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XL Media - Upgrading the upgrade

October 2015

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  • Epic Code:
  • XLM
  • Price:
  • 73.5p
Following H1 results, broker Liberum set a 103p price target and stated “we haven’t materially adjusted forecasts for now but given the typical seasonal bias to H2, there is an increasing probability of a FY15 earnings ‘beat.’” I’m looking forward to it.As it was, H1 even beat the recent update with sales up 85% to US$36.8m (organic c.20%), adjusted EBITDA +103% to US$12.9m and pretax profit +187% to US$13.2m. The reason the broker hasn’t upgraded is because XLM did in fact struggle to recruit enough staff across R&D, marketing and IT infrastructure to keep up with demand. It therefore experienced some super normal margins. Consequently H1 operating expenses were light and only ahead by ...

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