Sivers Semiconductors: A 13-Fold Valuation Gap Meets a Pivotal Week of Reckoning
26.05.2026 - 12:52:46 | boerse-global.de
Sivers Semiconductors trades at 85.55 Swedish kronor. The average analyst price target is 6.55 kronor. That thirteen-fold chasm captures the extraordinary tension surrounding the Swedish photonics and wireless group as it barrels toward a make-or-break day on May 29.
The disconnect is rooted in a sweeping restatement of the company’s accounts, which has revealed far deeper losses than originally reported. For 2024, net revenue was cut to 219.2 million kronor from 243.7 million, while the net loss ballooned to 183.9 million kronor from 116.3 million. The 2025 figures fared little better: net sales crept up only marginally to 306.6 million kronor, but the operating loss widened to 177.8 million from 141.3 million, and the bottom-line deficit hit 222.6 million kronor versus the earlier 186.5 million.
Sivers attributes the revisions to an upgrade of its audit standards to meet US PCAOB requirements, a necessary step for the planned secondary listing on Nasdaq New York. That ambition has also delayed the first-quarter 2026 report, now due on May 29 instead of May 20 – the same day the stock is set to enter the MSCI Sweden Small-Cap Index.
The capital market has already sent mixed signals. Earlier this month, Sivers raised 125 million kronor by placing 8.62 million new shares at just 14.50 kronor apiece, a fraction of the prevailing market price. The buyers were exclusively institutional – a roster that includes DNB Disruptive Opportunities, Storebrand Sverigefond, Alcur Fonder, and Hudson Bay Capital Management – and the placement bypassed existing shareholders entirely. The offering price sits nearly six times below the current stock level, raising questions about how management itself values the equity.
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That valuation gap has become a magnet for short sellers. Short interest stands at 7.05 percent of capital, a hefty bet that the rally will reverse. Meanwhile, the stock has surged more than 17 percent in a single session, partly on the back of a fresh contract win: a $6.6 million expansion of the EW-STAR programme with the US Department of Defense, funded through the CHIPS Act. The award plugs Sivers into a politically charged semiconductor push, lending the narrative some geopolitical heft.
Yet the path to New York is far from clear. Sweden’s economic crime unit is investigating potential insider trading after an anonymous X account posted details of the Nasdaq listing plan 48 hours before the official announcement. Separately, the company’s largest shareholder, Achilles Capital, is under pressure. Its parent, DDM Finance, has entered restructuring after 225 million euros of bonds came due in April 2026. The restructuring plan envisages asset sales of between 30 million and 80 million euros, and it remains unclear whether the Sivers stake will be part of the disposal.
Board upheaval adds another layer. Changes were announced on May 20, with the formal vote scheduled for the annual general meeting on June 15. That governance overhaul comes as the company prepares to present its first set of numbers under the tightened accounting framework.
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May 29 will test whether the restated figures can restore credibility, whether index inclusion triggers enough institutional buying to sustain the share price, and whether the valuation gap begins to close – or widens further. With a market capitalisation of 25.3 billion kronor and a share price that trades more than a dozen times above the consensus target, the stock is pricing in a future that the restated accounts have yet to support.
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