Ferronordic AB (publ) (FNM.ST) : juste valeur

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Ferronordic is a Swedish-listed distributor and rental operator of heavy construction and mining equipment, with its core franchise in the Caterpillar dealer network across Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia's former territories and parts of Eastern Europe and Asia (the Russian business is now marginal, so check the current footprint before relying on regional splits). Its moat is the dealership itself: service contracts, parts supply and rental fleets are locked in through manufacturer agreements that are slow and costly for competitors to replicate, and aftermarket revenue tends to be steadier than machine sales. The near-term driver is the cyclical restocking of mining and infrastructure capex, which feeds directly into equipment deliveries and rental utilisation. The business looks interesting now because reported revenue growth of 43.2% sits against a 4.4% operating margin and 5.8% ROE, so the top line is recovering far faster than profitability, and at 12.8x forward earnings the market is pricing in only part of that operating leverage if margins normalise. It is a thin-margin, cyclical, small-cap name with no index membership, so the first question for a deeper look is whether the 43% growth is volume-driven or a one-off equipment cycle.