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Original-Research: Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA - from NuWays AG

11.11.2024 / 09:05 CET/CEST

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Classification of NuWays AG to Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA

Company Name: Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA

ISIN: DE0005493092

Reason for the research: Update

Recommendation: Buy

from: 11.11.2024

Target price: EUR 5.50

Target price on sight of: 12 months

Last rating change:

Analyst: Philipp Sennewald

Q1p: Improved top-line but reduced transfer income; chg.

Q1 sales increased by 4.9% to EUR 107m (eNuW: 104m), which was predominantly

driven by advertising (+16% to EUR 39.2m; eNuW: EUR 34.1m) as well as TV

Marketing (+4% to EUR 39.2m; eNuW: EUR 38.6m). Moreover, sales from match

operations increased by 5% to EUR 8.1m, in line with our estimates, while

conference, catering and others was significantly ahead of our forecast with

EUR 14.1m (eNuW: EUR 10.8m). On the other hand, merchandising sales declined in

Q1 by 36% to EUR 10.0m (eNuW: EUR 12.4m), after the strong previous year's

quarter was mainly boosted by the sale of 90k special jerseys.

Despite the increased top-line, Q1 EBITDA declined to EUR 25.7m (eNuW: EUR

32.0m), implying a margin of 24.0%. The previous year's EBITDA of 79.4m was

mainly pushed by a stronger transfer income following the transfer of Jude

Bellingham to Real Madrid (EUR 103m fee). This summer, only Niclas Füllkrug's

transfer to West Ham (eNuW: EUR 27m) was of significance, which is explaining

the gap, as transfer income declined by 77% to EUR 19.3m.

With its FY '23/24 report, management also put out a new guidance, targeting

sales of EUR 503m (eNuWnew: EUR 502m), an EBITDA of EUR 110-120m (eNuW: EUR 120m)

and a FCF of EUR 21m (eNuW: EUR 20.4m).

On the sporting side, BVB had a rough start into the new Bundesliga season.

Although the club won every single home game, including an important win

against UCL side Leipzig, the team did not manage to win an away game so far

resulting in only 16 points and 7th place in the standings. If the team does

not overcome its weakness on the road, it could become difficult to qualify

for the UCL at the end of the season. In contrast to this, BVB is again

looking sharp in this years UCL campaign, having won 3 out of 4 games with

the only loss coming from the away game at Real Madrid. With four games to

go, the team is now in a very good position to gain a Top-8 spot, which

would guarantee qualification for the round of 16. According to sports data

provider opta, 17 points are sufficient in 100% of cases (50k simulations),

while 16 points is enough in 98% and 15 points in 73% of cases. The

necessary 7 points to get to 16 should be achievable given remaining

opponents like Zagreb (A), Barcelona (H), Bologna (A) and Donetsk (H).

Reiterate BUY with an unchanged PT of EUR 5.50 based on DCF.

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