MQ Holding AB provided earnings guidance for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. For the quarter, the company estimated that the operating profit will be approximately SEK 12 million, compared to SEK 36 million for the first quarter 2017 to 2018. The weak development that saw in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 2018 has continued in the start of the first quarter of 2018/2019. Sales for the first two months have not developed as expected in a very challenging market, while November has shown a positive trend.