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ELIX Elixirr International Plc

690.00
40.00 (6.15%)
10 Oct 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Elixirr International Plc LSE:ELIX London Ordinary Share GB00BLPHTX84 ORD 0.005P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  40.00 6.15% 690.00 39,142 16:35:24
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
670.00 690.00 680.00 650.00 650.00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Management Consulting Svcs 85.89M 17.24M 0.3646 18.65 307.27M
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
16:37:23 O 10,000 690.00 GBX

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Posted at 10/10/2024 09:20 by Elixirr Daily Update
Elixirr International Plc is listed in the Management Consulting Svcs sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker ELIX. The last closing price for Elixirr was 650p.
Elixirr currently has 47,272,811 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Elixirr is £321,455,115.
Elixirr has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 18.65.
This morning ELIX shares opened at 650p
Posted at 23/9/2024 15:23 by masurenguy
Elixirr have now trebled their IPO price since they listed on AIM just over 4 years ago
Posted at 23/9/2024 07:19 by masurenguy
Cavendish target price of 998p
This represents a 20% discount to Accenture on a 2024E EV/EBIT basis. Elixirr’s current FY 2024E EV/EBIT of 9.6x (11.0x fully diluted) and 2-year EBIT growth CAGR to 2025E of +14% compares to Accenture’s 20.9x and +5.4%. Elixirr offers nearly 3x the pace of growth for half the valuation.
Posted at 29/8/2024 14:50 by mginvestor
Lovely to see ELIX breaking out, how the share price has remained so cheap on a PE basis is beyond me. Maybe investors are beginning to realise that it's not all doom & gloom in MC's. In fact it may actually be very profitable being a shareholder in these type of businesses.

Results end of Sep
Posted at 25/6/2024 16:04 by mginvestor
eagle eye,
Thanks for the update from the AGM. Appreciated. Always adds a bit of colour thats good to know. I assure you there are plenty of silent lurkers on here. I've held ELIX since 2020 after their IPO & it has been one of my most comfortable holds.

We are significantly cheap at these prices with a forecast PE of <13 ex cash for just this year 2024 let alone the next! This is despite management having said they will maintain margins at such a high level and the fact they've found many of the acquisitions they've looked at generally having lower margins hence the forecast margins always dip after a significant acquisition.

Patience will be rewarded here.

Toffeeman, they only need 3 on the acquisition team. Have you seen how many potential acquisitions they've gone through so far since IPO. They run a tight ship at that level. And they know exactly what kind of acquisition they want. I suggest going through the IMC presentations and their own website has webcasts too to get an idea of how they view acquisitions.

ATB
Posted at 01/5/2024 13:20 by masurenguy
A couple of predators targeting Alpha FM Consulting. Alpha are circa 3 x sales and 2 x market cap compared to ELIX but it indicates the interest in consolidation within the sector and ELIX's more specialist digital/AI expertise could have them already on some predators radar.

"The Board of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting plc notes the recent press speculation and confirms that it has received a non-binding indicative proposal from Bridgepoint Advisers Limited regarding a possible cash offer for the entire ordinary share capital of Alpha FMC. The Board also confirms that Cinven Limited is considering a possible offer for the entire ordinary share capital of Alpha FMC, although no indicative offer proposal has been received currently. Alpha FMC is now in an offer period. A further announcement will be made as and when appropriate. This announcement is being made without the consent of Bridgepoint and Cinven."
Posted at 22/4/2024 07:20 by masurenguy
Completely inline with the January y/e trading update !

Final Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Elixirr International is pleased to announce its final results for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Financial Highlights

. Revenue increased by 20% to £85.9m (FY 22: £71.7m)
. Adjusted EBITDA* increased by 24% to £25.4m (FY 22: £20.5m)
. Adjusted EBITDA* margin of 30% (FY 22: 29%)
. Profit before tax increased by 40% to £22.1m (FY 22: £15.7​m)
. Adjusted diluted earnings per share* increased by 22% to 37.2p (FY 22: 30.5p)
. Year-end net cash of £18.1m (FY 22: £20.4m)
. Total dividend increased by 37% to 14.8p per Ordinary share (FY 22: 10.8p)

Current Trading & Outlook

· FY 23 momentum has continued into FY 24, with three record revenue months in Q1 2024 and a strong pipeline for the remainder of FY 24
· Momentum is expected to continue throughout the remainder of the year, with FY 24 revenue expected to be in the range of £104-110 million
· Adjusted EBITDA margin expected to be in the range of 27-29% after factoring in the impact of Insigniam's lower margins at acquisition

Operating Highlights

· Continued progress executing our four-pillar growth strategy, including:

1. Stretching Existing Partners - revenue per Partner increased by 7% during the year to £3.9m per Partner (FY 22: £3.6m). This continues the growth in this metric in each year since listing.

2. Hiring new Partners - we made three successful Partner hires in FY 23. These individuals have expanded the Group's presence in key markets and geographies and ensure that diversity of thought is maintained throughout the Partner grade.

3. Promoting Partners from Within - two experienced Principals were promoted to Partner in January 2023, with a further two Principals promoted to Partner in October 2023. January 2024 saw our first promotion to Partner in one of our acquired businesses, reflecting its successful integration within the Elixirr Group.

4. Inorganic Growth - the acquisition of the Artificial Intelligence firm, Responsum, in September 2023 has positioned the Group at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, whilst the acquisition of organisational change and transformation firm, Insigniam, in December 2023 enables us to support clients, innovate and drive large-scale change. Inorganic growth remains a key component of our strategy, and our internal M&A team continues to generate a pipeline of strong prospects that will help us further support clients with key boardroom issues and maximise the growth opportunity for the Group.

· Multiple accolades received including being named in the Financial Times' 2023 'UK Leading Management Consultants' list, earning a place on the Global Outsourcing 100® by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, being recognised as a Top Consulting Firm by Consultancy.UK and being shortlisted for the In-house Recruitment Awards 2023.

Commenting on the results, Founder & CEO, Stephen Newton said:"2023 highlighted Elixirr's ability to thrive, outperforming both competitors and the global Consulting market. Our continued growth is a testament to the quality of our team, and the value we deliver to our clients. This year we continued to invest in our four-pillar growth strategy, further diversifying our offering and enabling us to solve new and interesting challenges for our clients. Our equity incentive model continues to disrupt the market, solidifying our reputation as the Challenger Consultancy and setting us up for continued success."
Posted at 30/12/2023 12:25 by mirabeau
This year I am recommending a riskier small company with experienced top management, excellent growth prospects and a number of blue-chip clients. The company is Elixirr International (Aim: ELIX), a consultancy with a market value of £220m and a 2022 turnover of £70.7m, up by 40% on 2021.

Elixirr was founded in 2009 by the current CEO, Stephen Newton, who had been a managing partner at Accenture. Newton says Elixxir’s ambition is to become the best digital, data, artificial intelligence (AI) and strategy consultancy in the world, with a globally recognised client base. It already numbers Diageo, HSBC, LVMH and Tesla among its clients.

Elixirr features in several categories of the Financial Times’ 2023 list of the leading UK management consultancies. Its emphasis on digital, data and AI should shield it from the recent turndown in general consultancy. Elixirr grows organically and through bolt-on acquisitions such as US generative AI firm Responsum, which has enhanced the group’s AI capabilities.

Revenue rose by 23% to £41.1m in the six months to 30 June, with pre-tax profits up 17% to £9.9m and net cash at £19.5m. Newton, who holds 28.7% of the shares (aligning his interests with other shareholders’), expects this strong performance to continue for the rest of the year, with full-year sales of £85m-£90m.

The trailing 12-month p/e is 17.5 and the forward dividend yield is 2.23% at the recent share price of 472p – well below analysts’ one-year price target of 868p.
Posted at 11/12/2023 08:05 by masurenguy
Acquisition of Insigniam LLC and Insigniam SAS.

Elixirr International is pleased to announce the acquisition by its US subsidiary, Elixirr, Inc. of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Insigniam LLC, and by Elixirr International plc, of the entire issued and outstanding shares of Insigniam SAS, for a maximum consideration payable of US$18.5m.

Acquisition highlights

-- Insigniam is a US-headquartered consultancy firm with 50+ personnel specialising in supporting clients and executives to define and navigate large scale change and transformation.
-- This is the Group's fifth acquisition since its IPO in July 2020 and third in the US, enhancing the Group's presence in this key market.
-- In the 12 months to November 2023 (unaudited), Insigniam recorded revenue of US$13.7m, normalised EBITDA of US$2.3m and normalised profit before tax of US$2.3m.
-- The initial consideration represents a multiple of 5.7x 2023 LTM EBITDA, based off November 2023 LTM financials (unaudited).
-- The transaction is immediately earnings-enhancing.
-- The Acquisition brings specialist services in transformation, leadership alignment, cultural change, and executive coaching, complementing the Group's existing service offerings.
-- In addition to an expansion of capabilities, Insigniam has deep expertise in additive industries for Elixirr, and in particular has built a reputation as market leaders within industries such as healthcare, biopharmaceuticals, life sciences, consumer and retail. Insigniam also has a significant presence and client-base in continental Europe, complementing the Group's presence in this region.
-- Insigniam's top clients include Fortune 500 companies and household brands, many of which are maintained through the leadership's long-standing relationships with the C-suite, coupled with its unique service offering.
-- During due diligence and client interviews, Insigniam was found to be rated 43% better than their competition and has an NPS score of 66 - 85% of its clients report that Insigniam provides more value than any other consulting firm. Together with Insigniam, Elixirr will be able to enhance its existing service offering to its global client base.
-- The US acquisition goodwill will be tax-deductible, resulting in an estimated tax benefit of US$2.8m-$4.3m to be realised over 15 years.

Information on Insigniam and reasons for the Acquisition

Insigniam helps companies navigate large-scale, complex change and transformation. Its offering includes leadership alignment, organisational transformation, cultural change and executive coaching, and its unique methodologies are used to break down performance barriers for C-suite teams across industries. Insigniam operates within a broadly unaddressed and in-demand white space in the market, through a dual focus on catalysing breakthrough change and achieving return on investment. This distinctive market opportunity is a key reason for the acquisition, especially when coupled with Insigniam's proven success at delivering for clients over its 35+ year history. Elixirr leadership believes that both firms' blue-chip clients stand to benefit from a joint proposition between Insigniam and Elixirr.

Insigniam was co-founded by Shideh Sedgh Bina and Nathan Owen Rosenberg, both of whom will continue to spearhead the growth of the business alongside Elixirr moving forward. Shideh and Nathan will join the Group as Elixirr partners, alongside Katerin Le Folcalvez and Jennifer Zimmer.

In the 12 months to November 2023 (unaudited), Insigniam recorded revenue of US$13.7m, normalised EBITDA of US$2.3m and normalised profit before tax of US$2.3m.

Consideration for the Acquisition

The Group acquired Insigniam for a maximum consideration payable of US$18.5m. The Consideration consists of:

- Initial consideration of US$11.6m, from Elixirr's existing cash balances;
- Initial consideration of US$1.5m to be settled through the issue in December 2023 of 258,553 Elixirr International plc Ordinary shares at a price per share of £4.60 by 15 December 2023.
- Deferred consideration of up to US$5.4m in either cash or Ordinary Shares of Elixirr with, at a minimum, 33% of the deferred consideration being satisfied in cash. This is contingent on Insigniam achieving both revenue growth and EBITDA margin targets in financial periods up to 31 December 2026.
- Based off November 2023 LTM financials (unaudited), this constitutes a Day 1 EV/EBITDA multiple of 5.7x, and a maximum EV/EBITDA multiple of 8.1x if all deferred consideration is earned over the three year period.
- The Ordinary Shares will be subject to one-year lock-in arrangements and limitations on the Ordinary Shares that each seller can sell in each of the following three years under nominee agreements.

Following the acquisition of Insigniam, Elixirr will have net cash of approximately £13.5m.

Partner Promotions

As part of its strategy to align incentives for senior personnel, Elixirr is pleased to announce that three recently promoted Partners will each be subscribing for 107,527 Ordinary Shares in the Company at a £4.65 share price. The Ordinary Shares issued to the new Partners will be subject to one-year lock-in arrangements and limitations on the Ordinary Shares that each Partner can sell in each of the following four years. In total, Elixirr will issue an additional 322,581 Ordinary Shares to promoted Partners.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the New Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will become effective at 8.00 a.m. on 15(th) December 2023. After Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 47,272,811 and the total number of voting rights will therefore be 47,272,811.
Posted at 06/11/2023 11:41 by simon gordon
On the iOLAP website they have twenty vacancies, business must be strong.

Thought this a decent summary:

Investors Chronicle - 7/9/23

A capital-light consultancy with excellent momentum

Boutique consultancies do not often crop up on the public market. Pay attention when they do.

by Jemma Slingo

“The concept of a structured work-life balance almost seems to be expected in today’s society – especially in a typical 9-to-5 role, but I think it should be seen as a privilege.” So says Stephen Newton, founder and chief executive of Elixirr (ELIX), a management consultancy that joined Aim three years ago. It’s a fitting message from an entrepreneur set on driving growth and trimming the fat.

Elixirr presents itself as a new breed of management consultancy. It used a recent ad campaign to lampoon the industry’s jargon, swagger and reliance on under-experienced Oxbridge graduates, and continually stresses its “challenger&rdquo; credentials. While it suffers from some of its peers’ breathless fervour, describing its workforce as “creative storytellers”, “brave contrarians” and “probing observers”, its genuine promise makes this just about palatable.

Punching above its weight

With a market cap of under £250mn, Elixirr is small – even compared with specialist listed consulting peers such as Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM) and XPS Pensions (XPS). However, it benefits from a similarly capital-light business model and excellent momentum. Indeed, according to Investec, Elixirr is the fastest-growing management consultancy in the UK and the third-fastest in Europe. Having increased its market share every year since 2011 and posted organic revenue growth of 18 per cent in 2022, Elixirr has momentum. With an adjusted Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) margin at around 30 per cent, it is also profitable.

The company was founded in the aftermath of the financial crash, and originally focused on financial services work, which is Newton’s area of expertise. Around half of group turnover still comes from the sector, but Elixirr is rapidly diversifying, and its 200-strong client base now includes names as varied and big-ticket as Diageo, LVMH, Tesla and Burger King.

The fact that big names are on board suggests this youthful small cap is an increasingly viable alternative to the ‘Big Four’ professional services firms and strategy houses such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group and Bain, which together account for almost half of the market.

A lot of the people who work at Elixirr cut their teeth in this world, so they know what they’re up against. Newton was formerly a managing partner at Accenture, while chief financial officer Graham Busby worked in Accenture’s ‘global mega-deal’ department. The quality of the wider management team is also encouraging, with former BT chief executive Gavin Patterson acting as non-executive chair.

The big question is whether Elixirr can keep luring talented people away from the corporate behemoths. The group has about 500 consultants but just 21 of them are client-facing partners. As partners generate the biggest invoices and bring in most of the work, swelling their ranks will be crucial for growth.

In this sense, Elixirr has a lot in common with Keystone Law (KEYS), whose success relies on a team of 400 senior solicitors and which has seen recruitment slow down in recent months. However, while Keystone’s self-employed “principals&rdquo; take a chunk of what they bill and are enticed by the promise of flexible working, Elixirr depends heavily on share-based compensation.

Management claims that partners can earn 80 per cent more at Elixirr than they could at a big rival firm because, while cash remuneration is lower, the money saved on pay packets is pumped back into the business, fuelling equity returns.

“By investing £3.2mn in the business over five years and assuming 25 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) share price growth, each partner can achieve an equity return of £7.2mn,” declares Elixirr, which loans new partners £500,000 to buy shares. It concludes that over a five-year period a partner can earn £9mn (including cash remuneration) compared with £5mn at a Big Four firm.

Non-partners are also strongly equity incentivised via share options and an employee share purchase plan.

On the one hand, this approach makes a lot of sense. One of the big conundrums posed by listed people businesses is how to align the interests of partners with those of external investors. Why would partners want to return profit to shareholders if they could distribute it all among themselves? Elixirr’s focus on equity means everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. However, its logic falls apart if shares head south and partners watch their pay prospects wither.

Share dilution is therefore something to watch for. Management stressed that the “value created from our equity incentive schemes far outweighs the potential dilutive effect” and analysts note that there has been no material dilution to the share count since April 2021. As the business keeps scaling up, however, it remains a risk.

Growing pains

Organic growth is not Elixirr’s only option, of course. It recently deployed some cash to acquire iOLAP, a US consultancy specialising in data and analytics. The deal makes strategic sense and is reminiscent of Alpha FMC’s Lionpoint purchase. Elixirr now has a sizable presence in the US, home to the world’s biggest consultancy market, and should benefit from plenty of cross-selling opportunities.

It’s not easy to scale up a business at pace however, and Alpha FMC’s recent performance spotlights some of the problems that Elixirr could face. Fears about under-utilised consultants marred Alpha FMC’s latest annual results, where the group cited industry-wide “increased levels of competition as a result of overcapacity”. Its shares have fallen by 25 per cent since the start of the year after a bumper three-year period.

Elixirr has a more varied client base than Alpha FMC, but it is not immune to market conditions. Staff costs as a percentage of revenues have risen over the past four years, and margins could suffer if work dries up. To make things worse, it is tricky to predict when or if a downturn is coming as contracts only last for four to eight weeks on average, limiting visibility and management’s capacity to plan.

The firm’s resilience has been tested before, though: in 2020, the group achieved revenue growth of 24 per cent while the consulting market as a whole shrank by 18 per cent. Elixirr’s balance sheet is also reassuringly robust. The group has a net cash position, despite several acquisitions and dividend payments, and operations have proved reliably cash-generative so far: standard payment terms require settlement of invoices within 30 days of receipt, and the majority of trade receivables are less than 31 days old.

Valuing potential

Elixirr's share price has risen by 165 per cent since its IPO, so potential investors can be forgiven for feeling as though they’ve missed the boat. Small-cap valuations are slippery at the best of times, and the lack of publicly traded consultancies – together with a dearth of analyst coverage – makes valuing Elixirr even harder. However, there does appear to be a disconnect between its growth prospects and its price/earnings (PE) multiple.

Analysis by Investec puts Elixirr on a PE ratio of 15.4 for the 2023 calendar year, despite a forecast sales CAGR for 2022-24 of 17 per cent. By contrast, Alpha FMC is expected to grow by 10 per cent but trades on a PE ratio of 18.1.

Some will argue that Elixirr is cheap because it is small and risky. It has a short track record on the public market and is not widely covered by analysts. It is also exposed to partner and client exits, and its top three clients account for about a fifth of sales.

On balance, however, the risk-reward balance looks enticing. As a capital-light sector challenger, Elixirr’s momentum could well persist for years to come. Taken together, profitable growth, a burgeoning client base and US expansion plans make for an intoxicating mixture.
Posted at 27/9/2023 12:26 by someuwin
Part of Cavendish's ELIX note last week...

"Digital + data + AI = significant growth potential

Elixirr’s ambition is to become the best digital, data, AI and strategy consultancy in the world and H1 results evidence strong progress towards this aim. H1 sales grew +23% (+14% organic), adj. EBITDA +19%, margins strong at 30%, adj. EPS +23% and net cash £20m. Revenue per partner grew by +24%, supported by a broadening range of capabilities that have been further strengthened by the acquisition of Responsum, a US-headquartered AI specialist. Elixirr also continues to attract highly experienced Partners and consultants and promote talent from within, all of which support the long-term growth prospects in a $266bn global market. Guidance for FY23E is unchanged and, at this stage, we have assumed no change to FY 2024E and FY 2025E EPS from the acquisition of Responsum. However, as Elixirr has already worked closely alongside the business on several client engagements and identified 40+ client opportunities, it is a likely source of future, potentially material, upgrades. Elixirr is valued at half peer Accenture’s valuation for twice the forecast growth, and we maintain our 998p price target (+74% upside)."


Note: Accenture (NYSE:ACN) Current valuation $206.34Bn = £165.56Bn so 620 times bigger than ELIX.
Elixirr share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

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