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Smartbroker Holding AG — Investor Presentation 2021
Nov 24, 2021
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November 2021
Meet the team
Matthias Hach CEO
- Joined March 2021
- 25+ years digital banking and brokerage experience
- Most recently CMO of comdirect Bank AG and Divisional Board Member at Commerzbank
Roland Nicklaus CFO
- Assumed role in April 2021
- Joined as non-executive in 2008
- 23 years banking & finance experience
- Most recently non-executive director & board adviser to a telco and a digital infrastructure provider
Michael Bulgrin Chief Content Officer
Thomas Soltau Co-CEO w:o capital
Oliver Haugk CTO
Stefan Zmojda Chief Revenue Officer
Overview of Our Business: Social & Media meets Brokerage & Transaction
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Social & Media Launched 1998
40 % H1 2021 YoY organic revenue growth
36 % 2021E EBITDA margin
Transaction Smartbroker launched Dec 2019
100+ % H1 2021 YoY organic revenue growth
neg. EBITDA margin
Strategic & operational significant progress during 2021
- Secured 95+% stake in Smartbroker
- Hired entire new senior Management layer
- Expanded headcount by ca. 100 employees
- Kicked off and progressed internalisation of IT infrastructure
- In process of expanding BaFin licence
- On track to over-achieve our "Vision 2024" operational goals
- 2021 Financial Guidance re-confirmed
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Guidance 2021: Driving Superior Financial Returns
N o t e : E B I T D A r e f e r s t o O p e r a t i o n a l E B I T D A b e f o r e e x t r a -o r d i n a r y i n c o m e / ( e x p e n s e s ) o f E U R ( 0 . 8 ) m i n 2 0 1 9 a n d E U R 2 . 7 m i n 2 0 2 0
Guidance
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16.5 - 18.5
H1 2021 Pre-liminary Results: Record Revenues, Driven by all Divisions
23.8M EUR
Revenue in the first half of the year 2021 wallstreet:online group
- 57 % vs. 1st half of the year 2020
Efficient Symbiosis
Between Smartbroker and our financial portals & communities
H1 2021 Pre-liminary Results: Robust Operating EBITDA
H1 2021 Pre-liminary Results: Further Significant Expansion of Page Impressions
H1 2021 Pre-liminary Results: Customers Love Our Smartbroker Service
Evolution of Brokerage Account Customers
H1 2021 Pre-liminary Results: Total AUM and AUM per Customer at Market-Leading Magnitudes
XO Brokerage and the Market Beyond: At the Beginning of a Seismic Shift
German Households' Financial Assets Grow by 6% p.a.
Only 18% of these assets are invested in listed equities & funds
S o u r c e : D e u t s c h e B u n d e s b a n k , d a t a a s o f 3 1 M a r c h 2 0 2 1 . C A G R r e f e r s t o p e r i o d 1 J a n 2 0 1 5 t o 3 1 M a r c h 2 0 2 1
Seismic Shift in AUMs has only just begun Neobrokers and Robos are Destined to Gain Significant Market Share
Smartbroker has the Most Momentum Our Product is Addressing Real Market Needs, today
S o u r c e : C o m p a n y w e b s i t e s , o w n r e s e a r c h
Why will we gain market share?
Cost is THE key customer selection criteria
Key customer criteria in % of responses
S o u r c e : O l i v e r W y m a n ( n -1 , 5 0 4 )
How do we compare ?
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- Zero securities account fee
- Zero to 4 Euro per transaction
- Zero downtime
- Maximum access: 40 venues incl ALL German exchanges
- Trade 100% of securities licensed in Germany
| 1,28 | Consorsbank | |
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| 1,02 | Flatex | |
| 0.79 | PSD Bank West | |
| 0,75 | Comdirect Bank | |
| Irokerage im Test Hier zählten die niedrigsten Kosten und das größte Anlageangebot | |||||||||||||
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| tang | Bank | 1000 | Kosten tel. Aktienorder in $\epsilon^{\scriptscriptstyle 1}$ 3000 |
10000 | 1000 | Kosten Aktienorder per PC in € 1 3000 |
10000 | Punkte Order- kosten 2 |
Punkte Sonstige Kriterien3 |
Punkte Service 4 |
Punkte Online 5 |
Gesamt- punkte 6 |
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| 1 | Smartbroker | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4,60 | 4,60 | 4,60 | 4,60 | 40.0 | 26,3 | 4.3 | 6,3 | 76.9 | |
| Flatex | 24.17 | 24.17 | 24.17 | 8,27 | 8.27 | 8,27 | 31.4 | 25.6 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 69,9 | ||
| з | Consorsbank | 26.40 | 28.90 | 46.40 | 11.45 | 13.95 | 31,45 | 21.4 | 32.4 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 67.9 | |
| $\Delta$ | Comdirect | 27.30 | 29,80 | 47.30 | 12,40 | 14.90 | 32,40 | 20.2 | 28.3 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 65.4 | |
| 5 | OnVista Rank | 27.75 | 27.75 | 27.75 | 775 | 775 | 775 | 317 | 181 | 52 | 82 | 62.7 |
Market moving towards zero-fee commissions
Approximate trading costs of select German brokers (EUR)
customer base before lowering fees
and earning revenue from other sources
1Commissions based on hypothetical investment of EUR 5,000 Source: ExtraETF, broker websites, Blackrock
We Gain Germany's Most Valuable XO Customers
- Extremely Favourable Customer Life-Time Value Drivers
- Positive Unit Economics from Year 1
- Customer acquisition costs on average returned within 12-14 months
S o u r c e : w a l l s t r e e t : o n l i n e , f l a t e x ( B 2 C c u s t o m e r s ) a n d c o m d i r e c t f i n a n c i a l a c c o u n t s
Unique Target Operating Model for the Highly Attractive XO Brokerage Market
The Execution Only ("XO") brokerage market represents a Tiny Fraction of the German Retail Finance Sector
of account holders (in mm)
EUR 1bn p.a.
Total Revenues of Execution Only Brokers
EUR 10bn p.a.
Total Revenues from securities assets of German households, i.e. transaction fees, management charges, offer premiums, commissions etc.
XO Market Growth Drivers
German Execution Only Brokerage Market
The four 1st Generation Brokers Command c75% share of the German market (by # of trades)
2 nd Generation Neo Brokers Smartbroker and Trade Republic with strongest momentum
S o u r c e : O l i v e r W y m a n , w a l l s t r e e t : o n l i n e .
D i a m e t r e o f c i r c l e i n d i c a t e s a n n u a l b r o k e r a g e r e v e n u e s h a r e r e l a t i v e t o c o m p e t i t io n
We know our customers - Smartbroker
H1 2021 Financial Details
H1 2021 Expenditure Overview | Consolidated
| in EUR mm | Consolidated | |||
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| H1 2020 | H1 2021 | Growth | ||
| Revenue | 15.1 | 23.8 | 57 % | |
| Other Operating Income | 0.3 | 0.5 | 63 % | |
| Data, IT & Distribution | (2.5) | (5.1) | 102 % | |
| Marketing | (4.6) | (8.9) | 93 % | |
| Personnel | (5.0) | (7.2) | 43 % | |
| Other | (2.0) | (2.0) | 4 % | |
| Non-recurring Items | 0.0 | (0.5) | n/m | |
| EBITDA | 1.3 | 0.6 | (54) % | |
| add back/ (deduct) non-recurring items | 0.0 | 0.5 | n/m | |
| Operational EBITDA | 1.3 | 1.1 | (17) % | |
| Smartbroker Customer Acquisition Costs | 3.3 | 7.9 | 142 % | |
| Operational EBITDA before CAC | 4.6 | 9.0 | 96 % |
H1 2021 Cash Flow Statement
| in EUR mm | |
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| H1 2021 | |
| Operational EBITDA | 1.1 |
| Change in Working Capital & Other | (0.3) |
| Taxes | (0.8) |
| Operating Cash Flow | 0.1 |
| of which Smartbroker CACs | 7.9 |
| Non-recurring items | (0.7) |
| Capital Expenditure(1) | (0.6) |
| Total pre-financing Cash Flow | (1.2) |
| Financing Cash Flow | 18.1 |
| Total Cash Flow | 16.9 |
(1) Without wallstreet:online capital AG
H1 2021 Balance Sheet | wallstreet:online-Group (HGB)
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| 31.12.2020 | 30.06.2021 | % of total | |||
| Fixed Assets | 28.8 | 27.7 | 42 % | ||
| Intangible Assets | 20.5 | 19.4 | 29 % | ||
| Tangible Assets | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1 % | ||
| Financial Assets | 7.9 | 7.8 | 12 % | ||
| Current Assets | 22.0 | 38.0 | 58 % | ||
| Inventories | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 % | ||
| Trade Receivables | 4.3 | 4.2 | 6 % | ||
| Other | 3.6 | 2.9 | 5 % | ||
| Cash and Equivalents |
14.1 | 30.9 | 47 % | ||
| Prepaid Expenses | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 % | ||
| Total Assets | 51.2 | 65.9 | 100 % |
| in EUR 000s | Equity & Liabilities | ||||
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| 31.12.2020 | 30.06.2021 | % of total | |||
| Equity | 30.2 | 48.1 | 73 % | ||
| Provisions | 2.7 | 3.6 | 6 % | ||
| Financial debt | 7.5 | 6.6 | 10 % | ||
| Trade payables | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 % | ||
| Other liabilities | 6.4 | 3.2 | 5 % | ||
| Deferred Income |
1.7 | 2.2 | 3 % | ||
| Deferred Taxes |
1.0 | 0.9 | 1 % | ||
| Total Liabilities | 51.2 | 65.9 | 100 % |
Wallstreet:online AG – share details
Key data
| ISIN | DE000A2GS609 |
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| Reuters | WSO1k.DE |
| Number of shares | 15.10m |
| Market Cap (17/11/2021) | cEUR320m |
| Research | Warburg Research (34€) Metzler (35€) GBC AG Research (37.70€) Hauck & Aufhäuser (30€) Alster Research (30€) |
| Shareholders | A Kolbinger 56.5% Free float 37.0% Management 7.5% |
Roland Nicklaus Chief Financial Officer
Investor Presentation Autumn 2021 wallstreet:online Aktiengesellschaft
Kontakt: [email protected]
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