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Playtech

September 2020

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Ahead of reporting on 17 September, Playtech’s trading update shows its run rate EBITDA is picking up. For H1 20 to end June, €160m EBITDA is now guided EBITDA and Playtech says that July “approached normalised levels” - ‘normalised’ infers c€30m per month, says broker Jefferies, which is what it was making in FY19.In addition, the broker notes that consensus is at €281m EBITDA for FY20, so this only leaves a €120m bridge for H2 20 - so there is scope for a big “beat.” The broker notes that rival Evolution Gaming’s proposed merger with NetEnt values NetEnt at 20x EV/EBITDA versus c.6x for Playtech. Buy. ...

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