Quality.

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Redeye Equity Research team

Management Björn Fahlén

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Håkan Östling

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Technology Team Jonas Amnesten

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Henrik Alveskog

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Havan Hanna

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Kristoffer Lindström

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Fredrik Nilsson

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Tomas Otterbeck

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Eddie Palmgren

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Oskar Vilhelmsson

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Viktor Westman

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Linus Sigurdsson (Trainee)

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Editorial Jim Andersson

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