TXT e-solutions — Growing on all fronts

TXT e-solutions (Euronext STAR Milan: TXT)

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9.88

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TXT e-solutions — Growing on all fronts

TXT e-solutions reported a strong performance in Q319, with double-digit organic revenue growth in both divisions boosted by the contribution from Assioma and TXT Risk. For 9M19, normalised operating profits doubled year-on-year with margin expansion of 230bp. We have raised our FY19 and FY20 EPS forecasts to reflect Q3 performance. Recent fintech acquisitions have been integrated and are helping to accelerate the growth and profitability of the Banking & Finance division. With a significant amount of cash remaining on the balance sheet, we expect the company to make further targeted acquisitions.

Katherine Thompson

Written by

Katherine Thompson

Director

TMT

TXT e-solutions

Growing on all fronts

Q319 results

Software & comp services

18 November 2019

Price

€9.77

Market cap

€115m

Net cash (€m) at end Q319

43.2

Shares in issue

11.8m

Free float

45%

Code

TXT

Primary exchange

Borsa Italiana (STAR)

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

19.4

19.3

24.0

Rel (local)

13.2

1.6

0.4

52-week high/low

€10.0

€7.7

Business description

TXT e-solutions provides IT, consulting and R&D services to aerospace, aviation, automotive, banking and finance customers.

Next events

FY19 results

March 2020

Analyst

Katherine Thompson

+44 (0)20 3077 5730

TXT e-solutions is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

TXT e-solutions reported a strong performance in Q319, with double-digit organic revenue growth in both divisions boosted by the contribution from Assioma and TXT Risk. For 9M19, normalised operating profits doubled year-on-year with margin expansion of 230bp. We have raised our FY19 and FY20 EPS forecasts to reflect Q3 performance. Recent fintech acquisitions have been integrated and are helping to accelerate the growth and profitability of the Banking & Finance division. With a significant amount of cash remaining on the balance sheet, we expect the company to make further targeted acquisitions.

Year end

Revenue (€m)

PBT*
(€m)

EPS*
(€)

DPS
(€)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/17

35.9

3.0

0.19

1.00

52.6

10.2

12/18

40.0

1.5

0.10

0.50

95.0

5.1

12/19e

59.2

7.1

0.41

0.13

23.6

1.3

12/20e

65.5

6.6

0.38

0.15

25.7

1.5

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

Q3: Strong organic growth boosted by acquisitions

TXT reported 61.5% revenue growth in Q319, with 29% growth from the Aerospace, Aviation and Automotive (AAA) division (all organic) and 178% growth from the Banking & Finance (B&F) division, of which 134% was contributed by the Assioma and TXT Risk acquisitions. Software revenues made up 19% of Q319 revenues and 14% of 9M19 revenues, driving an improved gross margin versus Q318 and 9M18. Normalised EBIT increased 209% y-o-y in Q319 resulting in a normalised EBIT margin of 10.2% (Q318: 5.4%). Net cash at the end of Q319 of €43.2m was marginally lower than the previous quarter.

Raising estimates on stronger growth

We have revised our estimates to reflect the strong contribution in Q319. Higher revenues for FY19 and FY20 outweigh increased operating expenses, helped by higher than expected net financial income in FY19 and a lower tax rate for both years (from 31% to 28%). We raise our FY19 normalised EPS by 24% and FY20 by 17%.

Valuation: Accretive acquisitions to drive upside

On the back of Q3 results, the stock has gained 8%, and is up 20% from recent lows in mid-October and early September. On EV/sales and EV/EBIT multiples, TXT is trading in line with its peer group for FY19 and at a small discount in FY20, with EBITDA and EBIT margins slightly below the group average in FY19, increasing to the average by FY20. While the company still holds a high level of cash (we forecast net cash of €50m by the end of FY19), it continues to trade at a premium to peers on a P/E basis. Further acquisitions of earnings-enhancing businesses should reduce this premium.

Review of Q319 results

Exhibit 1: 9M19/Q319 results highlights

€m

9M19

9M18

y-o-y

Q319

Q318

y-o-y

Revenues

42.5

28.6

48.6%

15.5

9.6

61.5%

Licenses & maintenance

6.0

3.7

62.4%

3.0

1.3

129.5%

Services

36.6

25.0

46.6%

12.5

8.3

50.7%

Gross margin

44.6%

44.3%

0.3%

46.6%

43.6%

3.0%

EBITDA

4.9

3.0

65.3%

2.0

0.9

119.0%

EBITDA margin

11.6%

10.4%

1.2%

12.9%

9.5%

3.4%

Normalised EBIT

3.8

1.9

100.5%

1.6

0.5

208.5%

Normalised EBIT margin

8.9%

6.6%

2.3%

10.2%

5.4%

4.9%

Reported net income after MI

3.0

1.0

202.2%

0.9

0.1

598.4%

Net cash

43.2

64.8

(33.4%)

43.2

64.8

(33.4%)

Source: TXT e-solutions, Edison Investment Research

Exhibit 2: Revenues by division

Revenues (€m)

9M19

9M18

y-o-y

Q319

Q318

y-o-y

Aerospace, Aviation & Automotive (AAA)

28.3

22.7

24.8%

9.7

7.5

29.0%

Banking & Finance (B&F)

14.2

5.9

139.7%

5.8

2.1

177.7%

- Original business plus Cheleo

9.0

5.9

51.9%

3.0

2.1

43.6%

- Assioma & TXT Risk

5.2

0

N/A

2.8

0

N/A

Source: TXT e-solutions

Strong organic growth from both divisions

TXT reported a strong performance in Q319. Group revenues increased 61.5% y-o-y, with organic revenue growth of 32%. Assioma (acquired 1 May 2019) and TXT Risk (acquired 6 November 2018) contributed a combined €2.8m to revenues in Q319.

Revenues from software licences, subscriptions and maintenance increased 130% y-o-y to €3.0m in Q319, including a €0.35m contribution from the Assiopay subsidiary of Assioma. Services revenues increased 51% y-o-y to €12.5m, including an estimated €2.4m contribution from Assioma. This implies services revenues grew at an organic rate of 23% y-o-y.

Looking at the performance by division, the AAA business grew 25% over 9M19 and 29% in Q319. This was all organic growth. At the start of Q319, the business signed several contracts in North America, which have contributed to the step up in revenues in both software and services.

The B&F business grew 140% over 9M19 and 178% in Q319. On an organic basis, the business grew 44% in Q319. Organic growth for 9M19 was 17% (after also excluding Cheleo revenues for both periods). This division is made up of the existing software testing business, augmented by the acquisitions of Cheleo in August 2018, TXT Risk in November 2018 and Assioma in May 2019. The company is making good progress in integrating the acquired businesses and is starting to see progress in cross-selling.

Improving profitability

The increasing contribution of software to group revenues has resulted in an increase in gross margin in Q319 versus Q318. Despite higher investment in R&D and commercial costs, Q319 EBITDA and normalised EBIT margins improved on a year-on-year basis. On a 9M19 basis, margins also improved, smoothing out the effects of seasonality. We have treated €0.7m of operating costs as exceptional as they relate to reorganisation of the group.

The company continues to hold a large proportion of its cash (€81m) in multi-segment insurance funds that are marked to market. This generated a further €0.3m in financial income in Q319, after net financial income of €1.8m was reported in H119.

For 9M19 the company used a 28% tax rate, down from the 31% used for H119. This resulted in an increase in reported net income (after minority interest) of more than 200% for 9M19 and nearly 600% for Q319.

Net cash at the end of Q319 was €43.2m compared to €44.2m at the end of H119. This is after taking account of lease financing of c €5m, bank debt of c €39m and c €7m owed for deferred consideration and earn-outs.

Outlook and changes to forecasts

The company expects revenue growth to accelerate in Q419, both in terms of organic growth and the acquired businesses. Q419 EBITDA is expected to show improvement compared to Q418.

We have revised our forecasts as follows:

Revenues: we have slightly changed our assumptions for the mix between software and services.

Gross profit: with a higher contribution from software revenues, we have increased our gross profit forecasts for FY19 and FY20.

Operating costs: we have increased our R&D and commercial cost forecasts from Q419 to reflect the higher level in Q319.

Net financial income: we have factored in the Q3 reported financial income. We do not factor in future income/expense related to marking-to-market the short-term investments.

Tax: we have reduced our assumption for the effective tax rate from 31% to 28% for FY19/20.

Normalised EPS: overall, the changes above result in a 23.7% increase in FY19 normalised EPS and 17.2% for FY20. We note that EPS shows a small decline from FY19 to FY20 – this is due to the large net financial income contribution in FY19, which we have not factored into FY20 estimates. A better measure of underlying business performance, normalised EBIT is forecast to increase 81.8% y-o-y in FY19 and 26.6% in FY20.

Exhibit 3: Changes to forecasts

FY19e
old

FY19e new

change

y-o-y

FY20e
old

FY20e new

change

y-o-y

Revenues (€m)

57.4

59.2

3.1%

48.2%

64.4

65.5

1.6%

10.5%

Gross margin

43.1%

45.3%

2.3%

1.1%

43.0%

45.8%

2.8%

0.5%

Gross profit (€m)

24.7

26.9

8.6%

52.0%

27.7

30.0

8.2%

11.7%

EBITDA (€m)

5.8

6.6

13.9%

60.5%

7.2

8.0

10.9%

22.1%

EBITDA margin

10.1%

11.1%

1.0%

0.8%

11.2%

12.3%

1.0%

1.2%

Normalised EBIT (€m)

4.3

5.0

17.4%

81.8%

5.7

6.3

11.8%

26.6%

Normalised EBIT margin

7.4%

8.5%

1.0%

1.6%

8.8%

9.7%

0.9%

1.2%

Normalised net income (€m)

3.9

4.9

23.7%

303.5%

3.8

4.5

17.3%

(7.7%)

Normalised EPS (€)

0.34

0.41

23.7%

303.5%

0.32

0.38

17.2%

(8.3%)

Reported basic EPS (€)

0.26

0.28

9.0%

483.9%

0.27

0.32

19.9%

14.2%

Net cash (€m)

50.3

50.1

(0.4%)

(17.0%)

53.2

53.9

1.2%

7.5%

Dividend (€)

0.13

0.13

0.0%

(74.0%)

0.15

0.15

0.0%

15.4%

Source: Edison Investment Research

Valuation

On the back of Q3 results, the stock has gained 8%, and is up 20% from recent lows in mid-October and early September. On EV/sales and EV/EBIT multiples, TXT is trading in line with its peer group for FY19 and at a small discount in FY20, with EBITDA and EBIT margins slightly below the group average in FY19, increasing to the average by FY20. While the company still holds a high level of cash (we forecast net cash of €50m by the end of FY19), it continues to trade at a premium to peers on a P/E basis. Further acquisitions of earnings-enhancing businesses should reduce this premium

Exhibit 4: Peer group financial and valuation performance

Company

Share price

Market cap

Rev growth

EBIT margin

EBITDA margin

EV/sales (x)

EV/EBIT (x)

P/E (x)

Dividend yield

m

CY

NY

CY

NY

CY

NY

CY

NY

CY

NY

CY

NY

CY

NY

TXT

€ 9.77

€ 115

48.2%

10.5%

8.5%

9.7%

11.1%

12.3%

1.2

1.1

14.2

11.2

23.6

25.7

1.3%

1.5%

European IT services companies

AKKA Technologies

€ 60.40

€ 1,222

21.0%

5.5%

8.2%

8.6%

10.6%

10.9%

1.0

0.9

11.7

10.7

12.3

11.0

1.9%

2.2%

Alten

€ 100.7

€ 3,413

15.2%

7.9%

9.8%

10.0%

11.2%

11.3%

1.4

1.3

13.9

12.7

18.3

16.6

1.0%

1.0%

Altran

€ 14.16

€ 3,629

11.1%

5.7%

11.4%

12.2%

15.4%

15.8%

1.6

1.5

14.3

12.7

16.6

14.4

1.6%

1.8%

AtoS

€ 73.00

€ 7,950

-5.7%

2.2%

9.9%

10.2%

14.9%

15.3%

1.0

1.0

10.6

10.1

8.8

8.1

2.2%

2.5%

Cap Gemini

€ 106.55

€ 17,778

7.3%

4.8%

12.1%

12.3%

15.4%

15.4%

1.4

1.4

11.8

11.1

16.5

15.1

1.8%

1.9%

Devoteam

€ 84.10

€ 699

16.9%

9.2%

9.9%

10.3%

10.6%

11.0%

1.0

0.9

10.0

8.8

17.0

14.4

1.3%

1.6%

ESI Group

€ 30.30

€ 180

1.5%

7.8%

6.3%

7.6%

9.2%

10.7%

1.6

1.5

25.7

19.8

42.0

30.5

0.0%

0.0%

Exprivia

€ 0.80

€ 41

-10.1%

7.9%

2.9%

4.3%

6.4%

7.6%

0.5

0.4

16.9

10.4

40.0

8.0

0.0%

0.0%

Reply

€ 66.50

€ 2,481

13.4%

8.5%

12.5%

12.7%

15.1%

15.3%

2.1

1.9

16.9

15.3

23.6

21.4

0.7%

0.8%

Sopra Steria

€ 132.10

€ 2,706

8.5%

5.2%

7.4%

8.2%

10.5%

11.1%

0.8

0.8

11.2

9.6

13.9

11.3

1.7%

2.1%

Average

7.9%

6.5%

9.0%

9.6%

11.9%

12.4%

1.2

1.2

14.3

12.1

20.9

15.1

1.2%

1.4%

(Discount)/premium to peers

(4%)

(7%)

(1%)

(8%)

13%

70%

Source: Edison Investment Research, Refinitiv (as at 18 November)

Exhibit 5: Financial summary

€'000s

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019e

2020e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

54,410

61,540

33,060

35,852

39,957

59,221

65,455

Cost of sales

(26,455)

(29,189)

(18,954)

(20,224)

(22,289)

(32,370)

(35,475)

Gross profit

27,955

32,351

14,106

15,628

17,668

26,851

29,980

EBITDA

 

 

5,324

6,659

4,260

3,536

4,098

6,576

8,030

Operating Profit (before amort and except) 

4,284

5,820

3,954

3,180

2,755

5,009

6,342

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(285)

(285)

(264)

(439)

(610)

(960)

(960)

Exceptionals and other income

1,468

0

(557)

0

(300)

(1,205)

0

Other income

0

(740)

0

(69)

0

0

0

Operating Profit

5,467

4,795

3,133

2,672

1,845

2,844

5,382

Net Interest

(249)

(151)

48

(208)

(1,284)

2,100

300

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

4,035

5,669

4,002

2,972

1,471

7,109

6,642

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

5,218

4,644

3,181

2,464

561

4,944

5,682

Tax

(1,046)

(762)

(661)

(710)

4

(1,384)

(1,591)

Profit After Tax (norm)

3,226

4,739

3,170

2,170

1,204

5,119

4,782

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

4,172

3,882

2,520

1,754

565

3,560

4,091

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

11.5

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.7

11.8

EPS - normalised (€)

 

 

0.281

0.406

0.271

0.186

0.103

0.415

0.380

EPS - normalised fully diluted (€)

 

 

0.276

0.403

0.271

0.186

0.103

0.415

0.380

EPS - (IFRS) (€)

 

 

0.364

0.333

0.475

5.874

0.048

0.282

0.322

Dividend per share (€)

0.23

0.25

0.30

1.00

0.50

0.13

0.15

Gross margin (%)

51.4

52.6

42.7

43.6

44.2

45.3

45.8

EBITDA Margin (%)

9.8

10.8

12.9

9.9

10.3

11.1

12.3

Operating margin (before GW and except) (%)

7.9

9.5

12.0

8.9

6.9

8.5

9.7

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

18,019

18,132

25,428

8,860

22,942

30,935

28,727

Intangible Assets

15,078

14,692

21,296

7,332

17,751

24,163

23,175

Tangible Assets

1,249

1,361

1,598

793

3,680

5,261

4,041

Other

1,692

2,079

2,534

735

1,511

1,511

1,511

Current Assets

 

 

34,892

38,946

37,085

109,426

134,674

124,925

123,136

Stocks

1,820

2,075

3,146

2,528

3,141

3,441

3,741

Debtors

20,768

27,791

26,369

17,215

16,992

25,184

27,835

Cash

12,304

9,080

7,570

89,683

114,541

96,299

91,560

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(17,451)

(18,349)

(21,051)

(13,612)

(30,086)

(31,196)

(33,140)

Creditors

(15,297)

(17,528)

(20,243)

(12,937)

(12,782)

(18,792)

(20,736)

Short term borrowings

(2,154)

(821)

(808)

(675)

(17,304)

(12,404)

(12,404)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(6,491)

(5,105)

(7,180)

(4,781)

(41,184)

(38,084)

(29,584)

Long term borrowings

(1,685)

0

(1,391)

(1,688)

(36,882)

(33,782)

(25,282)

Other long term liabilities

(4,806)

(5,105)

(5,789)

(3,093)

(4,302)

(4,302)

(4,302)

Net Assets

 

 

28,969

33,624

34,282

99,893

86,346

86,580

89,139

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

5,404

2,412

10,676

119

2,039

3,394

7,024

Net Interest

(249)

(151)

105

(208)

(69)

2,100

300

Tax

(1,344)

(1,461)

(2,022)

379

(624)

(1,384)

(1,591)

Capex

(615)

(763)

(738)

(661)

(548)

(620)

(440)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

0

(5,403)

82,250

1,314

(6,500)

0

Financing

(597)

2,215

(828)

(6)

(7,227)

(931)

0

Dividends

(2,615)

(2,678)

(2,931)

(3,496)

(11,710)

(5,781)

(1,532)

Net Cash Flow

(16)

(426)

(1,141)

78,377

(16,825)

(9,723)

3,761

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(8,575)

(8,465)

(8,259)

(5,371)

(87,320)

(60,336)

(50,113)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

(2,788)

(2,500)

0

Other

(94)

220

(1,747)

3,572

(7,371)

2,000

(0)

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(8,465)

(8,259)

(5,371)

(87,320)

(60,336)

(50,113)

(53,874)

Source: TXT e-solutions accounts, Edison Investment Research


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Frankfurt +49 (0)69 78 8076 960

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London +44 (0)20 3077 5700

280 High Holborn

London, WC1V 7EE

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1,185 Avenue of the Americas

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United States of America

Sydney +61 (0)2 8249 8342

Level 4, Office 1205

95 Pitt Street, Sydney

NSW 2000, Australia

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