Pexa Group Limited · ASX:PXA

Pexa — FY2024 Earnings Presentation

68 slides from Pexa's earnings presentation, Aug 21, 2024

  1. Slide 1: FY 24 Results

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  2. Slide 2: Important notices and disclaimer

    Important notices and disclaimer This presentation and accompanying information (Presentation) has been Forward statements You should note that Market Data is inherently predictive, is subject to prepared for the purpose of providing general background information on No representation or warranty, e

  3. Slide 3: Acknowledgement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

    The PEXA Group acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work, live and dream, we pay our respects to elders past and present. We recognise that we have a role to play in creating space and place for Aboriginal and Torres Strait

  4. Slide 4: Overview

    Page 3 Page 13 Page 30 Page 36 Overview Financial results Outlook and Q&A Appendices Glenn King Group CEO and Managing Director 3

  5. Slide 5: Group financial performance

    Group financial performance1 Revenue, margins, profitability and cashflow increased +21% +16% +22% +$3.8m +2.1cps +175% $340.1m $114.9m $21.1m ($18.0m) 11.9cps $38.5m Statutory revenue 2 Operating EBITDA 2 NPATA 2 NPAT 2 EPS-A 2 Free cash flow 2 +0.8pps +1.7pps +3.1pps (0.3 x) 54.5% 36.5% 30.9% 2.4x

  6. Slide 6: Key messages

    Key messages Strategic and financial position improved Exchange Strong performance from world-class digital infrastructure Australia Deepening relationships with existing and new customers Digital Solutions 1 Business scaling, June ’24 break-even achieved 2 Platform and lP Development on-track, desi

  7. Slide 7: Customer profile

    Customer profile Growing relationship depth and breadth Segment Government Developers FIs Major law firms Practitioners FIs Practitioners Number of Customers 345 70+ 160+ 85+ 10,000+ c.18 2 ~2,0003 Share of Region FY24 ~4% <1% ~24% ~13% ~58% ~38% ~62% revenues1 Exchange / Non-Exchange 5% / 95% 100%

  8. Slide 8: Strategic agenda

    Strategic agenda Consistent approach to delivering value Purpose Position Australia’s #1 digital property Leading digital solutions Powerful platform Trusted and influential in Exchange platform Unique distribution Developing ecosystem property markets Business Australian Exchange Digital Solutions

  9. Slide 9: Business outcomes: Australia

    Business outcomes Australia – Enhance and Extend Australian Exchange Digital Solutions Transactions 3.81m +1.7% New .id clients 43 +87% Penetration 89% +1 ppt VA4 major bank clients 2 Platform uptime 100% Land Insight integration On-track Customer satisfaction 90% Send FX Practitioners ~550 APIs del

  10. Slide 10: Interoperability and market development

    Interoperability and market development Build on legacy of public-private partnership Strong legacy of public benefit … PEXA is low cost, high service … We support customer-led reform … • Direct net economic benefits of • Fee equivalent to 0.01% of typical • Back ARNECC’s decision to pause ~$300m pa

  11. Slide 11: Business outcomes: International

    Business outcomes International – Expand International UK remortgage platform coverage ~70% ~ +15% UK S&P1 platform development On track Smoove integration On track PEXA / Optima Legal integration2 Complete Optima Legal flow converted to Nil PEXA platform Lender engagement 23 2 large BOE Testing slo

  12. Slide 12: International investment

    International investment Platform supports cross-jurisdiction reusability Estimated uses of International platform spend PEXAGo separates global capability from local customisation ~15% ~5% Total platform spend FY20 to FY24 = ~85% A$127.3m1 ~95% PEXAGo is designed to be globally adoptable and locall

  13. Slide 13: Business outcomes: Group

    Business outcomes Group - Evolve Group PEP1 annualised cash savings ~$16m Operating EBITDA margin 36.5%2 Growth cash outflows3 $75.3m RepTrack score 72% Women in leadership 47% People engagement 63% CO2 emissions commitment On-track4 FY24 goal fully met FY24 goal partially met FY24 goal not met 1 Pr

  14. Slide 14: Financial results

    Page 3 Page 13 Page 30 Page 36 Overview Financial results Outlook and Q&A Appendices Scott Butterworth Chief Financial Officer 13

  15. Slide 15: Basis of analysis

    Basis of analysis Pro forma adjustments to assist with year-on-year comparability FY23 FY24 Exchange ID Acquired 9/22 Value Australia1 Digital Solutions Acquired 7/22 Land Insight Acquired 7/23 Australia Point of Transaction Solutions acquisition Pre- ownership results PEXA UK included in pro forma

  16. Slide 16: Group performance

    Group performance Improved revenues, operating EBITDA, margin and cashflows Business revenue (A$m) 1 Operating expenses (A$m) 1 EBITDA (A$m) 1  10% vs FY23  4% vs FY23 Op EBITDA  22% vs FY23 EBITDA  15% vs FY23 364 85 EBITDA 332 182 188 74 Op 92 112 EBITDA (18) (27) Specified Items FY23 PF FY24

  17. Slide 17: Group performance: non-operating costs

    Group performance M&A, restructuring and business growth driving non operating costs Specified items (A$m)1 Depreciation and amortisation (A$m) 27.1 91.3 78.4 18.5 FY23 FY24 FY23 PF FY24 PF The largest increase was associated with restructuring and redundancy costs, a modest Increase primarily due t

  18. Slide 18: Exchange: transaction volumes

    Exchange Modest transaction volume growth, improved mix Monthly market transactions: FY23 vs FY24 (#’000) Monthly market refi transactions: FY23 vs FY24 (#’000) 450 100 90 400 80 70 350 60 50 300 FY23 = 4.25m transactions 40 FY23 = 984k refi transactions 250 FY24 = 4.28m transactions 30 FY24 = 876k

  19. Slide 19: Exchange: transfer volumes by state

    Exchange Transfer volumes recovering, mixed performance across states Index of PEXA transfer volumes: NSW and ACT Index of PEXA transfer volumes: Victoria Index of PEXA transfer volumes: Queensland 120 120 120 110 110 110 100 100 90 90 100 80 80 90 70 70 80 60 60 50 50 70 4Q23 3Q24 4Q23 3Q24 4Q23 3Q

  20. Slide 20: Exchange

    Exchange Operating leverage and cash generation improved Business revenue (A$m) Operating expenses (A$m) EBITDA (A$m)  11% vs FY23  9% vs FY23 Op EBITDA  +13% vs FY23 EBITDA  +12% vs FY23 292.0 98.0 154.1 EBITDA 263.1 89.9 137.5 Op 141.2 159.1 EBITDA (3.7) (5.0) Specified FY23 FY24 FY23 FY24 FY2

  21. Slide 21: Digital Solutions

    Digital Solutions Improved customer activity and more subscriptions Average monthly value of ’s active proposal pipeline (A$m)1 Average 3-monthly subscription proposal win rate for .id (%)1,2 2.8 66.3 2.4 59.2 2.3 55.4 1.9 44.6 1.6 42.3 38.4 1.1 1.2 29.5 1.1 19.1 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 4Q23 1Q24 2Q24 3Q24 4

  22. Slide 22: Digital Solutions: Operating EBITDA breakeven

    Digital Solutions Achieved Operating EBITDA breakeven as business scales Business revenue (A$m) 1 Operating expenses (A$m) 1 EBITDA (A$m) 1  +8% vs FY23  -25% vs FY23 Op EBITDA  $8.7m vs FY23 EBITDA  +$4.6m vs FY23 13.6 14.5 8.5 12.1 (1.2) Op 7.9 7.2 EBITDA 6.7 9.1 (7.6) (5.8) (8.1) (6.4) Specif

  23. Slide 23: International: UK market activity

    International Below trend UK market activity Market remortgage transactions (average #’000 pm) Estimated re-mortgage market mix by product (%) Market S&P transactions (average #’000 pm)1 40 180 100 Recession Recession 35 160 90 140 30 80 70 120 25 60 100 20 50 Period Period average average 80 Period

  24. Slide 24: UK lender pipeline summary

    International Lender pipeline summary, strong interest in BOE testing slot Pipeline size PEXA & Optima Engagement Status PEXA Go & Pay Onboarding Status Contracting Status (# of institutions) Optima Legal customers 2 2 large banks Working with and 4 small NatWest and lenders have other major 4 agree

  25. Slide 25: International

    International Platform investment, integration, lower market activity impacting cash spend Business revenue (A$m) 1 Operating expenses (A$m) 1 EBITDA (A$m) 1  +4% vs FY23  +9% vs FY23 Op EBITDA  -$6.6m vs FY23 EBITDA  -$9.9m vs FY23 53.9 56.0 69.2 63.7 Smoove 21.2 Op 21.1 (33.0) (39.6) EBITDA Sm

  26. Slide 26: Group Cashflow

    Group Cashflow Free cashflow generation improving Cash balance bridge: June 2023 to June 2024 (A$m) 1 EBITDA to free cashflow conversion: FY23 vs FY241 Free cashflow: FY24 (A$m) Free cashflow 13.5 13.5 conversion = 38.5% $10m of debt (68.8) (68.8) repaid in 2H24 100.0 38.5 (6.2) 100.0 1.5 Adjusted N

  27. Slide 27: Group balance sheet: better structured

    Group balance sheet Better structured Maturity profile of Group banking facilities (A$m) Average gross debt and PEXA plus third-party moneys: FY23 to FY24 (A$m) Average gross loans and borrowings 1 335 Re-finance completed in Jun-24 350 Total facility $500m, drawn $367m Weighted term to maturity inc

  28. Slide 28: Group balance sheet: de-leveraging

    Group balance sheet De-leveraging as earnings improve Net Debt / Op EBITDA 1 Times Interest Cover – Op EBITDA / Gross interest expense 2 2.7 7.0 5.4 2.4 FY23 FY24 FY23 FY24 Net debt / operating EBITDA declined over the year because of improved operating EBITDA in Times interest cover declined throug

  29. Slide 29: Productivity cash savings of $16.2m pa

    Group performance Productivity cash savings of $16.2m pa In-year cash benefit from FY24 actions (A$m) Impact on FY23 to FY24 pro forma cash spend (A$m) 1H24 PEP initiatives 6.7 • Removing duplication 257.3 1.5 • Leveraging investments in 2.9 new technology platforms 1.7 2.1 5.2 such as Snowflake and

  30. Slide 30: Capital framework

    Group balance sheet Capital framework being embedded in business Objective Generate sustainable returns for shareholders Principles Maintain organic Evaluate material Ensure a strong, Recycle surpluses Run the business Deliver robust and Safeguard liquidity investment new opportunities flexible bala

  31. Slide 31: Outlook and Q&A

    Page 3 Page 13 Page 30 Page 36 Overview Financial results Outlook and Q&A Appendices Glenn King Group CEO and Managing Director 30

  32. Slide 32: Economic outlook

    Economic outlook Mixed prospects, risks remain GDP growth (%, yoy) Central bank rate (%, average of year) Real dwelling investment growth (%, yoy) 2.5 2.4 2.4 1.9 2.0 4.0 4.3 1.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 0.3 -1.9 -1.7 Australia1 CY 23A CY 24F CY 25F CY 26F CY 27F CY 23A CY 24F CY 25F CY 26F CY 27F CY 23A CY 24F

  33. Slide 33: FY25 priorities

    FY25 priorities Discipline and execution Australia: Enhance and Extend International: Expand Group: Evolve Increase coverage Platform Cyber resilience • Tasmania, NT, instruments • Remo, S&P, integrations • Leverage partners Exchange Increase integration Lenders People • APIs, PMS providers • Conver

  34. Slide 34: UK developments: targeted delivery

    UK developments Targeted delivery FY 4Q24 1Q25 2Q25 3Q25 4Q25 ✓ S&P v0.5 S&P v1.0 S&P v2.0 PEXA-controlled deliverables 1 Platform ✓ PEXA/Optima Legal integration REMO TOE3 PEXA / Smoove integration Smoove Including improved business and financial performance Enhance business performance over FY25 O

  35. Slide 35: Guidance

    Guidance Outlook for key financial measures Metric FY25 guidance Commentary Group Business Revenue + 13-19% Uplift vs FY24 ‘as published’ basis. Includes full year of Smoove Group Operating EBITDA margin ≥ 34% Includes Smoove. ≥ 3.1% improvement on FY24 pro forma outcome Consists mainly of integrati

  36. Slide 36: Key messages

    Key messages Improving strategic position Exchange Strong performance from world-class digital infrastructure Australia Deepening relationships with existing and new customers Digital Solutions 1 Business scaling, June ’24 break-even achieved 2 Platform and lP Development on-track, designed to be mu

  37. Slide 37: Appendices

    Page 3 Page 13 Page 30 Page 36 Overview Financial results Outlook and Q&A Appendices 36

  38. Slide 38: Detailed financial information: Group

    Detailed financial information Group Financials disclosed in this section is on an as reported basis 37

  39. Slide 39: Group results: detailed financials

    Group results Detailed financials Group financial performance Commentary A$m FY23 FY24 Business revenue Business Revenue 283.4 343.5 • Exchange up $28.9m or 11.0% – mainly CPI-linked pricing effects Cost of sales (34.8) (50.3) • Growth businesses up $31.2m – impact of acquisitions Gross margin 248.6

  40. Slide 40: Group results: pro forma revenue and expense analysis

    Group results Pro forma revenue and expense analysis Business Revenue bridge including pro forma impacts: FY23 vs FY24 (A$m) 21.6 1.0 (3.6) 28.9 343.5 12.2 11% 7% 20% 295.6 increase increase decrease 283.4 Published Pro forma impacts Pro forma FY23 Exchange vs FY23 Digital Solutions International Sm

  41. Slide 41: Group results: non-operating items review

    Group results Non-operating items review Group financial performance Commentary A$m FY23 FY24 Operating EBITDA 98.7 114.9 Specified items Specified Items • $8.7m higher than in FY23 - largely due to restructuring and redundancy Integration costs (5.2) (4.6) related costs related to the Group’s PEP p

  42. Slide 42: Group results: amortisation charge

    Group results Amortisation charge Group capex to amortisation1 and revenue ratios: 1H20 to 2H24 (%) Components of Group amortisation1 charge: FY23 to FY24 ($m) Category FY23 FY24 100% 90% Historical acquired amortisation (55.9) (55.8) 80% Capex to amortisation 70% Amortisation on business assets (2.

  43. Slide 43: Specified Items Reconciliation June 2024

    Specified Items Reconciliation 12 Months ended 30 June 2024 Share of loss Redundancy M&A after tax 30 June 2024 and transaction from Total 30 June 2024 Statutory Integration restructuring Unrealised FX professional investments Specified Excl Specified P&L costs related costs gain / (loss) fees in as

  44. Slide 44: Specified Items Reconciliation June 2023

    Specified Items Reconciliation 12 Months ended 30 June 2023 Share of loss Redundancy M&A after tax 30 June 2023 and transaction from Total 30 June 2023 Statutory Optima Legal restructuring Unrealised FX professional investments Specified Excl Specified P&L integration related costs gain / (loss) fee

  45. Slide 45: Published figures to Pro forma reconciliation

    Published figures to Pro forma reconciliation A summary of the changes across PEXA over FY23 and FY24 Published Pre ownership Pro forma Exchange A$m FY23 FY24 FY23 FY24 Business revenue 263.1 292.0 263.1 292.0 Operating expenses (89.9) (98.0) (89.9) (98.0) Digital Solutions .id Land Insight A$m FY23

  46. Slide 46: Detailed financial information: Exchange

    Detailed financial information Exchange Financials disclosed in this section is on an as reported basis 45

  47. Slide 47: Exchange: detailed financials

    Exchange Detailed financials Exchange financial performance Commentary A$m FY23 FY24 Business Revenue Business revenue 263.1 292.0 • $28.9m (11%) higher than in the PCP Cost of sales (32.0) (34.9) • Primarily due to improved volumes, mix and repricing effects Gross margin 231.1 257.1 Operating expen

  48. Slide 48: Exchange: revenue

    Exchange Revenue PEXA penetration of national market (% of total transactions) PEXA transactions (#’000 per half) 1,919 1,966 88% 89% 1,829 1,846 267 260 Other 251 257 480 485 382 Refinance 494 Transfer 1,172 1,084 1,221 1,207 FY23 FY24 1H23 2H23 1H24 2H24 Average price (A$ per transaction) Exchange

  49. Slide 49: Exchange: expenditure

    Exchange Expenditure Exchange operating expense bridge: FY23 to FY24 (A$m) Exchange capex by category: FY23 to FY24 (A$m) 37.5 37.7 Other (3.2) 8.2 6.5 1.3 (2.5) Regulatory Integration 10.7 (1.8) Enhancement 8.8 13.4 3.6 5.6 9.7 98.0 Co 14.9 8.1 89.9 FY23 FY24 FY23 Inflation Labour Capitalis- Non- O

  50. Slide 50: Exchange: volume and market data

    Exchange Volume and market data Exchange volume and market data: FY23 to FY24 (A$m) 1H23 2H23 1H24 2H24 FY23 FY24 Transfer 102.4 95.0 114.2 112.7 197.4 226.9 Refinance 23.7 24.5 25.6 20.3 48.2 45.9 Other 8.0 7.7 8.7 8.2 15.7 16.9 Non-ELN fee revenue 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.8 2.3 Exchange revenue ($m) 135.

  51. Slide 51: Detailed financial information: Digital Solutions

    Detailed financial information Digital Solutions 1 Financials disclosed in this section is on an as reported basis 1 Previously Digital Growth. 50

  52. Slide 52: Digital Solutions: detailed financials

    Digital Solutions 1 Detailed financials Digital Solutions 1 financial performance 2 Commentary A$m FY23 FY24 Business Revenue Business Revenue 11.6 15.7 • Business revenue up $4.1m (or 35%) due to acquisitions, and increased revenues Cost of sales (2.0) (1.5) from workflow and transaction support pr

  53. Slide 53: Digital Solutions: revenue and expenses

    Digital Solutions1 Revenue & expenses Digital Solutions revenue bridge: FY23 pro forma3 vs FY24 (A$m)2 (0.1) (0.5) 0.6 (1.0) 1.4 0.8 (0.1) 3.0 Change in Net subscription revenue growth = 5%2 14.6 recognition 15.7 principles 11.6 +7% FY23 Pre FY23 AASB 15 New Lost Prior year Projects Legacy New FY24

  54. Slide 54: Digital Solutions: operating EBITDA and capex

    Digital Solutions 1 Operating EBITDA and capex Digital Solutions FY24 monthly operating EBITDA (A$m) Digital Solutions capex: FY23 to FY24 (A$m) 0.2 5.9 Acquisition 4.9 integration 0.0 and other (0.2) (0.2) 1.0 Non-VA (0.4) product (0.4) development (0.5) 4.9 Value 1.8 Australia (0.8) (0.9) (1.0) (1

  55. Slide 55: Detailed financial information: International

    Detailed financial information International Financials disclosed in this section is on an as reported basis 54

  56. Slide 56: Re-mortgage market instruction process

    Re-mortgage market instruction process Indicative re-mortgage flows INSTRUCTION SOURCE INSTRUCTION METHOD INSTRUCTION FIRM5 Minority 2 1 Direct 3 Fees appointment Instructions assisted Borrower Lender Majority ~80% £ Panel Manager Cash paid Lender 3 1 Cash back Borrower 4 Others Others ~20% Broker 6

  57. Slide 57: Sale and purchase instruction process

    Sale and purchase instruction process Indicative sale and purchase flows INSTRUCTION SOURCE INSTRUCTION METHOD INSTRUCTION FIRM ~90% Home builder Estate agent Full-service law firms recommended Direct appointment 1 c.300 Intermediary appointed Mortgage broker recommended ~50% ~50% Conveyancing facto

  58. Slide 58: UK distribution capability enabled by acquisitions

    UK Distribution capability enabled by acquisitions Access to meaningful market share UK Lenders Market Share1 Remortgage Conveyancing Transactions Market Share2 Lender 1 19% Conveyancer 1 33% Lender 2 13% ✓ Combined access to ~71% of UK Optima Legal 22% Highly Lender market share concentrated Lender

  59. Slide 59: International: detailed financials

    International Detailed financials International financial performance 1 Commentary A$m FY23 FY24 Business Revenue Business Revenue 8.7 35.8 • Optima Legal revenue per transaction up 21% (7% ex interest) vs pro forma PCP – Cost of sales repricing and mix (0.8) (13.9) • Volumes for Optima Legal 37% do

  60. Slide 60: International: Optima Legal performance

    International Performance impacted by market and Capita issue Optima Legal remortgage volumes by quarter (average #’000 pm) 1 Monthly Optima Legal rolling 3-month average market share (%) 1,2 12 25 Instructions 10 20 Completions 8 15 6 10 4 Period average 2 5 0 0 Jul-23 May-22 May-23 Sep-23 3Q22 2Q2

  61. Slide 61: Smoove: economics overview

    Smoove Economics overview Volumes (#’000) Revenue per transaction (£) Average cost of sales per Gross profit excluding Other transaction (£) (£’000) 34.2 30.0 162 161 Remo FY23 FY24 FY23 FY24 17.1 15.6 310 352 118 131 6,682 7,148 Sale and Purchase x - = FY23 FY24 FY23 FY24 FY23 FY24 FY23 FY24 51.3 4

  62. Slide 62: International: expenditure

    International Expenditure International operating expense bridge: FY23 pro forma1 vs FY24 pro forma2 (A$m) International capex (A$m)3 1.2 (2.1) 2.9 (1.1) 0.7 26.2 4.0 24.0 2.7 Integration 0.7 Sale and Purchase 4.4 development 29.1 Development (including joint Optima Legal 69.3 proposition) 63.7 23.3

  63. Slide 63: International: expenditure by business

    International Expenditure International operating expense bridge: FY23 pro forma1 vs FY24 pro forma2 (A$m) Smoove operating expense bridge: FY23 pro forma1 vs FY24 pro forma2 (A$m) 0.1 0.6 4.9 1.2 (2.5) 1.6 (0.2) 29.1 63.7 69.3 21.1 21.2 34.6 FY23 Pre FY23 Smoove Optima Pexa UK FY24 FY23 FX Scale La

  64. Slide 64: Glossary

    Glossary 63

  65. Slide 65: Glossary

    Glossary Term Type Definition API Business Application programme interface ARNECC Business Australian Registrar’s National Electronic Conveyancing Council As published Financial – non-IFRS Numbers as provided without adjustment in PEXA’s published financial reports, market briefings or investor upda

  66. Slide 66: Glossary

    Glossary Term Term Type Type Definition Definition Free cash conversion Financial – non-IFRS Free cashflow divided by EBITDA adjusted for items not having a cash impact FTE Business Full time equivalent employees FY Business PEXA’s financial year, which covers the period from 1 July to the following

  67. Slide 67: Glossary

    Glossary Term Term Type Type Definition Definition Operating EBITDA margin Financial – non-IFRS Operating EBITDA divided by Business Revenue Optima Business Optima Legal Other transaction type Business Being in Australia a property transaction passing through PEXA’s Exchange which is neither a trans

  68. Slide 68: Investor relations and Media contacts

    Investor relations Media Hany Messieh Kate Prigg + 61 414 446 876 + 61 497 595 580 hany.messieh@pexa.com.au kate.prigg@pexa.com.au

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