First Berlin Equity Research has published a research update on M1 Kliniken AG (ISIN: DE000A0STSQ8). Analyst Ellis Acklin reiterated his BUY rating and maintained his EUR 28.00 price target.

Abstract
M1 Kliniken’s thriving Beauty business remained the group mainspring in Q3 paving the way for good sales and earnings growth. Group turnover was close to FBe, but operating income overshot our estimate by 9% on the back of 41% Y/Y EBIT growth registered by the Beauty segment. Meanwhile, Trade segment KPIs remained stable with a 2% EBIT margin on €67m in turnover for the September quarter. M1 now operates 63 treatment centres after opening 4 new practices in Germany and another one in Austria this year. We have nudged our 2024 targets higher to account for the 9M/24 outperformance and remain Buy-rated on M1 with an unchanged €28 target price.