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Demant (DEMANT.CO)
Hälsovård · Hörapparater (Demant) · LTM Q1 2026
Analysis date: 2026-06-15
Price at analysis: DKK 251.20
Method: borsdata_v1
Conviction: MEDIUM
HOLD
Conviction: MEDIUM
A quality hearing-healthcare franchise (Oticon) in a global oligopoly, but levered (net debt DKK 19.7B), with negative current free cash flow and a price embedding ~6.7% perpetual growth. Quality, fully valued, leverage-watch. HOLD.
Adj. ROIC
9.9%
WACC 8% → spread +1.9pp
Economic Profit
+DKK 559M
+DKK 559M; hearing-aid franchise
FCF Yield
-4.3%
Negative LTM — leverage watch
Price / Target
DKK 251 → DKK 245
-2% base; HOLD
Revenue (LTM)
DKK 23.0B
LTM; hearing aids + retail
EBIT Margin
16.7%
GAAP; premium hearing care
EV / IC
2.48×
Enterprise value / invested capital
Net Debt
DKK 19.7B
DKK 19.7B; elevated
Thesis

Demant is a Danish hearing-healthcare leader (Oticon hearing aids, plus diagnostics and hearing-care retail), one of a handful of global players in a structurally growing, demographics-driven oligopoly. Adjusted ROIC of ~10% and +DKK 559M economic profit reflect a solid but not exceptional franchise net of its retail/diagnostics mix.

The equity at DKK 243 embeds ~6.7% perpetual growth (reverse-DCF), and the balance sheet carries meaningful net debt (DKK 19.7B) with currently negative free cash flow (acquisitions/buybacks). Quality and demographics are real; the valuation is full and the leverage/FCF bear watching.

Valuation · reverse-DCF & scenarios

Bridging adjusted NOPAT through DKK 19.7B net debt, reverse-DCF fair value runs DKK 92–116 across scenarios — well below the DKK 243 price (~6.7% implied growth). The hearing-aid product cycle and premium positioning support a premium, but the equity is fully valued.

Base DKK 245 (flat); bull DKK 300 (a strong product cycle plus margin expansion and deleveraging); bear DKK 190 (product-cycle softness or consumer/leverage pressure).

Market-implied growth
≥9.4%
model ceiling — EV implies more than constant-ROIC sustains
No-growth value / share
DKK 92
37% of price; rest = priced-in growth
ROIC − WACC
+1.9 pp
ROIC 9.9% vs WACC 8.0% — positive = value creation
CAP (priced-in)
30.0 yrs
years of excess returns the price implies (fades to WACC)

At today’s enterprise value the constant-ROIC reverse-DCF maxes out: even at its sustainable-growth ceiling (~9.4%, limited by ROIC 10% ≈ WACC 8%) it cannot reach the current EV. No-growth value is DKK 92/share (37% of price); the market prices in growth and/or a higher ROIC than booked — richly valued on this lens. Read the sensitivity grid.

Scenario24m targetImpl. gUpsideProb.Driver
BullDKK 300≥9%+19%30%Strong product cycle + margin + deleveraging
BaseDKK 245≥9%-2%45%Full: ~6.7% implied growth
BearDKK 190≥9%-24%25%Product-cycle softness or leverage pressure
Prob-weightedDKK 248-1%100%Scenario-weighted expected value

Sensitivity — fair value / share at WACC × growth

WACC \ g0%3%5%8%10%15%
6.50%156173185203215248
7.25%119131138150158177
8.00% (base)92100105112116126
8.75%727679838588
9.50%565859606058

Green = fair value above the current price of DKK 251.20. The reverse-DCF conclusion is dominated by WACC and growth — see the whole surface, not a single fair value.

Method & data. NOPAT DKK 2,925, invested capital and ROIC 9.9% are observed (adjustments.json); WACC 8.0% and terminal g 2.5% are assumptions. EV→equity uses net debt DKK 19,658. The model holds ROIC constant (no fade) over the explicit horizon; the CAP figure instead fades excess returns to WACC.

⤓ Download the full model (.xlsx) — formula-driven sheets; flex the blue input cells and the model cascades in Excel.

Key drivers

1. Hearing-aid oligopoly

A global hearing-aid oligopoly with premium Oticon positioning and pricing power.

2. Demographic tailwind

An ageing population structurally expands hearing-care demand.

3. Product cycle

New premium hearing-aid platforms drive share and average selling prices.

4. Vertical integration

Owned hearing-care retail/diagnostics captures more of the value chain.

5. Buyback

Consistent share repurchase supports per-share metrics.

Key risks
Conclusion

Demant is a quality hearing-healthcare oligopolist at a full price with leverage and negative current free cash flow. HOLD, medium conviction; base target DKK 245 (flat).

A strong product cycle plus deleveraging/FCF recovery is the upside; leverage and competition are the principal risks.

Footnote evidence & sources

Every adjustment traces to the cited note/page in the source filing — click to open it there. Source reports archived locally.

NOPAT adjustments: Not available from structured data

Company add-backs we reject: Not available without footnote extraction

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Analysis history

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