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In a second more detailed trading update for FY24, Datatec confirmed revenue growth of 6% to $5.46bn, with Westcon International delivering excellent performance, Logicalis International having a strong H2 and Logicalis Latin America affected by difficult market conditions in Argentina and Brazil. The company also provided provisional EPS data, with reported EPS likely to come in ahead of our forecast and underlying EPS just below our forecast. We maintain our forecasts pending FY24 results on or around 27 May.
Datatec |
FY24 underlying EPS more than doubles y-o-y |
FY24 trading update |
Software and comp services |
2 May 2024 |
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In a second more detailed trading update for FY24, Datatec confirmed revenue growth of 6% to $5.46bn, with Westcon International delivering excellent performance, Logicalis International having a strong H2 and Logicalis Latin America affected by difficult market conditions in Argentina and Brazil. The company also provided provisional EPS data, with reported EPS likely to come in ahead of our forecast and underlying EPS just below our forecast. We maintain our forecasts pending FY24 results on or around 27 May.
Year |
Revenue |
PBT* |
Diluted EPS* |
DPS |
P/E |
Yield |
02/22 |
4,546 |
69.1 |
14.2 |
39.3 |
14.1 |
19.7 |
02/23 |
5,143 |
86.7 |
24.1 |
77.7 |
8.3 |
38.9 |
02/24e |
5,568 |
86.7 |
20.8 |
7.1 |
9.6 |
3.5 |
02/25e |
5,833 |
112.1 |
27.6 |
8.7 |
7.2 |
4.3 |
Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.
Datatec provided a further trading update for FY24 (year ended 29 February 2024), after its initial update on 27 March. Revenue for FY24 is expected to be $5.46bn (+6% y-o-y), compared to the provisional $5.44bn in the earlier update. The company has provided provisional EPS data, as it is likely to differ by at least 20% from FY23 results. We note that FY23 results included the results of discontinued operations, whereas FY24 results are for continuing operations only and all EPS measures in FY23 were affected by the share-based payments charge on settlement of the Westcon International Equity Appreciation Plan.
Underlying EPS (which adjusts out, among other things, acquisition-related items, profit/loss on disposal of fixed assets impairment of intangibles, restructuring charges and unrealised FX movements) is expected to be between 19.0c and 21.0c compared to 7.9c in FY23 (of which 6.1c was from continuing operations and 1.8c from discontinued operations). This compares to our 21.2c forecast.
Headline EPS is expected to be between 13.0c and 15.0c compared to a loss of 9.3c in FY23 (-10.8c from continuing operations, 1.5c from discontinued operations). This compares to our 17.4c forecast.
Reported EPS is expected to be between 19.0c and 21.0c compared to 36.9c in FY23 (-16.1c from continuing operations, 53.0c from discontinued operations, which included the $109.9m gain on sale of Analysys Mason). This is ahead of our 17.3c forecast.
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