musicMagpie — Consumer Technology drives FY22 performance

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musicMagpie — Consumer Technology drives FY22 performance

musicMagpie (MMAG) delivered FY22 results in line with our expectations despite the tougher environment faced by UK consumer-facing companies. Strong revenue growth from Consumer Technology offset the decline in Disc Media and Books. The multiple initiatives to increase and improve sourcing of products and to grow its end-markets are bearing fruit, as evidenced by the growing proportion of Consumer Technology sales. Our profit expectations are broadly unchanged as we anticipate better growth in Consumer Technology offsetting the decline in Disc Media and Books. The valuation remains at a significant discount to its online peers.

Russell Pointon

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Russell Pointon

Director, Consumer

Consumer

musicMagpie

Consumer Technology drives FY22 performance

FY22 results

Retail

9 March 2023

Price

31.5p

Market cap

£34m

Net debt (£m) (excluding leases) at 30 November 2022

8.2

Shares in issue

107.8m

Free float

59.7%

Code

MMAG

Primary exchange

AIM

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(19.0)

38.7

(56.0)

Rel (local)

(19.1)

30.8

(60.7)

52-week high/low

72.5p

8.9p

Business description

musicMagpie is a circular economy pioneer in refurbished consumer technology and media in the UK and United States. It is expanding its offer into rentals of smartphones and other technology to consumers and corporates, and widening its sourcing infrastructure.

Next events

H123 results

June 2023

Analysts

Russell Pointon

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

Milo Bussell

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

musicMagpie is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

musicMagpie (MMAG) delivered FY22 results in line with our expectations despite the tougher environment faced by UK consumer-facing companies. Strong revenue growth from Consumer Technology offset the decline in Disc Media and Books. The multiple initiatives to increase and improve sourcing of products and to grow its end-markets are bearing fruit, as evidenced by the growing proportion of Consumer Technology sales. Our profit expectations are broadly unchanged as we anticipate better growth in Consumer Technology offsetting the decline in Disc Media and Books. The valuation remains at a significant discount to its online peers.

Year

end

Revenue
(£m)

EBITDA
(£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

EV/EBITDA
(x)

P/E
(x)

11/21

145.5

12.2

7.9

6.11

0.0

3.5

5.2

11/22

145.3

6.5

(0.9)

(0.71)

0.0

6.5

N/A

11/23e

153.8

9.2

(1.1)

(0.86)

0.0

4.6

N/A

11/24e

165.1

11.5

0.7

0.50

0.0

3.7

62.7

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

Success through company initiatives

MMAG’s revenue was broadly in line with the previous year, as strong growth of c 12% in Consumer Technology (66% of FY22 revenue, FY21: 59%) offset the c 18% decline in Disc Media and Books. Consumer Technology benefited from the many initiatives to drive growth, including the development of the rental subscriber base, launch on new platforms (Back Market) and completion of the SMARTDrop kiosk roll-out. Management is successfully balancing the growth in Outright sales with the growth of Rentals, which enjoyed strong growth in active customers to 30.5k at year end (FY21: 13.5k) and has grown further to 36k (end-February 2023). The shift in mix resulted in a 3.9pp fall in the adjusted EBITDA margin to 4.5%. On an absolute basis and relative to revenue, operating cash flow improved due to more favourable working capital movements, which helped to partially fund the anticipated higher investment in Rentals. The better-than-expected net debt position of £8.2m (1.3x adjusted EBITDA) (FY21: net cash post IPO of £1.8m) and £30m credit facility provides MMAG with headroom for continued investment, including in Rentals.

EBITDA estimates broadly unchanged

Management retains confidence in the medium-term outlook although it notes a tough trading environment in Q123, citing the wider macroeconomic environment and disruption caused by postal strikes. Our FY23 and FY24 EBITDA forecasts are broadly unchanged, reflecting the stronger growth rate in Consumer Technology, offsetting lower Disc Media and Books sales growth.

Valuation: Discount to peers

On our FY23 forecasts MMAG trades on 0.3x for EV/sales and 4.6x EV/EBITDA multiples. As such the stock is currently valued at a discount to median FY23 peer multiples of 39% for EV/sales and 41% for EV/EBITDA.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

£m

2020

2021

2022

2023e

2024e

Year end 30 November

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

INCOME STATEMENT

Revenue

 

 

153.4

145.5

145.3

153.8

165.1

Cost of Sales

(108.6)

(101.2)

(107.1)

(111.9)

(118.1)

Gross Profit

44.8

44.3

38.1

41.9

47.0

EBITDA

 

 

13.9

12.2

6.5

9.2

11.5

Operating profit (before amort. and excepts.)

 

 

11.3

8.5

(0.2)

0.1

2.1

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exceptionals

(1.3)

(4.6)

(0.2)

0.0

0.0

Share-based payments

(0.4)

(17.4)

(0.2)

(0.3)

(0.5)

Reported operating profit

9.6

(13.5)

(0.5)

(0.1)

1.6

Net Interest

(2.1)

(0.6)

(0.8)

(1.3)

(1.5)

Joint ventures & associates (post tax)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exceptionals

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.2)

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

9.2

7.9

(0.9)

(1.1)

0.7

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

7.0

(14.8)

(1.4)

(1.4)

0.2

Reported tax

1.6

2.7

(3.3)

0.2

(0.1)

Profit After Tax (norm)

10.5

6.4

(0.8)

(0.9)

0.5

Profit After Tax (reported)

8.6

(12.1)

(4.7)

(1.2)

0.0

Minority interests

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Discontinued operations

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net income (normalised)

10.5

6.4

(0.8)

(0.9)

0.5

Net income (reported)

8.6

(12.1)

(4.7)

(1.2)

0.0

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

100.0

104.9

107.8

107.8

107.8

EPS - basic normalised (p)

 

 

10.52

6.11

(0.71)

(0.86)

0.50

EPS - normalised fully diluted (p)

 

 

10.52

6.11

(0.71)

(0.86)

0.50

EPS - basic reported (p)

 

 

8.57

(11.55)

(4.38)

(1.09)

0.04

Dividend (p)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Revenue growth (%)

N/A

(5.1)

(0.2)

5.9

7.3

Gross Margin (%)

29.2

30.4

26.3

27.3

28.4

EBITDA Margin (%)

9.0

8.4

4.5

6.0

6.9

Normalised Operating Margin (%)

7.4

5.8

(0.1)

0.1

1.3

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

13.9

21.1

28.9

34.8

40.1

Intangible Assets

8.4

9.7

12.4

12.6

13.1

Tangible Assets

3.9

6.1

14.0

19.7

24.6

Investments & other

1.7

5.3

2.5

2.5

2.5

Current Assets

 

 

14.5

14.6

18.8

20.0

19.3

Stocks

6.8

8.0

8.8

12.0

12.3

Debtors

2.5

3.7

2.6

2.8

3.0

Cash & cash equivalents

5.1

2.8

6.8

4.5

3.5

Other

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.8

0.6

Current Liabilities

 

 

(18.7)

(9.0)

(10.0)

(13.1)

(14.2)

Creditors

(10.9)

(8.4)

(9.3)

(12.4)

(13.5)

Tax and social security

(0.1)

(0.3)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Short term borrowings

(7.0)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

(0.7)

(0.4)

(0.7)

(0.7)

(0.7)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(7.3)

(2.4)

(18.1)

(23.1)

(26.1)

Long term borrowings

(4.2)

(0.9)

(14.7)

(19.7)

(22.7)

Other long term liabilities

(3.1)

(1.6)

(3.4)

(3.4)

(3.4)

Net Assets

 

 

2.4

24.3

19.5

18.6

19.2

Minority interests

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Shareholders' equity

 

 

2.4

24.3

19.5

18.6

19.2

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

13.9

11.8

5.6

9.2

11.5

Working capital

(0.6)

(4.9)

1.0

(0.3)

0.6

Exceptional & other

(1.3)

(4.2)

(0.5)

0.0

0.0

Tax

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net operating cash flow

 

 

12.0

2.6

6.2

8.9

12.1

Capex

(1.9)

(7.2)

(14.2)

(14.1)

(13.8)

Acquisitions/disposals

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net interest

(2.7)

(2.3)

(0.6)

(1.3)

(1.5)

Equity financing

0.0

14.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dividends

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

(1.1)

(0.7)

(1.0)

(0.9)

(0.9)

Net Cash Flow

6.3

6.9

(9.6)

(7.3)

(4.0)

Opening net debt/(cash) (excluding leases)

 

 

12.6

6.3

(1.8)

8.2

15.2

FX

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

Other non-cash movements

(6.4)

(8.2)

9.9

7.3

4.0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

6.3

(1.8)

8.2

15.2

19.2

Source: musicMagpie, Edison Investment Research

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