SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner — Update 4 October 2016

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner — Update 4 October 2016

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner

Katherine Thompson

Written by

Katherine Thompson

Director

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner

Harlex acquisition boosts SNP’s presence in UK

Acquisition

Software & comp services

4 October 2016

Price

€37.47

Market cap

€186m

Net debt (€m) as at 30 June 2016
(pre-rights issue)

6.4

Shares in issue

4.98m

Free float

55%

Code

SHF

Primary exchange

Frankfurt (Xetra)

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

27.1

26.4

175.0

Rel (local)

27.0

18.9

153.2

52-week high/low

€36.9

€13.2

Business description

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner (SNP) 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 product called SNP Transformation Backbone with SAP Landscape Transformation software (T-B).

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

SNP has acquired an initial 90% shareholding in Harlex Management, which owns 100% of Harlex Consulting, based in London, UK. Harlex specialises in SAP data migration (essentially transformation) projects. The acquisition gives SNP a physical presence in the UK, and hence a stronger position to target and deliver new business in the UK. Activity remains very brisk at SNP and in September it won a record $10m+ contract to combine the IT landscapes of two US chemical companies (we assume Dow Chemical and DuPont) that are merging. Given SNP’s strong market position in software-based transformation projects, we believe the shares are attractive on c 19x our cash-adjusted FY18e EPS.

Year
end

Revenue
(€m)

PBT*
(€m)

EPS*
(c)

DPS
(c)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/14

30.5

(0.1)

(13.9)

13.0

N/A

0.3

12/15

56.2

3.4

58.8

34.0

63.7

0.9

12/16e

77.0

7.3

111.4

40.0

33.6

1.1

12/17e

95.9

10.9

148.2

50.0

25.3

1.3

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

Acquisition of Harlex Consulting

Founded in 2010, Harlex specialises in SAP data migration (or transformation) projects and related process consulting (including setting up SAP systems). Harlex is a gold service partner of SAP in the UK and was named in the 2016 Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 listing of Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies. The business has grown from two to 25 full-time employees in five years, including 22 consultants, and it also uses outside consultants. Its 25 customers include blue-chip names such as Sony Music, Thomson Reuters, Henderson and BAE. Harlex does not use a software methodology and in future its consultants will use SNP’s T-B. Previously, SNP has delivered UK projects from its offices in Germany, eg a Rolls-Royce carve out, and SNP also has UK partners (ie resellers). Harlex generated revenues of £4.83m (c €5.6m) in the year to September 2015. It is comfortably profitable with EBIT of £0.79m (for an EBIT margin of 16%). We estimate that SNP is paying around 1.1-1.2x revenues for Harlex.

Forecasts

We have increased our revenue forecasts by 2% in FY16 (three-month acquisition period) and by 8% in FY17 and FY18. Our EPS rises by 5%, 14% and 9% in the corresponding years. We now forecast the group to end FY16 with net cash of €20.5m (previously €26.3m); there are also other financial liabilities which we estimate at c €4.9m (mainly acquisition liabilities and a small pension deficit).

Valuation: Strong growth play in the ERP space

The stock trades on c 34x our FY16e EPS, falling to c 25x in FY17e and to c 20x in FY18e. Adjusted for the net cash, the ratings fall to c 31x in FY16e, c 24x in FY17e and c 19x in FY18e. We believe the ratings continue to look attractive given the forecast strong growth and continued margin recovery potential.

Forecasts

We forecast Harlex will generate revenues of €1.8m in FY16 (for the three-month period), €7.5m for the first full year in FY17 (ie, £6.5m) and €8.4m in FY18. We have assumed this is all in the professional services segment, but acknowledge it is likely there will be software sales as well going forward.

In all, our group revenue forecasts rise by 2% to €77.0m in FY16 (three-month acquisition period), by 8% to €95.9m in FY17 and by 8% to €108.5m in FY18. Our EPS forecasts rise by 4.6% in FY16, 13.9% in FY17 and 9.2% in FY18. SNP states that the cost for the 90% shareholding was in the “mid-single-digit million range” and we have assumed an initial payment of €6m, with another €0.7m payable on 1 October 2018. We note that sterling has fallen by c 13% against the euro since the Brexit vote, which was likely to have reduced the purchase price in euro terms. Hence, we forecast the group to end FY16 with net cash of €20.5m (previously €26.3m); this is prior to adjusting for c €4.9m of other financial liabilities (mainly acquisition liabilities and a small pension deficit).

Exhibit 1: Forecast changes

Old

New

Old

New

Old

New

(€000s)

2016e

2016e

% change

2017e

2017e

% change

2018e

2018e

% change

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional services

64,316

66,116

3

76,019

83,494

10

86,442

94,889

10

Software licences

8,062

8,062

0

8,868

8,868

0

9,755

9,755

0

Software maintenance

2,800

2,800

0

3,500

3,500

0

3,850

3,850

0

Total software

10,862

10,862

0

12,368

12,368

0

13,605

13,605

0

Group revenue

75,179

76,979

2

88,387

95,862

8

100,047

108,494

8

Growth (%)

33.7

36.9

 

17.6

24.5

 

13.2

13.2

 

Professional services contribution

6,432

6,918

8

7,982

10,019

26

9,725

11,624

20

Software contribution

4,888

4,888

0

6,184

6,184

0

7,483

7,483

0

Non-segment-related expenses

(4,275)

(4,455)

4

(4,506)

(5,253)

17

(4,725)

(5,509)

17

Other operating income & other taxes

680

680

0

716

716

0

751

751

0

Operating expenses

(67,454)

(68,948)

2

(78,011)

(84,196)

8

(86,813)

(94,145)

8

Adjusted operating profit

7,724

8,030

4

10,377

11,666

12

13,234

14,349

8

Operating profit margin (%)

10.3

10.4

 

11.7

12.2

 

13.2

13.2

 

Growth (%)

83.0

90.2

 

34.3

45.3

 

27.5

23.0

 

Net interest

(775)

(775)

0

(775)

(775)

0

(775)

(775)

0

Profit before tax norm

6,949

7,255

4

9,602

10,891

13

12,459

13,574

9

Profit before tax

6,949

7,255

4

9,602

10,891

13

12,459

13,574

9

Taxation

(2,085)

(2,177)

4

(2,880)

(3,267)

13

(3,738)

(4,072)

9

Non-controlling interests

(225)

(225)

0

(248)

(248)

0

(267)

(267)

0

FRS 3 net income

4,639

4,854

5

6,474

7,376

14

8,454

9,235

9

Adjusted EPS (c)

106.5

111.4

4.6

130.1

148.2

13.9

169.9

185.6

9.2

P/E – Adjusted EPS (x)

 

33.6

 

 

25.3

 

 

20.2

 

Source: Edison Investment Research


Exhibit 2: Financial summary

€000s

2013

2014

2015

2016e

2017e

2018e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

23,536

30,480

56,236

76,979

95,862

108,494

Cost of sales

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gross Profit

23,536

30,480

56,236

76,979

95,862

108,494

EBITDA

 

 

(1,972)

862

5,484

9,383

13,106

16,094

Adjusted Operating Profit

 

 

(2,714)

(66)

4,222

8,030

11,666

14,349

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0

0

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals

0

1,505

356

0

0

0

Associates

0

0

(3)

0

0

0

Operating Profit

(2,714)

1,439

4,575

8,030

11,666

14,349

Net Interest

(85)

(66)

(828)

(775)

(775)

(775)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(2,799)

(132)

3,394

7,255

10,891

13,574

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

(2,799)

1,373

3,747

7,255

10,891

13,574

Tax

477

(344)

(1,195)

(2,177)

(3,267)

(4,072)

Profit After Tax (norm)

(2,322)

(477)

2,198

5,079

7,624

9,502

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

(2,322)

1,028

2,552

5,079

7,624

9,502

Minority interest

(84)

(40)

0

(225)

(248)

(267)

Adjustments for normalised earnings

0

0

0

0

0

0

Net income (norm)

(2,405)

(517)

2,198

4,854

7,376

9,235

Net income (FRS 3)

(2,405)

988

2,552

4,854

7,376

9,235

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.4

5.0

5.0

EPS - normalised (c)

 

 

(64.7)

(13.9)

58.8

111.4

148.2

185.6

EPS - normalised & fully diluted (c)

 

 

(64.7)

(13.9)

58.8

111.4

148.2

185.6

EPS - FRS 3 (c)

 

 

(64.7)

26.6

68.3

111.4

148.2

185.6

Dividend per share (c)

8.00

13.00

34.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

Gross Margin (%)

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

EBITDA Margin (%)

-8.4

2.8

9.8

12.2

13.7

14.8

Adjusted Operating Margin (%)

-11.5

-0.2

7.5

10.4

12.2

13.2

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

7,759

8,291

15,243

25,430

25,907

26,332

Intangible Assets

5,194

5,190

11,675

21,675

21,675

21,675

Tangible Assets

1,070

1,231

1,999

2,185

2,663

3,087

Other

1,496

1,871

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

Current Assets

 

 

16,145

17,882

29,996

57,579

68,121

72,852

Stocks

0

0

0

0

0

0

Debtors

9,105

11,286

16,084

22,017

27,418

31,031

Cash

6,355

5,681

13,769

35,419

40,561

41,679

Current Liabilities

 

 

(5,804)

(9,782)

(13,703)

(19,448)

(24,550)

(27,741)

Creditors

(5,204)

(9,182)

(11,101)

(16,847)

(21,948)

(25,140)

Short term borrowings

(600)

(600)

(2,602)

(2,602)

(2,602)

(2,602)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(4,338)

(2,501)

(15,513)

(20,013)

(20,013)

(15,513)

Long term borrowings

(2,250)

(1,650)

(12,344)

(12,344)

(12,344)

(12,344)

Other long term liabilities

(2,088)

(851)

(3,169)

(7,669)

(7,669)

(3,169)

Net Assets

 

 

13,762

13,890

16,024

43,547

49,466

55,930

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(2,110)

2,579

1,879

8,998

12,626

15,552

Net Interest

4

(66)

(167)

(775)

(775)

(775)

Tax

(1,062)

(1,102)

(554)

(2,031)

(3,050)

(3,801)

Capex

(230)

(701)

(1,779)

(1,540)

(1,917)

(2,170)

Acquisitions/disposals

(2,267)

(500)

(3,228)

(11,500)

0

(5,200)

Shares issued

(35)

0

0

29,768

0

0

Dividends

(937)

(335)

(483)

(1,271)

(1,743)

(2,488)

Net Cash Flow

(6,638)

(124)

(4,332)

21,649

5,142

1,118

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(10,152)

(3,505)

(3,431)

1,176

(20,474)

(25,615)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

(10)

51

(275)

0

0

()

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(3,505)

(3,431)

1,176

(20,474)

(25,615)

(26,733)

Source: Company accounts, Edison Investment Research

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