Keywords Studios - Reassuring CMD, residual concerns dispelled
Keywords Studios’ capital markets day (CMD) on 5 February 2020 was very well attended and reassuring. The company will continue to grow a balanced, diversified business. Organic growth remains strong over the short to medium term: for FY20 we forecast 15% y-o-y revenue growth, up 12% on the FY19 closing annual run rate (ARR), supported by the launch of next-gen consoles. Increasing scale helps to attract larger clients and raise barriers to entry. Keywords’ strategic approach to ‘buy and build’ delivers for both the company and the studios. We retain our view that Keywords is strongly positioned as the only games service provider at a global scale. The company’s P/E rating (29.2x FY20e) reflects its leading market position, track record and potential, but should fall further as Keywords continues to execute its buy-and-build strategy.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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