BGO26 Sep 2017 10:43
Part 2.
"Interjection by IC podcast presenter".......' Mobile payments is something that I dont think anyone has really cracked and it does look like Bango has found that magic ingredient however the turnover just now is quite small , what will be the inflection point that turns this into a 'mega' company?'
Their going to hit and this is another quote "we are going to hit profitability within weeks."
So their operating costs are pretty stable at £5.4million pounds per year , they get 1.5 to 1.8% of the total transaction value as their fee for processing the transactions so with operating costs stable and the end user spend doubling each year , year on year for the last 3 years its now over £400 million pounds then as soon as it moves into profits then your going to see a very sharp rise in profitability thereafter.
"Interjection by IC podcast presenter"......'So there is massive operational gearing then ?'
I have never seen anything like it to be honest, and I have covered hundreds and hundreds of companies over the years but this one really excites me given 'A' the market that its addressing plus the operational gearing of the business and my model ,these aren't analysts models but my model suggests that if they continue doing what they are doing then by 2020 they could be processing upwards of 2 billion dollars of transactions ,turning that into sterling their gross profits could be £20 million pounds and if you deduct operating costs your looking at net profits of around £10 million pounds for a company thats got a market value of about £170 million pounds today ,I would put a target price of £3 pounds but that is based on very conservative assumptions on the Amazon deal and also very conservative assumptions for their ability to pick up other Google play routes .
I think the risk here is massively to the upside .
"Interjection by IC podcast presenter"......'Its one that feels it could get taken out then especially if you think about the transactions that have taken place in the fintech market Worldpay being an obvious example , you know this has the feel of something that somebody might want ?'
Totally totally, AND, now because we are at that point where its actually profitable and it has cash in the bank as well
and people are getting excited of the potential market out there,and we are not even talking about the potential in India which is another country with very low credit card usage, but mobile telephones are really taking off.You know this is something across Asia that could be huge, they have offices in the Asia Pacific Rim and they are targeting Singapore and Taiwan being 2 that they discussed when I was on the phone chatting with the board.You know given what they have already done and the point they are at then yeah this could be an interesting target for a predator.