Barring an operating profit beat, Stora’s Q1 16 results were marginally behind consensus estimates. This was in contrast with UPM’s, materially ahead of consensus, Q1 performance. Stora’s top-line continued to shrink and reached €2.4bn (-1.8% yoy and -1.7% qoq) – the lowest since Q1 10. Despite the ramp-up at Montes del Plata (MdP) and the start-up of the Varkaus Kraftliner mill in Q4 15, the yoy sales were down due to still weak paper volumes (-6.4%), lower pulp

05 May 2016
Decent Q1 results; now execution of growth projects is the key

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Decent Q1 results; now execution of growth projects is the key
Stora Enso Oyj Class A(Alien Mkt) (0M32:LON) | 0 0 0.0% | Mkt Cap: 103,901m
- Published:
05 May 2016 -
Author:
Varun Sikka -
Pages:
3 -
Barring an operating profit beat, Stora’s Q1 16 results were marginally behind consensus estimates. This was in contrast with UPM’s, materially ahead of consensus, Q1 performance. Stora’s top-line continued to shrink and reached €2.4bn (-1.8% yoy and -1.7% qoq) – the lowest since Q1 10. Despite the ramp-up at Montes del Plata (MdP) and the start-up of the Varkaus Kraftliner mill in Q4 15, the yoy sales were down due to still weak paper volumes (-6.4%), lower pulp