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Playtech

October 2021

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PTEC finally sold Finalto for an enterprise value of US$250m in cash. This represents a EV/EBITDA multiple of 28x and 7x for FY19 and FY18, respectively. The final consideration could be adjusted by US$25m in either direction, subject to financial performance from 1 January 2021 to completion. PTEC has changed significantly over the last 18 months, with Snai's online acceleration stepping up, many new contracts in fast growing markets (licenses in LATAM in particular), Asia finally stemming its revenue losses and contracts won in the US. With the US now ballooning (H1 revenue contribution from the Americas grew by 106% to account for 10% of H1 21 group revenues), the shares are a buy. ...

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