Hostmore — Ready to party

Hostmore (LSE: MORE)

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Hostmore has bucked concerns about the impact of the Omicron variant with its expectation of FY21 pre-IFRS 16 EBITDA ‘well ahead of £18.6m market consensus’. While buoyancy in October and November was the driver, December proved resilient with cancellations owing to COVID-19 concerns more than made up by walk-ins and new reservations. We are therefore raising our FY21 forecast of EBITDA (our key metric) by £2m and revenue by £10m. For the current year the newly confirmed imminent easing of COVID-19 restrictions should spur the benefit of Fridays’ wide-ranging brand initiatives and growth opportunities in a favourable property market. Hostmore’s meagre rating of under 6x FY22e EV/EBITDA belies such positives and is low against an average of c 10x for its peers.

Richard Finch

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Richard Finch

Analyst, Consumer

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Hostmore

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Trading update

Travel & leisure

26 January 2022

Price

101p

Market cap

£128m

Net bank debt (£m), adjusted for COVID-19 accruals, at August 2021

36

Shares in issue

126.1m

Free float

100%

Code

MORE

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(9.2)

NA

NA

Rel (local)

(8.0)

NA

NA

52-week high/low

134p

95p

Business description

Hostmore has been newly formed to provide a platform for the development of hospitality brands. Its current operations are Fridays, a UK nationwide chain of American-styled casual dining restaurants (85 sites), and 63rd+1st, a new cocktail-led bar and restaurant brand (three sites).

Next events

2021 final results

March 2022

Analysts

Richard Finch

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Russell Pointon

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Hostmore is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Hostmore has bucked concerns about the impact of the Omicron variant with its expectation of FY21 pre-IFRS 16 EBITDA ‘well ahead of £18.6m market consensus’. While buoyancy in October and November was the driver, December proved resilient with cancellations owing to COVID-19 concerns more than made up by walk-ins and new reservations. We are therefore raising our FY21 forecast of EBITDA (our key metric) by £2m and revenue by £10m. For the current year the newly confirmed imminent easing of COVID-19 restrictions should spur the benefit of Fridays’ wide-ranging brand initiatives and growth opportunities in a favourable property market. Hostmore’s meagre rating of under 6x FY22e EV/EBITDA belies such positives and is low against an average of c 10x for its peers.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

EBITDA
reported (£m)

EBITDA
pre-IFRS 16 (p)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS
(p)

EV/reported EBITDA (x)

12/19

214.8

45.5

25.6

7.4

N/A

N/A

12/20

129.1

23.5**

1.7**

(12.2)**

N/A

N/A

12/21e

160.0

37.0**

20.5**

1.8

1.2

8.2

12/22e

242.0

50.5

29.5

15.0

10.2

5.7

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments. **Including UK government COVID-19 grants: 2020 £19.1m and 2021 £14.8m.

Omicron resilience in December

Confirmation of revenue for December down only 8% on 2019 was welcome, given the hit to consumer confidence in a key period from stricter COVID-19 restrictions and government messaging. This was not out of kilter with the restaurants market, as per the Coffer CGA Business Tracker, which saw a 4% reduction after consistent 2021-on-2019 monthly growth since full reopening. Guest cancellations at Hostmore were more than offset by new reservations and walk-ins rather than re-bookings as group reservations tend not to be significant.

Increased FY21 forecasts reflect strong start as PLC

With ‘EBITDA for October and November 2021 ahead of 2019’ per the 8 December trading update and December holding up despite Omicron, if less than originally envisaged, Hostmore is set to deliver pre-IFRS 16 EBITDA ‘well ahead of £18.6m market consensus’. Our raised FY21 forecasts, as detailed on page 2, show a £2m rise in EBITDA at a maintained margin on £10m higher revenue, driven by dine in as guests were encouraged to come in house owing to a better marketing/upselling opportunity. Admin costs have been pared slightly by further COVID-19 landlord concession agreements, while we now expect net bank debt at end 2021 to be £25m (previously £29.5m) thanks to good trading. Macro uncertainties currently suggest maintained forecasts for FY22, but the imminent lifting of Plan B restrictions may give scope to increase.

Valuation: Unduly low

An EV/EBITDA multiple of under 6x in FY22e both fails to recognise Fridays’ rejuvenation prospects in likely improving conditions and stands at an excessive discount to that of its peers, which we estimate to be on c 10x.

Revenue and profit analysis

Exhibit 1: Revenue and EBITDA analysis

Year end 31 December (£m)

2019

H120*

H220**

FY20***

H121****

H221e

FY21e

FY22e

Sites (period end)

87

85

85

85

87

88

88

94

Revenue

Existing (80 sites)

193.2

46.0

67.0

113.0

34.7

105.9

140.5

201.5

Change

+2%

N/A

N/A

-42%

-25%

+58%

+24%

+54%

Additions (sites)

14.9 (9)

5.5

8.7

14.2 (9)

4.6

13.4

18.0(13)

40.5 (19)

Disposals

7.2

1.1

0.7

1.8

0.5

0.5

1.0

-

Other

(0.4)

(0.2)

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.5

-

Dine in

211.7

45.9

68.7

114.6

28.7

115.8

144.5

229.0

Change

+3%

-46%

-38%

+69%

+26%

+59%

Dine out

3.1

6.4

7.7

14.1

11.0

4.0

15.0

12.5

Change

+13%

X4

+72%

-48%

+6%

-17%

Other

-

Neg.

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.5

Total

214.8

52.4

76.7#

129.1#

39.9#

120.1#

160.0#

242.0

Gross Profit

168.1

40.7

62.2

102.9

32.2

95.8

128.0

190.0

Margin

78%

78%

81%

80%

81%

80%

80%

79%

Admin expenses

(122.8)

(51.1)

(48.9)

(100.0)

(40.6)

(65.7)

(106.3)

(140.0)

Share of revenue

57%

98%

64%

78%

102%

55%

66%

58%

Other income:

- Government grants

-

11.9

7.2

19.1

14.8

-

14.8

-

- Other

0.2

Neg.

1.5

1.5

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.5

EBITDA

Reported

45.5

1.4

22.1

23.5

6.5

30.5

37.0

50.5

Lease expenses

(20.2)

(11.0)

(9.5)

(20.5)

(9.5)

(6.5)

(16.0)

(21.0)

Other

0.2

Neg.

(1.5)

(1.5)

(0.3)

(0.2)

(0.5)

Neg.

Pre-IFRS 16

25.6

(9.5)

11.2

1.7

(3.3)

23.8

20.5

29.5

Margin, before govt grants

11.9%

-

5.2%

-

-

19.5%

3.3%

12.2%

Source: Company data, Edison Investment Research. Note: *National lockdown from 20 March to 28 June; **National lockdown from 5 November to 2 December; ***245 days’ trading; ****National lockdown from 1 January until 26 April in Scotland and 17 May in England; #Boosted by VAT reduction from 20 July 2020 and menu price increases.

Exhibit 1 shows our FY21 forecasts, revised following Hostmore’s 17 January trading update. The principal changes are as follows:

6% increase in revenue and pre-IFRS 16 EBITDA.

We now expect PBT to be positive at £1.8m (previously -£0.2m).

Year-end net bank debt (see Exhibit 2) £25m (previously £29.5m) for FY21e and £21.5m (previously £26m) for FY22e.


Exhibit 2: Financial summary

£'000s

2019

2020

2021e

2022e

31-December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

INCOME STATEMENT

Revenue

 

 

214,800

129,100

160,000

242,000

Cost of Sales

(46,700)

(26,200)

(32,000)

(52,000)

Gross Profit

168,100

102,900

128,000

190,000

EBITDA pre-IFRS 16

 

 

25,600

1,700

20,500

29,500

EBITDA

 

 

45,500

23,500

37,000

50,500

Normalised operating profit

 

 

20,600

200

14,800

28,000

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals

1,600

(8,000)

0

0

Share-based payments

0

0

0

0

Reported operating profit

22,200

(7,800)

14,800

28,000

Net Interest

(13,200)

(12,400)

(13,000)

(13,000)

Joint ventures & associates (post tax)

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals

0

0

0

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

7,400

(12,200)

1,800

15,000

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

9,000

(20,200)

1,800

15,000

Reported tax

(2,000)

2,900

1,200

(2,000)

Profit After Tax (norm)

5,400

(9,300)

1,500

12,800

Profit After Tax (reported)

7,000

(17,300)

3,000

13,000

Minority interests

0

0

0

0

Discontinued operations

0

0

0

0

Net income (normalised)

5,400

(9,300)

1,500

12,800

Net income (reported)

7,000

(17,300)

3,000

13,000

Average number of shares outstanding (m)

N/A

N/A

126

126

EPS - normalised (p)

 

 

N/A

N/A

1.19

10.15

EPS - diluted normalised (p)

 

 

N/A

N/A

1.19

10.15

EPS - basic reported (p)

 

 

N/A

N/A

2.38

10.31

Dividend (p)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Revenue growth (%)

N/A

(39.9)

23.9

51.3

Gross Margin (%)

78.3

79.7

80.0

78.5

EBITDA Margin (%)

21.2

18.2

23.1

20.9

Normalised Operating Margin

9.6

0.2

9.3

11.6

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

341,400

321,300

310,000

304,000

Intangible Assets

146,000

146,000

146,000

146,000

Tangible Assets

192,300

170,100

159,000

153,000

Investments & other

3,100

5,200

5,000

5,000

Current Assets

 

 

36,200

46,100

51,000

54,000

Stocks

1,300

700

1,500

1,500

Debtors

7,600

6,500

8,000

8,500

Cash & cash equivalents

27,100

37,200

39,500

42,000

Other

200

1,700

2,000

2,000

Current Liabilities

 

 

(35,300)

(51,700)

(45,700)

(37,400)

Creditors

(6,400)

(13,400)

(8,500)

(5,000)

Tax and social security

(4,800)

(6,000)

(6,000)

(6,000)

Lease liabilities

(12,700)

(17,700)

(18,000)

(14,500)

Short term borrowings

(1,100)

(1,400)

(1,500)

(1,500)

Other

(10,300)

(13,200)

(11,700)

(10,400)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(209,700)

(200,400)

(197,000)

(189,000)

Lease liabilities

(144,800)

(133,800)

(131,000)

(124,000)

Long term borrowings

(64,900)

(63,900)

(63,000)

(62,000)

Other long-term liabilities

0

(2,700)

(3,000)

(3,000)

Net Assets

 

 

132,600

115,300

118,300

131,600

Minority interests

0

0

0

0

Shareholders' equity

 

 

132,600

115,300

118,300

131,600

CASH FLOW

Op Cash Flow before WC and tax

45,500

23,500

37,000

50,500

Working capital

2,500

11,500

(9,500)

(4,000)

Exceptional & other

3,100

(700)

0

0

Tax

(1,600)

(1,000)

0

(1,000)

Operating cash flow

 

 

49,500

33,300

27,500

45,500

Capex

(11,300)

(3,700)

(5,000)

(11,000)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

0

0

0

Net interest

(26,200)

(17,700)

(18,000)

(26,000)

Equity financing

0

0

0

0

Dividends

0

0

0

0

Other

(1,400)

(1,100)

(1,400)

(5,000)

Net Cash Flow

10,600

10,800

3,100

3,500

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

49,500

38,900

28,100

25,000

FX

0

0

0

0

Other non-cash movements

0

0

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

38,900

28,100

25,000

21,500

Lease liabilities

157,500

151,500

149,000

138,500

Closing net debt/(cash) including IFRS 16 lease liabilities

196,400

179,600

174,000

160,000

Source: Company accounts, Edison Investment Research

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Technicolor — Robust demand with fulfilment issues

Technicolor is on track to meet FY21 and FY22 management guidance (maintained at the Q3 results in November) on EBITDA and EBITA, despite supply constraints resulting from the pandemic, and our forecasts for these were unchanged. Demand in both Technicolor Creative Studios (TCS) and Connected Home remains robust, with financial performance constrained in the former by industry talent shortages and in the latter by continuing industry componentry supply issues. With planned cost savings tracking to plan, the shift is continuing back towards the equity, which now represents 35% of the enterprise value. We would expect that a return to focus on the operations should lead to a higher valuation.

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