IP Group (LSE: IPO)

Last close As at 22/11/2024

GBP0.42

2.45 (6.19%)

Market capitalisation

GBP416m

IP Group helps to create, build and support IP-based companies internationally. It focuses on companies that meaningfully contribute to regenerative (renewable), healthier (life sciences) and tech-enriched (deep tech) futures.

There have been some green shoots of recovery in terms of European VC exits, and PitchBook noted that valuations seemed to be recovering in Q324. PitchBook estimates that excluding the Puig IPO and applying the 9M24 run rate to the rest of the year implies a 6.6% y-o-y increase in exit value in 2024. IP Group’s management expects further exits at or above carrying value through to end-2025.

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IP Group — Record exit underpinning the NAV

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IP Group — Novo Holdings invests in Oxford Nanopore

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IP Group — Sale of Garrison Technology to Everfox

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Equity Analyst

Milosz Papst

Milosz Papst

Head of Content, Investment Trusts

Dan Ridsdale

Head of Technology

Key Management

  • David Baynes

    CFO

  • Greg Smith

    CEO

  • Sir Douglas Flint

    Chairman

Balance Sheet

Forecast net debt (£m)

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Forecast gearing ratio (%)

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Share Price Performance

Price Performance
% 1M 3M 12M
Actual (16.6) (1.3) (23.7)
Relative (13.7) 1.2 (29.4)
52 week high/low 58.5p/36.0p

Financials

IP Group’s realisation activity picked up notably in the months leading up to the company’s interim results publication in September, encouraging the company to increase the current buyback programme by £10m to £30m. Subsequently, IP Group agreed to sell the AI-powered financial crime detection business Featurespace to Visa. The exit will result in £134m in realisation proceeds at a 70% uplift to end-2023 carrying value, part of which was recognised in the H124 results, translating in a broadly stable value of IP Group’s private holdings.

Y/E Dec Revenue (£m) EBITDA (£m) PBT (£m) EPS (fd) (p) P/E (x) P/CF (x)
2022A (302.0) (340.8) (340.6) (32.6) N/A N/A
2023A (154.6) (177.3) (173.7) (16.6) N/A N/A
2024E N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2025E N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Research

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IP Group — Sale of Garrison Technology to Everfox

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