1Spatial — Encouraging early signs from GI

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1Spatial — Encouraging early signs from GI

H120 saw a solid performance from 1Spatial’s core business augmented by a good start from its recent Geomap-Imagis (GI) acquisition. GI generated revenue of £2m and EBITDA of £0.5m in its first three months and additional synergies have been identified. It is early days but in the context of a £5.3m price tag (EV) we see this performance as encouraging. 1Spatial also highlighted significant contract wins post period end. It now looks well set to execute on its next phase: establishing a market leading position in Location Master Data Management (LMDM).

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Encouraging early signs from GI

H120 results

Software & comp services

14 October 2019

Price

34.6p

Market cap

£39m

Net cash (£m) at end FY19

6.4

Shares in issue

111m

Free float

93%

Code

SPA

Primary exchange

AIM

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

11.5

13.3

(20.9)

Rel (local)

12.6

16.2

(23.8)

52-week high/low

41.5

28.5

Business description

1Spatial’s core technology validates, rectifies and enhances customers’ geospatial data. The combination of its software and advisory services reduces the need for costly manual checking and correcting of data.

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Trading statement

March 2020

Analysts

Dan Gardiner

+44 (0) 20 3077 5700

Dan Ridsdale

+44 (0) 20 3077 5729

1Spatial is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

H120 saw a solid performance from 1Spatial’s core business augmented by a good start from its recent Geomap-Imagis (GI) acquisition. GI generated revenue of £2m and EBITDA of £0.5m in its first three months and additional synergies have been identified. It is early days but in the context of a £5.3m price tag (EV) we see this performance as encouraging. 1Spatial also highlighted significant contract wins post period end. It now looks well set to execute on its next phase: establishing a market leading position in Location Master Data Management (LMDM).

Year end

Revenue (£m)

Adjusted EBITDA* (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

EV/sales
(x)

EV/EBITDA
(x)

P/E
(x)

01/18

16.9

0.4

(1.5)

(2.3)

1.9

79.7

N/A

01/19

17.6

1.2

(0.9)

(1.1)

1.8

27.0

N/A

01/20e

22.8

3.1

0.8

0.7

1.4

10.2

46.4

01/21e

25.6

3.7

1.4

1.0

1.3

8.6

33.8

Note: *Adjusted EBITDA, PBT and EPS (fully diluted) are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments. Forecasts include the consolidation of Geomap-Imagis from May 2019.

Solid performance in the core

Reported revenue of £10.9m included £8.9m from the core business, up 1% y-o-y. The Spatial Solutions segment (£6.4m) grew 8% y-o-y, despite the shift to term licensing, with growth in all territories. Adjusted EBITDA in the core business rose by c 25% in line with management expectations to £0.8m (9% margin). This was boosted by a £0.4m adjustment for IFRS 16 and the £0.5m contribution from GI (see below).

Plus a good start from GI

GI reported revenue of £2m for its first three months. Given we had included £4.9m for FY20 (ie nine months), it looks to be tracking ahead of expectations. It also reported adjusted EBITDA of £0.5m (a 25% margin) and further (unspecified) revenue and cost synergies are expected to benefit the P&L in FY21.

Positive outlook but estimates unchanged for now

1Spatial highlights a record order book, increased revenue visibility and a number of significant contract wins post period end (see London geospatial pilot project win). We raise our FY20 adjusted EBITDA estimate to £3.1m to reflect the impact of IFRS 16 (see over) but leave our underlying forecasts unchanged for now.

Valuation: Execution, margins and LMDM priced in?

The acquisition and integration of GI marks the successful completion of 1Spatial’s turnaround strategy. The company is now focused on establishing a leadership position in LMDM. We will review 1Spatial’s longer-term prospects in due course, but continue to believe that the current valuation (FY21 EV/sales of 1.3x) does not reflect the increasing evidence of execution, the potential for margin expansion or the chances of longer-term success in LMDM.

Changes to forecasts

Adding adjusted EBITDA in the core business to the contribution from GI, 1Spatial generated adjusted EBITDA in H1 of £1.2m, a margin of 10.9% (before IFRS 16 adoption – see below). Our FY20 estimate (on the same basis) of £2.1m implies the company needs to deliver just £0.9m in H2. We leave our forecasts unchanged for now but as H2 will include an extra three months from GI (potentially an additional £0.5m) they should be very achievable. The company prefers a cautious stance on numbers given the substantial near-term political risks in the UK and its experience in the US earlier this year, where the government shutdown unexpectedly affected performance.

While we leave our underlying forecasts largely unchanged, the adoption of IFRS 16 from the beginning of the year does have a significant impact on the presentation of the P&L and, to a lesser extent, cash flow. IFRS 16 eliminates the distinction of leases as either operating leases or finance leases and has the effect of moving c £1m of annual costs previously reported above the EBITDA line into depreciation (a small element is moved into finance costs).

Exhibit 1: Changes to forecasts

FY19

FY20e

FY21e

£m

Old, £m

Change, £m

New, £m

Upgrade (%)

Old, £m

Change, £m

New, £m

Upgrade (%)

Revenue

17.6

22.8

0.0

22.8

0.0

25.6

0.0

25.6

0.0

Adjusted EBITDA*

1.2

2.1

1.1

3.1

50.7

2.7

1.0

3.7

36.6

Adjusted PBT*

(0.9)

0.8

0.0

0.8

0.6

1.4

(0.0)

1.4

(0.1)

Adjusted EPS* (p)

(1.1)

0.7

0.0

0.7

0.5

1.0

(0.0)

1.0

(0.1)

Source: 1Spatial data, Edison Investment Research. Note: *EBITDA, PBT and EPS (fully diluted) are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments. GI contribution from May 2019.

Exhibit 2: Financial summary

£000s

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020e

2021e

Year end 31 January

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

18,300

15,133

16,938

17,624

22,836

25,638

Delivery costs

(7,715)

(6,868)

(7,994)

(8,449)

(10,753)

(12,325)

Gross Profit

10,585

8,265

8,944

9,175

12,083

13,313

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

2,902

(874)

403

1,188

3,135

3,730

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

 

 

1,584

(12,494)

(1,302)

(738)

836

1,471

Acquired Intangible Amortisation

(200)

0

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals

(1,081)

(2,590)

(1,041)

(672)

(500)

0

Share based payments

(976)

(566)

538

(218)

(218)

(218)

Operating Profit

(673)

(15,650)

(1,805)

(1,628)

118

1,253

Net Interest

(27)

(25)

(151)

(191)

(36)

(101)

Other

(421)

(266)

0

0

0

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

1,136

(12,785)

(1,453)

(929)

799

1,369

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

(1,121)

(15,941)

(1,956)

(1,819)

82

1,152

Tax

503

1,081

753

389

150

150

Profit After Tax (norm)

1,136

(12,785)

(1,453)

(929)

782

1,139

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

(618)

(14,860)

(1,203)

(1,430)

232

1,302

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

691.3

728.9

63.3

87.4

104.9

111.2

EPS - normalised (p)

 

 

0.16

(1.75)

(2.30)

(1.06)

0.75

1.02

EPS - normalised fully diluted (p)

 

 

0.16

(1.75)

(2.30)

(1.06)

0.75

1.02

EPS - (IFRS) (p)

 

 

(0.09)

(2.04)

(1.90)

(1.64)

0.22

1.17

Dividend per share (p)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gross Margin (%)

57.8

54.6

52.8

52.1

52.9

51.9

EBITDA Margin (%)

15.9

N/A

2.4

6.7

13.7

14.5

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

8.7

N/A

N/A

N/A

3.7

5.7

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

22,115

13,025

10,873

10,479

12,529

13,444

Intangible Assets

18,900

11,968

10,540

10,194

12,244

13,159

Tangible Assets

1,638

1,057

333

285

285

285

Investments

1,577

0

0

0

0

0

Current Assets

 

 

16,202

11,442

7,050

11,481

15,753

17,996

Stocks

0

0

0

0

0

0

Debtors

10,815

8,929

5,510

4,998

9,550

11,000

Cash

4,996

1,966

1,319

6,358

6,078

6,871

Other

391

547

221

125

125

125

Current Liabilities

 

 

(11,071)

(13,029)

(10,234)

(8,578)

(12,675)

(14,837)

Creditors & other

(11,071)

(12,348)

(9,183)

(8,578)

(11,915)

(14,077)

Short term borrowings

0

(681)

(1,051)

0

(760)

(760)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(1,579)

(1,535)

(899)

(192)

(192)

(192)

Long term borrowings

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other long-term liabilities

(1,579)

(1,535)

(899)

(192)

(192)

(192)

Net Assets

 

 

25,667

9,903

6,790

13,190

15,415

16,411

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(722)

(1,061)

245

(749)

383

4,342

Net Interest

(31)

(166)

(167)

(175)

(36)

(100)

Tax

55

425

751

410

150

150

Capex

(3,800)

(4,042)

(1,035)

(1,394)

(3,297)

(3,100)

Acquisitions/disposals

(1,033)

(900)

115

0

(4,500)

(500)

Financing

1,940

896

0

7,996

5,500

0

Dividends

0

0

0

0

0

0

Net Cash Flow

(3,342)

(4,848)

(91)

6,088

(1,040)

793

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(8,250)

(4,996)

(604)

(268)

(6,358)

(5,318)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

88

456

(245)

2

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(4,996)

(604)

(268)

(6,358)

(5,318)

(6,111)

Source: Company data, Edison Investment Research. Note: Forecasts include the acquisition of GI from May 2019.

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