eServGlobal — Update 17 November 2016

eServGlobal — Update 17 November 2016

eServGlobal

Katherine Thompson

Written by

Katherine Thompson

Director

eServGlobal

Encouraging FY17 order outlook despite FY16 revenue shortfall

Trading update

Software & comp services

17 November 2016

Price

6.75p

Market cap

£43m

A$1.61: €1.12:£1

Net debt (A$m) at end H116

19.8

Shares in issue

640.2m

Free float

96%

Code

ESG

Primary exchange

AIM

Secondary exchange

ASX

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(11.5)

(11.5)

23.0

Rel (local)

(8.2)

(9.7)

13.1

52-week high/low

8.25p

1.95p

Business description

eServGlobal develops mobile software solutions to support mobile financial services, with a focus on emerging markets. The company also has a share in the HomeSend international remittances hub, alongside MasterCard and BICS.

Next events

FY16 results

December 2016

Analysts

Katherine Thompson

+44 (0)20 3077 5730

Dan Ridsdale

+44 (0)20 3077 5729

eServGlobal is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

eServGlobal has confirmed that revenues for FY16 fell below its guidance range and, despite a material reduction in costs, EBITDA profitability was not achieved. However, recent order intake and the prospect of winning several material contracts that are currently in negotiation provide a more positive outlook for FY17. Management also confirmed that HomeSend continues to make progress and is on track to break-even in 2017.

Year
end

Revenue (A$m)

EBITDA
(A$m)

EPS*
(c)

DPS
(c)

P/E
(x)

EV/EBITDA (x)

10/14

31.3

2.6

(0.20)

0.0

N/A

26.4

10/15

25.9

(10.4)

(5.41)

0.0

N/A

N/A

10/16e

21.4

(7.8)

(4.00)

0.0

N/A

N/A

Note: *EPS is normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

Revenue shortfall confirmed for FY16

eServGlobal expects to report FY16 revenues of €14-14.5m (A$21-21.7m), below its guidance range of €19-20m. With reported revenue of €5.5m in H116, this implies revenues of €8.5-9m for H216. The shortfall was due to the combination of contracts signed close to year-end where revenues will not be recognised until FY17 and beyond and negotiations on material contracts not closing by year-end. The company confirmed FY16 costs of c €19.5m (A$29.3m), in line with previous guidance and down from €23.8m in FY15, and hopes to reduce this below €18.5m in FY17. Year-end cash was c €6.4m (A$9.5m).

Order book supports more positive outlook

The company’s FY16 contracted order book of €21m is 60% higher than a year ago; in addition it is still negotiating several material contracts and recently signed a major channel partnership that should help it to access parts of Africa it had previously struggled to reach. This provides some comfort that FY17 revenues should be stronger than in FY16. We have revised our FY16 forecasts (revenues -28% to A$21.4m, EBITDA cut from A$0.1m to -A$7.8m, net cash of A$0.6m moving to net debt of A$3.4m). We suspend our FY17 forecasts pending the availability of FY16 results (expected end December) and a review of financials by the new CFO, Andrew Hayward, who joined eServGlobal in October.

Valuation: HomeSend to drive upside

Based on a sum-of-the-parts valuation, we calculate a per share value of 10.6p. We value the core business at a discount to mobile software peers to reflect its profitability profile. We assume that the HomeSend JV is successful in reaching break-even in FY17, growing its share of the international remittance market to 2% by FY25. For the value of the JV to be reflected in the share price, investors will need to see regular operational updates tracking new hub members, live corridors, volumes transacted and progress towards profitability.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

A$'000s

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016e

Year end 31 October

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

7,017

28,070

31,003

31,261

25,866

21,409

Cost of Sales

(4,234)

(12,267)

(11,789)

(13,359)

(20,608)

(15,085)

Gross Profit

2,783

15,803

19,214

17,902

5,258

6,324

EBITDA

 

 

(6,694)

(1,936)

1,683

2,571

(10,449)

(7,842)

Operating Profit (before amort acq intang, SBP and except.)

(8,601)

(7,277)

(660)

1,987

(12,469)

(10,942)

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0

0

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals

0

(6,485)

5,997

28,735

(12,539)

(5,738)

Share-based payments

(261)

(624)

(456)

(438)

(54)

(100)

Operating Profit

(8,862)

(14,386)

4,881

30,284

(25,062)

(16,780)

Income from associate

0

0

0

(2,275)

(3,831)

(4,605)

Net Interest

164

(1,016)

(386)

(254)

(1,356)

(2,620)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(8,437)

(8,293)

(1,046)

(542)

(17,656)

(18,167)

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

(8,698)

(15,402)

4,495

27,755

(30,249)

(24,005)

Tax

(560)

(187)

5,879

(13,515)

(2,125)

4,801

Profit After Tax (norm)

(8,997)

(5,805)

(732)

(379)

(14,125)

(14,534)

Profit After Tax (FRS3)

(9,258)

(15,589)

10,374

14,240

(32,374)

(19,204)

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

196.8

196.8

241.1

253.1

264.0

366.6

EPS - normalised (c)

 

 

(4.59)

(3.01)

(0.36)

(0.20)

(5.41)

(4.00)

EPS - FRS 3 (c)

 

 

(4.73)

(7.98)

4.25

5.57

(12.33)

(5.27)

DPS (c)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Gross Margin (%)

39.7%

56.3%

62.0%

57.3%

20.3%

29.5%

EBITDA Margin (%)

(95.4%)

(6.9%)

5.4%

8.2%

(40.4%)

(36.6%)

Operating Margin (before am and except.) (%)

(122.6%)

(25.9%)

(2.1%)

6.4%

(48.2%)

(51.1%)

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

20,090

16,303

14,330

43,431

42,928

32,867

Intangible Assets

13,190

9,386

3,523

9,011

6,939

4,939

Tangible Assets

1,541

912

482

3

84

84

Other Fixed Assets

5,359

6,005

10,325

34,417

35,905

27,844

Current Assets

 

 

50,814

18,136

38,855

30,761

34,895

30,747

Stock

 

 

170

158

74

173

66

100

Debtors

 

 

40,425

14,094

21,846

26,811

24,403

20,823

Cash

 

 

10,129

3,794

4,909

3,679

4,976

9,508

Other

 

 

90

90

12,026

98

5,450

317

Current Liabilities

 

 

(40,856)

(12,934)

(15,082)

(18,033)

(25,520)

(19,615)

Creditors

(19,952)

(11,665)

(11,932)

(13,010)

(22,285)

(19,380)

Taxation & social security

(6,904)

(69)

(150)

(2,023)

(235)

(235)

Short term borrowings

(14,000)

(1,200)

(3,000)

(3,000)

(3,000)

0

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(1,175)

(6,431)

(749)

(865)

(19,532)

(13,806)

Long term borrowings

0

(6,000)

0

0

(16,531)

(12,863)

Other long term liabilities

(1,175)

(431)

(749)

(865)

(3,001)

(943)

Net Assets

 

 

28,803

14,989

37,154

55,070

32,359

29,652

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(8,060)

(11,901)

(7,207)

(5,810)

(12,130)

(3,296)

Net Interest

1,486

(974)

(580)

(271)

(423)

(200)

Tax

(448)

(7,813)

(1,088)

2,018

(3,148)

(300)

Capex

(529)

(1,966)

(1,950)

(6,403)

(2,921)

(1,100)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

23,307

0

5,418

0

5,133

Financing

(33,230)

(77)

16,140

3,964

4,365

14,479

Dividends

(23,910)

(111)

0

(146)

0

0

Net Cash Flow

(64,691)

465

5,315

(1,230)

(14,257)

14,716

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(60,820)

3,871

3,406

(1,909)

(679)

14,555

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

977

3,516

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

3,871

3,406

(1,909)

(679)

14,555

3,355

Source: eServGlobal, Edison Investment Research

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Germany

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280 High Holborn

London, WC1V 7EE

United Kingdom

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US

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