StatPro Group — Update 5 August 2016

StatPro Group — Update 5 August 2016

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Outlook underpinned by record pipeline

Interim results

Software & comp services

5 August 2016

Price

105.5p

Market cap

£68m

Net debt (£m) at 30 June 2016

9.14

Shares in issue

64.7m

Free float

73%

Code

SOG

Primary exchange

AIM

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

24.1

42.6

33.5

Rel (local)

19.4

30.9

33.2

52-week high/low

101.5p

69.2p

Business description

StatPro Group provides cloud-based portfolio analytics solutions to the global investment community.

Next events

Revolution Performance launch

28 September 2016

Q3 trading update

Mid-October 2016

Analysts

Richard Jeans

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

Dan Ridsdale

+44 (0)20 3077 5729

StatPro Group is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Following eight years of development, StatPro is beginning to see the benefits of its cloud strategy, as it reported a 19% growth in H1 adjusted EBITDA (13% at constant currencies). This included initial contributions from Investor Analytics and InfoVest Consulting, which were acquired early in the period. StatPro has its strongest ever pipeline of new business and the final piece in the cloud strategy – Revolution Performance – is scheduled for commercial launch next month. Hence, with StatPro’s US-based financial software peers and SaaS companies trading on lofty multiples, we continue to believe there is significant upside in the shares.

Year
end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/14

32.0

2.6

2.7

2.9

39.1

2.7

12/15

30.2

2.6

2.6

2.9

40.6

2.7

12/16e

35.5

2.8

2.7

2.9

39.1

2.7

12/17e

37.6

3.7

3.7

2.9

28.5

2.7

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

Interim results: Recurring revenue book up 26%

Group revenue grew by 14%, or 11% at constant currencies, to £17.6m. This included 64% growth in StatPro Revolution, the group’s cloud services platform, to £4.02m. The traditional StatPro Seven product line slipped by 12% to £8.99m. Annualised recurring revenue (ARR) jumped by 26% to £36.2m, including £4.0m from acquisitions and £3.0m from currency movements, including the impact from the sharp fall in the British pound late in the period. The group ARR provides a strong guide to future performance as 93% of group revenues are recurring, with the balance from professional services. StatPro is set to launch Revolution Performance – its transaction-based performance analytics solution – next month. Revolution Performance could provide significant upside to the numbers, as it provides an opportunity for customers to simplify their IT functions and hence reduce their total cost of ownership. Further, it processes data much faster than traditional solutions by drawing on computing power over the internet.

Forecasts: Revenues and costs rise mainly on FX

We have increased our revenue and costs forecasts, largely due to the decline in pound sterling. However, if the GBP remains depressed, we would expect further upgrades as the year progresses. EPS edge only modestly higher as we have also boosted financing costs and minority interests. Noting that the group financed the IA acquisition with US$ debt, and given the significant H1 tax payments, we have moved up our year-end net debt forecast by £0.7m to £8.6m.

Valuation: Highly scalable cloud computing upside

StatPro’s stock trades on c 39x our maintained FY16e EPS, which falls to c 29x in FY17e. Alternatively, the shares trade on c 2.0x FY17e EV/sales, one-third of the level of StatPro’s larger US peers, which mostly trade above 5x EV/sales, while US-based pure SaaS companies typically trade in the region of 4.2-7.0x EV/sales.

Forecasts: Revenues and costs rise mainly on FX

We have increased our FY16 and FY17 revenue and costs forecasts, mainly due to the decline in pound sterling. We increased Data revenue due to stronger-than-expected performance. We have also boosted financing costs and minority interests, so EPS only edges marginally higher.

Exhibit 1: Half-by-half analysis

2015

2016e

2017e

(£000s) 

H1

H2

FY

H1

H2e

FY

FY

Traditional software rental

10,270

9,220

19,490

8,990

8,704

17,694

15,694

StatPro Revolution

2,450

3,270

5,720

4,020

4,613

8,633

12,115

Data

1,680

1,660

3,340

1,810

1,804

3,614

3,686

Professional services

1,040

600

1,640

1,000

1,100

2,100

2,142

Acquisitions

0

0

0

1,730

1,725

3,455

4,008

Total revenue

15,444

14,743

30,187

17,546

17,950

35,496

37,645

Op expenses (before devt costs)

(14,433)

(13,414)

(27,847)

(16,415)

(16,152)

(32,567)

(33,747)

Capitalisation of dev costs (net)

81

431

512

158

212

370

252

Adjusted operating profit

1,092

1,760

2,852

1,289

2,010

3,299

4,150

Operating Margin

7.1%

11.9%

9.4%

7.3%

11.2%

9.3%

11.0%

Net interest

(162)

(128)

(290)

(357)

(178)

(535)

(470)

Edison profit before tax (norm)

930

1,632

2,562

932

1,833

2,765

3,680

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(32)

0

(32)

(546)

(554)

(1,100)

(1,100)

Share-based payments

(77)

(44)

(121)

(105)

(95)

(200)

(213)

Exceptional items

0

0

0

(1,241)

0

(1,241)

0

Profit before tax (FRS 3)

821

1,588

2,409

(960)

1,184

224

2,368

Source: StatPro Group accounts, Edison Investment Research estimates

Within the divisional split we have shifted InfoVest from Traditional software to Acquisitions, which explains this category’s sharp rise while Traditional software moves up modestly. We note that InfoVest is highly profitable, as reflected in the minority interest line. More Professional services are expected to be required as Revolution Performance contracts start to roll in, as customisation and data migration work will be required. However, this work could also involve InfoVest’s ETL product line and consulting skills.

Exhibit 2: Forecast changes

Old

New

Change

Old

New

Change

(£000s) 

2016e

2016e

(%)

2017e

2017e

(%)

Revenues

 

 

Traditional software rental

17,512

17,694

1.0

15,562

15,694

0.8

StatPro Revolution

8,410

8,633

2.6

11,783

12,115

2.8

Data

3,286

3,614

10.0

3,351

3,686

10.0

Professional services

2,000

2,100

5.0

2,040

2,142

5.0

Acquisitions - Investor Analytics & InfoVest

3,205

3,455

7.8

3,671

4,008

9.2

Group revenue

34,413

35,496

3.1

36,408

37,645

3.4

Growth (%)

14.0

17.6

5.8

6.1

Gross Profit

34,413

35,496

3.1

36,408

37,645

3.4

Op expenses (before dev costs)

(31,542)

(32,567)

3.3

(32,843)

(33,747)

2.8

Capitalisation of dev costs (net)

53

370

602.6

157

252

60.7

Adjusted operating profit

2,924

3,299

12.8

3,721

4,150

11.5

Operating margin (%)

8.5

9.3

10.2

11.0

Growth (%)

2.5

15.7

27.3

25.8

Net interest

(385)

(535)

39.0

(345)

(470)

36.2

Profit before tax norm

2,539

2,765

8.9

3,376

3,680

9.0

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0

(1,100)

0

(1,100)

Share based payments

(200)

(200)

0.0

(213)

(213)

0.0

Exceptional items (net of tax)

(1,500)

(894)

(40.4)

0

0

Profit before tax

839

571

(31.9)

3,163

2,368

(25.2)

Taxation

(711)

(774)

8.9

(945)

(1,030)

9.0

Minority interest

(56)

(213)

280.4

(71)

(271)

281.3

Net income

72

(416)

(675.1)

2,147

1,066

(50.3)

Adjusted EPS (p)

2.7

2.7

0.3

3.6

3.7

0.8

Source: StatPro Group accounts, Edison Investment Research estimates

Exhibit 3: Financial summary

£'000s

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016e

2017e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

32,001

32,486

32,018

30,187

35,496

37,645

Cost of Sales

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gross Profit

32,001

32,486

32,018

30,187

35,496

37,645

EBITDA

 

 

6,728

5,463

4,359

4,044

4,715

5,679

Adjusted Operating Profit

 

 

5,534

4,327

2,875

2,852

3,299

4,150

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(440)

(402)

(188)

(32)

(1,100)

(1,100)

Exceptionals

(693)

(347)

0

0

(894)

0

Share based payments

159

(192)

(26)

(121)

(200)

(213)

Operating Profit

4,560

3,386

2,661

2,699

1,106

2,838

Net Interest

(493)

(273)

(291)

(290)

(535)

(470)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

5,041

4,054

2,584

2,562

2,765

3,680

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

4,067

3,113

2,370

2,409

571

2,368

Tax

(1,387)

(1,030)

(774)

(788)

(774)

(1,030)

Profit After Tax (norm)

3,654

3,024

1,810

1,774

1,991

2,650

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

2,680

2,083

1,596

1,621

(203)

1,337

Minority interests

0

0

0

0

(213)

(271)

Net income (norm)

3,654

3,024

1,810

1,774

1,778

2,379

Net income (statutory)

2,680

2,083

1,596

1,621

(416)

1,066

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

62.2

67.5

67.5

67.6

66.2

65.1

EPS - normalised (p)

 

 

5.9

4.5

2.7

2.6

2.7

3.7

EPS - FRS 3 (p)

 

 

4.3

3.1

2.4

2.4

(0.6)

1.6

Dividend per share (p)

2.70

2.80

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

Gross Margin (%)

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

EBITDA Margin (%)

21.0

16.8

13.6

13.4

13.3

15.1

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

17.3

13.3

9.0

9.4

9.3

11.0

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

60,272

55,992

56,113

51,857

58,054

56,995

Intangible Assets

57,683

53,524

52,546

48,613

54,876

54,029

Tangible Assets

1,974

1,883

2,470

2,233

2,167

1,955

Other assets

615

585

1,097

1,011

1,011

1,011

Current Assets

 

 

10,675

10,312

10,441

10,665

2,223

2,588

Stocks

0

0

0

0

0

0

Debtors

6,962

6,167

7,722

8,462

9,950

10,553

Cash

3,681

4,014

2,692

2,203

(7,727)

(7,965)

Current Liabilities

 

 

(19,927)

(18,514)

(20,271)

(19,778)

(21,638)

(22,507)

Creditors

(19,913)

(18,502)

(20,259)

(19,660)

(21,520)

(22,389)

Short term borrowings

(14)

(12)

(12)

(118)

(118)

(118)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(1,400)

(882)

(598)

(1,227)

(3,325)

(1,926)

Long term borrowings

0

0

0

(801)

(801)

(801)

Other long term liabilities

(1,400)

(882)

(598)

(426)

(2,524)

(1,125)

Net Assets

 

 

49,620

46,908

45,685

41,517

35,313

35,149

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

9,233

9,403

7,705

6,548

7,489

9,709

Net Interest

(306)

(98)

(10)

(84)

(535)

(470)

Tax

(1,261)

(1,616)

(1,173)

(832)

(1,600)

(747)

Capex

(4,187)

(4,412)

(5,904)

(4,999)

(5,209)

(5,411)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

(990)

0

0

(5,536)

(1,399)

Equity financing

5,689

0

2

64

(2,079)

0

Dividends

(1,627)

(1,856)

(1,889)

(1,960)

(1,959)

(1,920)

Net Cash Flow

7,541

431

(1,269)

(1,263)

(9,429)

(238)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

3,399

(3,667)

(4,002)

(2,680)

(1,283)

8,646

Other

(475)

(96)

(53)

(134)

(500)

()

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(3,667)

(4,002)

(2,680)

(1,283)

8,646

8,884

Source: StatPro Group accounts, Edison Investment Research estimates

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ReNeuron Group — Update 5 August 2016

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