Keywords Studios - A trinity of acquisitions to round off the year
Keywords has rounded off the year with three small acquisitions, very much in line with its stated M&A strategy: Kantan, a Dublin-based machine translation technology company (€7m); Ichi, a London-based video games creative and marketing services agency (£3.2m); and Syllabes, a Montreal-based audio recording studio (C$0.5m). Together, they have reported revenues of c €4.8m and have been acquired on a trailing multiple of c 2.3x revenues. As we approach year-end, we retain our view that Keywords remains strongly positioned as the only public games service provider at a global scale. The company’s P/E rating (25.7x FY20e) reflects its leading market position, track record and potential, and should fall further as Keywords continues its buy-and-build strategy successfully.Keywords Studios is a technical services provider to the video games industry. Co.'s segments include: Localization Services, which relate to translation and cultural adaptation of in-game text and audio scripts; Localization Testing, which includes testing of linguistic correctness and cultural acceptability of computer games; Audio/Voiceover Services, which relate to audio production process for computer games; Functional Testing, which relates to quality assurance services provided to game producers; Art Creation Services, which relate to the production of graphical art assets for inclusion in the video game; and Customer Support, which relates to the live operations support services.
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