bet-at-home — Improving momentum

bet-at-home (XETRA: ACXX)

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EUR2.45

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Market capitalisation

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bet-at-home — Improving momentum

bet-at-home reported headline figures for H120 ahead of consensus expectations. The results are encouraging given revenue growth in Q220 was better than might have been expected with the regulatory changes (Poland and Switzerland) and the impact of COVID-19 on sports betting. Management has reiterated its guidance for FY20, and the strong financial position makes the prospective dividend yield of 7.0% look attractive.

Russell Pointon

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Russell Pointon

Director, Consumer

Consumer

bet-at-home

Improving momentum

H120 headline results

Travel & leisure

4 August 2020

Price

€34.80

Market cap

€244m

€/£0.90

Net cash (€m) at 30 June 2020 (excluding client money)

54.1

Shares in issue

7.0m

Free float

46.7%

Code

ACXX

Primary exchange

XETR

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(13.0)

(12.0)

(37.0)

Rel (local)

(13.8)

(24.4)

(40.8)

52-week high/low

€54.8

€18.3

Business description

Founded in 1999, bet-at-home is an online sports betting and gaming company with c 300 employees. It is licensed in Malta and headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany. Since 2009 bet-at-home has been part of Betclic Everest, a privately owned French online gaming company.

Next events

H120 results

14 September 2020

Q320 results

9 November 2020

FY20 results

8 March 2021

Analysts

Russell Pointon

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

Sara Welford

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

bet-at-home is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

bet-at-home reported headline figures for H120 ahead of consensus expectations. The results are encouraging given revenue growth in Q220 was better than might have been expected with the regulatory changes (Poland and Switzerland) and the impact of COVID-19 on sports betting. Management has reiterated its guidance for FY20, and the strong financial position makes the prospective dividend yield of 7.0% look attractive.

Year end

Revenue
(GGR*) (€m)

EBITDA**
(€m)

EPS**
(€)

DPS
(€)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/18

143.4

36.2

4.65

6.50

7.5

18.7

12/19

143.3

35.2

4.26

2.00

8.2

5.7

12/20e

127.9

26.1

2.79

2.40

12.5

7.0

12/21e

130.4

26.5

2.83

2.88

12.3

8.3

Note: *GGR: gross gaming revenue. **EBITDA and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

H120: Ahead of consensus

bet-at-home’s Q220 results were ahead of consensus expectations. There was improving momentum with a decline in gross gaming revenue (GGR) of 11.2% yoy versus 13.4% in Q120, albeit against an easier comparative. Excluding the well-flagged revenue losses in Poland and Switzerland, we believe that GGR grew year-on-year, which is impressive given COVID-19’s effect on sports betting. The EBITDA decline of 21.2% was helped by ongoing preservation of marketing firepower, which does not appear to be affecting the number of registered users (5.293m at period end), while continuing to invest in staff. Cash generation appears strong given a net increase in cash and short-term deposits to €54.1m from €48.7m at the end of Q120, leading to a distribution of €2/share.

Consistent guidance for FY20

We leave our forecasts for FY20 of revenue of €127.9m and EBITDA of €26.1m unchanged ahead of the publication of full financial statements on 14 September 2020. Management has reiterated its FY20 guidance of GGR of €120–130m and EBITDA of €23–27m. With an improving outlook for sports betting, eg more football events in H220, including the Champions League games postponed from Q220, and given more than 50% of the forecast FY20 EBITDA has been generated in H120, the forecasts look well supported.

Valuation: 7.0% prospective dividend yield

Having recovered strongly through Q220, the share price has recently pulled back, making the EV/EBITDA for FY20e of 7.2x more attractive. Similarly, the 7.0% prospective dividend yield looks attractive, given the strong financial position of net cash of €54m, with no financial liabilities, versus the market capitalisation of €244m. We continue to believe that a recovery in sports betting and indications of positive regulation changes in Germany, the core market, would be positive catalysts for the share price.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

Year end 31 December, IFRS

€m

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020e

2021e

INCOME STATEMENT

Revenue

 

 

138.7

145.4

143.4

143.3

127.9

130.4

Cost of Sales

(25.8)

(27.6)

(28.2)

(25.8)

(23.6)

(24.1)

Net Gaming Revenue

112.9

117.8

115.1

117.5

104.3

106.4

EBITDA

 

 

33.0

36.4

36.2

35.2

26.1

26.5

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

 

31.9

35.1

34.9

33.2

24.1

24.5

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exceptionals

0.0

(0.9)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Share-based payments

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Reported operating profit

31.9

34.1

34.9

33.2

24.1

24.5

Net Interest

2.2

1.5

0.0

(0.1)

(0.1)

(0.1)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

34.1

36.6

35.0

33.1

24.0

24.3

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

34.1

35.7

35.0

33.1

24.0

24.3

Reported tax

(3.1)

(2.8)

(2.4)

(15.1)

(4.4)

(4.5)

Profit After Tax (norm)

31.0

33.8

32.6

29.9

19.6

19.8

Profit After Tax (reported)

31.0

32.8

32.6

18.0

19.6

19.8

Net income (normalised)

31.0

33.8

32.6

29.9

19.6

19.8

Net income (reported)

31.0

32.8

32.6

18.0

19.6

19.8

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

EPS - normalised fully diluted (c)

 

 

441.58

481.22

464.67

425.52

278.66

282.54

EPS - diluted normalised (€)

 

 

4.42

4.81

4.65

4.26

2.79

2.83

EPS - basic reported (€)

 

 

4.42

4.68

4.65

2.56

2.79

2.83

Dividend per share (c)

750.00

750.00

650.00

200.00

240.00

288.00

Revenue growth (%)

14.0

4.8

(1.4)

(0.0)

(10.8)

2.0

Gross Margin (%)

81.4

81.0

80.3

82.0

81.6

81.6

EBITDA Margin (%)

23.8

25.0

25.3

24.5

20.4

20.3

Normalised Operating Margin

23.0

24.1

24.4

23.2

18.9

18.8

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

4.9

4.0

3.4

8.2

7.5

6.5

Intangible Assets

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.3

2.8

3.0

Tangible Assets

2.9

2.0

1.4

5.9

4.7

3.5

Investments & other

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Current Assets

 

 

140.5

120.6

99.9

87.0

96.9

101.9

Stocks

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Debtors

47.9

16.9

20.1

30.4

33.4

36.4

Cash & cash equivalents

82.3

94.4

70.6

47.4

54.3

56.3

Customer cash

9.5

7.5

7.7

7.4

7.4

7.4

Other

0.7

1.8

1.5

1.9

1.9

1.9

Current Liabilities

 

 

(35.1)

(35.3)

(34.0)

(50.9)

(51.9)

(52.9)

Creditors

(0.5)

(3.5)

(3.3)

(4.2)

(5.2)

(6.2)

Short term provisions/ tax liabilities

(21.4)

(18.9)

(19.2)

(33.7)

(33.7)

(33.7)

Short term borrowings

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

(13.2)

(12.8)

(11.5)

(13.1)

(13.1)

(13.1)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(0.7)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(2.6)

Long term borrowings

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other long term liabilities

(0.7)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(2.6)

(2.6)

(2.6)

Net Assets

 

 

109.6

89.3

69.3

41.6

49.8

52.8

CASH FLOW

Op Cash Flow before WC and tax

32.5

37.0

36.3

35.0

26.1

26.5

Working capital

(1.6)

(3.4)

(7.5)

6.0

(2.0)

(2.0)

Exceptional & other

1.5

1.2

1.1

(1.0)

0.0

0.0

Tax

0.0

(3.4)

(5.0)

(10.2)

(4.4)

(4.5)

Operating cash flow

 

 

32.4

31.3

24.8

29.9

19.7

20.0

Capex

0.0

0.1

(0.7)

(2.5)

(1.0)

(1.0)

Acquisitions/disposals

(1.3)

(0.6)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net interest

26.0

29.0

0.0

0.0

(0.1)

(0.1)

Equity financing

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dividends

(15.8)

(52.6)

(52.6)

(45.6)

(14.0)

(16.8)

Other

0.0

0.0

0.0

(0.8)

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

41.3

7.2

(28.5)

(19.0)

4.5

2.0

Opening (cash)

 

 

(48.8)

(90.1)

(97.3)

(68.8)

(49.8)

(54.3)

FX

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other non-cash movements

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Closing (cash)

 

 

(90.1)

(97.3)

(68.8)

(49.8)

(54.3)

(56.3)

Closing net debt/(cash) ex client money

 

 

(82.3)

(94.4)

(70.6)

(47.4)

(54.3)

(56.3)

Source: bet-at-home accounts, Edison Investment Research


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