Last close As at 05/08/2026
—
— 0.00 (0.00%)
Market capitalisation
—
Research: TMT
PSI Software (PSI) develops and integrates process control software solutions for energy grid operators, manufacturing and logistics. Business in the first nine months of 2021 (9M21) rebounded from the COVID-19-affected prior-year period, with sales and new orders increasing, while multiple key initiatives and acquisitions should support results throughout Q421 and beyond. Successfully executing its transition to a software product provider, reversing the decline in its international business and expanding its margins could drive multiple expansion.
Written by
PSI Software |
Energetic results across the grid
|
Software |
Deutsches Eigenkapitalforum 2021
4 November 2021 |
Share price graph
Share details
Business description
Bull
Bear
Analyst
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
PSI Software (PSI) develops and integrates process control software solutions for energy grid operators, manufacturing and logistics. Business in the first nine months of 2021 (9M21) rebounded from the COVID-19-affected prior-year period, with sales and new orders increasing, while multiple key initiatives and acquisitions should support results throughout Q421 and beyond. Successfully executing its transition to a software product provider, reversing the decline in its international business and expanding its margins could drive multiple expansion.
9M21: Encouraging rebound from COVID-19
Results of 9M21 were encouraging; revenues grew 12%, new orders rose 10%, EBIT rebounded 77% and earnings per share increased 87% versus 9M20. Revenue growth was seen across the company, as demand for the grid business, electrical bus software and business systems was strong. While numerous customers did indicate for new orders, COVID-19-related supply bottlenecks and shortages negatively affected PSI, as not all Q321 orders materialised as expected and many were postponed. Nevertheless, PSI reiterated its expectation to exceed its FY21 EBIT target of €20m.
Intelligent software for energy and production control
PSI operates two segments: Energy Management (EM) (55% of 9M21 revenues, c 6% EBIT margins), which provides intelligent software and solutions for energy grid operators and public transport; and Production Management (45% of 9M21 revenues, c 13% EBIT margins), which offers software products and solutions for production planning, production control and logistics. The integration of a rising share of renewable energy into increasingly complex electrical grids and the demand for electrical buses continue to drive EM results. The ongoing migration of products to the cloud and investments in B2B technology are resulting in a greater share of revenues from maintenance and upgrades.
Execution and margins key to multiple expansion
PSI’s shares are up 72% ytd, although it trades level with peers at c 16x FY22e consensus EV/EBITDA. Key catalysts for multiple expansion include PSI successfully executing its transition from a service-oriented IT provider to a software product provider (thus growing more higher margin recurring revenue from maintenance and upgrades), expanding its international business and boosting overall operating margins to c 15–20%, in line with peers.
|
Consensus estimates
Source: Company, Refinitiv |
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
Research: TMT
Nanoco made progress against its stated objectives during FY21. It delivered all the technical milestones for its major European customer, won a new Asian chemicals customer for novel materials in sensing applications and extended its product and customer portfolio of nanomaterials for use in infrared sensing applications to five customers and eight different materials. It also made good progress in its legal action against Samsung for wilful infringement of its IP, with a positive outcome of the claim construction (Markman) hearing. We place our estimates under review while we adjust costs in line with recent management guidance.