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GB Group - Identity segment returns to growth

June 2024

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  • Epic Code:
  • GBG
  • Price:
  • 343p
The shares have been zooming higher ever since GB indicated that the Q4 exit run rate had accelerated to c5% from 1.8% at the end of H1 and said full year revenues would be c£277.3m, with adj EBIT of c£61.2m. GB’s forward-looking guidance is that FY25 should deliver “mid-single digit” revenue growth and it is starting to see a better-than-expected mix, with the all-important Identity division (58% of sales) returning to growth. It’s exactly what you should be expecting as ecommerce volumes, mortgage approvals and credit conditions all improve. Location (28%) remained ‘solid’ and Fraud (14%) stabilised after two years of headlong growth. Interesting to note a comment from Jefferies that a notable corporate transaction was the acqui ...

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