SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner — Capital base is boosted

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner — Capital base is boosted

In December, SNP completed its capital increase, raising gross proceeds of €18.7m (c €17.6m net). The funds will provide the group with significant financial flexibility and support its international growth strategy, including acquisitions. We have updated our model for the capital increase, which results in EPS coming back by 17.1% in both FY19 and FY20, solely reflecting the dilution impact from the new shares. Following the Q3 results, which showed a strong recovery in profits, we noted that there were signs that the group’s important S/4HANA transformation business had been picking up as SNP had won several small S/4HANA migrations. While the shares look punchy on c 27x our FY19e earnings, the rating could fall quickly as new projects come through.

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SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner

Capital base is boosted

Capital increase

Software & comp services

7 January 2019

Price

€15.94

Market cap

€105m

Net debt (€m) at 30 September 2018

32.8

Shares in issue

6.6m

Free float

71%

Code

SHF

Primary exchange

Frankfurt (Xetra)

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(11.0)

(16.8)

(52.3)

Rel (local)

(6.3)

(5.3)

(41.6)

52-week high/low

€36.24

€15.11

Business description

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner is a software and consulting business focused on supporting customers in implementing change, and rapidly and economically tailoring IT landscapes to new situations. It has developed a proprietary software suite, CrystalBridge and Transformation Backbone with SAP LT (T-B), which automatically analyses, applies and tracks changes in IT systems.

Next events

Prelim FY18 results

31 January 2019

Annual report

29 March 2019

Q1 results

30 April 2019

Analysts

Richard Jeans

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Katherine Thompson

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SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

In December, SNP completed its capital increase, raising gross proceeds of €18.7m (c €17.6m net). The funds will provide the group with significant financial flexibility and support its international growth strategy, including acquisitions. We have updated our model for the capital increase, which results in EPS coming back by 17.1% in both FY19 and FY20, solely reflecting the dilution impact from the new shares. Following the Q3 results, which showed a strong recovery in profits, we noted that there were signs that the group’s important S/4HANA transformation business had been picking up as SNP had won several small S/4HANA migrations. While the shares look punchy on c 27x our FY19e earnings, the rating could fall quickly as new projects come through.

Year end

Revenue
(€m)

PBT*
(€m)

EPS*
(c)

DPS
(c)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/16

80.7

6.0

100.4

39.0

15.9

2.4

12/17

122.3

3.8

61.9

0.0

25.7

0.0

12/18e

137.9

(1.1)

(19.4)

0.0

N/A

0.0

12/19e

153.4

6.0

58.6

25.0

27.2

1.6

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

Capital increase raises €18.7m gross (c €17.6m net)

The capital increase results in the issue of up to 1.127m new bearer shares, increasing the number of shares from 5.474m to 6.602m. The take-up of the subscription rights issue (one new share for every five existing shares at €16.60 per new share) was 90.6%. The balance has been placed at the subscription price with SN Assets, a private company affiliated with the CEO, Dr Andreas Schneider-Neureither. Dr Schneider-Neureither now holds c 22% of SNP’s expanded share capital. While SNP does not require the funds immediately, the money provides the group with extra financial flexibility and weighs concerns over the covenants on SNP’s €40m promissory notes. The €17.6m net proceeds add to the group’s €16.6m cash position as at the end of September while the promissory notes are not repaid until 2020 through to 2022. As part of the capital raising process, MC Investments, a private investment company, has acquired a c 8% stake in the company and is SNP’s second largest shareholder after the CEO.

Forecasts: Updated for the capital increase only

We have updated our model for the capital increase. The 20.6% increase in the number of shares reduces EPS by 17.1% going forward. We have not reduced the net interest charge as the funds are not being used to pay down debt. We have reduced our dividend forecasts to reflect the dilution in FY19 and FY20. We now forecast the group to end FY18 with net debt of €22.6m (previously €40.2m), which falls to €21.0m (€38.6m) at end-FY19 and €15.7m (€33.3) at end-FY20.

Valuation: Strong growth play in the ERP space

The stock trades on c 27x our earnings in FY19e, falling to c 14x in FY20e. Our discounted cash flow valuation (based on c 7% organic revenue CAGR over 10 years, 10% WACC, 14.8% long-term operating margin and 2% terminal growth) is €30/share, c 90% above the current share price.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

€'000s

2015

2016

2017

2018e

2019e

2020e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

56,236

80,685

122,343

137,895

153,449

166,606

Cost of sales

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gross Profit

56,236

80,685

122,343

137,895

153,449

166,606

EBITDA

 

 

5,484

8,124

6,868

3,343

10,883

16,162

Adjusted Operating Profit

 

 

4,222

7,114

5,113

55

7,239

12,390

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0

(657)

(2,021)

(1,600)

(1,600)

(1,600)

Exceptionals

356

400

(3,600)

(300)

0

0

Associates

(3)

8

(24)

0

0

0

Operating Profit

4,575

6,865

(532)

(1,845)

5,639

10,790

Net Interest

(828)

(1,137)

(1,327)

(1,200)

(1,300)

(1,100)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

3,394

5,977

3,786

(1,145)

5,939

11,290

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

3,747

5,728

(1,859)

(3,045)

4,339

9,690

Tax

(1,195)

(1,517)

(807)

343

(1,782)

(3,387)

Profit After Tax (norm)

2,198

4,460

2,980

(801)

4,157

7,903

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

2,552

4,211

(2,666)

(2,701)

2,557

6,303

Minority interest

0

(147)

234

(267)

(289)

(312)

Adjustments for normalised earnings

0

0

0

0

0

0

Net income (norm)

2,198

4,313

3,214

(1,069)

3,868

7,591

Net income (FRS 3)

2,552

4,064

(2,431)

(2,969)

2,268

5,991

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

3.7

4.3

5.2

5.5

6.6

6.6

EPS - normalised (c)

 

 

58.8

100.4

61.9

(19.4)

58.6

115.0

EPS - normalised & fully diluted (c)

 

 

58.8

100.4

61.9

(19.4)

58.6

115.0

EPS - FRS 3 (c)

 

 

68.3

94.6

(46.8)

(53.8)

34.4

90.7

Dividend per share (c)

34.00

39.00

0.00

0.00

25.00

33.00

Gross Margin (%)

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

EBITDA Margin (%)

9.8

10.1

5.6

2.4

7.1

9.7

Adjusted Operating Margin (%)

7.5

8.8

4.2

0.0

4.7

7.4

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

15,243

30,109

75,171

73,698

72,258

71,018

Intangible Assets

11,675

24,179

67,012

65,380

63,748

62,115

Tangible Assets

1,999

3,161

5,187

5,346

5,538

5,931

Other

1,570

2,769

2,972

2,972

2,972

2,972

Current Assets

 

 

29,996

58,424

78,614

78,485

80,167

84,723

Stocks

0

371

371

418

466

506

Debtors

16,084

25,652

43,781

44,346

49,348

53,579

Cash

13,769

31,914

33,877

33,135

29,768

30,053

Current Liabilities

 

 

(13,703)

(32,631)

(40,531)

(40,517)

(44,862)

(48,353)

Creditors

(11,101)

(14,523)

(29,295)

(29,281)

(33,626)

(37,117)

Short term borrowings

(2,602)

(18,108)

(11,236)

(11,236)

(11,236)

(11,236)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(15,513)

(7,327)

(53,157)

(45,583)

(40,583)

(35,583)

Long term borrowings

(12,344)

(5,531)

(49,487)

(44,487)

(39,487)

(34,487)

Other long term liabilities

(3,169)

(1,796)

(3,670)

(1,096)

(1,096)

(1,096)

Net Assets

 

 

16,024

48,575

60,097

66,083

66,980

71,805

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

1,879

1,005

(5,316)

2,686

10,148

15,362

Net Interest

(167)

53

(798)

(1,200)

(1,300)

(1,100)

Tax

(554)

(412)

(1,366)

321

(1,663)

(3,161)

Capex

(1,779)

(3,451)

(5,234)

(3,447)

(3,836)

(4,165)

Acquisitions/disposals

(3,228)

(5,923)

(28,783)

(11,701)

(1,716)

0

Shares issued

0

30,129

18,293

17,600

0

0

Dividends

(483)

(1,264)

(1,932)

0

0

(1,651)

Net Cash Flow

(4,332)

20,137

(25,136)

4,258

1,633

5,285

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(3,431)

1,176

(8,275)

26,847

22,588

20,955

Other

(275)

(10,686)

(9,985)

0

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

1,176

(8,275)

26,847

22,588

20,955

15,671

Source: Company accounts, Edison Investment Research. Note: *Includes additional payments for Adepcon in FY18 and FY19, and final payments for RSP, Astrums/Hartung, Harlex and Innoplexia in FY18.

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