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Selvita — New funds enable expanded R&D programme

Selvita’s FY17 revenues were PLN105.9m, up 59% y-o-y, with adjusted operating profit rising from PLN4.7m to PLN13.2m. This reflects strong organic growth, but profitability was also boosted by the SEL24 out-licensing deal to the Menarini Group, which contributed PLN13.0m to profit. The share issue completed in February 2018 raised PLN134m gross. This new money and funds from additional sources will support Selvita’s new R&D-focused strategy, which we have already included in our model. Our updated valuation is slightly higher at PLN1.30bn or PLN81.7/share.

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Selvita

New funds enable expanded R&D programme

Q417 company update

Pharma & biotech

16 April 2018

Price

PLN60.00

Market cap

PLN958m

Net cash (PLNm) at end March 2018

158.7

Shares in issue

16.0m

Free float

40%

Code

SLV

Primary exchange

WSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(2.1)

(2.3)

9.2

Rel (local)

(0.3)

7.4

5.6

52-week high/low

PLN68.2

PLN41.6

Business description

Selvita is an R&D and drug discovery services company. It operates two main business units: Innovations Platform (internal R&D pipeline) and Research Services (medicinal chemistry/biology, biochemistry).

Next events

SEL120 Phase I study start

H218

Q118 report

22 May 2018

Out-licensing/sale of a preclinical project

2018

Analyst

Jonas Peciulis

+44 (0)20 3077 5728

Selvita is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Selvita’s FY17 revenues were PLN105.9m, up 59% y-o-y, with adjusted operating profit rising from PLN4.7m to PLN13.2m. This reflects strong organic growth, but profitability was also boosted by the SEL24 out-licensing deal to the Menarini Group, which contributed PLN13.0m to profit. The share issue completed in February 2018 raised PLN134m gross. This new money and funds from additional sources will support Selvita’s new R&D-focused strategy, which we have already included in our model. Our updated valuation is slightly higher at PLN1.30bn or PLN81.7/share.

Year end

Revenue (PLNm)

PBT*
(PLNm)

EPS*
(PLN)

DPS
(PLN)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/16

66.7

4.6

0.64

0.0

N/M

N/A

12/17

105.9

10.2

0.51

0.0

N/M

N/A

12/18e

100.3

0.3

0.02

0.0

N/M

N/A

12/19e

116.8

2.4

0.14

0.0

N/M

N/A

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

Successful financing and ramping up R&D

In February, Selvita issued 2.2m new shares (16% of previous shares in issue) at close to market price. The proceeds of PLN134m cover a part of the total expected funding of around PLN390m from various sources intended to support Selvita’s new business plans for the next several years, as discussed in detail in our outlook report. The R&D update provided with the FY17 results indicated that Selvita is now executing on the overhauled R&D-focused strategy. New released details include the news that the Phase I/II trial with SEL24 (a dual inhibitor of PIM and FLT3 kinases) in AML has resumed after the clinical hold had been lifted by the FDA in December 2017. Preparations for the clinical development of SEL120 (first-in-class selective CDK8 inhibitor) are ongoing. Selvita plans to file an IND application in 2018, with a Phase I trial following subsequently.

Solid organic growth in FY17

Total FY17 revenues of PLN105.9m were spot on our estimate and up by an impressive 59% y-o-y. Commercial revenues (ie excluding subsidies/grants) were PLN87.8m, up 62%, while subsidies (allocated to all three business segments) accounted for PLN17.6m, up 46%. Operating profit of PLN13.2m (adjusted for ESOP costs) was also in line with our expectation and up from PLN4.7m in FY16. The disclosed end-March 2018 cash position was PLN159m, which includes proceeds from the share issue. Debt at end-FY17 was PLN4.9m.

Valuation: Increased to PLN1.30bn or PLN81.7/share

We have increased our Selvita valuation from PLN1.09bn or PLN79.1/share to PLN1.30bn or PLN81.7/share mainly due to the higher cash position, rolling our model forward and modest revision of our estimates. Near-term catalysts include data readout from the Phase I/II trial with SEL24 run by the Menarini Group, the initiation of the SEL120 Phase I trial and potential out-licensing of a preclinical project from the early pipeline.

Executing R&D-focused strategy

In our view, the main message in Selvita’s R&D update was that the company is now executing the overhauled strategy first introduced in August 2017, which we discussed in our latest outlook report and reflected it in our model. Selvita’s preliminary estimate is a total investment of around PLN390m over 2017-2021, which will be financed from internal reserves, secured public grants (PLN164m), bank loans and the completed share issue (PLN134m). Multiple strategic goals over the next several years include:

R&D-related investments estimated at PLN260-290m will support Selvita’s main platforms:

Targeted therapeutics. Total expected investment of around PLN120m (PLN70m for SEL120 and PLN50m for other projects). Selvita will fund the Phase I development of SEL120 which will create value; if successful, the company plans to out-license the asset in Phase II. We assume that Selvita will file an IND application for SEL120 in 2018, SEL120 will be ready for Phase II in 2021 and the licensing deal will happen in the same year. Selvita also plans to partner one other research project in discovery or preclinical stage in 2018.

Cancer metabolism and immunometabolism. Total expected investments of around PLN70m. One research project partnered in a preclinical or clinical stage in 2019.

Immunology and immunooncology. Total expected investments of around PLN80m. One project partnered in a preclinical or clinical stage in 2020.

PLN73m will be used to build and develop new laboratory infrastructure (Research and Development Center for Innovative Drugs). This will substantially increase Selvita’s R&D capacity to proceed with the drug discovery platforms mentioned above.

PLN27m will be used to develop the Services business. The company expects a shift in “product mix” – increasing the number of high-margin integrated projects (the higher end of drug discovery services) and fewer low-margin, fixed-fee projects (commodity-like services). The bioinformatics segment is also expected to grow, driven by internal R&D efforts and rolling out innovative products.

Other positive recent news was Nodthera’s £8.7m fundraising and a further commitment of £25.3m under certain conditions from a consortium of investors until 2020. This indicates that Nodthera is making progress after it was established together with Epidarex Capital in 2016, based on the scientific programme originated and developed at Selvita since 2012.

Financials

Selvita reports in three business segments: Services, Innovation and Bioinformatics. Subsidies are allocated to each of the segments. Total 2017 revenues of PLN105.9m were exactly in line with our estimate and up by an impressive 59% y-o-y (Exhibit 1). Commercial revenues (ie excluding subsidies/grants) were PLN87.8m, up 62%, while subsidies (allocated to all three segments) accounted for PLN17.6m, up 46%.

Commercial revenues from the Innovation segment grew 100% to PLN36.7m in 2017. The out-licensing of the most advanced product SEL24 to the Menarini Group in March 2017 was one of the main reasons for such a strong performance last year. The upfront payment was PLN20.3m, but because Selvita has capitalised certain costs associated with SEL24 development, the profit booked in the P&L was PLN13m. Commercial revenues from this segment come from payments related to different partnerships, such as milestone payments from drug discovery collaborations, and therefore tend to be volatile from quarter to quarter, but offer potentially higher margins. Our current expectations include lower income in this segment for 2018 (see below) as we do not expect such large deals this year. In the longer term, the Innovation segment includes Selvita’s own R&D pipeline activities so developing it is a strategic goal, which will be supported by substantial investments.

The Services segment generated sales of PLN44.2m (excluding subsidies) in FY17, an increase of 36% y-o-y, which reflects solid organic growth. Business portfolio expansion, entering new markets, an increasing number of FTE and integrated contracts were the growth drivers indicated by Selvita. As an example, four years ago around 90% of all services were provided under a fixed price, while now 70% of all services are provided in a form of an integrated project or a full time equivalent model (high-end offering).

While a small business on an absolute basis (6.5% of total Selvita revenues in FY17) the Bioinformatics (Ardigen) segment has been a positive surprise to us since the spinout in October 2015 (Selvita has 51.6%, consolidates the accounts and reports as a third business segment). FY17 sales were PLN6.9m, a 101% y-o-y increase.

Operating profit of PLN13.2m (adjusted for ESOP costs) was also in line with our expectation and up from PLN4.7m in FY16. Total FY17 operating expenses (excluding ESOP costs) increased to PLN92.7m from PLN62.1m in FY16, as Selvita has been growing its staff count and has opened new facilities in Poznan as well as new international sales offices. Reported net profit of PLN7.9m was below our forecast of PLN11.0m (both adjusted for ESPO costs) due to higher than expected financial expenses and a write-off associated with deferred income tax assets, which are related to tax relief for companies operating in special economic zones (notably, deferred income tax assets increased significantly a year ago).

Reported FY17 capex (tangible and intangible) was PLN21.6m versus PLN21.2m a year ago reflecting mainly organic growth. Selvita’s new strategy includes substantial capacity increase in coming years. We have described and already included the first stage of the expansion in our model. Selvita reported year-end cash at PLN36m and had PLN4.9m in debt. The disclosed end-March 2018 cash position was PLN159m, which includes proceeds of PLN134m gross from the share issue.

2018 backlog and estimate revision

In our last report we revised our estimates to reflect Selvita’s new R&D strategy and assumed that the company would increase its R&D expenditure. 2017 revenues and operating costs were close to our estimates, but the latest contract backlog information provided by Selvita has prompted us to make some adjustments to our sales estimates:

The reported backlog for the Services segment was PLN29.1m (excluding subsidies), up 48% y-o-y, while for Bioinformatics (excluding subsidies) it was PLN4.7m, flat y-o-y. The proportions of the backlogs compared to our estimated end-2018 sales in these two segments are similar to the proportions seen in 2017. As a result, we leave our Services and Bioinformatics sales estimates unchanged.

However, the reported backlog for Innovation (excluding subsidies) was PLN6.9m compared to PLN38.2m a year ago. FY17 income was boosted by the Menarini Group deal and we do not expect such a large deal in 2018. Backlog for subsidies, on the other hand, was substantially higher at PLN27.8m compared to PLN17.5m a year ago. We have adjusted our FY18 Innovation revenues and total subsidies estimates to reflect similar proportions of backlog vs year-end sales seen last year. Given that the adjustments largely offset each other, our total top line estimate for 2018 is virtually unchanged.

Our current FY18 revenue estimate is PLN100.3m growing to PLN116.8m in FY19. We forecast total operating costs rising to PLN99.0m in FY18 due to increasing R&D activities and continued increase in capacity in the Services segment. Notably, our financial forecasts do not include any subsequent milestone payments from Menarini Group.

Exhibit 1: Key changes to our financial forecasts and introduction of FY19 forecasts

PLN000s

FY16

FY17

FY18e

FY19e

Act.

Est.

Act.

Change (%)

Old

New

Change (%)

New

Revenue

66,721

105,994

105,872

-0%

99,167

100,294

+1%

116,816

---Services

32,404

43,746

44,208

+1%

54,682

55,260

+1%

67,417

---Innovation

18,353

38,638

36,727

-5%

20,189

8,000

-60%

22,207

---Bioinformatics

3,431

6,855

6,885

+0%

7,541

7,574

+0%

8,331

---Subsidies

12,067

16,290

17,591

+8%

16,290

29,000

+78%

18,400

Operating profit/loss (norm.)

4,646

13,212

13,222

+0%

1,067

1,324

+24%

3,420

Profit/loss before tax (norm.)

(1,283)

11,354

10,183

-10%

279

260

-7%

2,415

Profit/loss after tax (norm.)

8,545

11,031

7,315

-34%

265

247

-7%

2,246

EPS (norm.), PLN

0.64

0.81

0.51

-38%

0.02

0.02

-15%

0.14

Source: Selvita accounts, Edison Investment Research. Indicated lines normalised for costs associated with share-based incentive programme: PLN5.9m in 2016 and PLN583k in 2017.

Valuation

We have increased our Selvita valuation from PLN1.09bn or PLN79.1/share to PLN1.30bn or PLN81.7/share due to the higher cash position, rolling our model forward and a modest revision to our estimates. The valuation per share has increased proportionally less than our absolute valuation due to the higher number of shares after the issue. We maintain our valuation approach and assumptions as discussed in detail in our recent outlook report. We use DCF-based calculations with a discount rate of 10% to value the core drug discovery services business and research collaborations. Separately we use risk-adjusted NPV models with a discount rate of 12.5% for Selvita’s R&D projects in various stages.

Exhibit 2: Sum-of-the-parts Selvita valuation

Product

Launch

Peak sales
($m)

NPV
(PLNm)

NPV/share (PLN)

Probability

rNPV
(PLNm)

rNPV/share (PLN)

Innovation

SEL24

2023

750

681.5

42.7

15.0%

135.0

8.5

SEL120

2025

1,500

1,431.5

89.6

10%

166.4

10.4

SMARCA2 inhibitor

2030

1,000

646.7

40.5

2%

102.4

6.4

A2A/A2B antagonist

2030

1,000

720.7

45.1

2%

99.5

6.2

SHMT2 inhibitor

2031

1,000

438.2

27.4

2%

69.0

4.3

Merck collaborations

2026

2,000

46.4

2.9

5%

7.6

0.5

Services (including Ardigen)

Market

DCF (2018-2027)

100%

187.9

11.8

Terminal value

100%

382.9

24.0

Net cash (at end March 2018)

100%

153.8

9.6

Valuation

3,965.1

248.3

1,304.4

81.7

Source: Edison Investment Research. Note: WACC = 12.5% for product valuations, WACC = 10% for Services segment.

Exhibit 3: Financial summary

PLN'000s

2015

2016

2017

2018e

2019e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

56,077

66,721

105,872

100,294

116,816

of which: Services (research outsourcing)

23,052

32,404

44,208

55,260

67,417

Innovation platform

15,416

18,353

36,727

8,000

22,207

Subsidies

14,700

12,067

17,591

29,000

18,400

Bioinformatics

2,561

3,431

6,885

7,574

8,331

EBITDA

 

 

10,235

8,264

18,462

6,564

9,891

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

6,802

4,646

13,222

1,324

3,420

Intangible Amortisation

0

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals/Other*

(4,729)

(5,860)

(583)

0

0

Operating Profit

2,073

(1,214)

12,639

1,324

3,420

Net Interest

748

947

(1,956)

18

78

Share in profit/(loss) of asocs. and JVs**

0

(1,016)

(1,082)

(1,082)

(1,082)

Other

0

0

0

0

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

7,540

4,577

10,183

260

2,415

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

2,821

(1,283)

9,600

260

2,415

Tax

(5)

0

(831)

(13)

(169)

Deferred tax

3,417

3,968

(2,037)

0

0

Profit After Tax (norm)

10,952

8,545

7,315

247

2,246

Profit After Tax (reported)

6,233

2,685

6,732

247

2,246

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

13.1

13.4

13.8

14.9

16.0

EPS - normalised (PLN)

 

 

0.84

0.64

0.51

0.02

0.14

EPS - reported (PLN)

 

 

0.48

0.20

0.47

0.02

0.14

Dividend per share (PLN)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

16,718

41,451

43,701

77,034

109,326

Intangible Assets

2,274

6,640

2,638

2,638

2,638

Tangible Assets

8,597

21,833

31,377

64,711

97,002

Other

5,847

12,979

9,686

9,686

9,686

Current Assets

 

 

48,524

47,669

59,873

179,171

174,239

Stocks

1,174

1,403

1,591

1,569

1,548

Debtors

17,961

16,320

19,226

19,226

19,226

Cash

28,807

29,095

36,124

155,445

150,534

Other

582

851

2,932

2,932

2,932

Current Liabilities

 

 

(16,319)

(18,933)

(26,752)

(26,691)

(26,847)

Creditors

(3,927)

(7,883)

(10,873)

(10,873)

(10,873)

Provisions

(3,327)

(3,600)

(5,150)

(5,150)

(5,150)

Deferred revenues

(7,384)

(5,469)

(8,451)

(8,451)

(8,451)

Short term borrowings

(33)

(859)

(912)

(912)

(912)

Other

(1,648)

(1,122)

(1,366)

(1,304)

(1,460)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(2,043)

(14,477)

(12,826)

(37,826)

(62,826)

Long term borrowings

0

(4,792)

(3,982)

(28,982)

(53,982)

Deferred revenues

(1,513)

(6,382)

(4,233)

(4,233)

(4,233)

Other long term liabilities

(529)

(3,303)

(4,611)

(4,611)

(4,611)

Net Assets

 

 

46,880

55,710

63,996

191,689

193,892

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(16,430)

(6,280)

10,265

(23,521)

(9,535)

Net Interest

0

0

0

0

0

Tax

0

0

717

(74)

(13)

Capex

(5,190)

(21,210)

(21,558)

(38,574)

(38,763)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

0

10

0

0

Financing

27,314

303

715

127,490

0

Dividends

0

0

0

0

0

Other (incl. subsidies)

18,834

21,859

19,174

29,000

18,400

Net Cash Flow

24,529

(5,329)

9,323

94,320

(29,911)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(4,787)

(28,773)

(23,445)

(31,230)

(125,551)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

Exchange rate movements

0

0

0

0

0

Other

(543)

0

(1,537)

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(28,773)

(23,445)

(31,230)

(125,551)

(95,640)

Source: Company accounts, Edison Investment Research. Note: *Non-cash cost related to the employee stock options programme. **Profit and loss from 2016 include share in Nodthera’s earnings according to an equity method valuation. Please note that the share number changed in 2017 as a result of Nodthera's capital increase.

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