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Classification of NuWays AG to Bittium Oyj

Company Name: Bittium Oyj ISIN: FI0009007264

Reason for the research: Update Recommendation: BUY Target price: EUR 46 Target price on sight of: 12 months Last rating change: Analyst: Julius Neittamo

Q3 preview: record backlog to support growth

Bittium publishes its Q3 business review on Thursday, 29 October. Q3'26e sales are seen to increase 68% yoy to EUR 38.9m (eCons: EUR 34.4m), up 6% qoq from an already exceptional quarter (Q2'26: EUR 36.6m). Record backlog of c. EUR 102m and Indra-related deliveries are seen to support Q3 growth (eNuW). The latter should carry a high operating margin and support EBITDA to reach EUR 12.7m, at a 32.6% margin (eCons: EUR 10.2m / 29.7% margin). However, the Indra licensing deal accelerates amortisation and is thus seen to lift D&A to EUR 5.0m in Q3 (Q2'26: EUR 2.0m), staying elevated for the remainder of the year and thus offsetting the margin gain. This leaves our EBIT estimate at EUR 7.7m with 19.8% margin (eCons: EUR 6.6m / 19.2% margin).

Q3 commercial newsflow centred on three events. Sweden placed its first order for Tough SDR radios for c. EUR 0.7m under the Nordic framework agreement, while Denmark joined the same framework. Bittium is set to win further orders in Sweden and take market share from Elbit there, in our view. Furthermore, Bittium signed an important MoU with Safran Electronics & Defense to offer tactical communications to the French Armed Forces. The MoU does not yet constitute a firm commercial agreement, but we regard it as significant for the long-term. Bittium's agreements with Indra Sistemas, BAE Systems and now Safran show that major European OEMs recognise its competitiveness in tactical software-defined radios and IP networks.

Bittium unveiled a new business structure effective FY27. Engineering Services merges into Defense & Security, leaving two reporting segments, Defense & Security and Medical. In parallel, change negotiations at Bittium Engineering Services Ltd concluded with the termination of 22 of 120 employees, generating annual cost savings of c. EUR 2m from January 2027. Bittium expects restructuring costs of c. EUR 0.5m in H2'26.

Visibility remains excellent. The record order backlog of c. EUR 102m, 92% of which lies in Defense & Security, covers much of the next twelve months and underpins management's confidence in H2'26. Bittium announced no major orders in Q3, but this does not imply weak order intake, as not every order triggers a release and defence customers often limit disclosure.

We make minor adjustments to our model. We revise down Engineering Services sales estimates for H2'26e and beyond. While the merger of the consulting business into Defense & Security only takes effect from FY27, the headcount reduction is seen to weigh on sales already in Q4'26. We also factor in the c. EUR 2m run-rate savings. For H2'26, EBITDA estimates move up on higher-margin Indra-related revenue, though higher D&A charges should offset the incremental profitability gain at EBIT level. Our FY26e sales of EUR 156m remain above guidance (EUR 140-155m) and eCons (EUR 153m), while our EBIT estimate of EUR 29.2m sits within guidance (EUR 26-32m) and slightly below eCons (EUR 30.3m).

Bittium enters year-end in a strong position: a record backlog, a margin-accretive Indra deal and growing OEM validation underpin the investment case. We reiterate BUY with a EUR 46 PT based on DCF.

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