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IRESS Ltd IRE

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A$8.52 −0.06 (0.70%)
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Iress' Earnings Should Recover From Cyclical Headwinds

Shaun Ler

Iress is positioned to deliver improved earnings growth through the strategic refocusing on its core business units in the Asia-Pacific, mainly in Australia. The core business consists of a trading and market data product, a wealth management platform and a superannuation administration system. This follows a prolonged expansion into lower-returning noncore and overseas markets, which have eroded the firm’s economic returns.

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Price vs Fair Value

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IRE is trading at a 13% discount.
Price
A$8.36
Fair Value
A$2.40
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
A$79.15
5-Star Price
A$4.52
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Iress’ economic moat, leading market share, and renewed focus on its higher-returning assets should protect margins and enable a high-single-digit EPS CAGR over the medium-term.

Bears

Iress’ trading and market data business faces the threats of active managers ceding share to passive investments, and stockbrokers transitioning toward wealth management business models.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
A$8.58
Day Range
A$8.34–8.63
52-Week Range
A$4.92–10.98
Bid/Ask
A$8.23 / A$8.63
Market Cap
A$1.59 Bil
Volume/Avg
1.3 Mil / 622,830

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
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Price/Sales
2.45
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
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Dividend Yield (Forward)
—
Total Yield
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Company Profile

Iress develops software for the financial-services industry, operating in multiple regions and servicing clients ranging from small retail to large institutional businesses. Its core business unit, mainly in Australia, generates most of the company's earnings and free cash flows. Iress expanded into noncore markets through acquisitions, ultimately eroding returns and margins, with free cash flows from the core business invested in the noncore businesses. Its recent strategy includes reprioritizing growth in the core APAC business and divesting/monetizing noncore businesses. We view this renewed focus on its core business as a positive, as it will help maintain Iress' economic moat.
Sector
Technology
Industry
Software - Application
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
1,422
Website
https://www.iress.com

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Valuation

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Metric
IRE
MSCI
FDS
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 —33.3927.96
Price/Book Value
 5.85—8.92
Price/Sales
 2.4514.137.58
Price/Cash Flow
 24.0829.2222.64
Price/Earnings
IRE
MSCI
FDS

Financial Strength

Metric
IRE
MSCI
FDS
Quick Ratio
 0.850.921.57
Current Ratio
 1.281.001.79
Interest Coverage
 −4.448.2610.03
Quick Ratio
IRE
MSCI
FDS

Profitability

Metric
IRE
MSCI
FDS
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 −0.67%21.55%14.66%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 −1.86%—34.73%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 1.18%33.21%17.79%
Return on Assets
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MSCI
FDS
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