Brief news from Viktor on SEYE20 Feb 2020 08:44
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Smart Eye Q4'19: Quick report comment
Redeye Research Note 2020/02/20
This is a quick report comment, following the company’s year-end report this morning. At this point, the earnings reports are essentially completely irrelevant for our investment thesis.
Smart Eye is one of 11 stocks in our portfolio Top Picks. Since purchase it has returned 47%.
Smart Eye today reported Q4 sales and an operating loss of SEK 14m and -35m (expected 19m & -23m). The deviation is related to both higher costs and lower sales in Research Instruments, a segment that is not important for our investment thesis. We have a positive view of the increased costs as this is a land grab phase driven by DMS becoming standard due to Euro NCAP and EU regulation.
The value of the 57 design wins is, as previously announced, SEK 1.5 bn.
We will return with an updated research report as soon as possible. The report did not sway our conviction, meaning will not change our valuation.