Boku (AIM: BOKU)

Last close As at 27/03/2024

GBP1.85

1.50 (0.82%)

Market capitalisation

GBP560m

Boku operates a billing platform that connects merchants with mobile network operators and alternative payment methods in more than 90 countries. It has c 370 employees, with its main offices in the US, UK, Estonia, Germany and India.

Direct carrier billing is an alternative payment method that uses a consumer’s mobile bill as the means to pay for digital content or services such as games, music or apps. Boku is the dominant DCB player, serving the largest merchants such as Apple, Sony, Facebook, Spotify and Netflix, and is expanding into alternative payment methods such as digital wallets and real-time payments.

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Key Management

  • Keith Butcher

    CFO

  • Stuart Neal

    CEO

Balance Sheet

Forecast net cash (US$m)

175.9

Forecast gearing ratio (%)

N/A

Share Price Performance

Price Performance
% 1M 3M 12M
Actual 19.7 36.1 51.4
Relative 19.1 36.0 44.7
52 week high/low 188.5p/131.0p

Financials

Boku’s strategy to widen its offering within the local payment method (LPM) market accelerated FY23 revenue growth to 30%, with 15% growth from the core direct carrier billing (DCB) business and supplemented by 153% growth from eWallets and real-time payments. EBITDA grew 27% y o y as the company continued to invest in building out its LPM network from a technological and regulatory perspective. With all major merchants using or planning to use Boku’s wider portfolio of payment methods, the company should benefit from faster growth in the non-card payment market and be able to leverage the investment it has made in its mobile-first platform to drive growth in earnings and cash generation.

Y/E Dec Revenue (US$m) EBITDA (US$m) PBT (US$m) EPS (fd) (c) P/E (x) P/CF (x)
2022A 63.8 20.2 15.3 3.95 59.1 34.5
2023A 82.7 25.8 22.1 5.56 42.0 27.0
2024E 95.0 31.7 27.5 6.93 33.7 22.0
2025E 105.0 36.9 31.6 7.88 29.6 19.1

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