LAIQON AG
ISIN: DE000A12UP29
WKN: A12UP2
06 August 2024 09:01AM

Original-Research: LAIQON AG (von NuWays AG): BUY

LAIQON AG · ISIN: DE000A12UP29 · EQS - Analysts
Country: Germany · Primary market: Germany · EQS NID: 20379

Original-Research: LAIQON AG - from NuWays AG

06.08.2024 / 09:01 CET/CEST
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Classification of NuWays AG to LAIQON AG

Company Name: LAIQON AG
ISIN: DE000A12UP29
 
Reason for the research: Update
Recommendation: BUY
from: 06.08.2024
Target price: EUR 9.10
Last rating change:
Analyst: Henry Wendisch

LAIC token placed & mVBRB cooperation intensified; chg. PT

Last week, LAIQON successfully placed the LAIC-Token 24 as well as a capital increase subscribed by meine Volksbank Raiffeisenbank eG, Rosenheim (mVBRB) in its subsidiary LAIC Capital GmbH (LAIC), leading to total gross proceeds of € 7.2m. Furthermore, mVBRB and LAIQON signed an LOI to intensify their existing cooperation. In detail:

(A) LAIC Token 24 placed: following the successful placement of the Token 21 three years back, LAIQON sold another  5,250 GmbH shares of LAIC (tokenized) to the Token 24 investor group, which comprises institutional  investors, but also key employees of LAIQON (or LAIC). Additionally, 849 new GmbH shares have been created, serving as a capital increase of LAIC. On  the basis of a €  65m valuation for LAIC (based on a pwc assessment per 31st Dec. '23), this should have led to € 3.2m gross proceeds for LAIQON (eNuW; sale of existing 5,250 shares) as well as € 0.5m gross proceeds for LAIC (eNuW; sale of 849 new shares).  - see p. 2

(B) Capital increase by mVBRB at LAIC: also based on the € 65m valuation of LAIC, mVBRB) solely subscriped a 5.04% cash capital increase in return for 5,353 new shares (or 5.04%), leading to gross proceeds of € 3.3m (eNuW) for LAIC. - see p. 2 for details

(C) Merger of LAC with BV: in order to decomplex the shareholder structure and remove dual costs for e.g. audit (eNuW: € 0.2m in savings), Lange Assets & Consulting GmbH (LAC; 90% subsidiary) should be merged into BV GmbH.

(D) Letter of Intent with mVBRB signed: outside of LAIC transactions described above, the mVBRB and LAIQON want to intensify their cooperation within their current JV 'meine BV GmbH' (mBV). Specifically, it  comprises the sale of 25% of BV Bayerische Vermögen GmbH (BV; a 100% LAIQON subsidiary which directly holds 25% of the joint venture mBV, see p. 2 for overview) to mVBRB. The transaction price is not disclosed. Nevertheless, we regard the sale as strategic for both sides: a) mVBRB increases its ties to LAIQON, which serves as the platform and white label solution provider for mVBRB's wealth management and b) LAIQON benefits from one of their largest customer and partner deepening its commitment to LAIQON's products and services.

Use of proceeds: in addition to the € 7.2m gross proceeds from (A) and (B), LAIQON should receive another undisclosed payment from (D). All of which  should be invested into 1) the enhancement of the DAP 4.0 in order to set the basis for further cooperations as well as 2) personnel and project expenses for the development of the LAIC:GPT solution but also into new and existing cooperations. As of H1'24, LAIQON's AuMs stood at € 6.5bn (+8% yoy), implying a current valuation of 1.3% of AuM, while other asset managers are typically valued between 1.5% and 4% of AuM. On top of that, the € 65m standalone value of LAIC (i.e., € 52m for 80% ownership) explains 57% of the current market capitalization, while accounting for less than 9% of AuM. 

Therefore, we regard LAIQON as undervalued and reiterate our BUY recommendation. As a result of the decreased net debt position by € 7m (€ 0.38 per share), our DCF-based PT increases slightly to €  9.10 (old: € 8.70).

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  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024e
Sales1 7,92 8,22 27,74 26,12 21,58 30,75 0,00
EBITDA1,2 -1,67 -9,68 6,96 4,61 -9,95 -4,69 0,00
EBITDA-Margin3 -21,09 -117,76 25,09 17,65 -46,11 -15,25 0,00
EBIT1,4 -1,78 -10,94 3,21 1,25 -14,66 -11,08 0,00
EBIT-Margin5 -22,48 -133,09 11,57 4,79 -67,93 -36,03 0,00
Net Profit (Loss)1 -1,53 -0,09 2,50 6,63 -10,54 -12,87 0,00
Net-Margin6 -19,32 -1,10 9,01 25,38 -48,84 -41,85 0,00
Cashflow1,7 -1,24 1,42 -0,95 19,96 -2,77 -10,74 0,00
Earnings per share8 -0,16 -0,01 -0,05 0,39 -0,67 -0,51 -0,35
Dividend per share8 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
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Auditor: Baker Tilly

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LAIQON
WKN ISIN Legal Type Marketcap IPO Recommendation Plus Code
A12UP2 DE000A12UP29 AG 107,81 Mio € 28.10.2005 Kaufen 9F5GH255+JM
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PE 2025e PE 10Y-Ø BGFL-Ratio Shiller-PE PB PCF KUV
0,00 17,79 0,00 -73,91 1,58 -10,04 3,51
Dividends
Dividend '2022
in €
Dividend '2023
in €
Dividend '2024e
in €
Div.-Yield '2024e
in %
0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00%
Financial calendar
Annual General Meeting Q1-figures Q2-figures Q3-figures Annual press conference
28.08.2025 30.08.2024 31.03.2025
Performance
Distance 60-days-line Distance 200-days-line Performance YtD Performance 52 weeks IPO
Last Price (EoD)
-1,16%
5,10 €
ATH 50,94 €
+2,39% +3,76% -22,73% -21,05% -68,13%

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