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The signals, the signals !!! … the rebound continues

Analyst: Guillermo Serrano - gfs@checkpointp.com

Following a good set of 1Q24 results, lleida.net published last week a 4-month trading update that comes to consolidate the positive trends already seen during the start of the year.

We have isolated and compared just the month of April 24 vs April 23 with 1Q24 vs 1Q23 to conclude the signals remain positive, reaffirming our expectations for the whole of 2024.

A 33% increase in Sales during April 2024 vs a 7% in 1Q24 vs 1Q23. The most noteworthy among the divisions is the strong ICX recovery of +75% in April compared with a 34% decline throughout 2023.

Software services (Contracting, Notification and Other SaaS) started the first quarter of the year with 4% decline, to then recover some 13% in April compared to last year. Similar trend seen in SMS Solutions with a 16% revenue increase in April.

On the operating costs side, the good news continues as well. April saw a 15% decline and the monthly cash Opex was slightly below the average of the 1Q24, which suggests that costs remain under control.

lleida.net is proving it can now begin to do more with less, which is positive for shareholders.

We are maintaining our 12-18 month price target of €3.00, which would place the stock on a 2025 EV/Ebitda (cash) multiple of 20x to reflect our unchanged estimates.

We fundamentally believe that Lleida.net remains a sound SaaS play with a strong franchise in the SMS space.

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Equities

BME Growth

Price (5pm 6/5/24): €1,32

RIC: LLN.MC

Target Price (12-18 m): €3.00

52-Wk range (€):

1.83 - 0.80

Cap. Bur. (€ millones):

21,2

No. Shares (millions):

16,05

Avg. daily Vol. (€,12m):

48k

Daily volatility (avg. LTM):

4,7%

Price Chart (12 months)

This report was written by Checkpoint Partners (España) S.L.U.

*Date of publication and elaboration of this report

Stronger reported April 24 numbers compared to 1Q24

Lleida Net has published accumulated numbers for the first four months of the year, and we have just subtracted the announced numbers with the first quarter to arrive at the single April performance.

The positive trend points towards better 2Q24 results, which should provide greater confidence to our forecasts.

Source: LLN, Checkpoint partners

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Profit and Loss Account 2023-2026e

Source: LLN, Checkpoint partners

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Balance Sheet 2023-2026e

  • The Net Financial Debt forecasts takes into account the €1.1million owed in shares to InDenova´s selling shareholders and held bylleida.netas Treasury Stock.

Source: LLN, Checkpoint partners

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Neutral (N) and Sell (S).

Buy: the stock is expected to generate total return of over 15% during the next 12 months time horizon

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Sell: the stock is expected to generate total return under -15% during the next 12 months time horizon.

History of recommendations

Date

Recommen.

Price (€)

Target P.(€)

Period

Analyst

16.03.2018

BUY

0,84

1,13

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

17.03.2018

BUY

1.11

1.53

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

17.07.2018

BUY

1.15

1.53

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

17.10.2018

BUY

1.03

1.53

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

24.01.2019

BUY

1.06

1.53

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

24.04.2019

BUY

0.92

1.40

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

23.07.2019

BUY

0.87

1.40

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

21.10.2019

BUY

1.01

1.60

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

21.01.2020

BUY

1.35

1.80

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

21.04.2020

BUY

1.75

3.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

21.07.2020

BUY

4,34

6.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

26.10.2020

BUY

8,90

12.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

26.01.2021

BUY

6.00

11.35

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

20.04.2021

BUY

6.28

11.15

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

22.07.2021

BUY

5.59

11.15

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

11.11.2021

BUY

4.38

9.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

22.02.2022

BUY

3.24

9.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

04.05.2022

BUY

4.06

9.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

11.08.2022

BUY

2.50

7.50

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

25.10.2022

BUY

1.84

6.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

09.03.2023

BUY

2.27

5.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

10.05.2023

BUY

1.64

5.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

05.09.2023

BUY

1.15

3.00

12 months

Guillermo Serrano

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