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Scout24 AG

Investor Presentation Aug 8, 2023

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Analyst Call – Results for H1/Q2 2023 8 August 2023

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Continued growth momentum in H1 2023 leads to upgrade of full year guidance

Strong revenue growth of 12% for H1 2023 despite overall challenging market environment

Growth continues to be fuelled by customer wins and strong demand for IS24 core products

Operating leverage translates into strong increase of ooEBITDA by 21% in H1 2023 (60% margin)

Strong EPS growth: adjusted EPS up 37% (€1.23)

Completed strategic acquisition of Sprengnetter

Upgrading full year 2023 guidance: revenue growth of c. 15% and ooEBITDA growth of 18 - 19%

Q2 2023 performance driven by continued strong revenue growth across the core product portfolio and significant operating leverage

Strong H1 2023 across the board

Membership and private revenues with continued strong growth in H1 2023 We expect Seller Leads and Mortgage business to return to growth in Q3 2023

Remainder of revenues generated in: Professional: PPA, Private: PPA + Other

With our much-enlarged customer base…

Professional agents on our platform

Buyer+ and Rent+ subscribers

7 H1/Q2 2023 Results | 08/2023

…we are taking our platform to the next level

Revenue growth and significant increase in ooEBITDA margin across all segments in H1 2023

8 H1/Q2 2023 Results | 08/2023

Membership business continues to drive growth in the Professional Segment; increased profitability due to operating leverage

(€m) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
+/- H1
2023
H1
2022
+/-
Professional revenue 77.4 71.5 +8.3% 155.4 142.8 +8.8%
of which subscriptions 70.2 63.5 +10.5% 141.0 127.5 +10.6%
thereof membership 62.7 54.2 +15.7% 124.1 106.9 +16.1%
thereof seller leads 7.4 9.3 -20.1% 16.9 20.6 -18.2%
Customers
(period
#
average)
21
835
,
20
947
,
2%
+4
21
769
,
20
901
,
2%
+4
Resulting
(in
€)
ARPU
1,071 1,011 +6.0% 1,080 1,017 +6.2%
of which PPA 3.9 3.6 +5.8% 7.5 6.6 +13.5%
of which Other
(Mortgage)
3.4 4.3 -21.5% 6.9 8.7 -20.6%
Professional ooEBITDA 54.6 43.6 +25.2% 103.0 86.4 +19.1%
Professional ooEBITDA margin 70.5% 61.0% +9.5pp 66.2% 60.5% +5.7pp

Growth driven by a combination of customer growth, list price adjustments and upgrades to higher-value memberships

Seller leads & Mortgage impacted by muted customer demand. We expect Q2 2023 to represent low point

PPA growth slowdown due to customer membership migration

ooEBITDA margin increase due to product mix and operating leverage

Private segment growth driven by continued strong subscriber and PPA growth

(€m) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
+/- H1
2023
H1
2022
+/-
Private revenue 35.5 29.6 +20.2% 70.4 57.7 +21.9%
of which subscriptions 17.2 14.8 +16.8% 34.3 28.5 +20.1%
(period
#
Customers
average)
342
661
,
297
089
,
+15
3%
342
349
,
290
416
,
+17
9%
Resulting
(in
ARPU
€)
16
8
16
6
+1
2%
16
7
16
4
+1
8%
of which PPA 12.9 10.1 +27.1% 24.7 19.1 +29.5%
of which Other (Schufa,
RRI)
5.4 4.7 +16.3% 11.4 10.1 +12.9%
Private ooEBITDA 19.4 15.4 +25.9% 35.7 28.8 +24.2%
Private ooEBITDA margin 54.6% 52.2% +2.5pp 50.8% 49.8% +0.9pp

Subscriptions growth continues to be driven by new customers

Strong PPA growth fuelled by listing growth and price increases

ooEBITDA margin increased due to operating leverage

H1 2023 ooEBITDA margin reached 60% fuelled by favourable product mix and operating leverage Own work capitalized continues to

(€m) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
+/- H1
2023
H1
2022
+/-
Revenues 122.0 109.7 +11.2% 243.8 217.6 +12.1%
Own work capitalized 5.9 7.2 +17.9% 12.2 14.5 +16.0%
Personnel
costs
-22.1 -23.3 +4.8% -46.5 -45.6 -2.0%
Marketing costs -9.3 -12.7 +26.8% -22.1 -26.4 +16.3%
IT costs -5.2 -5.4 +4.7% -10.4 -10.7 +2.5%
Selling costs -7.1 -6.4 -11.3% -16.7 -13.1 -27.5%
Other operating costs -6.0 -7.1 +16.1% -13.8 -15.6 +11.7%
Total operating effects -49.6 -54.9 +9.5% -109.5 -111.4 +1.7%
ooEBITDA 78.2 62.0 +26.1% 146.5 120.7 +21.4%
ooEBITDA
margin
64.2% 56.6% +7.6pp 60.1% 55.5% +4.6pp

decrease due to completion of development & integration projects

Focus on efficiency – operating effects decreased on the back of organisational efficiency measures and reduced marketing spend

Other operating costs decreased due to less reliance on external spend and vendors

Significantly expanding operating leverage in Q2 2023

Costs / Capex as % of Revenues

ooEBITDA growth significantly outpaced revenue growth in Q2 2023 …

… and as a consequence, ooEBITDA margin improved

Margin difference in pp (y-o-y)

Adjusted EPS continues to grow strongly

(€m) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
+/- H1
2023
H1
2022
+/-
Ordinary operating EBITDA 78.2 62.0 +26.1% 146.5 120.7 +21.4%
Non-operating effects -8.2 -2.6 ->100% -18.2 -7.6 ->100%
Reported EBITDA 70.0 59.5 +17.8% 128.2 113.1 +13.4%
D&A -8.2 -15.2 +46.4% -16.2 -22.8 +29.0%
EBIT 61.9 44.2 +39.8% 112.1 90.3 +24.1%
Financial result -3.6 -4.1 +12.7% -6.3 -20.8 +69.8%
Earnings before tax 58.3 40.1 +45.4% 105.8 69.5 +52.2%
Taxes on income -14.9 -13.3 -12.0% -25.3 -22.6 -12.1%
Net income 43.4 26.8 +61.8% 80.5 46.9 +71.5%
Basic
EPS
in
0
59
0
34
+73
7%
1
09
0
59
+86
1%
Adjusted
EPS
in
0
66
0
46
4%
+45
1
23
0
89
+37
4%
Weighted
shares
#
av
73
4
78
9
-6
9%
73
5
79
8
9%
-7

Non-operating effects higher due to share based comp and one-off costs related to organisational efficiency projects

Adjusted EPS amounted to €1.23 for the first half 2023, growing 37%

D&A lower due to an unscheduled depreciation of self-developed software and the special depreciation of FLOWFACT in the previous year

Upgrading FY2023 guidance to incorporate Sprengnetter for H2 2023 and improved operating leverage

Scout24 Group 2023e

circa 15%

Revenue growth

( c. 3pp contribution from Sprengnetter)

18 - 19%

Ordinary operating EBITDA growth

(c. 1pp contribution from Sprengnetter)

Q&A

Q3/9M 2023 Results 2 November 2023 Capital Markets Day planned for February 2024

Filip Lindvall – Vice President Group Strategy & Investor Relations

[email protected]

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