Edison Investment Research - Stride Gaming (STR) - Strong trading - nudging up EBITDA

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Victoria Pease

- Strong trading - nudging up EBITDA

Stride is gaining market share with strong organic growth in real money gaming (RMG). In its FY17 pre-close trading update, the company expects to meet the upper end of consensus and we have increased our FY17 and FY18 EBITDA forecasts by c 2.5%. The 8Ball earnout is now complete, with the Tarco earnout period ending in December. Stride has invested heavily in technology and operational leverage should kick in as acquired customers migrate to the higher-margin proprietary platform. The stock trades at 7.0x CY18e EV/EBITDA, a meaningful discount to peers.

19/09/2017 4 EN

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Stride Gaming

Stride Gaming is an online gaming operator in online bingo, slot gaming and social gaming mobile applications. Co. operates a multi-branded multi-platform strategy to complement its own proprietary and acquired software. Co. focuses on the U.K. market for online bingo market and with its social gaming market reaches internationally with a focus on the North American market. Co. owns 105 brands of games, including the online bingo brands Kitty Bingo, Lucky Pants Bingo, Bingo Extra, Jackpot CafA(c) and Jackpot Liner, King Jackpot, together with the online casino brands Spin and Win, Magical Vegas and Big Top.

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Victoria Pease

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- Strong trading - nudging up EBITDA

Form 8.3 - Chelverton UK Dividend Trust plc: Stride Gaming Plc

Stride Gaming - Recommended cash offer from Rank

Stride Gaming - Suspension of estimates

Regional REIT - Q124 DPS unchanged ahead of refinancing

4imprint Group - Solid start to the year

Dowlais Group - Margin expansion despite mixed auto markets

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