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Scout24 AG — Investor Presentation 2022
Nov 3, 2022
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Q3 / 9M 2022 Results
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Tobias Hartmann (CEO) Dirk Schmelzer (CFO)
Analyst call, 3 November 2022 | © Scout24 Investor Relations
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Scout24 is well positioned
to navigate changing market conditions
- One of our strongest quarters ever with 18% revenue and 17% ooEBITDA growth respectively
- Real estate market transitioning to a 'new normal'
- Scout24's value adding product suite supports agents and customers in the new market environment
- Less than 3% of revenues derived from transactions
- Narrowing FY2022 guidance towards upper end of range
- Increased operating leverage expected in 2023 and beyond
Q3 2022 was one of our strongest quarters on record with 18% revenue growth
Strong growth in Memberships and Subscriptions offsetting slower growth in Seller Leads and Mortgage
5 Q3 2022 Results | November 2022
We are well positioned to drive sustained growth in a changed market environment
Macro context Shift from Sellers to Buyers market Advertising businesses under pressure Decline in new mortgage volumes Scout24 resilience Agents need marketing power and audience reach more than ever Growing agent base by 3.3% in Q3, crossing 21,000 Less than ~1.5% of S24 total revenues 9M 2022 Mortgage business revenue growth in Q3 of 5.6% We are very selectively building mortgage advisory capabilities for the long-term
Scout24 'transactional' revenues < 3% of 9M 2022
1) Professional and Private revenues 2) IV24 and BaufiTeam revenues
Strong Q3 growth in all three segments
Professional segment performance is driven by solid growth in subscriptions
| (€m) | Q3 2022 |
Q3 2021 |
+/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Segment Revenue | 74.5 | 66.0 | +13.0% |
| of which Subscriptions | 66.3 | 59.2 | +12.0% |
| thereof Membership | 56.6 | 50.9 | +11.1% |
| thereof Seller Leads | 9.7 | 8.2 | +17.5% |
| Customers (period # average) |
21 234 , |
20 556 , |
+3 3% |
| Resulting ARPU (in €) |
1 040 , |
959 | +8 4% |
| of which PPA | 4.2 | 3.0 | +42.2% |
| of which Other (Mortgage) | 4.0 | 3.8 | +5.6% |
| ooEBITDA Professional Segment | 44.8 | 41.9 | +6.9% |
| ooEBITDA Margin |
60.2% | 63.6% | -3.4pp |
Growth driven by
a combination of customer growth, rate card and product upgrades
Solid seller leads growth
in a challenging market environment
Strong PPA
spurred by ongoing need for greater marketing power
Private segment growth is fuelled by strong subscription business and ongoing strong growth in PPA
| (€m) | Q3 2022 |
Q3 2021 |
+/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Segment Revenue | 31.6 | 23.5 | +34.2% |
| of which Subscriptions | 15.4 | 9.8 | +58.2% |
| Customers (period # average) |
315 734 , |
220 678 , |
+43 1% |
| Resulting (in €) ARPU |
16 3 |
14 7 |
+10 5% |
| of which PPA | 11.6 | 8.6 | +35.8% |
| of which Other (Schufa, RRI) | 4.5 | 5.2 | -13.1% |
| ooEBITDA Private Segment |
16.2 | 10.0 | +61.8% |
| ooEBITDA Margin |
51.3% | 42.6% | +8.8pp |
Further strong customer wins due to great demand in the rent market
Subscriptions revenue fuelled by new pricing schemes
Standalone Schufa
decreases by shifting to TenantPlus
Q3 revenue and ordinary operating EBITDA growing strongly on the same pace
| (€m) | Q3 2022 |
Q3 2021 |
+/- | 9M 2022 |
9M 2021 |
+/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 114.7 | 97.5 | +17.7% | 332.3 | 287.2 | +15.7% |
| Own work capitalised | 7.3 | 7.2 | +1.0% | 21.8 | 19.5 | +11.5% |
| Personnel costs |
-25.1 | -21.7 | +15.9% | -70.7 | -63.0 | +12.2% |
| Marketing costs | -12.3 | -10.0 | +23.4% | -38.7 | -27.8 | +39.4% |
| IT costs | -5.3 | -4.6 | +13.8% | -15.9 | -12.7 | +25.2% |
| Selling costs | -7.7 | -7.0 | +10.1% | -20.8 | -18.3 | +13.6% |
| Other operating costs | -7.7 | -7.0 | +10.4% | -23.3 | -20.2 | +15.5% |
| Total operating effects | 58.1 | 50.2 | +15.7% | 169.5 | 142.0 | +19.3% |
| ooEBITDA | 63.9 | 54.5 | +17.3% | 184.6 | 164.7 | +12.1% |
| margin ooEBITDA |
7% 55 |
9% 55 |
-0 2pp |
6% 55 |
4% 57 |
-1 8pp |
• Lower capitalisation rate of 6.3% vs. 6.6% in Q2
- Slower increase of marketing costs due to the changes in the market environment
- IT costs higher due to Vermietet.de integration and increased AWS costs
- Selling costs growing moderate due to increased Plus-subscriptions
Revenue and ooEBITDA growth rates have converged to a similar level
Closing the gap in ooEBITDA margin comparing 2022 with 2021
Closing in on generating operating leverage on the back of strength of core business and coming out of investment period
Strong EPS growth
| (€m) | Q3 2022 |
Q3 2021 |
+/- | 9M 2022 |
9M 2021 |
+/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary operating EBITDA | 63.9 | 54.5 | +17.3% | 184.6 | 164.7 | +12.1% |
| Non-operating effects | -10.2 | -2.4 | +326.9% | -17.8 | -11.3 | +57.1 |
| Reported EBITDA | 53.8 | 52.1 | +3.2% | 166.8 | 153.4 | +8.8% |
| D&A | -8.3 | -14.9 | -44.1% | -31.1 | -42.7 | -27.2% |
| EBIT | 45.4 | 37.2 | +22.2% | 135.7 | 110.6 | +22.7% |
| Financial result | 0.3 | -1.9 | +116.5% | -20.5 | -7.5 | -171.6% |
| Earnings before Tax | 45.7 | 35.3 | +29.4% | 115.2 | 103.1 | +11.7% |
| Taxes on Income | -13.0 | -11.3 | +14.8% | -35.6 | -32.6 | +9.2% |
| Net income | 32.7 | 24.0 | +36.6% | 79.6 | 70.5 | +13.0% |
| Basic EPS in € |
0 42 |
0 29 |
7% +47 |
1 01 |
0 79 |
+28 4% |
| Adjusted EPS in € |
0 51 |
0 39 |
+31 5% |
1 40 |
1 10 |
+27 9% |
| Weighted shares # av |
2 77 |
83 5 |
5% -7 |
78 9 |
89 7 |
-12 0% |
- Non-operating effects increased significantly due to higher sharebased compensation
- Financial result in Q3 is not impacted by managed liquidity anymore due to the termination in Q2
- Highly accretive EPS profile catalysed by share buybacks
We distributed ~67% of the proceeds from the AutoScout24 sale to our shareholders via share buybacks
Since April 2020, Scout24 returned ~67% of the net proceeds from the AS24 sale to shareholders via share buybacks
• Capital reductions of in
Narrowing FY 2022 guidance towards the upper end of the range
Q&A
Next event: Preliminary FY 2022 results 28 February 2023 at 3pm CET
Filip Lindvall – Director Group Strategy & Investor Relations