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Wow, the board of BTH has reached new heights of skullduggery, announcing both a capital raise @10c and that they were assessing a nonbinding takeover offer @25c yesterday (in the same announcements) only to announce the suitor has withdrawn their bid today (after institutional placement had completed). They unfortunately don't have a great history with TO offers as they turned down 80c last year as it wasn't in the best interest of shareholders....but driving it into the ground and raising at 10c is....hmmm
Taking a more positive view, AEF is still a holder
It's a wonder how AEF share price holds well versus some of their small cap holdings
There was a time when BTH was one of AEF's top performers and had a feature in their small cap portfolio
Bigtincan announced a non-binding takeover offer today at 80c. Deja vu. In Dec 22 they had another non-binding offer which didn't proceed for the same price. A week later they had a capital raise. Call me suspicious......
Hi Everyone
I'm Rod and just joined Strawman. Looking forward to sharing and learning with everyone. Even in just this past month, I've learned so much.
Yesterday, I watched the interview between Nadine Blayney and CEO of BigTinCan, David Keane. I own shares in BTC.
Is it just me or should he be known as BigSpinMan? I get it that a CEO will want to convey a positive outlook on the financials to the market, but the impression I was left with was similar to that of politicians who appear on Q&A. Don't answer the question asked, just stay "on message".
I came away from the interview with two thoughts - time will tell, but this looks like another less than stellar investment decision I've made.
The second thought was, "gee, I wish I'd joined Strawman a few years earlier and maybe then, I'd have made less blunders".
This is my first straw, so apologies if I've listed my comment under the wrong hashtag.
cheers
On 2 Dec 2022 Bigtincan received an unsolicited indicative, conditional and non-binding proposal from SQN to acquire all the shares in BTH for $0.80 per BTH share. It seems Bigtincan is the one that likes do the acquisitions not be the acquisition.
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20221202/pdf/45jcj4nm595008.pdf
Bigtincan is serial acquirer and capital raising company below is a summary of all its capital raisings and acquisitions since listing on the ASX in March 2017.
Capital Raising Summary – Raised Approx $345.5m since IPO, today it’s market cap as of today closing price of $0.54 is $325m (Dec 2022).
· December 2022 - $35m, Institutional $35m, Retail $5m at $0.60 per share
· August 2021 – A$135.4m, Institutional $79.4m, Retail $56m at $1.05 per share
· December 2020 – Institutional Raise $35m at $1.05m per share
· May 2020 – Raise $42.5m - $35 institution, $7.5m SPP at $0.67 per share
· September 2019 – Raise $20m institution at $0.54 per share
· April 2019 – Raise $15.6m – Institution $12.4m, $3.2m Retail at $0.42 per share
· June 2018 – Institutional Raise $15m at $0.35 per share
· March 2017 Raised $12M at IPO $0.25 per share
Bigtincan Acquisitions Summary
· December 2022 – SalesDirector.ai US$1.2m -leading revenue intelligence and data platform
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20221228/pdf/45k76z9tjwfcf1.pdf
· October 2022 – Wanted to Acquire LiveTiles (ASX: LVT)
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20221118/pdf/45hs5hh4h115ml.pdf
· August 2021 – Brainshark A$116m – a leader in sales coaching, learning and readiness based in Massachusetts, USA
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20210823/pdf/44zl4y0ggcngd6.pdf
· June 2021 – Vidinoti ~$770,000 (550,000 Swiss francs) – leader in augmented and virtual reality systems based in Switzerland.
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20210617/pdf/44xfxkyjt53jch.pdf
· January 2021 – VoiceVibes US$2.0m – AI-Powered coaching and sales. Guidance to life.
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20210115/pdf/44rrgjhrqcgpr4.pdf
· December 2020 – ClearSlide US$16.25m – a sales engagement technology platform leader with hundreds of customers across three continents.
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20201223/pdf/44r80c7nd2fsx6.pdf
· October 2020 – Agnitio upfront Approx A$3.3m (DKK 15m), Approx A$1.65m (DKK 7.5m) defer condition payable based on target revenue – Danish company and pioneer in sales enablement for rthe life science sector.
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20201008/pdf/44ngl4ybd9pvv3.pdf
· September 2019 – XINN US$4.5m upfront, US$0.5m first anniversary, issue of BTH shares value US$2.5m -based Boston next generation of document automation for sales enablement.
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20190930/pdf/4490668w54319c.pdf
· September 2019 – Asdeq Labs A$490,000 – Australian software company delivering mobile service enablement out-of-the-box.
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20190905/pdf/44881kjx8csqc0.pdf
· Septemeber 2018 – FatStax USD$1.8m plus conditional deferred cash consideration of US$1.2m based on annual recurring revenue – a leading provider of SaaS sales enablement software to the manufacturing industry in the USA
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20180925/pdf/43ylz82jtk6c87.pdf
· June 2018 – Zunos Technologies A$3.25m plus payout of recurring revenue – a leader in engaging mobile, micro-learning and gamification training
https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20180618/pdf/43vv86mz3v4w5w.pdf
Previous held Bigtincan shares years ago but currently do not hold or plan to hold shares. PS I have always thought the name Bigtincan was stupid.
Of course they did...
...of course it's not.
But why is the announcement price sensitive if the return isn't?
[Not held]
Bigtincan (BTH.ASX) released their Quarterly and 4C today. From their announcement:
Q1 FY23 Cash Flow Highlights
Q1 FY23 Trading Highlights and Outlook
Another quarter of "positive operating cashflows" however Free Cash Flow was still negative at around -$3.6m. Although they did mention that $2.8m of this was relating to one off costs. Without these costs, operating cash flow would have been around $3.1m. I'm hoping that they are able to become free cash flow breakeven later this FY as they have stated is possible.
The Brainshark acquisition actually seems to be a positive as it generated $3.6m of NPAT for a company they bought for $116m a year ago.
BTH also updated on its announcement of the potential acquisition of Livetiles. Management mentioned that Livetiles has acknowledged the proposal but have had limited engagement. Seems like it is still very early stage at the moment as due diligence has yet been undertaken.
Overall a fairly good quarter from BTH. Still on the cusp of being Free Cash Flow positive and hoping that they are able to make the inflection point later this FY,
Disc: Held IRL and on Strawman.
Bigtincan released its Quarterly Report and 4C today. From their release:
Hard to determine if I like this set of results or not. Obviously maintaining positive operating cash flow is a good sign however this is not the full picture. BTH spent close to 6m in "investing activities" which meant that they burnt more cash than the last quarter.
They also mentioned that they made 2 immaterial acquisitions in the quarter to increase skills in particular verticals. This hasn't been announced previously to the market.
Management are still targeting free cash flow breakeven in FY23 and they should have enough cash to make it there without a raise but will be watching this closely.
Disc: Held IRL and on Strawman
Historically i have been a bull on Big Tin Can but Pinch of Salt provides some good insight in weighing up the reasons to buy or sell.
Some further considerations,
The coming year will wash out the strength of the Brainshark acquisition in terms of numbers and being able to assess the ability to be profitable in FY23 or FY24.
Assuming if cash receipts in Q3 of 34.3m are annualised this would equate to revenue 137million over the coming 12months . This would put BTH on a price to sales of 2.5x. This would also equate to revenue which would be 25% up on FY 22.
Historically BTH have traded on a 6x + price to sales .
Current price is I feel a reflection fo current times whereby tolerances to anything unprofitable and average growth are not rewarded.
David Keane has been buying shares 27k @ 0.67c on the 9th March 2022 and 55k @ 0.92c on the 1st Feb 2022. Overall there is low insider ownership which presents as a red flag for me.
David CEO and Co founder owns 0.2% or 1.1million shares .
Disc Holder in RL and SM
Bigtincan reported its quarterly this morning. From their release:
Q3 FY22 Cash Flow Highlights
Q3 FY22 Trading Highlights and Outlook
BTH seems to be generating good cash receipts following the acquisition of Brainshark which they are now incorporating into their reporting. However cash outflows also increased and overall cash flow from operations was down compared to Q2. Most of this seemed to be related to an increase in staff costs. Another $4.4m was also spent on long term product development resulting in a free cash flow of around -$4m.
Given the SaaS business model and the fact that only $1.1m of cash receipts of the $34.3m was for multiyear deals, I'm hoping that there is further growth in Q4 which is usually quite a strong quarter historically and that the business can become free cash flow positive soon.
Disc: Held IRL and on Strawman.
Another director buying at 0.67c a share. An on market purchase of 41k shares = $27k as an on market purchase.
This follows other directors purchasing at approx. 90c a share a few months back.
I dont really understand the general backwards trend in shareprice for this recently. The general change in sentiment towards growth stocks, increasing likelihood of rate rises in the near future explains a portion of it but the more recent downtrend seems extreme. Now down approx 50% from all time highs despite seemingly every metric going in the right direction.
I admit being a bit out of touch with strawman recently due to my personal life totally taking over (and yes this sounds like an excuse for my underperformance). That said though I thought following the last results announcement that everything looked rosy, then insiders started buying and now we have a further downtrend and more insider buying.
Considering buying more IRL, to match my incremental purchasing in strawman.
Would love to hear a counter thesis to this (very) limited discussion.
Really positive first half for BTH FY 22
Revenue up strongly and forecast to be $109m plus in FY 2022
Gross Margin held steady @ 86%
Churn slightly worse at 87% v 89%. Something to watch.
Loved the trend in sales and marketing and product development costs as a % of revenue reduced
S&M FY 17= 83% v FY 22 49%
Product Dev FY 17 = 50% v FY 22 28%
Scaling well .
Share dilution one to watch
FY 17 SOI = 186m FY 22 548m up 294%
On flip side the acquisitions have been positive in driving up revenue from 9.23m in FY 17 to FY 22 109m or 1180%
This also shows management have been able to drive the revenue higher organically with existing customers.
Balance sheet solid with 49m cash and below 5% debt to equity.
David Keane co founder and CEO owns 4.29% and recently (early Feb 2022) bought more stock at 90c.
From a valuation perspective its trading at 4x FY 22 revenue
This is historically low .
For this to be 8x revenue or $1.59 BTH will need to meet revenue guidance ,hold margins and churn and achieve cash flow positive quarters in FY 22 as well as continue to drive down the % of product and sales and marketing as a % of revenue below 28% and 49% respectively . Share dilution will need to hold at 548m shares
Holder in SM and RL
Co-founder David Keane has recently bought $55K of share in BTH within the last week at $0.93. Not a significant investment, however appears to be the largest investment of an insider in the last 12 months.
BTH - Voice vibes acquisition.
Interested in the value that voicevibes may provide for BTH in assisting sales teams to be quick, efficient in relation to providing proactive feedback to improve sales pitch.
I was impressed when listening to the customers and BTH team on their Product and Technlogy Webinar on the 13th April this year.
Not sure if others tuned in but keen on obtaining others views as for many this is a very effective manner in which to learn .
Further to Tom73 Straw, BTH was cash flow positive for the qtr. Also the ARR now stands at $53M and cash expenses for the entire FIN 21 yr were $41m.
The big deal here is that assuming expenses remain in check, BTH are now moving into a good cash flow positive position.
Bigtincan’s update (attached) was solid, highlights:
· FY21 ARR of $53.1m, up 48% YoY, organic growth was 29%.
· FY21 Sales $43.5m in line with guidance ($43-44m) is up 34% YoY
· Cash of $56.7m, Q4 receipts of $14.7m up 40% PCP excluding multi-year payments (ie normalised basis), Operating cash flow break even for Q4. FCF -$2.0m for Q4 and likely to remain negative for FY22, but well covered by cash on hand.
· New technology offerings as detailed in the Product and Technology Investor event held 28 April 2021 including launch of Hubs Product Strategy. Worth an hour to look at the video (particularly the part on VoiceVibes) at: https://investor.bigtincan.com.
I first bought BTH in mid 2018 and have topped up twice since. My current valuation sits at $1.38 (not on Strawman) but needs updating and when I do on release of the annual report I will publish on Strawman. In the mean time I am comfortable holding around this value and below
Continuing Strong Growth into Global Market
1H FY21 Highlights
1H FY21 Highlights
08-Feb-2021: Sequoia Financial Group: Bigtincan Holdings Limited (BTH): ClearSlide acquisition doubles BTH customer base and TAM
Analyst: Wayne Sanderson – Head of Research, [email protected], +61 400 434 548
Bigtincan Holdings Limited (BTH) was founded in Sydney in 2011 and has become a recognised global leader with its “Bigtincan Hub” sales enablement software. The platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to provide sales collateral, training and coaching to sales and customer service reps in the field to increase their selling effectiveness. It enables reps to securely access all types of content (files, documents, PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, e-mail, video etc.) from a single data source and to automate work processes and documentation across any mobile device or fixed network.
BTH has ~16 offices across the USA, Europe & Middle East, Australia and Asia with its global sales and marketing headquarters in Boston, and corporate administration in Sydney.
It has long-standing strategic alliances with Apple, Salesforce.com, AT&T and a total of 29 partners / resellers.
BTH has >300,000 users across >400 deployments in over 52 countries and 35 languages. Recent new customer wins include DXC Technology, Sephora, Anheuser Busch and Nike.
Two acquisitions and a $35m placement at $1.05/shr
On 23/12/20 BTH announced the acquisition of ClearSlide, a similar but complementary sales enablement software business for US$16.25m cash (A$22.6m). This was BTH’s largest acquisition to date. With > 500 enterprise customers, ClearSlide doubles BTH’s customer base and provides strong opportunities for cross-selling / upselling each firm’s products. It also removes a potential competitor and increases BTH’s TAM (Total addressable market) to US$6.0 billion. Acquisition multiple reasonable at ~3.1x ARR of A$7.2m (or 3.8x including further $5.0m planned investment).
On 15/1/21 BTH announced the acquisition of VoiceVibes for US$2.0m (A$2.6m), an AI-powered sales coaching app which can review the quality of Sales staff’s phone calls across ~20 metrics (vibes) with ~90% accuracy. BTH should be able to cross-sell this effectively to its existing customer base.
Placement and initial losses in acquisitions are dilutive shortterm, but BTH is building a strong leadership position in a large under-penetrated e-commerce growth market.
ARR (Annualised Recurring Revenue) now $48.4m at end December including ClearSlide (v $32.4m) +49% on pcp.
Forecasts and Recommendation
Our revenue forecasts increase by 0.1%, 5.7% and 5.9% for FY21e, FY22e and FY23e, (also including lower US$ forecasts). However we also increase estimated costs resulting in a downgrade to Ebitda of -$1.1m, -$2.6m, and - $3.5m.
Our revised valuation range is $0.78 (DCF) to $1.77 (US SaaS peer group revenue multiples, discounted heavily) with a Composite Valuation of $1.32 (was $1.38) per share. This implies 14.3% upside from the current price.
Recommendation: Accumulate (was Buy) on this exciting emerging global SaaS company. With strong tailwinds post Covid, $65m of net cash, and strong product innovations coming, we think that BTH has never been in better shape.
What has changed?
--- click on the link at the top for the full Sequoia report on BTH ---
17-Dec-2020: Sequoia Financial Group: Bigtincan Holdings Limited (BTH): Upgrading our price target – Outlook extremely strong
Analyst: Wayne Sanderson – Head of Research, [email protected], +61 400 434 548
Summary
Bigtincan Holdings Limited (BTH) was founded in Sydney in 2011 and has become a recognised global leader with its “Bigtincan Hub” sales enablement software. The platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to provide sales collateral, training and coaching to sales and customer service reps in the field to increase their selling effectiveness. It enables reps to securely access all types of content (files, documents, PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, e-mail, video etc.) from a single data source and to automate work processes and documentation across any mobile device or fixed network.
BTH has ~16 offices across the USA, Europe & Middle East, Australia and Asia with its global sales and marketing headquarters in Boston, and corporate administration in Sydney.
It has long-standing strategic alliances with Apple, Salesforce.com, AT&T and a total of 29 partners / resellers.
BTH has >300,000 users across >400 deployments in over 52 countries and 35 languages. Recent new customer wins include DXC Technology, Sephora, Anheuser Busch and Nike.
AGM reaffirms revenue guidance
BTH reaffirmed guidance given with the FY20 result for revenue of A$41-44m for FY21. We estimate this implies organic revenue growth of 29% to 38%.
This is even more impressive when one considers the A$ has recently appreciated to $0.75 from the FY20 average of $0.671 (+ 12% against the US$), devaluing BTH’s largely US derived revenues.
FY20 Result
Forecasts and Recommendation
We have revised our revenue forecasts down by 23%, 21% and 21% for FY21e, FY22e and FY23e. This downgrade includes an estimated 12-15% adverse currency impact.
We have changed our methodology for our Composite valuation. Our valuation range is $0.97 (DCF) to $1.69 (US SaaS peer group revenue multiples, discounted heavily) with a Weighted Composite valuation of $1.38 per share. This implies 25% upside from the current price.
We maintain our Buy recommendation on this exciting emerging global SaaS company. With strong tailwinds post Covid, we think that BTH has never been in better shape.
What has changed?
--- click on the link at the top for the full Sequoia report on BTH ---
11-Sep-2020: LivewireMarkets.Com: Buy Hold Sell: "5 small caps chasing big markets"
In this episode, filmed on 09-Aug-20 and posted on Livewiremarkets.com on 11-Sep-2020, Chris Stott of 1851 Capital and Gary Rollo from Montgomery Investment Management debate three small caps ripe for this thematic ("small caps chasing big markets"). Companies discussed include 1) City Chic Collective - A specialty fashion retailer benefiting from the shift to online sales; 2) Megaport - A leading network-as-a-service provider; 3) EML Payments - A specialist in general reloadable and gift card payment solutions.
Both guests were also asked to nominate a small cap stock with a big opportunity that they think looks attractive right now. Stotty chose JIN (Jumbo Interactive), and Gary chose BTH (Bigtincan Holdings), and his "Bull Case" for BTH starts from around the 2:50 mark of the video.
Here's what he had to say:
Gary Rollo (Buy): "Our name today is Bigtincan. We think Bigtincan is a buy. That's a small cap technology stock, software as a service. Excellent business model. It's a company that has gone global. It has a client roster that ranges from Anheuser-Busch, through Nike, up to large tech companies.
What it does is it helps companies manage their sales enablement. That's a growing area of the market. It's growing its top line at 40%. It's a $400 million market cap. It's one of these microcap stocks that are just about to get into that point where larger funds can take a look at it. So, we think the technology stacks up well and it's got a bright future."