Bragg Gaming Group — Strong gaming business continues

Bragg Gaming Group (CN: BRAG)

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Bragg Gaming Group — Strong gaming business continues

Bragg Gaming Group has reported preliminary FY19 adjusted EBITDA of €1.4m (C$2.0m), with guidance of €5.5m (C$7.9m) for FY20, which, respectively, are 33% and 125% higher than our previous estimates. The earnout payment for the Oryx business commensurately increases by C$12m to c C$44m (our estimate) and Bragg is currently renegotiating the terms of this contingent consideration. Bragg’s core business is e-gaming (not sports), which should be relatively unaffected by COVID-19. We have raised our EBITDA estimates to align with the new guidance and we will translate our full forecasts into euros after FY19 results in April.

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Bragg Gaming Group

Strong gaming business continues

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19 March 2020

Price

C$0.17

Market cap

C$14m

€0.62/C$

Estimated adjusted net debt (C$m) at end December 2019

45.2

Shares in issue

80m

Free float

60%

Code

BRAG

Primary exchange

TSX.V

Secondary exchange

OTC.QX

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(22.7)

(29.2)

(71.7)

Rel (local)

17.7

2.9

(60.7)

52-week high/low

C$0.61

C$0.17

Business description

Bragg Gaming Group (formerly Breaking Data Corp) is a Toronto-based B2B online gaming holding company. The core asset is Oryx Gaming, a predominantly European B2B online gaming platform. Bragg’s online sports media outlet is under negotiation for a possible sale.

Next events

FY19 results

April 2020

Analysts

Victoria Pease

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Russell Pointon

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Bragg Gaming Group is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Bragg Gaming Group has reported preliminary FY19 adjusted EBITDA of €1.4m (C$2.0m), with guidance of €5.5m (C$7.9m) for FY20, which, respectively, are 33% and 125% higher than our previous estimates. The earnout payment for the Oryx business commensurately increases by C$12m to c C$44m (our estimate) and Bragg is currently renegotiating the terms of this contingent consideration. Bragg’s core business is e-gaming (not sports), which should be relatively unaffected by COVID-19. We have raised our EBITDA estimates to align with the new guidance and we will translate our full forecasts into euros after FY19 results in April.

Year end

Revenue (C$m)

EBITDA
(C$m)

EPS*
(C$)

DPS
(C$)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/18**

12.2

(3.3)

(0.05)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/19e

37.1

2.0

(0.02)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/20e

50.3

7.9

0.05

0.0

3.4

N/A

12/21e

59.6

9.5

0.04

0.0

4.3

N/A

Note: *EPS are normalised, excluding intangible amortisation, exceptional items and share-based payments. **FY18 results are largely from GiveMeSport (not Oryx).

Core Oryx business unaffected by COVID-19

Bragg has announced preliminary FY19 revenue of €26m (C$37.1m), which represents pro forma growth of 37% (vs our C$39.4m estimate). Adjusted EBITDA of €1.4m (C$2.0m) was higher than our C$1.5m estimate and FY20 guidance of €5.5m (C$7.9m) is significantly stronger than our previous C$3.5m estimate. In our view, these figures are not at risk from COVID-19 since Oryx has little exposure to sports. We have adjusted our forecasts to include this guidance and our FY20 EBITDA margin is now 15.6% vs 7.1% previously, as the business is showing signs of reaching industry standard EBITDA margins earlier than expected. FY20 revenue guidance (C$50–54m) compares to our previous estimate of C$48.6m.

Earnout payment and GMS sale negotiations

Given the stronger EBITDA delivered by Oryx, the earnout payment to the Oryx vendor now increases by approximately C$12m to C$44m, of which C$16.8m is payable in mid-2020 (our estimate). This contributes to an estimated adjusted net debt of C$45.2m at end FY19. Bragg has stated that it is in negotiations to restructure the original terms of this payment, potentially accelerating the entire earnout or adapting the current payment terms, and we expect further clarity in due course. Negotiations for the sale of GMS are underway although we expect this could be delayed by COVID-19.

Valuation: 7.4x EV/EBITDA for FY20e

Bragg Gaming has a limited reporting history and has yet to generate positive net cash. However, the core Oryx business is growing very strongly and the guidance for FY20 group EBITDA is encouraging. The stock trades at 7.4x EV/EBITDA and 3.4x P/E for FY20e. Catalysts for the share price include the sale of GMS (there are no proceeds in our current forecasts), as well as the successful renegotiation of the Oryx earnout (we note that this is critical given the limited cash flow).

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

C$000s

2018

2019e

2020e

2021e

2022e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

INCOME STATEMENT

Revenue

 

 

12,226.1

37,128.0

50,329.0

59,562.3

65,060.6

Cost of Sales

(6,123.2)

(19,348.4)

(25,164.5)

(30,972.4)

(33,831.5)

Gross Profit

6,102.9

17,779.6

25,164.5

28,589.9

31,229.1

EBITDA

 

 

(3,333.1)

2,008.5

7,854.0

9,503.7

10,713.3

Normalised operating profit

 

 

(3,385.6)

1,589.2

7,427.9

9,070.7

10,273.3

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(22,944.9)

(2,722.7)

(2,722.7)

(2,722.7)

(2,722.7)

One-off items inc changes in fair value of contingent/ deferred consideration

(3,882.0)

(8,000.0)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Share-based payments

(5,128.3)

(1,900.0)

(1,400.0)

(1,400.0)

(1,400.0)

Reported operating profit

(35,340.9)

(11,033.5)

3,305.2

4,948.0

6,150.6

Net Interest

(249.4)

(3,047.2)

(1,458.3)

(1,303.1)

(1,581.8)

Joint ventures & associates (post tax)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exceptionals

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(3,635.0)

(1,458.0)

5,969.6

7,767.6

8,691.5

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

(35,590.3)

(14,080.8)

1,846.9

3,644.9

4,568.7

Reported tax

(3.1)

(234.3)

(477.6)

(621.4)

(695.3)

Profit After Tax (norm)

(3,635.4)

(1,341.4)

5,492.1

7,146.2

7,996.2

Profit After Tax (reported)

(35,593.4)

(14,315.1)

1,369.3

3,023.5

3,873.4

Minority interests

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Discontinued operations

0.0

(2,380.0)

938.2

0.0

0.0

Net income (normalised)

(3,635.4)

(1,341.4)

5,492.1

7,146.2

7,997.2

Net income (reported)

(35,593.4)

(16,695.1)

2,307.5

3,023.5

3,873.4

Basic average number of shares outstanding (m)

78

79

105

173

214

EPS - basic normalised ($)

 

 

(0.05)

(0.02)

0.05

0.04

0.04

EPS - diluted normalised ($)

 

 

(0.05)

(0.02)

0.05

0.04

0.04

EPS - basic reported ($)

 

 

(0.46)

(0.21)

0.02

0.02

0.02

Dividend ($)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Revenue growth (%)

14.2

203.7

35.6

18.3

9.2

Gross Margin (%)

49.9

47.9

50.0

48.0

48.0

EBITDA Margin (%)

-27.3

5.4

15.6

16.0

16.5

Normalised Operating Margin

-27.7

4.3

14.8

15.2

15.8

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

55,367.7

56,308.7

54,159.9

52,004.2

49,841.4

Intangible Assets

55,075.2

54,317.5

52,214.7

50,112.0

48,009.2

Tangible Assets

292.5

1,991.2

1,945.2

1,892.2

1,832.2

Investments & other

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Current Assets

 

 

15,445.1

8,760.4

12,198.4

14,297.4

17,253.4

Stocks

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Debtors

6,414.8

7,914.8

8,414.8

8,914.8

9,414.8

Cash & cash equivalents

8,571.7

387.0

3,345.0

4,964.0

7,440.0

Other

458.6

458.6

438.6

418.6

398.6

Assets classified as held for sale

0.0

1,362.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(15,832.2)

(26,696.0)

(36,978.0)

(8,934.0)

(8,434.0)

Creditors

(12,453.1)

(9,500.0)

(9,000.0)

(8,500.0)

(8,000.0)

Deferred and contingent consideration

(3,038.0)

(16,762.0)

(27,544.0)

0.0

0.0

Short term borrowings

(151.0)

(284.0)

(284.0)

(284.0)

(284.0)

Other

(190.1)

(150.0)

(150.0)

(150.0)

(150.0)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(30,113.1)

(31,148.7)

(10,005.7)

(19,797.7)

(15,817.7)

Long term borrowings

(434.2)

(1,021.0)

(7,422.0)

(17,214.0)

(13,234.0)

Contingent Consideration

(27,095.2)

(27,544.0)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other long term liabilities

(29,678.9)

(30,127.7)

(2,583.7)

(2,583.7)

(2,583.7)

Liabilities classified as held for sale

0.0

(2,301.0)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net Assets

 

 

24,867.5

6,286.2

19,374.6

37,569.9

42,843.1

Shareholders' equity

 

 

24,867.5

6,286.2

19,374.6

37,569.9

42,843.1

CASH FLOW

Op Cash Flow before WC and tax

(2,969.4)

2,008.5

7,854.0

9,503.7

10,713.3

Working capital

5,457.0

(4,453.1)

(1,000.0)

(1,000.0)

(1,000.0)

Exceptional & other

(3,208.2)

(50.0)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Tax

(3.1)

(234.3)

(477.6)

(621.4)

(695.3)

Net operating cash flow

 

 

(723.6)

(2,728.9)

6,376.4

7,882.3

9,018.0

Capex

(223.7)

(2,500.0)

(1,000.0)

(1,000.0)

(1,000.0)

Acquisitions/disposals

(5,772.2)

(1,755.0)

(16,762.0)

(27,544.0)

0.0

Net interest

(248.6)

(27.2)

(438.3)

(1,283.1)

(1,561.8)

Equity financing

12,839.0

800.0

8,381.0

13,772.0

0.0

Dividends

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

0.0

(1,735.4)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

5,870.8

(7,946.6)

(3,442.9)

(8,172.8)

6,456.2

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(2,368.5)

(7,986.4)

917.6

4,360.5

12,533.3

FX

(252.9)

(241.0)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other non-cash movements

0.0

(716.5)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(7,986.4)

917.6

4,360.5

12,533.3

6,077.2

Adjusted net debt/(cash)

22,146.7

45,223.6

31,904.5

12,533.3

6,077.2

Source: Bragg Gaming accounts, Edison Investment Research

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