discoverIE is a leading international designer and manufacturer of customised electronics to industry, supplying customer-specific electronic products and solutions to OEMs.
discoverIE specialises in the design and manufacture of technically demanding, bespoke electronics for industrial applications with operations throughout Europe and increasingly outside Europe. The company is focused on four target markets comprising three-quarters of group sales – renewables, electrification of transportation, medical and industrial and connectivity – all of which are long-term structural growth markets.
Bruce Thompson
Non-exec chairman
Greg Davidson
Company secretary
Lili Huang
Head of Investor Relations
Nick Jefferies
CEO
Simon Gibbins
FD
Forecast net cash (£m)
89
Forecast gearing ratio (%)
N/A
% | 1M | 3M | 12M |
---|---|---|---|
Actual | (9.3) | (7.4) | (18.5) |
Relative | (8.1) | (10.6) | (26.4) |
52 week high/low | 890.0p/593.0p |
In a difficult trading environment, with customers in the largest target market in a digestion phase after widespread supply chain disruption, discoverIE reported strong underlying operating profit growth and margin expansion. Despite higher net finance costs and currency headwinds, underlying EPS increased 5% y-o-y (+10% at constant exchange rates). We forecast modest growth in FY25 and FY26 and continued margin expansion in line with company targets and expect further M&A to boost growth.
Y/E Mar | Revenue (£m) | EBITDA (£m) | PBT (£m) | EPS (fd) (p) | P/E (x) | P/CF (x) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023A | 448.9 | 65.4 | 48.8 | 36.7 | 18.3 | 12.3 |
2024A | 437.0 | 71.1 | 50.5 | 38.5 | 17.4 | 9.7 |
2025E | 453.1 | 75.1 | 52.3 | 39.1 | 17.2 | 10.4 |
2026E | 466.7 | 77.6 | 54.8 | 40.8 | 16.4 | 9.2 |