Original-Research: DEMIRE AG - from NuWays AG 15.08.2025 / 09:01 CET / CEST Dissemination of a Research, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group.
15.08.2025 - 09:01:26Original-Research: DEMIRE AG (von NuWays AG): BUY
Original-Research: DEMIRE AG - from NuWays AG 15.08.2025 / 09:01 CET/CEST Dissemination of a Research, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this research. The result of this research does not constitute investment advice or an invitation to conclude certain stock exchange transactions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Classification of NuWays AG to DEMIRE AG Company Name: DEMIRE AG ISIN: DE000A0XFSF0 Reason for the research: Update Recommendation: BUY from: 15.08.2025 Target price: EUR 1.20 Target price on sight of: 12 months Last rating change: Analyst: Philipp Sennewald Q2 Rental income in line & FFO better than expected / Chg. Yesterday, DEMIRE reported Q2 results, which were in line with our estimates on rental income but stronger than expected at the bottom-line. In detail: Q2'25 rental income declined 18% yoy to EUR 13.8m (eNuW: EUR 13.5m) following the disposals of larger assets like the LogPark Leipzig, the deconsolidation of the "LIMES" portfolio as well as several smaller disposals. In total, this should have affected DEMIRE's annualized contractual rent by c. EUR 20m (eNuW). On this basis, the NOI also decreased to EUR 9.6m (Q2'24: EUR 11.4m), however implying an improved margin of 69.8% (+ 2.3pp yoy). Strong letting performance. In Q2, DEMIRE was able to achieve a letting performance of 15k sqm, which led to a sequentially improved vacancy level of 17.3% (-0.8pp qoq) While this is still a very high level (+7.8pp vs FY22), we regard the letting successes in Rostock and Langenfeld as a positive sign. Yet the company is still far from <10% vacancy, which should be a level one can expect from a commercial real estate player. Q2'25 FFO came in at EUR 2.9m (-62% yoy), which is significantly ahead of our estimated EUR 1.7m. This is mainly explained by better than expected cost control as well as the stronger than expected NOI margin (eNuW: 65%). It should be noted that the interest related to the shareholder loan, which DEMIRE capitalizes, is not included in this FFO figures. Guidance upgrade. Based on these results, the company upgraded its FY25 guidance to rental income of EUR 52-54m (old: EUR 51-53m) and FFO of EUR 5-7m (old: EUR 3.5-5.5m). While we were positioned slightly above the new guidance even before (eNuW new: EUR 54.9m), we regard the new FFO guidance as reasonable (eNuW new: EUR 6.9m). H2 FFO is seen to come in softer compared to H1 due to planned investments. Moreover, management struck an optimistic tone, that it will be able to avoid the 3% penalty fee (if DEMIRE repays less than EUR 50m of corporate bond in FY25). Yet, the company will need to sell 2-3 further mid-sized assets in H2 to fund this, which is however reflected in our estimates. Despite the ongoing muted operating performance, shares remain undervalued trading at a 66% NAV discount, which we regard unjustified despite the challenging situation for the company. We hence reiterate BUY with a new PT of EUR 1.20 (old: EUR 1.30) based on our NAV model. You can download the research here: https://eqs-cockpit.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=ff1837792f4faa7db1aa076272124523 For additional information visit our website: https://www.nuways-ag.com/research-feed Contact for questions: NuWays AG - Equity Research Web: www.nuways-ag.com Email: research@nuways-ag.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuwaysag Adresse: Mittelweg 16-17, 20148 Hamburg, Germany ++++++++++ Diese Meldung ist keine Anlageberatung oder Aufforderung zum Abschluss bestimmter Börsengeschäfte. Offenlegung möglicher Interessenskonflikte nach § 85 WpHG beim oben analysierten Unternehmen befinden sich in der vollständigen Analyse. ++++++++++ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.eqs-news.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2184364 15.08.2025 CET/CEST