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Mandatum (HLSE:MANTA) Stock Faces Margin Pressure After Quarterly Loss
Mandatum Oyj went into this earnings day priced for perfection, with the stock up 16.6% over the past month and trading on a P/E of 34.6x. The numbers just released put the focus squarely on profit quality and pressure. Group profit before tax more than doubled to €79.1m while net margin over the last year sat at 22.3%, below the previous 28.3%. That mix of strong profit headlines and margin squeeze creates an expectation gap that the share price now has to reconcile.
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