Aspo

Aspo has EBITA improvement potential also this year as Telko and lower group costs contribute, but a lot depends on ESL.

Adjusted EBITA was slightly weaker than we expected in Q4. ESL Shipping has been suffering from a weak market environment, but Aspo is still considering both strategic options for the segment: a separate listing or a divestment. However, the segment'...

Aspo’s EUR 8.9m Q4 comparable EBITA landed clearly below our EUR 12.1m estimate due to ESL especially, where demand still wasn’t great while there were also customer plant outages and challenging weather.

Net sales from continuing operations was in line with our expectation in Q4. Adjusted EBITA from continuing operations came slightly below our forecast in Q4. ESL Shipping segment reported clean EBITA of EUR 3.8m compared to our forecast of EUR 4.8m ...

Aspo reports Q4 results on Feb 16. ESL should see more significant earnings gains from now on as outlook has at least stabilized, while Telko’s EBITA could gain by another EUR 2m.

The Leipurin segment was divested in August 2025 and ESL Shipping could be sold this year. A Telko compounder strategy could then be the main equity story for Aspo in 2027. Execution of the value-creation strategy could be considered successful if ESL...