musicMagpie — Diverging trends in H221

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musicMagpie — Diverging trends in H221

musicMagpie’s (MMAG) trading update for the year ended November 2021 is encouraging given the differing revenue trends of the individual business lines and the changes in mix, namely, a greater contribution from Technology, which has a higher cash profit but lower percentage margin. Technology was better than expected, with an acceleration in revenue growth in H221 despite the likely dampening effect from the substitutional impact of lower one-off revenue in the short term as MMAG builds a recurring revenue base from smartphone rentals, which appears to have good momentum. Conversely, revenue from higher-margin Media and Books were lower than expected.

Russell Pointon

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Russell Pointon

Director of Content, Consumer and Media

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musicMagpie

Diverging trends in H221

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16 December 2021

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166p

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£179m

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MMAG

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AIM

Shares in issue

107.8m

Business description

musicMagpie is a leader of re-commerce in the UK and United States in the circular economy of consumer technology, books and disc media through its proprietary technology platform. It is expanding its offer into telephone rentals, and widening its sourcing infrastructure.

Bull

Market supported by tailwinds of increasing consumer acceptance of circular economy, rising prices and slower rates of innovation of consumer technology products.

Increasing penetration of rentals increases recurring revenue and quality of earnings.

Entering corporate recycling market enhances sourcing and growth opportunities from its traditional consumer focus.

Bear

The market for disc media is expected to decline due to the shift to digital and streaming media.

Competitors include online re-commerce specialists and marketplaces.

Dividends not expected in the near term as cash flow will be invested in developing and expanding the business.

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Russell Pointon

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musicMagpie is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

musicMagpie’s (MMAG) trading update for the year ended November 2021 is encouraging given the differing revenue trends of the individual business lines and the changes in mix, namely, a greater contribution from Technology, which has a higher cash profit but lower percentage margin. Technology was better than expected, with an acceleration in revenue growth in H221 despite the likely dampening effect from the substitutional impact of lower one-off revenue in the short term as MMAG builds a recurring revenue base from smartphone rentals, which appears to have good momentum. Conversely, revenue from higher-margin Media and Books were lower than expected.

FY21: Profit in line with expectations

MMAG’s FY21 adjusted EBITDA of £12.2m, a year-on-year decline of c 12%, is in line with consensus (Refinitiv) expectations, while revenue of £145.2m is c 2% below consensus expectations of £148–149m. With UK Technology revenue growth of 5.4% in FY21, we estimate total Technology (UK and US) revenue (c 59% of group total) grew by c 4% y-o-y in H221, an acceleration from H121’s c 1%, due to an impressive first full year for the smart phone subscription business (c 13.5k active customers at period end)), and apparent better underlying outright sales. At c 35% and 6% of group revenue, we estimate revenue for Media and Books declined by c 14% and c 21% respectively for the full year, to give an aggregate decline of c 15%. This compares with management’s guidance at the IPO for a combined decline of c 10% for the year to pre-pandemic levels.

Continuing progress from new initiatives

The rollout of the SMARTDrop kiosk, exclusive to ASDA stores since September 2021, continues at pace with expectations it will be in nearly 300 stores in 2022. With 5,300 smartphones traded in and over £1.5m paid out to customers, there appears to be good momentum in recent months; from launch in November 2020 through to September 2021 MMAG had c 3,000 devices traded in and paid out over £800k. The implied average price per phone of over £283 (£1.5m/5,300 phones) indicates a superior product mix to those sourced online.

Valuation: 22.1x P/E for FY22e

The c 13% share price decline in the last six months has brought the P/E ratio for FY22e down to 22.1x. MMAG’s consensus EPS estimates have been relatively stable since the H121 results versus those of some of the other online retail peers, which have experienced some supply chain disruption and rising operating costs.

Consensus estimates

Year
end

Revenue
(£m)

Adjusted PBT (£m)

EPS
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

11/19

131.5

(0.2)

N/A

0.0

N/A

N/A

11/20

153.4

9.2

10.5

0.0

15.8

N/A

11/21e

145.2*

7.6

6.5

0.0

25.5

N/A

11/22e

157.5

9.9

7.5

0.0

22.1

N/A

Source: Refinitiv, company accounts. Note: *Reported by company.

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