SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner — Revenue guidance is cut by 9.8% at mid-points

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner — Revenue guidance is cut by 9.8% at mid-points

SNP’s preliminary H118 results indicate that the strongly anticipated tsunami of SAP S/4HANA transformations has continued to shift out as enterprises await greater clarity on the technological transition to the new cloud platform. After the Q1 results in May we reported that there had been several S/4HANA project delays, as such transformations are highly complex to implement. We understand this trend has continued. Nevertheless, SNP remains extremely confident that the tsunami is just a matter of time. In preparation, SNP has established new partnership with IBM Services incorporating a novel ‘Bluefield’ approach to target the potentially substantial S/4HANA market. We have removed our forecasts and will review them after the full Q2/H1 results on Thursday.

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SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner

Revenue guidance is cut by 9.8% at mid-points

Preliminary H1 results

Software & comp services

31 July 2018

Price

€17.70

Market cap

€97m

Net debt (€m) at 31 March 2018

32.6

Shares in issue

5.5m

Free float

53.0

Code

SHF

Primary exchange

Frankfurt (Xetra)

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(35.3)

(49.8)

(47.2)

Rel (local)

(37.8)

(50.5)

(49.8)

52-week high/low

€37.4

€17.8

Business description

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner is a software and consulting business focused on supporting customers in implementing change, and rapidly and economically tailoring IT landscapes to new situations. It has developed a proprietary software suite, CrystalBridge and Transformation Backbone with SAP LT (T-B), which automatically analyses and applies and tracks changes in IT systems.

Next events

Full Q2/H1 results

2 August

Q3 results

31 October

German Equity Forum

26-28 November 201

Analysts

Richard Jeans

+44 (0)20 3077 5735

Katherine Thompson

+44 (0)20 3077 5730

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

SNP’s preliminary H118 results indicate that the strongly anticipated tsunami of SAP S/4HANA transformations has continued to shift out as enterprises await greater clarity on the technological transition to the new cloud platform. After the Q1 results in May we reported that there had been several S/4HANA project delays, as such transformations are highly complex to implement. We understand this trend has continued. Nevertheless, SNP remains extremely confident that the tsunami is just a matter of time. In preparation, SNP has established new partnership with IBM Services incorporating a novel ‘Bluefield’ approach to target the potentially substantial S/4HANA market. We have removed our forecasts and will review them after the full Q2/H1 results on Thursday.

Year end

Revenue (€m)

PBT*
(€m)

EPS*
(c)

DPS
(c)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/16

80.7

6.4

109.7

39.0

16.1

2.2

12/17

122.3

0.2

(7.4)

0.0

N/A

0.0

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

Trading update: Delays in project completions

H1 revenue was c €65m, representing c 35% growth over H117 while there was an adjusted loss before interest and tax (LBIT) of c €3.6m and a statutory LBIT of c €6.0m. The performance was primarily affected by delays in project completions, resulting in temporarily lower capacity utilisation for Professional Services, particularly software licence revenue from SNP’s in-house products fell short of expectations. Management now expects FY18 group revenue to be €135–140m (previous guidance was €150–155m) with a slightly negative EBIT margin. This suggests the H2 EBIT margin will be in positive single digits.

Partnership with IBM Services to target S/4HANA

In May, SNP announced a partnership with IBM Services, a unit of the US tech giant, to accelerate SAP S/4HANA adoption. The partnership will broaden SNP's route to market in North America and across the globe. The partners have developed a highly automated ‘Bluefield’ approach to rival traditional ‘Greenfield’ and ‘Brownfield’ approaches. It leverages SNP’s data transformation engine along with S/4HANA project management, technical and functional expertise from IBM Services to provide a faster approach to SAP S/4HANA adoption. The partnership will generate software sales for SNP, while IBM Services gets the services work.

Forecasts and valuation: Review after H2 numbers

We will review our forecasts after the full Q2 results on Thursday. The share price has halved since April and based on management’s new guidance, SNP trades on just over 1x FY18 revenues. This is cheap if management can return the business to double-digit margins, which we believe is highly probable if the S/4HANA transformation tsunami does materialise and the group can successfully grow its high-margin software sales.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

€'000s

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

27,157

23,536

30,480

56,236

80,685

122,343

Cost of sales

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gross Profit

27,157

23,536

30,480

56,236

80,685

122,343

EBITDA

 

 

3,714

(1,972)

862

5,484

8,524

3,268

Adjusted Operating Profit

 

 

2,951

(2,714)

(66)

4,222

7,514

1,513

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0

0

0

0

(657)

(2,021)

Exceptionals

0

0

1,505

356

0

0

Associates

(107)

0

0

(3)

8

(24)

Operating Profit

2,845

(2,714)

1,439

4,575

6,865

(532)

Net Interest

20

(85)

(66)

(828)

(1,137)

(1,327)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

2,972

(2,799)

(132)

3,394

6,377

186

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

2,865

(2,799)

1,373

3,747

5,728

(1,859)

Tax

(947)

477

(344)

(1,195)

(1,517)

(807)

Profit After Tax (norm)

2,025

(2,322)

(477)

2,198

4,860

(620)

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

1,918

(2,322)

1,028

2,552

4,211

(2,666)

Minority interest

(127)

(84)

(40)

0

(147)

234

Adjustments for normalised earnings

0

0

0

0

0

0

Net income (norm)

1,897

(2,405)

(517)

2,198

4,713

(386)

Net income (FRS 3)

1,791

(2,405)

988

2,552

4,064

(2,431)

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

3.4

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.3

5.2

EPS - normalised (c)

 

 

55.7

(64.7)

(13.9)

58.8

109.7

(7.4)

EPS - normalised & fully diluted (c)

 

 

55.7

(64.7)

(13.9)

58.8

109.7

(7.4)

EPS - FRS 3 (c)

 

 

52.5

(64.7)

26.6

68.3

94.6

(46.8)

Dividend per share (c)

24.00

8.00

13.00

34.00

39.00

0.00

Gross Margin (%)

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

EBITDA Margin (%)

13.7

-8.4

2.8

9.8

10.6

2.7

Adjusted Operating Margin (%)

10.9

-11.5

-0.2

7.5

9.3

1.2

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

4,236

7,759

8,291

15,243

30,109

75,171

Intangible Assets

2,327

5,194

5,190

11,675

24,179

67,012

Tangible Assets

1,486

1,070

1,231

1,999

3,161

5,187

Other

422

1,496

1,871

1,570

2,769

2,972

Current Assets

 

 

18,316

16,145

17,882

29,996

58,424

78,614

Stocks

0

0

0

0

371

371

Debtors

7,309

9,105

11,286

16,084

25,652

43,781

Cash

10,152

6,355

5,681

13,769

31,914

33,877

Current Liabilities

 

 

(4,781)

(5,804)

(9,782)

(13,703)

(32,631)

(40,531)

Creditors

(4,781)

(5,204)

(9,182)

(11,101)

(14,523)

(29,295)

Short term borrowings

0

(600)

(600)

(2,602)

(18,108)

(11,236)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(772)

(4,338)

(2,501)

(15,513)

(7,327)

(53,157)

Long term borrowings

0

(2,250)

(1,650)

(12,344)

(5,531)

(49,487)

Other long term liabilities

(772)

(2,088)

(851)

(3,169)

(1,796)

(3,670)

Net Assets

 

 

16,998

13,762

13,890

16,024

48,575

60,097

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

3,022

(2,110)

2,579

1,879

1,005

(5,316)

Net Interest

42

4

(66)

(167)

53

(798)

Tax

(1,826)

(1,062)

(1,102)

(554)

(412)

(1,366)

Capex

(465)

(230)

(701)

(1,779)

(3,451)

(5,234)

Acquisitions/disposals

(107)

(2,267)

(500)

(3,228)

(5,923)

(28,783)

Shares issued

4,839

(35)

0

0

30,129

18,293

Dividends

(2,048)

(937)

(335)

(483)

(1,264)

(1,932)

Net Cash Flow

3,457

(6,638)

(124)

(4,332)

20,137

(25,136)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(6,695)

(10,152)

(3,505)

(3,431)

1,176

(8,275)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

(10)

51

(275)

(10,686)

(9,985)

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(10,152)

(3,505)

(3,431)

1,176

(8,275)

26,847

Source: Company accounts

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