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Research: Consumer
Focusrite’s (TUNE’s) FY24 results highlight the negative effects of the most challenging year the CEO has faced. While the company’s main operating market has been difficult, management has continued to invest in development and release new products, which have enabled TUNE to outperform and gain share across all markets in FY24, and should enable it to thrive when conditions improve. With signs of stabilisation in its most important segment, TUNE’s valuation looks attractive.
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Focusrite’s (TUNE’s) FY24 results highlight the negative effects of the most challenging year the CEO has faced. While the company’s main operating market has been difficult, management has continued to invest in development and release new products, which have enabled TUNE to outperform and gain share across all markets in FY24, and should enable it to thrive when conditions improve. With signs of stabilisation in its most important segment, TUNE’s valuation looks attractive.
FY24 results: Headlines flagged in trading update
Group revenue declined 11% y-o-y (10% organically) to £158.5m and adjusted EBITDA declined by c 35% to £25.2m. The results reflect that TUNE’s two key divisions were pulled in opposite directions. The Audio Reproduction division provided strong growth (+14% organic) as it continued to enjoy the post-pandemic recovery of attendance at live events etc. The overall group decline in revenue is attributed to weakness in TUNE’s largest division, Content Creation (c 70% of group revenue, -17% organic), due to macroeconomic weakness and de-stocking in the supply chain post the COVID-19 pandemic.
Growth expectations
Over the medium term, management targets mid/high-single-digit organic revenue growth, with the assumptions that TUNE will grow in new products and take market share in its newer brands. For the current year, there are welcome signs of stabilisation in Content Creation, while management expects to outperform a slowing (ie post-pandemic recovery normalising) Audio Reproduction market. Current trading for the first three months of FY25 is in line with expectations, against a tough comparative. Consensus is forecasting modest revenue growth of c 2–3% in FY25 and FY26.
Valuation: Well below long-term average multiples
Having proven to be a beneficiary of the pandemic, the subsequent retracement of the share price and profitability as trading normalised and cost pressures increased has led to TUNE trading at a significant discount to historical multiples. For FY25 and FY26, its prospective EV/sales multiples of 1.1x and 1.0x, respectively, are well below its long-term (since FY15) average multiple of 2.2x, when we exclude FY21 and FY22. They are comparable with its all-time low multiple. Similarly, its FY25 and FY26 EV/EBITDA multiples of 6.8x and 6.6x compare with its average multiple of 11.0x, when FY21 and FY22 are excluded. A return to more positive trading should be helpful for its valuation. TUNE’s attractive relative valuation featured in our recent sector report.
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Source: LSEG Data & Analytics, 27 November 2024 |
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Research: Industrials
Accsys Technologies had a strong H125 with a return to revenue growth and gross margin exceeding its target of 30%. Adjusted EBITDA improved on the back of better than expected volume growth from the plant in Arnhem. The company has simplified and de-risked the group through the successful start-up of the plant in the United States and the decision to discontinue the project in Hull. After the good start of the year, Accsys increased guidance for the full year, with underlying profitability expected to improve in H2 as Accoya USA continues to ramp up.