Original-Research: Netfonds AG - from NuWays AG 14.01.2025 / 09:01 CET / CEST Dissemination of a Research, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group.

Original-Research: Netfonds AG - from NuWays AG

14.01.2025 / 09:01 CET/CEST
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Classification of NuWays AG to Netfonds AG

     Company Name:                Netfonds AG
     ISIN:                        DE000A1MME74

     Reason for the research:     Update
     Recommendation:              Buy
     from:                        14.01.2025
     Target price:                EUR 78.00
     Target price on sight of:    12 months
     Last rating change:
     Analyst:                     Frederik Jarchow

Kickstart into FY25 with new record AuA and AuM; chg

Topic: Netfonds kicked off the year with strong positive newsflow i.e. a new
record-AuA level of EUR 28.3bn and AuM exceeding EUR 4bn for the first time.
Further, Netfonds will take over another fund initiator through its
subsidiary GSR GmbH, as already announced at the end of last year. In
detail:

With the new AuA record of 28.3bn at the end of FY24, Netfonds significantly
exceeded our estimates of EUR 27.bn while AuM of EUR 4.05bn came in as expected
(eNuW: EUR 4.0bn). Nevertheless, both figures are quite impressive as we
increased our estimates for both figures more than once throughout the year.

Thanks to the strong AuA growth, the given guidance for FY24 of EUR 220-230m
in gross sales and EUR 41.5-43m in net sales can hence be taken as granted
(eNuW new: EUR 230m gross sales; EUR 44m net sales). Even better, the record AuA
levels end of last year strongly indicating further strong top- and
bottomline, as asset inflows materialize with a slight delay. That said, the
value-accretive M&A transactions of the undisclosed fund initiator and
others (i.e. MFK and Comfort Finance) should further fuel top- and bottom
line growth in FY25 and beyond. For FY25, we expect 51m net sales (EUR 260m
gross sales) inline with management's new guidance of "dynamic double-digit
yoy growth". As the scale effects of the platform business kicking in,
EBITDA should grow exponentially to EUR 17m (eNuW).

On the back of 1) the strong ongoing operating performance, 2) Netfonds 360

finfire platform being the key mid- to long term growth and scalabilitydriver and 3) further value accretive M&A transactions, we see Netfonds wellon track to reach its mid-term target of EUR 59m net sales (vs eNuW: EUR 62m)and EUR 23m EBITDA (vs eNuW: EUR 22m) by FY26.

Apart from that and in order to finance the takeover of a fund initiatorthrough its subsidiary GSR (takeover price: mid single-digit millionamount), but also further potential acquisitions, Netfonds successfullyissued an unsecured bond with a volume EUR 15m million (coupon: 7.00% p.a.)end of last year. This acquisition is underlining once again that Netfondsis playing an active role in the market consolidation. We expect to seefurther acquisitions in FY25.

BUY with new PT of EUR 78.00, based on DCF.

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