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17 Oct 2017
N+1 Singer - RhythmOne - H1 Trading update
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N+1 Singer - RhythmOne - H1 Trading update
Rhythmone (RTHM:LON) | 0 0 4.4% | Mkt Cap: 120.1m
- Published:
17 Oct 2017 -
Author:
Singer CM Team -
Pages:
3 -
The Company has provided an update for H1. Revenues ($112-114m guidance) are tracking slightly lower than we had been looking for with gross margin higher by 1% point (at 38%) and OPEX lower resulting in EBITDA being not far adrift from our expectation ($1.5m to $2.0m guidance). The Company is guiding to meeting our full year $16m EBITDA expectation, in part because OPEX is expected to continue to be materially lower (US$87m for the full year). In order to meet our forecast the Company will need to still achieve our revenue objective although we flag there is still some scope for OPEX to surprise given the continuing consolidation of the operations and acquisitions. More cash has had to be invested in working capital (an issue in the industry at the moment) and there are some YUME acquisition related expenses (we estimate c$3m) also impacting cash (guidance of $37m rising to $50m at year end). The Company expects some recovery in working capital in H2. The shares have been drifting off during the YUME acquisition process. We expect the shares to recover as the process nears completion (due early 2018) and investors get confirmation the Company is tracking towards the delivery of the critical leap in profitability this year.