Midsummer AB (publ) (MIDS.ST) : juste valeur

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Midsummer AB makes turnkey solar cell manufacturing equipment, supplying the production lines that convert silicon wafers into finished cells for module makers, with its Swedish-based machines sold into a market it is trying to re-shore to Europe and the US. Its edge is the technology and the reference customer list rather than scale: the company has been a supplier to Chinese and Western module makers, and buyers pursuing non-Chinese supply chains need equipment from someone outside the incumbents. Revenue grew 29.4% and gross margin sits at 30.3%, which is healthy for an equipment seller, but operating margin is still negative at -6.0% and ROE is -5.2%, so the business has not yet turned profitable. The near-term question is order intake and whether new capacity announcements in Europe and North America convert into contracts, since lumpy equipment orders drive the stock more than reported revenue does. At a 624M SEK market cap with no index membership and no forward earnings to anchor a multiple, this is a small, early-stage, cyclical name that warrants a look only if you have a view on European solar manufacturing capex.