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Richard Williamson

CentralNic Group - Strong growth going largely unrewarded

After a strong H121, management expects CentralNic to deliver revenue and profits for the year ‘at least at the upper end of market expectations’. Following its FY20 investment programme, the company delivered 20% y-o-y organic growth in H121 – 16% in Q121 and 25% in Q221, with all business lines contributing. Reflecting continuing strong growth, we have raised our FY21 and FY22 revenue targets to US$350m and US$379m, respectively, while adjusted EBITDA rises slightly to US$41.1m and US$45.2m. On our revised estimates, CentralNic’s shares trade on an undemanding FY21e EV/adjusted EBITDA of 10.0x and P/E of 12.9x, well below its web services and online marketing peers, despite its FY15–20 revenue CAGR of 78% and our estimate for current year growth of 45%.
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CentralNic Group

CentralNic Group is a holding company which provides global domain name services. Co. provides Wholesale, Retail and Enterprise services and consultancy for new Top Level Domains (TLDs), Country Code TLD's and Second-Level Domains and it is the owner and registrant of a portfolio of domain names, which it uses as SLD domain extensions and for resale on the domain name aftermarket. The Wholesale Division powers domain names and sells them via an integrated network of third party retailers; the Retail Division sells domain names and related services to end users; and the Enterprise Division sells domain names and related services, consultancy services and licenses software to corporations.

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Richard Williamson

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