Jackpotjoy — 10% EPS upgrade on refinancing

Jackpotjoy — 10% EPS upgrade on refinancing

Jackpotjoy plc (JPJ) has made another significant step towards the improvement of its capital structure, by securing a c £388.5m senior secured term and revolving credit facility. The facility will replace its existing first and second lien term notes and, although 2017e gross debt increases by c £40m, cash interest costs should decline by c 33% pa. We estimate that pro forma adjusted net leverage of 3.4x (3.35x at Q317) will fall to 2.4x in 2018 and 1.6x in 2019. We have increased our 2018 and 2019 EPS by c 10%. JPJ’s shares have risen 39% since the January listing in London, but still trade at a meaningful discount to peers at 7.0x P/E, 8.0x EV/EBITDA and 13.3% free cash flow yield for 2018e.

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Jackpotjoy plc

10% EPS upgrade on refinancing

Refinancing update

Travel & leisure

27 November 2017

Price

834p

Market cap

£618m

£1/€1.12

Net debt (£m) at September 2017

298

Shares in issue

74.1m

Free float

95%

Code

JPJ

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

2.4

12.1

N/A

Rel (local)

3.9

11.8

N/A

52-week high/low

859p

534p

Business description

Jackpotjoy plc (JPJ) is a leading online gaming operator mainly focused on bingo-led gaming targeted towards female audiences. About 77% of revenues are generated in regulated markets.

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FY results

March 2018

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Victoria Pease

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Jackpotjoy plc is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Jackpotjoy plc (JPJ) has made another significant step towards the improvement of its capital structure, by securing a c £388.5m senior secured term and revolving credit facility. The facility will replace its existing first and second lien term notes and, although 2017e gross debt increases by c £40m, cash interest costs should decline by c 33% pa. We estimate that pro forma adjusted net leverage of 3.4x (3.35x at Q317) will fall to 2.4x in 2018 and 1.6x in 2019. We have increased our 2018 and 2019 EPS by c 10%. JPJ’s shares have risen 39% since the January listing in London, but still trade at a meaningful discount to peers at 7.0x P/E, 8.0x EV/EBITDA and 13.3% free cash flow yield for 2018e.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

EBITDA*
(£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

12/16

269.0

102.2

65.6

88.4

0.0

9.4

12/17e

298.2

107.4

65.2

86.4

0.0

9.7

12/18e

326.0

113.8

91.9

118.9

0.0

7.0

12/19e

349.4

116.4

100.5

127.6

0.0

6.5

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

Continued improvement of the capital structure

During 2017, JPJ has paid a £94.2m earnout to Gamesys and made significant progress in simplifying its balance sheet. The refinancing and replacement of its first and second lien term loans is another major step in improving the capital structure. The £388.5m senior secured term loan (£375m) and revolving credit facility (£13.5m) will be available from mid-December 2017. S&P and Moody’s are expected to issue new credit ratings: S&P is anticipated to maintain its B+ rating and Moody’s to upgrade to B1.

Cash interest decreases by 33%

The £375m term facility has a maturity of seven years, with a weighted average interest rate of Libor/Euribor + 491bp and the company estimates that total cash interest payments will be reduced by c 33% (£9m pa). We have raised our 2018 and 2019 EPS by c 10%. JPJ generates c £100m operating cash flow per year and, following the £44m earnout payment in June 2018, we estimate that current pro forma adjusted net debt to EBITDA of 3.4x (vs 3.35x at Q317) will fall to 2.4x in 2018 and 1.6x in 2019. Although not in our forecasts, we believe that JPJ may consider dividends from 2019.

Valuation: 7.0x 2018e P/E even more attractive

JPJ has produced four sets of robust quarterly reports since re-listing in London and the stock has risen 39% this year. Nonetheless, JPJ trades at a meaningful discount to peers (7.0x P/E, 8.0x EV/EBITDA for 2018e), reflecting legacy concerns about the Gamesys relationship, high leverage and the lack of dividend. This successful refinancing demonstrates the underlying strength of the business and robust cash generation should lead to demonstrable debt reduction from 2018.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

 

 

£m

2015

2016

2017e

2018e

2019e

December

 

PROFIT & LOSS

 

Revenue

 

 

194.6

269.0

298.2

326.0

349.4

Cost of Sales

(101.4)

(130.7)

(144.3)

(162.1)

(179.7)

Gross Profit

93.3

138.3

153.9

163.9

169.8

EBITDA

 

 

70.4

102.2

107.4

113.8

116.4

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

70.1

101.6

105.4

111.9

114.5

Intangible Amortisation

(50.6)

(55.5)

(61.2)

(61.2)

(61.2)

Exceptional and other items*

(109.7)

(52.5)

(33.5)

1.0

0.4

Share based payments

(2.9)

(2.3)

(1.5)

(2.0)

(2.0)

Operating Profit

(93.1)

(8.7)

9.2

49.7

51.7

Net Interest

(24.0)

(35.9)

(40.3)

(20.0)

(14.0)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

46.1

65.6

65.2

91.9

100.5

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

(114.2)

(40.7)

(30.1)

30.2

38.5

Tax

(0.5)

0.1

(0.7)

(2.5)

(4.5)

Profit After Tax (norm)

45.5

65.7

64.5

89.4

96.0

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

(114.8)

(40.6)

(30.8)

27.7

34.0

 

 

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

61.2

71.2

74.1

74.5

74.5

EPS - normalised (p)

74.4

92.2

87.0

120.0

128.8

EPS - normalised and fully diluted (p)

 

73.0

88.4

86.4

118.9

127.6

EPS - (IFRS) (p)

(187.5)

(57.1)

(41.5)

37.2

45.6

Dividend per share (p)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

 

Gross Margin (%)

47.9

51.4

51.6

50.3

48.6

EBITDA Margin (%)

36.2

38.0

36.0

34.9

33.3

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

36.0

37.8

35.4

34.3

32.8

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

674.3

652.3

593.2

534.0

475.9

Intangible Assets

668.8

648.8

587.6

526.4

465.2

Tangible Assets

0.2

0.9

2.9

5.0

8.1

Other long-term assets

5.3

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

Current Assets

 

 

63.9

139.0

112.8

121.2

157.1

Stocks

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Debtors (incl swaps)

25.6

62.0

28.0

32.0

34.0

Cash

31.8

68.5

75.8

79.2

112.1

Player balances

6.5

8.6

9.0

10.0

11.0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(54.3)

(154.9)

(82.0)

(44.0)

(42.0)

Creditors

(23.1)

(41.3)

(40.0)

(40.0)

(40.0)

Short term borrowings

(25.2)

(26.7)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Contingent consideration

(6.0)

(86.9)

(42.0)

(4.0)

(2.0)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(394.8)

(397.1)

(397.5)

(349.0)

(297.0)

Long term borrowings

(189.3)

(347.4)

(375.0)

(345.0)

(295.0)

Contingent consideration

(203.6)

(33.3)

(6.5)

(2.0)

0.0

Other long term liabilities

(2.0)

(16.4)

(16.0)

(2.0)

(2.0)

Net Assets

 

 

289.0

239.4

226.5

262.2

294.0

 

 

CASH FLOW

 

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

23.3

83.0

102.4

108.8

111.4

Net Interest

(24.0)

(35.9)

(32.0)

(20.0)

(14.0)

Tax

(0.5)

(1.2)

(2.5)

(2.5)

(4.5)

Capex

(2.5)

(2.5)

(4.0)

(4.0)

(5.0)

Acquisitions (inc earnouts)

(355.6)

(156.3)

(94.2)

(49.0)

(5.0)

Financing

203.7

(10.0)

36.7

0.0

0.0

Dividends

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

(155.6)

(122.9)

6.4

33.3

82.9

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

27.1

182.7

305.6

299.2

265.8

HP finance leases initiated

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

182.7

305.6

299.2

265.8

182.9

NPV of outstanding earnouts/other

 

209.5

140.7

55.5

6.0

2.0

Currency swaps

 

 

(4.7)

(38.2)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Adjusted net debt

 

 

387.5

408.1

354.6

271.8

184.9

Source: Company accounts, Edison Investment Research. Note: *Exceptional and other items include transaction-related costs, severance costs, fair value adjustments on contingent consideration and gain on cross-currency swap.

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