WANdisco — Momentum in IoT drives bookings upgrade

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WANdisco — Momentum in IoT drives bookings upgrade

WANdisco (WAND) has reported record bookings of $34m in Q322 and $61.2m YTD (up 1,649% y-o-y and ahead of our FY forecast of $60m), driven by several large contract wins with repeat customers and across multiple use cases. The company’s cash balance strengthened to about $26.3m, reflecting the strong bookings and that a number of contracts had 50% up-front cash payments. The statement confirms management expects to show more progress in client wins and consumption. We raise our FY22 bookings and ending RPO estimates to $70m and $67m, but wait to make P&L and balance sheet changes until we have more information on the rate of consumption. Nevertheless, we see continued upside potential at all KPI levels.

Written by

Dan Ridsdale

Technology Analyst

WANdisco

Momentum in IoT drives bookings upgrade

Q322 and 2022 YTD update

Software and comp services

13 October 2022

Price

460p

Market cap

£306m

US$1.11/£

Pro forma net cash ($m) at 30 September 2022

24.9

Shares in issue

66.5m

Free float

67%

Code

WAND

Primary exchange

AIM

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

11.7

61.7

32.6

Rel (local)

23.6

72.7

45.0

52-week high/low

508p

223p

Business description

WANdisco’s proprietary replication technology enables its customers to solve critical data-management challenges created by the shift to cloud computing. It has established partner relationships with leading players in the cloud ecosystem including Oracle, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft.

Next events

FY22 results

H123

Analysts

Dan Ridsdale

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Ken Mestemacher, CFA

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WANdiscoWANdisco is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

WANdisco (WAND) has reported record bookings of $34m in Q322 and $61.2m YTD (up 1,649% y-o-y and ahead of our FY forecast of $60m), driven by several large contract wins with repeat customers and across multiple use cases. The company’s cash balance strengthened to about $26.3m, reflecting the strong bookings and that a number of contracts had 50% up-front cash payments. The statement confirms management expects to show more progress in client wins and consumption. We raise our FY22 bookings and ending RPO estimates to $70m and $67m, but wait to make P&L and balance sheet changes until we have more information on the rate of consumption. Nevertheless, we see continued upside potential at all KPI levels.

Year end

Revenue ($m)

Bookings
($m)

Ending RPO* ($m)

EBITDA
($m)

EPS**
(c)

EV/sales
(x)

Net cash ($m)

12/20

10.5

10.2

4.9

(22.2)

(57.3)

29.9

18.1

12/21

7.3

11.9

9.4

(29.5)

(57.9)

43.0

25.9

12/22e

12.0

70.0

67.4

(25.9)

(48.4)

26.2

21.2

12/23e

25.0

70.0

112.4

(15.3)

(29.0)

12.6

1.5

Note: *Ending RPO = beginning RPO + bookings – revenue. **EPS is normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

Demonstrating inherent scalability of CtC model

WAND’s results were driven by large, follow-up contract wins across multiple industries, especially IoT and automotive. First, a $25m agreement with a top 10 global communications customer for IoT and smart-meter use cases marked that customer’s fourth contract, now totalling $39.3m signed in FY22. Second, WAND signed a $7.1m contract with a large European automotive components supplier, following an initial contract on 4 July worth at least $5m. As discussed in our prior note, these results demonstrate the inherent scalability of WAND’s Commit to Consume (CtC) model. As customers collect more data, they can expand the amount of contracted data to be migrated to the cloud. These show how the CtC model provides opportunities for significant expansion and growth.

Increasing bookings and ending RPO forecasts

We raise our bookings estimates to $70.0m for this year and next and boost ending RPO to $67.4m in FY22e and $112.4m in FY23e. The increase in bookings, a key performance indicator we watch closely, is promising and reflects improved visibility for future revenues as customers consume data. We leave our revenue forecast unchanged until we get more information on when customers start consuming data and the rate at which they do so, but see upside potential across all KPI levels.

Plenty of headroom for growth

In the IoT, where applications require continuous movement of very large volumes of data, we are now seeing a use case capable of driving strong, sustainable growth. IDC values the global IoT market at $742bn in 2020, with IoT devices expected to generate 73.1 zettabytes annually by 2025 (1 zettabyte is 1bn terabytes or 1tn gigabytes), leaving significant headroom for growth.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

$m

2020

2021

2022e

2023e

Year end 31 December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

 

Revenue

 

 

10.5

7.3

12.0

25.0

Cost of Sales

(1.1)

(0.7)

(1.2)

(2.5)

Gross Profit

9.5

6.6

10.8

22.5

EBITDA

 

 

(22.2)

(29.5)

(25.9)

(15.3)

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

 

 

(28.5)

(35.7)

(32.1)

(21.5)

Acquired Intangible Amortisation

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exceptionals

0.0

(2.1)

0.0

0.0

Share based payments

(5.4)

(2.0)

(3.1)

(4.0)

Operating Profit

(33.9)

(39.8)

(35.2)

(25.5)

Net Interest

(1.9)

1.0

0.7

0.7

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(30.4)

(34.7)

(31.4)

(20.8)

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

(35.8)

(38.8)

(34.5)

(24.8)

Tax

1.5

1.2

1.3

1.4

Profit After Tax (norm)

(28.9)

(33.5)

(30.1)

(19.4)

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

(34.3)

(37.6)

(33.2)

(23.4)

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

50.5

57.8

62.2

66.9

EPS - normalised basic

 

 

(57.3)

(57.9)

(48.4)

(29.0)

EPS - normalised fully diluted (c)

 

 

(57.3)

(57.9)

(48.4)

(29.0)

EPS - (IFRS) (c)

 

 

(68.0)

(65.0)

(53.4)

(35.0)

Dividend per share (c)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gross Margin (%)

89.9

91.0

90.0

90.0

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Bookings

10.2

11.9

70.0

70.0

Ending RPO

4.9

9.4

67.4

112.4

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

10.1

8.7

8.5

8.6

Intangible Assets

5.0

5.3

5.6

6.0

Tangible Assets

2.9

2.2

1.7

1.4

Investments

2.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

Current Assets

 

 

31.2

33.5

30.6

14.5

Stocks

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Debtors

10.1

5.7

7.0

10.0

Cash

21.0

27.8

23.6

4.5

Other

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(9.7)

(6.2)

(11.6)

(14.6)

Creditors & Deferred Income

(8.6)

(5.6)

(11.0)

(14.0)

Short term borrowings

(1.1)

(0.6)

(0.6)

(0.6)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(2.4)

(1.6)

(4.8)

(6.4)

Long term borrowings

(1.8)

(1.2)

(1.8)

(2.4)

Deferred Income

(0.7)

(0.3)

(3.0)

(4.0)

Net Assets

 

 

29.2

34.5

22.7

2.1

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(19.1)

(29.1)

(19.1)

(14.3)

Net Interest

(0.3)

(0.2)

0.7

0.7

Tax

0.7

1.0

1.3

1.4

Capex (inc capitalised R&D)

(5.5)

(5.8)

(6.0)

(6.3)

Acquisitions/disposals

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Financing (net)

24.1

41.9

19.5

0.0

Dividends

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

(0.1)

7.9

(3.6)

(18.5)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(18.3)

(18.1)

(25.9)

(21.2)

HP finance leases initiated

0.0

(0.1)

(1.2)

(1.2)

Other

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(18.1)

(25.9)

(21.2)

(1.5)

Source: WANdisco, Edison Investment Research


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