(News Bulletin 247) – Claranova confirmed its annual targets on Wednesday evening, but analysts believe that its forecasts could be difficult to achieve given its performance in the third quarter.

The digital specialist, whose activities range from e-commerce of personalized objects to the Internet of Things, reported stable turnover, at 91 million euros, over the three month ending at the end of March.

Over the first nine months of the 2022-2023 financial year, revenue reached 405 million euros, an improvement of 9% at actual rates compared to last year and of 2% at scope and rate. constants.

In its press release, the former Avanquest confirmed its ambition to achieve 10% growth in sales over the financial year and a normalized current operating profit (ROC) improving between 25% and 30%.

‘In view of the achievements of the first half and the third quarter, these objectives suggest an acceleration of growth in the fourth quarter (…) and a very significant improvement in EBITDA in the second half’, note the analysts of Invest Securities.

Following this publication, Claranova shares fell by more than 7% on Thursday on the Paris Stock Exchange.

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