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Swissquote Group Holding

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Bloomberg   SQN SW
Internet banking/Fintech  /  Switzerland  Web Site   |   Investors Relation
Suited for all market seasons
Target
Upside 8.58%
Price (CHF) 253.2
Market Cap (CHFM) 3,882
Perf. 1W: -1.33%
Perf. 1M: 7.29%
Perf. 3M: 23.9%
Perf Ytd: 23.8%
10 day relative perf. to stoxx600: 6.41%
20 day relative perf. to stoxx600: 4.09%
Target Change28/09/2022

Markets don't help but client growth is a sustainability guarantor

Change in Target PriceCHF 186 vs 211-11.8%

We reduce our TP integrating the last financials.
The cut is mainly driven by reduced revenue expectations from crypto assets. Tumbling equity markets also have a negative impact on clients’ assets.
On the other hand, we continue to expect strong client asset inflows on the back of client account openings. Coupled with higher interest rates, this should partly offset the drop from transaction-based revenues.
Overall, our estimates for FY 22 land at the bottom of the firm’s guidance (CHF400m net revenues vs. CHF400m-420m) and below that of 2025. Despite that, fundamentals still imply a strong upside to the current share price, the latter pricing a worst-case scenario.
Our thesis does not change in that we strongly believe that the continued growing customer base is pure dry powder for better financial markets’ times.



Change in EPS2022 : CHF 10.7 vs 12.3-13.7%
2023 : CHF 13.1 vs 14.0-6.04%

Our EPS is reduced as we decreased our top-line expectations (from CHF463m to CHF 400m in 2022 and CHF 512m to CHF 476m in 2023). Our PBT margins are even slightly increased (46.5% in 2022 vs. 45.7% previously) as Swissquote has a mighty control over its costs (a material part of these being employees’ bonuses linked to the firm’s performance).



Change in NAVCHF 152 vs 194-21.3%

The NAV target is slightly cut as we have kept the same P/E multiple (10.5x) but decreased the average earnings over (23-24) to CHF 216m.



Change in DCFCHF 220 vs 257-14.4%

We cut our DCF valuation on the back of reduced revenue expectations for the next 3 years.



Updates

14 Mar 24 Earnings/sales releases
FY-23: all-weather business model continues to...

11 Aug 23 Earnings/sales releases
H1-23: NII tailwinds persist; 2023 guidance upg...

16 Jun 23 Target Change
More rates, more money

17 Mar 23 Earnings/sales releases
Unrelenting customer growth - again

07 Mar 23 Other news/comments
Swissquote’s hidden value

07 Mar 23 Target Change
Swissquote is a must-have

16 Jan 23 Earnings/sales releases
Swissquote meets 2022 expectations; onwards ...

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