Gapwaves: Momentum expected to continue

Research Update

2024-08-23

07:00

Analyst Q&A

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Rasmus Jacobsson answered 4 questions.

Gapwaves carried over its momentum from Q1 into the Q2 report, beating Redeye's estimates and consensus. Gapwaves entered start of production (SOP) with Smartmicro, following Hella in Q1. Redeye expects these to successively ramping-up during 2024e-2025e. Redeye raise its estimates for H2 but retain its fair value range. Redeye sees several catalysts for H2 2024.

Rasmus Jacobsson

Oskar Vilhelmsson

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Strong report

Net Sales came in at SEK 14.5m, 63% y/y, well ahead of our estimated SEK10.0m (deviation of 45%). Sales were mainly attributable to project and prototype-related revenue from Hella, Bosch, Sensrad, and the undisclosed European tier-1. EBITDA excl. ACI came in at SEK-8.8m. Last year, EBITDA was SEK-9.5m. Thus above our expectations primarily due to higher sales. OPEX was slightly ahead of our estimate (deviation of 8%).

Close to ramping revenues following SOP of Hella and Smartmicro

Hella reached SOP in Q1 2024, which was followed by Smartmicro (mobility segment) in Q2 2024. The SOP for Bosch remains in 2026/2027e and Magna/Veoneer stands at 2026e. Gapwaves has two undisclosed tier-1s in development stage, one in Europe and one in Asia. Despite lacking a firm supply agreement, Gapwaves indicated SOP for the European in 2026e and the Asian one in 2027e. We believe Gapwaves could see a boost from these as they progress into a supply agreement from one-time license income – which is not part of our estimates.

Several catalysts on the horizon

We increased our H2 sales estimates by 40% and raised our projected gross to 65% (from 55%), increasing EBITDA excl. ACI by SEK5m. We retain our fair value range of SEK11-48 with a base case of SEK39. Gapwaves indicated a strong pipeline of new customers, and transitioning existing undisclosed tier-1s could catalyze the share.

Key financials

SEKm202220232024e2025e2026e
Revenues70.933.755.168.2115.5
Revenue Growth77.7%-52.4%63.3%23.7%69.4%
EBITDA-14.8-62.8-45.8-51.1-29.1
EBIT-22.8-71.3-53.6-58.4-35.9
EBIT Margin-35.6%-259%-106%-92.1%-32.6%
Net Income-18.0-69.2-52.5-58.4-35.9
EV/Sales10.516.58.07.34.5
EV/EBIT-29.4-6.4-7.5-7.9-13.9

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