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SPORTRADAR REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2024 FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS
Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD) (“Sportradar” or the “Company”), a leading global sports technology company focused on creating immersive experiences for sports fans and bettors, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2024.
Carsten Koerl, Chief Executive Officer of Sportradar, said: “Our strong second quarter results, including another quarter of record revenues are a testament to the operating momentum we are generating across our business and the clear execution against our strategies to drive outperformance versus the market. We delivered robust growth across our high-value product portfolio and strong client uptake, while continuing to strengthen our business by driving efficiencies and significant cash flow. I am pleased to once again raise our full year guidance as we continue to build long-term shareholder value through strong topline growth, a focus on delivering additional operating leverage and increasing cash flow generation.”
Second Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights
- Revenue was €278.4 million, up 29% year-over-year demonstrating continued momentum in the business.
- Betting Technology & Solutions revenues were €229.1 million, up 30% year-over-year, and Sports Content, Technology & Services revenues were €49.3 million, up 22% year-over-year.
- Delivered strong revenue growth globally with Rest of World up 22% and the U.S. up 59%.
- The current quarter generated a loss of (€1.5 million) compared to a de minimis profit for the same quarter last year.
- Adjusted EBITDA[i] was €48.8 million, up 22% year-over-year.
- Net cash generated from operating activities since the beginning of the year was €152.6 million, up 17% year-over-year.
- The Company’s customer Net Retention Rate[ii] was 117%, demonstrating the strength in cross selling and upselling to clients, and increasing sequentially.
- As of June 30, 2024, the Company had total liquidity of €542.2 million as compared to €483.7 million as of June 30, 2023, benefitting from strong cash flow generation in the first half of 2024.
- During the quarter, the company repurchased approximately 588,000 shares, for a total amount of $6.2 million. As of August 9, 2024, the Company has repurchased approximately 748,000 shares with a total value of $8.0 million.
- The Company further raised its full-year 2024 outlook and now expects to deliver 22% year-over-year growth in revenue and Adjusted EBITDA.
Key Financial and Operating Metrics
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Q2 | Q2 | Change | Change | ||||
in €’000 (unaudited) | 2024 | 2023 | € | % | ||||
Total Revenue | 278.4 | 216.4 | 62.0 | 29% | ||||
Profit (loss) for the period from continuing operations | (1.5) | 0.0 | (1.6) | n/a | ||||
Profit (loss) for the period from continuing operations as a percentage of revenue | (0.6%) | 0.0% | -57 bps | n/a | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 48.8 | 40.1 | 8.7 | 22% | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA Margin1 | 17.5% | 18.5% | -98 bps | n/a | ||||
Net Retention Rate | 117% | 120% | -360 bps | n/a | ||||
Supplemental Revenue Analysis | ||||||||
Revenue Grouping | ||||||||
Betting Technology & Solutions | 229.1 | 176.1 | 53.0 | 30% | ||||
Sports Content, Technology & Services | 49.3 | 40.3 | 9.0 | 22% | ||||
278.4 | 216.4 | 62.0 | 29% | |||||
Revenue Grouping as % of Total Revenue | ||||||||
Betting Technology & Solutions | 82% | 81% | 1% | |||||
Sports Content, Technology & Services | 18% | 19% | -1% | |||||
Geographic | ||||||||
Rest of World | 217.8 | 178.4 | 39.4 | 22% | ||||
United States | 60.6 | 38.0 | 22.6 | 59% | ||||
278.4 | 216.4 | 62.0 | 29% | |||||
Geographic as % of Total Revenue | ||||||||
Rest of World | 78% | 82% | ||||||
United States | 22% | 18% | ||||||
Recent Business Highlights
- Sportradar Managed Trading Services (MTS) customer pipeline had a strong first half of 2024. 46 new customers have signed up for MTS year-to-date, which will bring total customers to over 200 worldwide, expanding coverage in fast growing sports betting territories including Latin America & Africa.
- UEFA and Sportradar extend and expand partnership. The expanded agreement covers all UEFA Club and National team competitions, over 900 high-profile matches, a 33% increase from the previous relationship. The agreement also expands its existing, exclusive betting data rights and Integrity partnership to include non-exclusive right to distribute data to non-betting media.
- Sportradar launches audio and expands digital-out-of-home advertising channels to increase operators’ reach and brand awareness. Sportradar announced the launch of ad:s for audio and an enhanced digital-out-of-home offering, expanding the reach of the company’s leading marketing services to podcasts, streaming services, internet radio and over 600,000 digital outdoor screens across move than 100 countries.
- Sportradar launches industry-first social media video ads featuring live sports and betting data. Initially launched across Meta’s social media platforms, Sportradar’s proprietary technology creates and delivers tailored social media video advertisements, which update in real-time to reflect betting market movements, including live odds, as well as casino games and jackpot value, to aid customer retention and drive revenue.
Revenue
Total revenue for the current quarter was €278.4 million, up 29% year-over-year driven by growth across the portfolio, in particular Betting Technology & Solutions.
Betting Technology & Solutions
Betting Technology & Solutions revenues were €229.1 million, up 30% year-over-year primarily driven by:
- Streaming & Betting Engagement, up €26.2 million or 41% year-over-year, and Live Data and Odds up €18.6 million or 27% year-over-year, with both benefitting from existing and new customer uptake of our products and premium pricing, as well as from the strong U.S. market growth.
- Managed Betting Services, up €8.5 million or 21% year-over-year, primarily driven by strong growth in Managed Trading Services due to higher trading margins and increased betting activity from existing and new customers.
- As a percentage of total company revenues, Betting Technology & Solutions represented 82% of total company revenue in the current quarter as compared to 81% in the prior year quarter.
Sports Content, Technology & Solutions
Sports Content, Technology & Solutions revenues were €49.3 million, an increase of 22% year-over-year primarily driven by:
- Marketing and Media Services were €7.7 million, up 28% year-over-year, with strong growth in European and North America ad:s revenue as several sportsbooks launched marketing campaigns.
- Sports Performance was broadly flat year-over-year.
- As a percentage of total company revenues, Sports Content, Technology & Solutions represented 18% of total company revenue in the current quarter as compared to 19% in the prior year quarter.
Costs and Expenses
- Purchased services and licenses were €72.6 million, up €22.0 million or 44% year-over-year. Of the total purchased services and licenses, €28.9 million was expensed sport rights. Excluding expensed sport rights, purchased services were €43.7 million, up €10.5 million or 32% year-over-year driven primarily by the Company’s investments in its product portfolio.
- Personnel expenses were €89.1 million, up €4.7 million or 6% year-over-year and down approximately 700 bps as a percentage of revenue, as we continue to closely manage our resources and focus on delivering operating leverage.
- Other Operating expenses were €22.6 million, up €1.6 million or 8%, down approximately 160 basis points as a percentage of revenue, as we further leveraged our existing infrastructure.
- Total sport rights costs were €95.9 million, up €43.6 million or 83% year-over-year, driven by new rights, in particular our ATP and NBA partnership deals.
Share Repurchase Program
In March of this year the Board of Directors approved a $200 million share repurchase program and commenced purchases during the second quarter. As of August 9, 2024, the Company has repurchased approximately 748,000 shares under the plan for a total of $8.0 million.
Updated 2024 Annual Financial Outlook
Sportradar is further raising its fiscal 2024 outlook for revenue and Adjusted EBITDA as follows:
- Revenue of €1,070 million compared with prior outlook of €1,060 million, up 22% year-over-year and representing a 1-percentage point improvement in our full year growth rate outlook.
- Adjusted EBITDA of at least €204 million compared with prior outlook of €202 million, up 22% and representing a 1-percentage point improvement in our full year growth rate outlook.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 19%.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Sportradar will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2024 results today, August 13, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Those wishing to participate via webcast should access the earnings call through Sportradar’s Investor Relations website. An archived webcast with the accompanying slides will be available at the Company’s Investor Relations website for one year after the conclusion of the live event.
[i] Non-IFRS measure. See the sections captioned “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric” and “IFRS to Non-IFRS reconciliations” for more details.
[ii] Non-IFRS Operating Metric. See the section captioned “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metric” for more details.
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Say hello to LazyBar, Allset Partners’ brand-new online casino brand. Launched only 2 months ago and already available in five major gaming locations in Europe, namely Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Poland, LazyBar is already off to a flying start.
“Our sights are set high and we have ambitious plans for the future. Our goal now, however, is to see LazyBar get to €1,000,000 in GGR by the end of 2024. We also plan to keep growing our list of European GEOs.” — Allset Partners
A peek at LazyBar: 9500+ popular games from over 70 game providers
Traffic to LazyBar comes mainly through media buying teams using Facebook, SEO, email campaigns and PPC.
The Allset Partners team have extensive experience in attracting iGaming traffic which is why creating their own brand seemed like the obvious and logical next step. As a white label online casino solution provider having launched several popular online casinos, Extendy was their primary choice. Launching an online casino brand includes managing all the extensive, major operational processes such as licensing, integrating game providers and payment solutions, as well as integrating all the necessary online casino infrastructures such as a CRM system, player support and VIP player support programs.
When it came to scaling LazyBar, the first step was to attract organic traffic and build a pool of players able to generate profit. Extendy’s CBDO, Ayvar Gabidullin explains that casinos created on the Extendy platform usually experience payouts within 5-6 months.
“When we launched our partner, Allset Partners, we initially determined a list of five countries to which all the traffic would go. However, seeing just how keen and active Allset were, we saw it best to roll out further GEOs. It was then that they really began to perform. The team is already showing results in Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Poland.
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Super Group Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of 2024
Super Group (SGHC) Limited, the parent company of Betway, a leading online sports betting and gaming business, and Spin, the multi-brand online casino, announced third quarter 2024 unaudited consolidated financial results.
Neal Menashe, Chief Executive Officer of Super Group, said: “We achieved our strongest third quarter ever, highlighting the phenomenal progress we are making as a business. There is still tremendous potential as we experience super growth across our global casino brands, and particularly in Africa which we have scaled to be our largest region for the second quarter running. Given our continued strong performance and robust balance sheet, we are exploring ways to return excess cash to shareholders, and intend to discuss with the board a possible further special dividend before the end of the year.”
Alinda van Wyk, Chief Financial Officer of Super Group, said: “This quarter was our best ex-US third quarter ever, achieving total revenue of €395 million and Adjusted EBITDA of €95 million. We are focusing on consistent growth in our key markets, while striving to maximize operational and marketing cost efficiencies across the group, which resulted in a margin of 24% for the second quarter in a row – well ahead of our long-term target of 20%. Following the strong performance of the business over the first three quarters and an early look at a strong October, we are increasing our ex-US Adjusted EBITDA full-year 2024 guidance to be greater than €345 million.”
Financial Highlights:
Revenue increased by 13% to €402.9 million for the third quarter of 2024 (constant currency: 15% to €410.9 million) from €356.9 million in the same period of the prior year, driven by growth from the Africa, Europe and North America (predominantly Canada) markets partially offset by declines from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific markets.
Profit for the period was €8.5 million for the third quarter of 2024. Profit for the period of €10.6 million for the third quarter of 2023 included a non-cash charge of €14.2 million related to the change in fair value of option liability.
Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, increased by 60% to €83.9 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to €52.5 million in the third quarter of 2023.
Monthly Active Customers increased by 17% to 4.7 million during the third quarter of 2024 from 4.0 million in the third quarter of 2023.
Cash and cash equivalents was €296.6 million at September 30, 2024, up from €241.9 million at December 31, 2023. This net increase during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was the result of:
Inflows from operating activities amounting to €159.1 million;
Outflows from investing activities of €59.2 million. This was mainly as a result of further investment in tangible and intangible assets of €63.6 million, predominantly due to the capitalization of expenditure on software, issuance of a loan to Apricot Investments Limited of €10.0 million, deferred consideration paid of €2.5 million relating to the 15 Marketing Limited acquisition and cash paid of €2.0 million for an investment in associate. These outflows were offset in part by €9.2 million of consideration received from the sale of the B2B division of DGC, as well as €9.2 million resulting from receipts of interest and repayment of loans receivable;
Outflows from financing activities of €51.9 million, mainly due to dividends paid of €46.1 million and lease payments of €5.7 million; and
A gain of €6.7 million as a result of foreign currency fluctuations on foreign cash balances held over this period.
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The iGaming provider will demonstrate its wide range of casino developments, including the 4 jackpot bestsellers Bell Link, Clover Chance, High Cash, and Single Progressive Jackpot, as well as over 120 titles. Together with well-established slots like Sugar Duke, Burning Goals, and Shining Crown, the guests will be able to see and test the newest addition to Clover Chance: the game Sugarville. As its name suggests, it will take players to a world of sweet wins, where the multiplier increases with every subsequent toppling, reaching up to the impressive x128. Adding to this the fact that the mystery jackpot can be triggered at any time, Sugarville definitely has what it takes to become one of EGT Digital’s next irresistible offerings.
Fans of quick wins will be able to enjoy the instant games of the Bulgarian company, which are popular for their attractive original design and mechanics, ensuring highly engaging gameplay.
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X-Nave’s Gaming Aggregator will demonstrate its extensive array of more than 12,000 titles, including slots, live games, table games, bingo, lottery, Poker, TV games, skill-based games, and crash games from over 110 popular providers. The module will also introduce numerous new functionalities. Among them is the Buy Bonus feature, giving operators one more option to reward players beyond the standard free spin bonuses, as well as the Aggregator inbuild bonus support, enabling bonus management through the Aggregator.
In addition to the option for different types of navigation layouts, allowing operators to be extremely flexible in content arrangement, a new Hot and Cold games category will also be available. It will provide live visualization of the games’ RTP. This way they will be classified as hot or cold, and the players will have the necessary information to make their choice.
The list of novelties at the Gaming Aggregator will be complemented by the Recommendation Engine, which underpins personalized content delivery, product suggestions, and tailored search results. This X-Nave module will also present its Casino as Widget, an innovative solution for implementing EGT Digital’s CMS system into third-party websites, casino verticals, or independent categories.
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