STOREBRAND
On the brink of buybacks
With further solvency tailwinds in March, we expect
Storebrand to report 5%-points headroom to its 180%
solvency buyback threshold at end-Q1. In combination
with strong front-book growth trends, we see scope for
solid earnings growth and shareholder distributions
through extraordinary share buybacks and nominally
increasing ordinary dividends in the years ahead. We
forecast a decade of 8%+ sustainable payout yields from
2023. We have raised our 2022–2023e adj. EPS by ~1%,
and forecast Q1 adj. EPS of NOK1.34. We reiterate our
BUY and have raised our target price to NOK102 (100).