ordex “hold”
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:55:37 PM ET AC Research
LONDON, September 19 (newratings.com) - Analyst Henning Wagener of AC Research reiterates his "hold" rating on Nordex AG (ticker: NDX1).
According to AC Research’s research note dated September 18 and published this morning, the company has received a major contract from Italy. Nordex will supply a total of 14 turbines of the N90/2500 series for a wind park in the Northwestern part of Sicily. The contract partner is wind park planning firm Co-Ver Energia. Total contract value is about €37 million. Construction on the wind park will start in Spring 2008. In September, Nordex will deliver the equipment on site.
The analyst considers this development as positive news in view of some rather good chances of follow-up orders. The purchase contract already includes an option of another six heavy-duty turbines from the same series. Overall, this is already the third major contract from Italy this year. The next few years should also hold some elevated potential for growth. In order to adequately reflect the increasing significance of the Italian market, Nordex also reinforced the management of its Nordex Italia subsidiary. From October 1, 2007, Paolo Liuzzi will take over the managment of the Rome branch. With Monday’s closing price of €31.18 and a 2007 P/E ratio of about 57, the company’s stock already seems to enjoy a rather adequate rating, despite persisting high growth potentials. Against the backdrop of the ongoing climate change and increasing political efforts for climate protection, the analyst expects the company’s very dynamic business performance to continue in the next few years. This is also supported by the very high order backlog of fixed and conditional contracts. AC Research reiterates its "hold" rating on Nordex. |