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COMPANY ANALYSIS 19 May 2016
Important information: All information regarding limitation of liability and potential conflicts of interest can be found at the end of the report.
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Key Financials
List: First North Market Cap: 146 MSEK Industry: Information Technology CEO: Andreas Rodman Chairman: Lars Lidgren
7.0 points 9.0 points 7.5 points 0.0 points 4.0 points
Share information
Share price (SEK) 10.3
Number of shares (m) 14.2
Market Cap (MSEK) 146
Net debt (MSEK) -16
Free float (%)
55 %
Daily turnover (’000) 20
Analysts:
Johan Ekstrom [email protected]
Tomas Otterbeck [email protected]
A journey into an emerging industry GWS offers a mobile-based safety service which uses innovative
technology to alert and inform travelers of security threats. The
service is targeting individuals on leisure trips and companies that
want to protect their traveling employees.
GWS has completed the product development and is now
entering a phase of expansion. To seize the market opportunity
and grow quickly GWS has decided to distribute its service
through partnerships within a number of verticals. Contracts have
recently been signed in the insurance, security, telecom and travel
industry. GWS is currently in discussions with a number of
additional international partners.
Our Base case projections are based on already signed contracts
and conservative expectations of additional new partnerships. This
gives us a motivated fair value of 12 SEK. The Bear and Bull case
scenario renders a value of 6 SEK and 20 SEK respectively.
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OMXS 30 GWS
Management Ownership Profit outlook Profitability Financial strength
Summary
Global Warning Systems (GWS.ST)
Redeye Rating (0 – 10 points)
2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
Revenue, MSEK 2 6 12 32 54
Growth -10% 197% 94% 167% 68%
EBITDA -10 -15 -11 5 29 EBITDA margin -463% -249% -91% 16% 54%
EBIT -10 -17 -16 -1 16 EBIT margin -475% -281% -130% -3% 29%
Pre-tax earnings -10 -17 -16 -1 16 Net earnings -10 -17 -16 -1 16 Net margin -484% -281% -130% -3% 29%
2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
P/E adj. 0.0 -8.6 -9.3 -161.4 9.3 EV/S -7.9 18.6 10.8 4.5 2.6 EV/EBITDA 1.7 -7.5 -11.8 28.1 4.7
2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
Dividend/Share 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 EPS adj. -0.96 -1.22 -1.10 -0.06 1.11
GWS
Company analysis 2
Redeye Rating: Background and definitions
The aim of a Redeye Rating is to help investors identify high-quality companies with attractive valuation.
Company Qualities
The aim of Company Qualities is to provide a well-structured and clear profile of a company’s qualities (or
operating risk) – its chances of surviving and its potential for achieving long-term stable profit growth.
We categorize a company’s qualities on a ten-point scale based on five valuation keys; 1 – Management, 2 –
Ownership, 3 – Profit Outlook, 4 – Profitability and 5 – Financial Strength.
Each valuation key is assessed based a number of quantitative and qualitative key factors that are weighted
differently according to how important they are deemed to be. Each key factor is allocated a number of points
based on its rating. The assessment of each valuation key is based on the total number of points for these
individual factors. The rating scale ranges from 0 to +10 points.
The overall rating for each valuation key is indicated by the size of the bar shown in the chart. The relative size of
the bars therefore reflects the rating distribution between the different valuation keys.
Management
Our Management rating represents an assessment of the ability of the board of directors and management to
manage the company in the best interests of the shareholders. A good board and management can make a
mediocre business concept profitable, while a poor board and management can even lead a strong company into
crisis. The factors used to assess a company’s management are: 1 – Execution, 2 – Capital allocation, 3 –
Communication, 4 – Experience, 5 – Leadership and 6 – Integrity.
Ownership
Our Ownership rating represents an assessment of the ownership exercised for longer-term value creation. Owner
commitment and expertise are key to a company’s stability and the board’s ability to take action. Companies with
a dispersed ownership structure without a clear controlling shareholder have historically performed worse than
the market index over time. The factors used to assess Ownership are: 1 – Ownership structure, 2 – Owner
commitment, 3 – Institutional ownership, 4 – Abuse of power, 5 – Reputation, and 6 – Financial sustainability.
Profit Outlook
Our Profit Outlook rating represents an assessment of a company’s potential to achieve long-term stable profit
growth. Over the long-term, the share price roughly mirrors the company’s earnings trend. A company that does
not grow may be a good short-term investment, but is usually unwise in the long term. The factors used to
assess Profit Outlook are: 1 – Business model, 2 – Sale potential, 3 – Market growth, 4 – Market position, and 5 –
Competitiveness.
Profitability
Our Profitability rating represents an assessment of how effective a company has historically utilised its capital to
generate profit. Companies cannot survive if they are not profitable. The assessment of how profitable a company
has been is based on a number of key ratios and criteria over a period of up to the past five years: 1 – Return on
total assets (ROA), 2 – Return on equity (ROE), 3 – Net profit margin, 4 – Free cash flow, and 5 – Operating
profit margin or EBIT.
Financial Strength
Our Financial Strength rating represents an assessment of a company’s ability to pay in the short and long term.
The core of a company’s financial strength is its balance sheet and cash flow. Even the greatest potential is of no
benefit unless the balance sheet can cope with funding growth. The assessment of a company’s financial strength
is based on a number of key ratios and criteria: 1 – Times-interest-coverage ratio, 2 – Debt-to-equity ratio, 3 –
Quick ratio, 4 – Current ratio, 5 – Sales turnover, 6 – Capital needs, 7 – Cyclicality, and 8 – Forthcoming binary
events.
GWS
Company analysis 3
Table of contents
Investment Case Summary .................................................................................. 4
Travel Safety Services; An emerging market .......................................................... 4
GWS safety product ....................................................................................... 4
Entering a phase of growth .............................................................................. 4
Valuation ................................................................................................... 5
Company profile .................................................................................................. 6
Background ................................................................................................ 6
Product and Services ..................................................................................... 7
Business Model and Sales ............................................................................. 15
Corporate market - Safeture Pro ................................................................... 16
Consumer market - Safeture ........................................................................ 17
Team ...................................................................................................... 18
Ownership ................................................................................................ 19
Market and opportunity ..................................................................................... 21
Robust growth in traveling.......................................................................... 22
Insecurity creates demand for safety services.................................................... 24
Market for travel insurance is growing ........................................................... 24
Increase in distribution channels .................................................................. 25
Conclusion ............................................................................................... 26
Competition .............................................................................................. 26
Market opportunity ..................................................................................... 28
Financial projections ......................................................................................... 30
Revenue projections per vertical ...................................................................... 31
Insurance .............................................................................................. 31
Security ................................................................................................ 34
Telecom ................................................................................................ 35
Travel................................................................................................... 36
International congress ............................................................................... 37
Costs ...................................................................................................... 39
Summary ................................................................................................. 40
Valuation ............................................................................................................ 41
DCF – Base Case ................................................................................................................... 41
Multiples – Base Case ........................................................................................................... 42
Bull and Bear Scenarios ........................................................................................................ 43
Appendix ........................................................................................................... 44
Board ...................................................................................................... 44
Competitors .............................................................................................. 45
Summary Redeye Rating ................................................................................... 49
GWS
Company analysis 4
Investment Case Summary
Travel Safety Services; An emerging market
People are increasingly travelling to countries where they are exposed to
various security threats. The information available on the ground is often
limited or inaccurate. Concerns about risks and threats among business and
leisure travellers are rising which creates demand for safety services. In
addition, awareness of the value and safety of employees combined with
increasing Duty of Care responsibilities is growing among companies.
Despite these trends, there are only a handful of companies today that
provide security and travel assistance services. This creates a window of
opportunity for GWS comprehensive and innovative safety product.
GWS safety product
GWS AB was founded in 2009, after noticing a lack of vital information and
timely warnings to people on the ground during the global SARS epidemic,
the tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the terror attack in Mumbai. GWS
discovered a need for a mobile-based safety service for companies that want
to protect their traveling employees and for private individuals on leisure
trips. Their service uses innovative solutions and state of the art technology
to alert and inform travelers of security threats and to provide management
at international companies with overview and communication tools. The
services are based on GWS patented mobile phone positioning technology
and intelligence systems and are available on all mobile platforms.
Entering a phase of growth
GWS has recently completed a period of intense product development and
is now focusing on increasing its user base, both in the corporate and
consumer markets. In order to seize the market opportunity and grow
quickly GWS has decided to distribute its security service through
partnerships within a number of verticals. Contracts have recently been
signed in the insurance, security, telecom and travel industry. GWS is in
discussions with a number of additional international partners which
suggests prospective announcements of new partnerships.
An increasingly insecure
world is driving the
demand for security
services among business
and leisure travelers
GWS uses innovative
solutions and state of the
art technology to alert
and inform travelers of
security threats
GWS is in discussions with
a number of additional
international partners
GWS
Company analysis 5
Valuation
Making revenue forecasts for a newly launched product in an industry that
is emerging is difficult and hazardous. However, GWS has showed a strong
momentum in announcing a number of partnership agreements in the last
year. We assume this will continue and our base case scenario relies on
revenue growth in both existing and new partnerships.
Signing up with new additional clients should be easier since GWS now can
refer to existing agreements with large, international clients within each
vertical. GWS safety product has attracted great interest since the product
offers ancillary revenues with high margins for their partners. An
increasingly insecure world also increases the demand among end users.
We consider it positive that GWS is increasing the number of clients and
thereby diversifies future revenue streams. Another factor that underpins
our growth assumptions is that new contracts are expected to include a
lower discount versus the agreements with reference clients.
Our Base case scenario implies a fair value of 12 SEK per share while the
Bear and Bull scenarios indicate a value of 6 SEK and 20 SEK
respectively. The large spread between the bull and bear scenarios owes to
the high uncertainty when making revenue forecasts for a new product in
an industry that is just emerging. GWS safety service was recently launched
and has thereby generated limited revenue. However, the number of
contracts signed with large international companies, in a fairly limited
amount of time, shows the high demand and perceived quality of GWS
product.
Positive future triggers would be announcements of new partnerships
within the targeted verticals. Also, when GWS starts showing profitability
that should bring down the WACC which is depressing the net present value
today.
The base case scenario
indicates a value of 12
SEK per share while the
bear and bull scenarios
indicates 6 SEK and 20
SEK respectively.
The number of contracts
signed with large
international companies
shows the high demand
and perceived quality of
GWS product
GWS
Company analysis 6
Company profile
Background
GWS AB was founded in 2009, after discovering a lack of vital information
and timely warnings to people on the ground during a global SARS
epidemic, the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and the terror attack in
Mumbai. At the formation of the company, Andreas Rodman was hired as
acting CEO. He immediately initiated the technical development of the
security service and the optimisation of the business model. The
development was focused on two areas;
a) Developing a software for the retrieval and processing of real-time
information
b) Safe and reliable distribution of messages across country borders.
The design, product features and business model was determined in
cooperation with market experts and potential clients.
By 2011, a beta version of the GWS Service had been developed and was
named Safeture. In March the same year, a powerful earthquake occurred
off the coast of Japan during the first beta test of the GWS service. The
earthquake led to a tsunami and a nuclear disaster in which over 15,000
people died and thousands were injured or missing. The betaversion of
Safeture issued warnings to mobile telephones throughout the system as
early as 46 minutes before the tsunami reached land. In September 2011, a
limited pilot version was launched on the corporate market in Sweden.
In March 2012, a partnership agreement was signed with G4S Sweden and
in September a security service was launched under the brand name “G4S
Global Warning System”. This was paramount for GWS since the
agreement was a confirmation of the need for and the technological quality
of their product. Another positive development in 2012, was that the app
was approved for both iPhone and Android.
In early 2013, the partnership with G4S Sweden resulted in the signing of
contracts with several internationally known Swedish export companies.
This was important since GWS acquired over 1,000 reference customers in
the form of active users.
In February 2014, GWS launched its Windows app and in October they
announced the listing on NASDAQ First North. In November 2014,
GWS also launched the Safeture app for private consumers on the Swedish
market.
By 2011 a beta version of the
GWS Service was developed
and named Safeture
The partnership
agreement with G4S was
a confirmation of the need
for and the technological
quality of their product
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Company analysis 7
April 2015 was an eventful month where GWS was awarded the highly
prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award, which honors the
most promising technology companies in Europe. In the same month GWS
strenghtened the cooperation with G4S through a global mutual exclusive
agreement for a joint approach targeting the world’s professional security
market. The partnership included joint product development and sharing of
revenues.
In June 2015, GWS received a guaranteed order for a value of SEK 15
million from ERV, one of the largest specialized companies in Europe for
private and business travel insurance. The order includes development and
operations for a first roll-out of a Safeture technology based App to seven
million subscribers which may increase over time.
In February 2016, GWS announced that the agreement with London based
G4S to jointly address the global market will be terminated during 2016.
The agreement and cooperation with G4S Sverige/Sector Alarm will
continue. Behind the decision were organizational changes within G4S
global headquarter. From the perspective of GWS, the global contract with
G4S turned out to limit and complicate the international expansion and the
release of new products and services.
Today, GWS has reached a more mature state where the company has
established platforms for expansion in a number of verticals; namely
insurance, security, telecom, travel and international congress operators. In
addition to announcing a steady flow of new partnershps in these verticals
GWS has also established regional sales offices in Asia and South America.
Product and Services
People are increasingly travelling to countries where they are exposed to
various security threats. Often they cannot speak the local language and the
information available on the ground is often limited or non-existent. The
increasing number of disturbances are not only environmental disasters,
but also accidents, outbreaks of infection and political unrest. Companies in
turn often lack an accurate overview of the destination and safety of their
travelling employees. Warnings from the authorities of threats and disasters
are usually given through TV and radio – a method which does not reach all
those affected in time. Also, efforts to locate travelers in an affected region
was made manually, for example by checking airline and hotel reservations,
when information about a disaster was received. This is a time consuming
process that is also complicated by the fact that travelers change the
itinerary and that some travels must be booked locally after arrival.
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Company analysis 8
Service description
This is the reason GWS saw a need for a mobile-based security service for
companies that want to protect their traveling employees and for private
consumers on leisure trips. The security service is gathered under the brand
name Safeture or, when in cooperation with partners, under white label
brands such as ERV Travel and Care. The service uses innovative
solutions and advanced technology to alert and inform clients on security
threats and provide management with communication and overview tools.
The services are based on GWS patented mobile phone positioning
technology and intelligence systems. In short, GWS service gives access to
specific country information before a journey and on arrival, colour-coded
safety warnings which include detailed information about incidents,
tracking of travellers, improved communication opportunities and local
emergency numbers, all directly into a mobile phone.
Source: GWS
A more detailed presentation of the service is given below;
Regional information
Regional information sent as soon as the traveler arrives in a new country.
This includes current safety-related information about the country,
including emergency numbers, recent threats and incidents, risk
classifications and general background information. All information is also
available at the preparation for the visit abroad. Companies can also add
company-specific information, such as addresses for local offices, taxis and
hotels which the company has agreements with.
The service is marketed
under the brand name
Safeture or, when in
cooperation with
partners, under other
brands such as G4S
TravelAware
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Company analysis 9
Source: GWS
Security Alerts
Security alerts are being sent when an incident occurs that may be relevant
to the traveler's safety. The messages are color coded and contains
important information about what happened and how to act. The alerts are
divided into different categories depending on the severity of the situation;
- Green/General; General events that may affect the traveller, eg
major traffic incidents at airports.
- Yellow/Severe; Events that the traveler should be aware of, but
may not require immediate action. Eg, political unrest,
demonstrations or severe weather conditions.
- Red/Critical; Serious events that may require immediate action
by the traveler. Eg, a tsunami, epidemic infectious outbreaks,
environmental disasters, extreme weather conditions or terrorist
attacks.
Source: GWS
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Company analysis 10
The critical security alerts are sent through both as SMS and push
notifications to ensure that the information will arrive and the alerts will
reach the user disregarding even if data roaming is turned off.
Tracking
Tracking the traveler can be displayed in real time on a map on the detailed
address. The system reports the user's position once every hour (once every
minute for one hour if the traveler is using the SOS button). When roaming
data is off, the traveler's last position is known. The position determines the
security alerts that are sent out.
Source: GWS
When a safety incident occurs or a security threat emerges somewhere in
the world the security officer or management of an organization need
immediate answers about their employees in that affected region. The
Safeture ISO is a tool for security officers and management to immediately
access this information and interact with employees on location. As an ISO
user the security manager recive a SMS if he or her have personel in an area
where a serious incident occurs. The easy-to-use Safeture ISO is provided
through geographical information systems (GIS) and in plain text.
SMS communication
SMS delivery service is specifically designed to improve the ability to
communicate in damaged or congested mobile networks. Safeture uses
highly reliable SMS delivery methods for critical messages. The SMS
delivery technology is based on multiple operator routes to the mobile
phone which empowers Safeture to send SMS to a user when ordinary
operator services cannot. This is especially important when a disaster or a
major security incident occur since mobile networks often get overloaded
and become inoperative. The SMS high quality information delivery
channel is available to management so that they can use a reliable
communication channel to employees abroad and can access it by
themselves. Safeture provides an SMS information channel to all users per
country. This information sends SMS messages in a more reliable manner
Safeture ISO is a tool for
management to
immediately access
information and interact
with employees
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Company analysis 11
than ordinary SMS services and also provides reports on whether or not an
SMS has been received by the recipient.
SOS Response
SOS numbers are made easily accessible for immediate contact with local
emergency numbers and immediate contact with the internal security
organization.
Source: GWS
Your quick link to local help when you feel unsafe, ill or get injured. Tap to
share your location and connect directly with local ambulance, police and
fire teams. Every second saved counts when you are in an emergency. One
click not only connects you with local ambulance, police and fire teams. You
also share your exact position so you get help fast.
Geolocation
Check-in to let family, friends and colleagues see your exact position and
track as you travel to new destinations. Send the position allows the system
to know the traveler's exact position at a given target date. In certain
situations (for example, loss of data connection, or the direct threat), it is
important to be able to send the exact location. Check-in to share your exact
GPS location and travel movements. A map shows where your family,
friends and colleagues are located.
Support service
Safeture provides a 24/7 call-in support service for clients in need of advice,
general information or threat updates. The expert support service is a useful
tool and asset to enable the user to be prepared for a private or business trip
abroad. GWS operators provide assistance about security, transportation
and culture. The direct call-in service can aid security directors and decision
makers during a situation of crisis - or simply by providing or clarifying
specific information of interest.
Check-in shares the exact
position and tracks the
traveller to new
destinations
Safeture provides a 24/7
call-in support service for
clients in need of advice
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Company analysis 12
Local news
Get up-to-date news in English for the country you are visiting.
Source: GWS
The services above are packaged into two service offerings targeting the
consumer market and the corporate market;
Consumer market - Safeture
The Safeture app targeting private individuals is available for Android and
iPhone platforms. Safeture gives the user the possibility, via a “Track Me
Now” function, to allow friends and family to follow the user’s position
virtually. Safeture also contains an automatic translation option with local
information and alerts in 90 different languages, along with several other
features.
Corporate market - Safeture Business Solution
The Safeture Business Solution includes two security tools:
a) The Safeture Pro App
b) The Safeture Instant Security Overview (ISO) system
The Safeture Pro App ensures personal security for the employee through
real-time warnings, alerts and and information as well as one-click
connection to local SOS emergency response services. Wherever the
employee is traveling in the world, the app uses positioning to identify his
or her current location and send local area alerts and security information.
In addition, local organization- or company-specific information can be
automatically and directly linked to individual traveling employees via the
ISO system.
The Safeture Instant Security Overview (ISO) system allows central and
local security managers to locate and communicate with employees
The services are packaged
into two offerings
targeting the Consumer
and the Corporate market
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Company analysis 13
anywhere in the world in real-time via the Safeture Pro app. Through GWS
patented positioning technology, the ISO directly links to travelling
employees through the organization’s Safeture account. Security managers
get precise data and statistics about company travelers and assets. The ISO
system therefore provides internationally active companies with integrated
communication tools and an instant security desktop system that will help
keep their personnel and assets safe in any surrounding.
Currently the Safeture Pro mobile application is available for Android,
iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Phone.
The process
When an incident occurs information is being sourced by GWS software.
Security experts in GWS control center reads and evaluates the information
about the incident. The security experts swiftly publish summaries that are
being distributed to both the app user on the ground and to security
personnel at the employees company. The user in the affected area can
make urgent security measures on the ground and security personnel at the
company can make decisions based on the received information. The
decisions can then be communicated to the employee through the reliable
sms service.
Source: GWS
The warning message has a “read receipt” function which is patented in
Europe until 2026. A patent has also been filed for an innovative technology
that enhances the system's functions for positioning and message
distribution. This technology strengthens the positioning function by
utilizing multiple methods in a global mobile network in order to provide a
more reliable position and prevent operators from blocking messages that
are mistakenly classified as spam.
The security experts
publish summaries that
are distributed to the app
user and to security staff
at the employees company
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Company analysis 14
Today, modern digital media, the Internet and social media rapidly spread
large amounts of rumors, inaccuracies and other information without
evaluation of the source. This means that travelers can be reached with
information that is misleading and potentially dangerous. The need to
distinguish reliable information from the global information noise is
therefore one important cornerstone of the security service. GWS therefore
uses frontline content providers, data mining capabilities and state of the
art communication tools to provide their clients with processed and vetted
intelligence on safety matters globally. Examples of information providers
are govermental organisations, national rescue organisations, institutes,
news media (regional and international), social networks etc. GWS patented
software is especially developed to gather and distribute relevant and
accurate security information.
Source: GWS
The Safeture ISO World service offers unique security information on a
national level with risk- and advice -information integrated with employee
and asset localization data. GWS Safeture service also contains a number of
additional important factors that are difficult to copy. The functions behind
are trade secrets that solve, manage and compensates including the
following:
Unique Features
- Turned off data roaming
- Different restrictions in different mobile platforms and versions of
operating systems
- Battery life for regular location
- Reach out with alert messages globally through poor network
connections, blocking spam filters and congested mobile networks
- False positioning example due to errors in positioning data
- Real-time monitoring of news and data
- Processing Tools to achieve a fast and reliable process for the
production of content
The need to distinguish
reliable information from
information noise is an
important cornerstone of
GWS security service
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Company analysis 15
- Adaptive technology to compensate for connection problems
between networks. The majority of the above functions are already
implemented and improvements are made regularly
- GWS also has a clear ambition to work with multiple language
support. A large part of the country information is available in
multiple languages as eg, English, Spanish, Chinese, German,
Swedish, Danish and Polish and additional languages will be added
subsequently.
- The 24/7 alerts are currently in English due to the extra cost to
handle real time translation around the clock. However, all alerts
include an autotranslate function in 90 languages. This optionality
is also available for the country information. 24/7 real time
translation can be an option when GWS has reached sufficient size
to cover the additional cost.
Business Model and Sales
GWS has completed a period of intense product development and is now
shifting its focus on increasing its user base, both in the corporate and
consumer markets. In order to seize the market opportunity and grow
quickly GWS has decided to distribute its security service through
partnerships. The advantage of this is that the partners already have
established relationships with their clients. This makes it an easy sell since
GWS product is added into the partner’s product offering. GWS product
increases the value of the partners’ product at the same time as GWS can
benefit from quickly reaching large volumes of clients of various sizes and
in different geographical markets. Reaching large volumes is of essence to
GWS in order to become a leader in its niche and since the business model
has strong economies of scale. An increase in user volumes does not affect
the operational cost to a large extent, which means that a significant
leverage effect will boost profits.
The partnership strategy is used in industry verticals where there is a
market for GWS Safeture service. The targeted verticals are security,
telecom, travel, insurance, congress/events and directly to private
consumers through agents. The figure below shows the current
partnerships entered into within each vertical as of today. Usually the first
partnership within a vertical, eg ERV in insurance, creates a valuable
reference client which facilitates additional partnerships within that same
vertical.
Reaching large volumes is
of essence to GWS in
order to become a leader
in its niche
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Company analysis 16
Source: GWS
It is also important to note that since GWS is targeting large global
corporations the sales and implementation processes are usually long. The
time from initial contact to signed contract is usually as long as 12 months
due to negotitations and lengthy internal decision processes within the
potential partner. The time from signed contract to product launch is
usually another 12 months.
The partnership strategy is used when targeting the two market segments;
companies and private individuals.
Corporate market - Safeture Pro
In the company segment, GWS main target is large, international
companies. Within this group demand for GWS product is expected to be
higher since they usually have large numbers of employees based in, or
traveling to, regions with a risk to be affected by disasters and threats.
These companies often have a security budget for this type of service and
"Duty of care" and "Social responsibility" is winning traction as guiding
principles. In some countries, such as the US, Britain and other former
commonwealth countries, it is now punishable if deficiencies in the security
routines of an organization lead to hazards or injuries.
When selling their service to a company the business model is based on a
license per end user with a price per user per month, an entire company
license or alternatively, per user and per day abroad, according to the model
SaaS (Software as a Service).
To grow quickly GWS has
decided to distribute its
security service through
partnerships
In Britian it is punishable
if deficiencies in the
security routines of an
organization leads to
hazards or injuries
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Company analysis 17
Consumer market - Safeture
The Safeture app enables the user, via a “Track Me Now” function, to allow
people to follow the user’s position virtually. Safeture also contains an
automatic translation option with local information and alerts in 90
different languages, along with several other features.
In the market for private individuals there is a great need for security as
well. This has attracted interest from insurance companies, travel agencies
and telecom operators who see an opportunity to increase margins by
offering services to enhance personal safety. In the consumer market, GWS
is in dialogue with a number of insurance companies and telecom
operators. A partnership with a telecom operator could provide fast access
to a large number of users. A small telecom operator, for example, has
about two million users, while a large operator has over 50 million users.
The consumer-oriented GWS service will contain fewer features than the
business edition. This brings down the pricing per customer but this is
compensated by the fact that the consumer market contains significantly
larger volume of travelers.
Source: GWS
In the European market, GWS is marketing its services directly while other
markets will be serviced through local partners. Examples of the latter
strategy is the announced local sales offices in Brazil and Malaysia. The
local partners will sell and market GWS services throughout South America
and the Asian Pacific.
Europe and North America is currently prime focus but other interesting
future markets are the Middle East and Asia. GWS intention is to establish a
foothold in the Middle East and has recently started a subsudiary in
Singapore.
Insurance companies,
travel agencies and
telecom operators see an
opportunity to increase
margins by offering
safety services
Europe and North
America is currently
prime focus
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Team
Andreas Rodman was hired as acting CEO at the formation of GWS in
2009. He hand-picked the current management team and they initiated the
technical development of the security service and the optimisation of the
business model. The operative management is supported by the board
which consists of the founders and people with expertise in international
security and marketing. The operative management is presented below and
an overview of the board members is given in the appendix.
Andreas Rodman – CEO (1973)
Andreas Rodman is a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of
Lund. Andreas was the CEO, founder and largest private owner of Bokks
AB, a company that was sold in 2007 to the Swedish stock listed company
MultiQ AB. Andreas has been GWS CEO since 2009. Mr Rodman has a
shareholding of 1 274 340 through related party, related company and
privately and also holds 120 000 options.
Andreas Larsson – CTO (1978)
Andreas Larsson studied Computer Science at Lund University and has
previously worked as Chief Architect and Software Design Manager at
MultiQ. Before that he co-founded and developed Bokks AB together with
Andreas Rodman. Andreas has served as GWS CTO since 2014. Mr Larsson
has a shareholding of 10 158 shares and 50 000 warrants through related
party, related company and privately.
Johan Tinnerholm – COO (1985)
Johan Tinnerholm studied Political Science and Intelligence Analysis at
Lund University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
He previously worked as the Director of the Swedish Association of
International Affairs. Johan has served as GWS Director of Analysis and
Services since 2011. Mr Tinnerholm has a shareholding of 4500 shares and
50 000 warrants through related party, related company and privately.
Morgan Widung – VP Global Sales & Marketing (1970)
Morgan Widung has a M.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Lund University.
He has worked predominately in business and sales management positions
for companies within the telecom/semiconductor and renewable energy
sectors, such as InnoVentum AB as Head of Global Sales and RF Micro
Devices as SonyEricsson Global Account Manager. Mr Widung has a
shareholding of 7500 shares and 50 000 warrants through related party,
related company and privately.
The operative
management is supported
by the board which
consists of the founders
and people with expertise
in international security
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Åke Knutsson – CFO (1955)
From 2009 to 2011, Mr Knutsson was the Chief Financial Officer of the
Prestando Group which supplies pressed high-grade steel parts to the
European and US automotive industry. Between 2006 and 2009, he was
managing director of A Clean Partner International AB, a company which
develops and sells industrial cleaning substances. From 2000 to 2006, Mr
Knutsson was the vice-managing director and chief operating officer of
Biomet Cementing Technologies AB, part of the international Biomet Group
which is one of the world´s leading medical device manufacturers. From
1980 to 1999, he held various finance and accounting positions in the
Scandimed Group, Lidaris Group, Ateljé Lyktan AB, the Ministry of
Forestry of Sweden, Kone Cranes AB and ASG AB. Åke has served as GWS
Chief Financial Officer since 2014. Mr Knutsson has a shareholding of 5
000 shares and 25 000 warrants through related party, related company
and privately.
Ownership
The Company's shares are listed on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm under
the ticker GWS. As of December 31 2015, the number of shares was
14,248,033. The table below shows the ownership of the five largest
shareholders.
Diamonex Ltd. is 100% owned by founder and chairman Lars Lidgren.
Academic Medical Group is owned by Chairman Lars Lidgren through the
companies Diamonex Ltd 53.09%, Seagles Aktiebolag 2.66% and Algora AB
4.98%. Director Sven Holmgren owns 1.88% (through related party),
member of the Board Wolter Mannerfelt owns 0.51% (via Acuzena Ltd.),
director Hans Skalin owns 2.55% (through affiliates) and CEO Andreas
Rodman owns 8.95% (private) in Academic Medical Group AB. Academic
Medical Group acquired the shares of the fully owned subsidiary AM E-
Consulting in June 2015.
The ownership of GWS is therefore to a large extent concentrated to the
operative management, the founder and members of the board which is
decidedly positive. In the coming years, it would also be positive to see
additional institutional investors with long term investment perspective and
strong financial resources in the event of capital need.
Ownership % of capital No of shares
Diamonex Ltd 24,5% 3 488 174
Emirates Advanced Investment Trading 6,7% 960 374
Academic Medical Group AB 4,9% 692340
Lundaklostret AB 4,7% 676 119
Andreas Rodman 4,1% 577 500
Others 55,1% 7 853 526
100,0% 14 248 033
Source; GWS
The ownership is
concentrated to the
operative management,
the founder and members
of the board
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On April 9 2015, the Extraordinary General Meeting decided on a directed
issue of warrants to employees and key personnel for a maximum of
650,000 warrants of series 2015/2019. The increase in the company's share
capital upon exercise of the warrants amounts to no more than 52 000. The
warrants were issued at a price of SEK 0.13 per warrant. The subscription
price for utilization of the warrants is 16.56 per share. 427,885 warrants
were subscribed up to the 17th of April 2015, which was the last day of
subscription. The warrants can be utilized for subscription of newly issued
shares in the company during the utilization period, which runs from and
by 15 March 2019 to and including March 29, 2019, One (1) warrant entitles
to subscribe for one (1) new share.
On June 17 2015, the Annual General Meeting decided on a directed share
issue comprising 40 000 warrants of series 2015/2019 issued to Sven
Holmgren, Hans Skalin, Paul Degerlund and Wolter Mannerfelt. The
warrants were issued at a price of SEK 0.31 per warrant. Warrants entitle to
subscription of 40,000 new shares of the Company. The warrants can be
utilized during the period from July 8, 2019 to July 24 2019. The
subscription price for the use of warrants is 31.11 per share.
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Company analysis 21
Market and opportunity
There are several factors that together create a benign market for GWS
security product. As can be seen below, the global security market is
showing steady growth in all international regions.
Combined, the global security industry has a turnover of around 155 billion
USD per year. The majority of this revenue, nearly 131 billion USD, is
coming from securing physical buildings and other tangible assets. As can
be seen below, less than 1 bn USD is spent on employees’ safety.
However, companies are now beginning to realize that the infrastructure is
interchangeable with a relatively low cost, while the staff's lives and their
skills represent a significant investment that must be protected. Hence, as
the global economy is getting more dependent on employee skills the
spending on employee safety will increase in the future.
Security Market Growth - 190 bn GBP by 2021
Source; G4S
Security spending per segment (bn USD)
Source; GWS
131 bn USD
24 bn USD
< than 1 bn
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Offices and buildings IT and Information Employees
The global security
market is showing steady
growth in all regions
Spending on employee
safety will increase in the
future
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There are also initiatives coming from international, governmental and
health care organisations to increase the awareness of the employer’s
responsibility for the health, safety, security and well-being of their globally
mobile employees, ie Duty of care. The world can be a dangerous place
and companies must apply their Duty of Care responsibilities for managing
different staff (business travelers, locals, expatriates, international
assignees and dependents). Companies may be held liable for their
”negligent failure to plan” or the omission of a Duty of Care plan, either
intentionally or unintentionally, as a result of an employee injury or death.
In more advanced and developed markets, the legal framework for Duty of
Care is well defined (chart below) 1. However, still today only an average
level of awareness exists among organizations and key stakeholders.
Companies around the world fail to engage in the full spectrum of managing
employee travel risk, and still have a long way to go when it comes to
implementing a Duty of Care culture. In Ernst & Young’s latest Global
Mobility Effectiveness Survey 50% of companies thought their global
mobility team was understaffed and only 30% have a system in place for
tracking business travellers.
Robust growth in traveling
According to a study by the Global Business Travel Association
Foundation (GBTA), global business travel spending overall will reach a
record $1.25 trillion in 2015, a 6.5% rise over 2014. Next year should be a
banner year, with just under a 7% increase forecast. Growth will remain
strong through 2019, with year-over-year increases of 6% in 2017, 6.4 % in
2018 and 5.8% in 2019.
1 An employer’s Duty of Care responsibility for employees who travel across borders on business is documented by Professor Lisbeth Claus of Willamette University in a 2009 White Paper entitled, Duty of Care of Employers for Protecting International Assignees, their Dependents and International Business Travelers, published by International SOS.
Duty of Care Responsibility
Source; "Duty of Care of Employers for Protecting International Assignees, their Dependents and Intl Business Travelers"
Governmental and health
organisations work to
increase the awareness of
the employer’s
responsibility for their
globally mobile
employees, ie Duty of care
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Companies in North America spent $318 billion on business traveling in
2014, with 90% coming from the U.S. Business travel spending in Asia
Pacific, the biggest market overall, totaled $459 billion in 2014. Travelers in
Western Europe spent $271 billion on business travel in 2014 and Latin
American business travel totaled $52 billion in 2014, led by Brazil, which
totaled $32 billion. The Middle East, and Africa, accounted for $77 billion
in business travel spending in 2014 combined.
Tourist traveling is also showing robust growth. According to the World
Tourism Organization, there were >1 billion worldwide international
tourist arrivals in 2013, an increase of 5% from 2012 and >57% from 2003.
Industry data from IATA, graph below, clearly shows that both business and
tourism travels combined is growing steadily in spite of international
shocks like, for instance, the global financial crisis and 9/11.
Global Business Travel spending (bn USD)
Source; Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)
1 174
1 250
1 338
1 418
1 508
1 596
1 000
1 100
1 200
1 300
1 400
1 500
1 600
1 700
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
bn
USD
Global Air Passenger Traffic, 1950-2014
Source; IATA
Growth in business travel
spending will remain
strong
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Insecurity creates demand for safety services
In 2015, nearly half of Americans (48%) surveyed by the US Travel
Insurance Association said they are more concerned than in the past about
traveling, in light of recent world developments such as the Ebola virus
outbreak, or civil unrest in places like Ukraine or the Middle East. Of
Americans who voiced more concern about traveling because of world
events, nearly half (45%) said they were more likely to purchase travel
insurance. Also, it wouldnt be a bold statement to assume that these figures
have increased significantly after the recent terror attacks in Paris and
Brussels.
Among those most likely to purchase travel insurance, the types of coverage
that interested them most were for medical and cancellation (77% and 74%
respectively), followed by travel interruptions or delays (72%), and
emergency medical evacuation coverage (65%). 67% expressed interest in
travel assistance services. This is good news for GWS since it indicates a
strong demand for their product. Safeture is also more comprehensive than
the few competing products in this new market. Another advantage is that
Safeture is costing the travelling consumer a fraction of the cost compared
to eg emergency evacuation, cancellation, etc
Market for travel insurance is growing
According to research published by Finaccord, the global market for stand-
alone travel insurance and assistance2 was worth around USD 13.8 billion in
2013, and this figure is expected to rise to a staggering USD 18.1 billion by
2017.
Based on extensive primary research across over 40 individual countries,
Finaccord calculates that in 2013 gross written premiums from travel
2 excluding policies linked to credit cards and bank accounts.
High demand for travel assistance services
Source; Survey by US Travel Insurance Association
77%
74%
72%
65%
67%
55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80%
Medical
Cancellation
Travel delays
Emergency evacuation
Travel assistance services
67% expressed interest in
travel assistance services
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Company analysis 25
insurance and assistance policies sold on a stand-alone basis were divided
regionally as follows: the Americas (34.6%), Europe (33.2%), Asia-Pacific
(29.7%) and Africa and the Middle East (2.5%).
The United States was still the world's largest travel insurance and
assistance market in terms of gross written premiums from stand-alone
policy sales in 2013, followed by Canada, the UK, Japan and then Australia.
The 2010-2012 Travel Insurance Market Survey revealed that Americans
spent nearly $1.9 billion on all types of travel insurance in 2012,
representing a sales growth of 14%. 29 million people covered by travel
insurance policies Approximately 21 million travel insurance policies were
sold by UStiA member companies, providing coverage for some 29 million
people in 2012.
The market in Europe is being assessed in Finaccord’s study titled “Travel
Insurance and Assistance in Europe”. The value of the market for stand-
alone travel insurance and assistance across 20 European countries was
EUR 3.86 billion in 2014 in terms of gross written premiums and is forecast
to rise to EUR 4.54 billion by 2018. The UK market is by far the most
valuable as it was worth more than twice as much in 2014 as Germany, the
next-largest country.
Increase in distribution channels
Travel insurance is sold and distributed through an increasing number of
channels. This trend is visible in the US market where traditional travel
suppliers like travel agencies and tour operators still accounts for more than
half of all travel insurance premium volume. However, other outlets are
gaining ground, as Americans are buying their travel insurance from a
wider array of sources. Online travel agencies and airlines now accounts for
25% of travel insurance sold. Internet aggregators (companies that sell
Gross premiums from travel insurance and assistance in 2013
Source; Finaccord
35%
33%
29%
3%
Americas
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Africa and MiddleEast
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Company analysis 26
travel insurance products from various providers), direct to consumer, sales
from brokers and others accounts for 12%.
While still reflecting a small share of the overall market, internet
aggregators, along with brokers and other channels grew by nearly 38%
between 2010 and 2012. Direct to consumer sources were close behind,
with a sales growth of 36%, while online travel agencies and airline sales
grew by nearly 19%. The tradidional suppliers grew, as a group, by 11% in
sales.
Mike Meeks, COO of Berkshire Hathaway Travel Insurance with a focus on
the American 2 bn USD market, notes that the industry develops new
products to appeal to more clients. He also points to the fact that insurance
is an ancillary product which can earn agents substantial commissions. This
will increase the number of agents selling newly developed travel insurance
products and be a key part of the industry’s expansion.
Conclusion
The security market is growing steadily and the market for travel and safety
services in particular. The driving forces are;
- Increased business and tourism traveling
- Increased awareness of employee value combined with Duty of Care
responsibilities
- Higher concerns about risks and threats among business and
leisure travellers
- New distribution channels and high margins will increase the
marketing, and the awareness, of safety products like Safeture
Competition
The first question that comes to mind when assessing GWS product is if
search engines on the Internet can serve as a substitue. There are a
number of reasons why this is not the case;
- Finding information takes time and time is valuable in a situation
of crisis
- Information distributed on the web can be incorrect and of poor
quality
- Safeture provides a push-function that alerts the traveller. A
traveller relying on Internet is initially unaware of a potential crisis
or accident
- Safeture locates the traveller through its gps-system and the
employer or family can keep track of the traveller
New products can earn
agents substantial
commissions
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Company analysis 27
- Safeture has a secure text messaging system if there is no Internet
connection - Safeture has an assistance and rescue function often provided
through their partners
Today, there is no dominant global provider of safety services. There are a
number of small providers of security services but the market is just
emerging and therefore far from saturated. Competition in the app market
in general is fierce since the barriers to entry are relatively low. This can
often lead to an oversupply of apps and the chances of success is low if the
product doesnt have a competitive advantage. We believe GWS has found
an interesting niche with a good product in a market where competition is
still relatively small. Security, however, is sacred for most and a security app
therefore requires a brand with a strong credibility.
We have scanned the global market for travel security apps and the table
below lists the most advanced apps. As can be seen, GWS has found a
unique position in their product mix. The most uncommon services
provided by competitors is real time warnings delivered as SMS and
hospital recommendations. According to GWS their real time positioning
also has a minimum battery consumption function. This is important as
positioning services drastically drain the battery life which would be
detrimental in an urgent situation. GWS has an "all-purpose" approach with
their app Safeture. The main focus is to resolve several needs for people
who are located in places where uncertainty is high.
GWS Safeture
Travel Navigator
Blue Cross: Hospital finder
Red Cross: Emergency
Guardly Mobile
Safety Map Worldwide
Global rescue
Travel Guardian
BTA Help (Allianz Help)
AON WorldAware
Critical Trac (iJet)
Everybridge;
- Mobile Aware
- Safety Connection
Red24 (HRG Worldwide)
International SOS
Geografiskt nischade
FEMA
CodeRED Mobile Alert
Emergency Networks
Life360
RT Warnings
iMapWeather Radio
Disaster Alert
Hurricane Tracker
Källa: Redeye Research
Alert
movement
RT Warning
(SMS)
Local
SOS
Country
info
Hospital
Recom
RT Warning
(Data)
RT Local
News
Safety Functions Share
position
The market is just
emerging and therefore
far from saturated.
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Another popular thing among security apps are "Emergency Networks".
Here, the service focus on positioning and communication with friends,
family and business for people who are in an unsafe area. The network is
created by the users themselves and for obvious reasons is more focused on
the local home area. We therefore believe that the majority of the existing
providers of digital security and safety services don’t offer the same
combination of services as GWS in terms of;
a) high quality information
b) fast and reliable distribution
c) safe communication
d) tracking
As with travel insurance in general, there should be room for several
suppliers of security and safety services in the global market. Probably with
a small number of dominant suppliers in each geographical market.
However, the barriers of entry are relatively low for a company with
extensive resources. GWS has a technological advantage as companies in
the security and insurance market usually does not have the needed
technological expertise in-house. In any case, GWS needs to grow quickly
and this is why management has decided to distribute Safeture through
partnerships with global reach.
Market opportunity
It is difficult to assess the market opportunity for a newly developed
product in a new, emerging market. However, as described above, several
trends indicate a huge potential for GWS product and this has already been
materialised in signed contracts with international partners. The reasoning
below will be an attempt to show the sales potential for GWS rather than
being an assessment of the total potential market size.
GWS is currently focusing on the European and North American markets.
Based on the research above, the market for travel insurance and assistance
in 2017 is expected to reach 12 bn USD in US and Europe. Prices for travel
insurance and assistance vary considerably but the average price is most
probably several times higher than for GWS security service.
If we assume that an average travel insurance is 10 times more expensive
than the security service app the potential market would be 1.2 bn USD (if
all who bought travel insurance also bought a security service app). GWS
security app is considerably cheaper than a traditional travel insurance.
Despite this, we still assume that one out of four travellers buying the travel
insurance and also buys the secuity app. This brings the potential market
opportunity in the US and Europe to 300 mUSD. If we then assume that
GWS, through its partnerships and leading technological position, takes
As with travel insurance
in general there should be
room for several suppliers
of safety services
Multiple themes indicate a
huge potential for the
service and this has
already been materialised
in signed contracts
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Company analysis 29
10% of this market that would render 30 mUSD, corresponding to roughly
240 mSEK, in annual revenues.
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Financial projections
GWS product has quite recently been launched on the market and has
thereby generated limited revenue up to now. However, the recently signed
contracts are now starting to contribute to revenue growth. As mentioned
previously, GWS services are packaged into two service offerings targeting
the consumer market and the corporate market.
Consumer market - Safeture
The Safeture app targeting private individuals is available for both the
Android and iPhone platforms. Safeture allows friends and family, via a
“Track Me Now” function, to follow the user’s position. Safeture also
contains an automatic translation option with local information and alerts
in 90 different languages, along with several other features.
GWS has decided to package this service in large ”offer to subscriber” deals.
The client buys a package where they can offer its subscribers access to
GWS software. As an expample, ERV has acquired the right to offer 7
million of its clients the right to use Safeture. It is important to note that
ERV pays for the number of users which have access to the software, not the
number of users which actually download and use the app. The minimum
revenue GWS is receiving is thereby preset in the initial contract and not
dependant on downloading rates and usage. If the client wants to offer
more of its subscibers access to the service, this will generate additional
revenue for GWS. Naturally, GWS is focusing on clients with large
consumer bases. The targeted annual revenue per “offer to subscriber” is
roughly 1-2 USD. A contract offering access to Safeture for one million
subscribers would consequently generate an annual revenue of 1-2 mUSD.
Corporate market - Safeture Business Solution
The Safeture Business Solution includes two security tools:
a) The Safeture Pro App
b) The Safeture Instant Security Overview (ISO) system
The Safeture Pro App ensures personal security through real-time
warnings, alerts and and information as well as one-click connection to
local SOS emergency response services. In addition, local organization- or
company-specific information can be automatically and directly linked to
individual traveling employees via the ISO system. The Safeture Instant
Security Overview (ISO) system allows central and local security managers
to locate and communicate with the individual anywhere in the world in
real-time via the Safeture Pro app.
As opposed to the consumer service, the client pays for the number of actual
downloads of the Safety Pro app. In this product category, GWS is focusing
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on finding partnerships with companies that offer high security services to
their customers, eg security companies. The targeted annual average
revenue per Safeture Pro is 75 USD (50 SEK per month). The revenue is
shared with the distributor but GWS keeps around 60% for managing the
service.
As mentioned earlier, GWS has decided to distribute its service through
partnerships in order to grow quickly. Management has defined a number
of verticals where their product has a natural and value adding fit with the
partners’ business model. GWS has recently signed a number contracts with
partners in these verticals. Below, we are displaying our projections for both
existing and new potential contracts within each vertical.
Revenue projections per vertical
Insurance
Insurance is the largest vertical by revenue at this point due to the contract
with ERV. In June 2015, GWS signed an exclusive agreement with ERV
whereby ERV bought Safeture for 7 million of their customers. ERV is one
of the largest specialised companies in Europe for personal and business
travel insurance and the initial order value is 15 mSEK. The full roll-out will
start in Q2 2016 so limited revenue from this contract has been received up
to now. The 15 mSEK is guaranteed and ERV will bundle Safeture with their
existing product in order to increase the value of their travel insurance.
Apart from increasing the perceived value of the insurance product,
Safeture adds value to ERV in a number of ways;
Safeture enables ERV to save costs and improve margins
When ERVs clients are using Safeture, the probability of being involved in
accidents should decrease and hence decrease potential redemptions paid
to the insurance taker. However, more importantly, ERV has agreements
with a network of 40 000 hospitals and doctors. Using Safeture, ERV can
direct their clients to these hospitals and doctors with predetermined
treatment fees. Also, the network has been carefully evaluated and provides
high quality treatment which decreases the risk for rehabilitation costs and
costly mistreatment.
Potential to increase revenues
The app can be used as a sales channel whereby ERV can offer additional
services. Eg, if a client is arriving in a country where ERVs insurance is not
valid the app could send a notification of additional insurance coverage.
This is possible since the locationing system can sense where the user is
traveling.
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User statistics
ERV will receive valuable user metrics which can be used in tailoring service
offerings to their clients. The safety service is obviously a competitive
advantage vs plain vanilla travel insurance. The service also offers a positive
interaction with the client (caring and helping) as opposed to the traditional
negative contact of an insurance company (paying the premium and getting
redemption after an accident).
The agreement with ERV runs over an undisclosed time period and GWS’s
goal is to continue to grow from the initial seven million subscribers via
ERV’s owner Münich Re. ERV is a leading international travel insurance
company with 1100 employees, head quarter in Germany and with
operations in over 20 countries. It is part of the ERGO insurance group,
which is a 100 % subsidiary of Munich RE, a global and financially robust
reinsurer and risk carrier with more than 40,000 employees. Safeture will
initially be distributed in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
In the revenue forecast for ERV, the following assumptions are being
made;
- The guaranteed contract is assumed to run for 3 years. 15 mSEK in
total guaranteed contract value is therefore assumed to generate 5
mSEK per year.
- This gives ERV the right to distribute Safeture to 7 million clients.
This implies that GWS is receiving roughly 0,70 SEK in annual
revenue per consumer. The reason for the discount is that ERV is a
global company with a large client base and a highly valuable
reference in the insurance segment. Additional users from ERV will
also be assumed to generate 0,70 SEK per year.
- Additional users from ERVs client base is assumed grow from the
initial 7 million and reach a total subscriber base of 12 m at the end
of 2017.
The reference contract with ERV has now resulted in the first fully priced
partnership with the German travel insurance provider, Dr Walter. Dr
Walter has a smaller customer base than ERV but the revenue per user is
more than 10 times higher. We expect to see more contracts similar to the
one with Dr Walter in the future with a fixed revenue per user around 10
SEK anually.
ERV (Retail)2016 2017 2018
Users 7 000 000 9 000 000 12 000 000
Yearly revenue (SEK) 5 000 000 6 300 000 8 400 000
Revenue per user (SEK) 0,70 0,70 0,70
GWS share (100%) 3 675 000 6 300 000 8 400 000
Source: Redeye Research
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In March 2016, a partnership contract was signed with California-based
International Care. The company is a multidisciplinary broker of global
insurance, travel and risk management services. The agreement is based on
a combination of revenue sharing and commission. The contract should be
seen as a strategic partnership for GWS expansion into the large US market.
In addition, Safeture Pro will also be distributed to international markets
like Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Africa through
International Cares partners’ local sales offices.
In addition to the existing contracts above we have made assumptions of
potential new contracts and users. GWS has indicated that the insurance
vertical is one of the verticals where they see a high possibility for growth.
Our total projections for the insurance vertical are presented in the table
below.
Dr Walter (Retail)
Q3 2016 2017 2018
Users 50 000 50 000 50 000
Yearly revenue (SEK) 500 000 500 000 500 000
Revenue per user (SEK) 10 10 10
GWS share (100%) 250 000 500 000 500 000
Source: Redeye Research
International Care (Pro)2016 2017 2018
Users 200 1 000 1 500
Yearly revenue (SEK) 120 000 600 000 900 000
Revenue per user (SEK) 600 600 600
GWS share (100%) 72 000 360 000 900 000
Source: Redeye Research
TOTAL INSURANCE
2016 2017 2018
Current contracts 3 997 000 7 160 000 9 800 000
Potential contracts 1 000 000 7 000 000 13 000 000
Total estimated revenue 4 997 000 14 160 000 22 800 000
Source: Redeye Research
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Security
The second client segment that is relatively mature is the security vertical.
GWS has signed a number of contracts with partners in the security
industry and the expectation is for this to continue. The security companies
have clients with advanced security requirements and GWS advanced
Safeture Pro is therefore the suitable product for this client category. The
security companies usually offer tailor-made service for a small exclusive
group of clients. The number of licences that GWS can potentially sell is
therefore more in the thousands rather than millions. This is to some extent
compensated by the higher price tag and margin per user. As mentioned
above, the usual price is set to 600 SEK per user for Safeture Pro and GWS
receives 60% of the revenue.
GWS has so far signed contracts with two Swedish companies,
Scandinavian Risk Solutions (SRS) and 2Secure. The service is
already up and running with both partners. SRS also offers Safeture Pro to
the general public under the white label brand, ”SRS Alert”, which is
available in the app store. Below we present our revenue expectation per
contract.
GWS recently signed the first international contract within the security
vertical with German Business Protection (GBP). GBP is a personal
security specialist within the KÖTTER group which is a large security
service provider in Germany with approximately 16.700 employees. The
agreement with GBP is based on revenue sharing and GBP will offer the
GWS Safeture Pro service to their existing and potential business clients.
The partnership is of significance because of the size of the German market
but also because Germans are among those who spend most money in the
world on traveling.
2Secure (Pro)2016 2017 2018
Users 800 1 600 2 400
Yearly revenue (SEK) 480 000 960 000 1 440 000
Revenue per user (SEK) 600 600 600
GWS share (60%) 288 000 576 000 864 000
Source: Redeye Research
SRS (Pro)2016 2017 2018
Users 500 2 000 3 000
Yearly revenue (SEK) 480 000 960 000 1 440 000
Revenue per user (SEK) 600 600 600
GWS share (60%) 180 000 720 000 1 080 000
Source: Redeye Research
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Our revenue projections from existing and potential new contracts in the
security vertical are summarized berlow.
GWS obviously has a very attractive product for security companies.
However, when it comes to volumes and revenue potential it makes more
sense for GWS to focus on contracts with bigger immediate reach. This is
also the strategy of GWS management and the vertical where we expect to
see most new deals with significant impact on revenues is in the insurance
vertical.
Telecom
An attractive industry vertical with distribution potential in the millions is
through telecom operators. GWS product can be used to increase the
competitive edge of the operator (free service) or used as a means to
increase revenues (charged additional service). An example of a partnership
with immediate distribution potential to millions of users is the contract
with a Middle Eastern operator. GWS consumer offering Safeture will
be offered as a value adding service to more than 3 million subscribers. The
agreement is based on a revenue sharing business model. As can be seen in
the table below, we have assumed a low user penetration starting at 0,5% in
2016 and moving to 2,0% in 2018. We expect GWS to receive 0,5 USD per
month and user after revenue sharing.
GBP (Pro)2016 2017 2018
Users 400 600 800
Yearly revenue (SEK) 480 000 960 000 1 440 000
Revenue per user (SEK) 600 600 600
GWS share (60%) 144 000 216 000 288 000
Source: Redeye Research
TOTAL SECURITY2016 2017 2018
Current contracts 612 000 1 512 000 2 232 000
Potential contracts 250 000 2 000 000 4 000 000
Total estimated revenue 862 000 3 512 000 6 232 000
Source: Redeye Research
Middle East Operator (Pro)Q2 2016 2017 2018
Users 3 000 000 3 060 000 3 121 200
User penetration (%) 0,30 1,00 2,00
User penetration 9 000 30 600 64 424
Yearly revenue (SEK) 432 000 1 468 800 2 996 352
Revenue per user (SEK) 48 48 48
GWS share (60%) 259 200 881 280 1 797 811
Source: Redeye Research
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In February 2016, GWS announced a partnership with US-based PicCell
Wireless group. GWS service offering Safeture Pro has been re-branded
to Safey, customized for the study abroad market, and added to the PicCell
Wireless global product portfolio. The agreement is based on revenue
sharing where we assume GWS to recevice 60% of revenues. The
penetration is expected to move from 10% to 20% in 2016-18.
Total revenue projections for the telecom vertical are summarised below.
Travel
Another industry vertical with natural distribution partners is within the
travel industry. The industry is struggling with low margins and additional
services related to travel is obviously highly interesting. In January 2016,
GWS therefore announced its first large partnership with the on-line travel
company, Travellink. Travellink is part of one of the world’s largest online
travel companies, eDreams Odigeo. The partnership will cover the
group’s offer to the corporate segment in Europe. The strategy is to offer the
advanced service offering, Safeture Pro, to eDreams Odigeo’s business
customers and share the proceeds. As is seen in the table below, we use a
conservative penetration rate of 0,1%-0.2% in 2016-18 but see potential for
higher rates and revenue from this partnership.
Safey (Pro)Q2 2016 2017 2018
Users 50 000 52 500 55 125
User penetration (%) 5 15 20
User penetration 2 500 7 875 11 025Yearly revenue (SEK) 750 000 3 150 000 4 410 000
Revenue per user (SEK) 400 400 400
GWS share (60%) 450 000 1 890 000 2 646 000
Source: Redeye Research
TOTAL TELECOM
2016 2017 2018
Current contracts 709 200 2 771 280 4 443 811
Potential contracts 300 000 2 000 000 3 000 000
Total estimated revenue 1 009 200 4 771 280 7 443 811
Source: Redeye Research
eDreams ODIGEO (Pro)Q2 2016 2017 2018
Users 16 000 000 16 800 000 17 640 000
User penetration (%) 0,01 0,02 0,03
User penetration 1 600 3 360 5 292
Yearly revenue (SEK) 960 000 2 016 000 3 175 200
Revenue per user (SEK) 600 600 600
GWS share (60%) 576 000 1 209 600 1 905 120
Source: Redeye Research
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In December 2015, GWS acquired 51% in Travelogix with an option to
acquire the remaining 49% in four years. Travelogix is a UK based
company, specialized in developing and selling SaaS (Software as a Service)
solutions for processing travel data in order to reduce costs for corporate
travel managers. GWS will by the acquisition add to their technology
knowledge by integrating the Travelogix expertise in processing travel data.
By this, the GWS technology platform will be answering to the future
customer needs of both the personal security and travel segments, since the
travel industry is moving towards adding security and safety information,
while at the same time the security industry is moving towards managing
travel security. Moreover, the merging of GWS Safeture service concept
with Travelogix’ travel optimization software, will create a new generation
of business travel tools, improving the security aspects of traveling while at
the same time making travel management more efficient and cost effective.
A summary of our projections for the travel vertical is displayed in the table
below.
International congress
Another vertical with potenital users in the millions is the global congress
industry with its international business travelers. GWS explored this
vertical and announced a partnership with international congress operator
MCI in November 2015. MCI is headquartered in Geneva but have offices
in over 32 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, India, the
Middle East and Africa. Every year, MCI arrange congresses in more than
60 countries which is visited by more than 350 000 international business
travelers.
The app is now available through the digital subscription channel that MCI
uses for each Congress and the partners will share the revenues. At this
point it is difficult to project potential revenues and we have therefore
assumed no revenue in 2016 and low usage in the coming years.
TOTAL TRAVEL2016 2017 2018
Current contracts 576 000 1 209 600 1 905 120
Potential contracts 600 000 4 000 000 10 000 000
Total estimated revenue 1 176 000 5 209 600 11 905 120
Source: Redeye Research
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Finally, total projections for all verticals are summarised in the table below.
Revenues from licences are coming from several verticals and from a
number of clients within these verticals. We have therefore assumed that
the growing revenue streams will, on average, follow a linear quarterly
progression. Revenue from capitalised development costs, ”Aktiverat
arbete för egen räkning”, is assumed to stay at the same levels as in 2015,
approximately 1 mSEK per quarter.
TOTAL REVENUE
2016 2017 2018
Insurance 4 997 000 14 160 000 22 800 000
Travel 1 176 000 5 209 600 11 905 120
Telecom 1 009 200 4 771 280 7 443 811
Security 862 000 3 512 000 6 232 000
Congress 0 500 000 1 500 000
GWS Revenue 8 044 200 28 152 880 49 880 931
Source: Redeye Research
Total Revenue 2016 2017 2018
(mSEK) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Revenue licenses 1,2 1,7 2,3 2,8 4,0 6,0 8,0 10,1 10,7 11,4 13,1 14,6
Capitalised costs 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,0
Other revenue 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
TOTAL Revenues 2,2 2,7 3,3 3,8 5,0 7,0 9,0 11,1 11,7 12,4 14,1 15,6
Source: Redeye Research
Quarterly Revenue progression (mSEK)
Source: Redeye Research
0,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,0
10,0
12,0
14,0
16,0
18,0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Revenue licenses Capitalised costs Other revenue
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Costs
GWS has a highly scalable business model as they process and distribute
digital information, not physical goods. Management has declared that the
level of cost coverage for additional revenue is as high as 90%. The reason is
that most of the operational costs are fixed, the actual service per user is not
labor intensive and the cost for setting up an additional user is low.
However, during the phase of high growth, additional costs will inevitably
arise. Examples of costs that will increase when servicing large clients are
client support, administration of the growing client base, development and
maintenance of the product. Also, capitalised development costs have to be
amortised. In the yearly report, GWS gave some more detail on the different
cost segments.
Direct operational costs (Tjänster och handelsvaror), amounted to 2,0
mSEK in 2015 and are costs directly related to the production of GWS
service. Even though these costs are related to the production of the service,
a large part is still fixed as for example IT-security, server maintenance,
purchasing of content, etc.
Other external costs (Övriga Externa kostnader), amounted to 10,0
mSEK in 2015 and this is an aggregation of mostly fixed costs. Eg office
rent, administration, accounting, legal costs, etc. One component with a
correlation to sales growth is costs for external consultants.
Cost for staff (Personalkostnader), amounted to 9,6 mSEK in 2015. The
number of employees at the end of 2015 was 14 vs 7 in 2014. This resulted
in a doubling in costs from 4,2 mSEK in 2014. Management expects this to
increase slightly in 2016 due to a strenghtening in the teams for sales and
processing of content.
Amortisation and depreciation will increase gradually as revenues
grow.
At this point in time, GWS has the advantage of having insignificant
financing costs. On the 31st of December 2015, GWS had a cash position
amounting to 39,7 mSEK and has a deferred taxbase amounting to 32,6
mSEK by 31st of December 2015.
As a large part of costs are fixed, we expect an increase in total costs from
21,6 mSEK in 2015 to 25,5 mSEK in 2016, 28,5 m SEK in 2017 and
31,9 mSEK in 2018. The increase is mainly due to direct operational costs
and increase in staff. The ambition of management is to convert external
consultants to fixed employees in order to decrease costs.
GWS has a highly scalable
business model as they
process and distribute
information, not physical
goods
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Summary
The combined result of increasing revenues and costs for the period 2016-
18 are summarised below.
As can be seen in the table below, GWS is expected to reach profitability in
the middle of 2017. GWS had a cash position of 39,7 mSEK at the end of
2015. This will give the company the possibility to reach profitability with a
wide margin in terms of funding needs.
SUMMARY
(mSEK) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2016 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2017 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2018
Revenues 2,2 2,7 3,3 3,8 12,0 5,0 7,0 9,0 11,1 32,2 11,7 12,4 14,1 15,6 53,9
EBITDA -4,1 -3,6 -3,1 -2,7 -13,4 -1,7 0,1 1,8 3,5 3,7 4,0 4,6 6,1 7,3 22,0
EBIT -4,5 -4,1 -3,6 -3,5 -15,6 -2,7 -1,0 0,6 2,2 -0,9 2,6 3,1 4,5 5,6 15,8
Earnings -4,5 -4,1 -3,6 -3,5 -15,6 -2,7 -1,0 0,6 2,2 -0,9 2,6 3,1 4,5 5,6 15,8
Source: Redeye Research
Summary Revenues, EBITDA, Earnings (mSEK)
Source: Redeye Research
2,22,7
3,33,8
5,0
7,0
9,0
11,111,7
12,4
14,1
15,6
- 4,1- 3,6
- 3,1 - 2,7- 1,7
0,1
1,8
3,5 4,04,6
6,17,3
- 4,5 - 4,1- 3,6 - 3,5
- 2,7
- 1,0
0,6
2,2 2,6 3,1
4,55,6
- 10,0
- 5,0
0,0
5,0
10,0
15,0
20,0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Revenues EBITDA Earnings
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Valuation
Making revenue forecasts for a newly launched product in an industry that
just recently emerged is difficult and hazardous. This is the reason for the
conservative assumptions that lead to an aggregated revenue of 32 mSEK in
2017 and 54 mSEK in 2018. We consider it positive that GWS is increasing
the number of clients and thereby diversifying the future revenue streams.
GWS is also currently in negotiations with a number of large, international
clients within the targeted verticals. Signing up with new additional clients
should be easier since GWS now can refer to existing agreements with large,
international clients within each vertical. GWS safety product has attracted
great interest since the product offers ancillary revenues with high margins
for their partners. An increasingly insecure world also increases the
demand among end users.
GWS has announced a number of partnership agreements in the last year.
We assume this will continue and our base case scenario relies on revenue
growth in both existing and new partnerships. This is described in further
detail in the previous section. This leads to the valuation presented below.
DCF – Base Case
Our base case valuation relies on the assumptions outlined in the financial
projections section and the following additional parameters.
- WACC; GWS is launching a newly developed product in an industry
that is just emerging. The company is not profitable and the risk is
therefore relatively high. These factors lead to a high WACC of
16,4% which depresses future cash flows.
- Top-line growth is growing quickly from a very low base in the
coming years, 2016-18. This is gradually faded down from 30% in
2019 to the long-term growth of 3% in 2025.
- GWS has a highly scalable business model and the EBIT-margin
therefore reaches 34% in 2019 and stays at this level.
The assumptions above renders a DCF-valuation for our Base case scenario
of 11,9 SEK per share.
Base Case
Assumptions DCF-Värde
WACC 16,4%
Year 2016 - 2025 EV 130
Average Sales growth 49% Net cash 16
Average EBIT-margin 11% DCF-värde 146
No of shares 14,2
Long term (2025 -) Värde per aktie 11,9
Long term revenue growth 3% Aktiekurs idag 10,5
Long term EBIT-margin 34% Risk/potential 13%
Source: Redeye Research
Our base case DCF-
valuation indicates a
value of 11,9 SEK per
share.
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Multiples – Base Case
Since GWS is introducing a new product in a recently emerging industry
there are no appropriate and listed peers. We could however make a
comparison to companies with similar business models and characteristics.
Like other software companies, GWS has developed a scalable product with
significant economies of scale. The table below displays a compilation of
companies with the same dynamics as GWS.
As can be seen in the table above, GWS has a higher average revenue
growth in the coming years, 2015-18. The reason is that GWS is growing
from a low base and the strong momentum in announcements of
partnerships. Another reason is also that new contracts are expected to
include a lower discount than in the agreements with the first reference
clients. Due to the scalability of GWS business model, the company will also
reach a high EBIT-marginal compared to the peers above.
This leads to a discount for GWS vs the peers when comparing EV/Sales
and EV/EBIT in 2018. However, the peers are established companies with
recurring revenues and proven business models and a discount is therefore
motivated. The size of the discount is debatable and dependant on
subjevtive views of the risk in future earnings. On one hand, the discount
should be high due to the lack of historic revenues and profitability. On the
other hand, the already signed long-term contracts with established,
international partners decreases the earnings risk. The discount is around
20% and 40% in 2018 for the EV/sales and EV/EBIT multiple respectively.
We believe this supports our DCF-valuation of around 12 SEK per share for
GWS.
Peer valuation GWSRev Cagr
Company 2016E 2017E 2018E 2016E 2017E 2018E 15-18E 2016E 2017E 2018E
NetEnt 12,2x 10,2x 8,8x 33,0x 27,5x 23,5x 22% 37% 37% 37%
Evolution Gaming 9,5x 7,6x 6,5x 29,0x 23,4x 20,1x 28% 33% 33% 32%
Kambi 6,4x 5,0x 4,2x 23,6x 17,0x 14,2x 28% 27% 29% 30%
Enea 2,8x 2,6x 2,5x 12,5x 11,6x 11,0x 6% 22% 23% 22%
Micro Systemation 4,0x 3,7x 3,4x 19,7x 16,9x 14,7x 6% 21% 22% 23%
Formpipe 1,2x 1,1x 1,1x 17,5x 13,5x 11,3x 6% 7% 8% 9%
Verisec 4,0x 3,5x 3,1x n.m. n.m. n.m. 21% -7% -4% -1%
Stillfront 3,7x 3,1x 2,3x 35,3x 21,6x 17,8x 41% 11% 14% 13%
Median 4,0x 3,6x 3,2x 23,6x 17,0x 14,7x 21% 22% 22% 23%
GWS 11,1x 4,6x 2,6x -8,5x -147,5x 8,5x 106% -130% -3% 29%
Source: Bloomberg & Redeye Research
EV/Sales EV/EBIT EBIT margin
The discount is around 20%
and 40% in 2018 for the
EV/sales and EV/EBIT
multiple which we believe
supports our DCF-valuation
New contracts are
expected to include a
lower discount vs the
agreements with the
reference clients
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Bull and Bear Scenarios
In the Bear case scenario, GWS will only receive users from already
established partnerships. This is a pessimistic scenario as management has
indicated a considerable interest from large, international companies within
the targeted verticals. The bear case scenario renders an expected value of 6
SEK per share. GWS currently had 39,7 mSEK in cash at the end of 2015.
The negative scenario also entails a longer period to profitability and there
could consequently be a risk for additional funding needs.
In the Bull case scenario, we keep the assumptions for the coming years
(2016-2018) but prolong the period of high revenue growth (2019-2025).
Instead of fading down from 30% revenue growth in 2019, we gradually
fade down from 50% in 2019 to the long term growth of 3% in 2025. The
bull case scenario renders an expected value of 20 SEK per share.
The Bear case scenario
indicates a share price of
6 SEK.
The Bull case scenario
indicates a share price of
20 SEK.
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Appendix
Board
Lars Lidgren
Founder & Chairman of the board
Lars Lidgren is a M.D. Ph.D. Professor at the University Hospital of Lund,
Sweden. Lars initiated the UN/WHO Bone and Joint Decade initiative and
has founded the companies Bone Support AB, Scandimed AB and AMeC
AB. Lars has been GWS Chairman of the board since 2009 . He was born in
1943. Professor Lidgren has a shareholding of 3 663 104 shares through
related party, related company and privately. He also owns 60.73% of
Academical Medical Group AB which (the company), owns 692 340 shares
in GWS.
Wolter Mannerfelt
Senior Member of the board
Wolter Mannerfelt has been a technical attaché in Japan and held several
CEO positions. He is now a management consultant, primarily working
with global telecom. Wolter was recently a partner at Carta, acquired by
Booz Allen Hamilton. Wolter has been part of the GWS board since 2010.
He was born in 1944. Mr Mannerfelt has a shareholding of 33 000 shares
and 10 000 options through related company and privately. He also owns
0,51% of Academical Medical Group AB which (the company), owns 692
340 shares in GWS.
Hans Skalin
Member of the board
Mr. Skalin has worked as Director and General Counsel for the Inter IKEA
Group, responsible for the legal structure within the Kamprad sphere in
general and for the creation of Inter IKEA Systems B.V.- owner and
worldwide franchisor of the IKEA Concept – as CEO and Chairman in
specific. He is also a member of the board of companies within the Inter
IKEA, the INGKA and the IKANO Groups, as well as external companies
and organizations. Hans has been part of the GWS board since 2013. He
was born in 1943. Mr Skalin holds 10 000 options in GWS. He also owns
2,55% of Academical Medical Group AB through related party which (the
company), owns 692 340 shares in GWS.
Sven Holmgren
Member of the board
Sven Holmgren obtained his law degree (LLM) from Lund University in
1989. After two years of court practice, he worked for eight years as a
solicitor and corporate lawyer at the Lindahl law firm. Since 1998 he has
held various positions within the Volito Group, a medium-sized Swedish
investment company specializing in real estate, aviation, structured finance
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and industry. Sven has been part of the GWS board since 2014. He was born
in 1961. Mr Holmgren has a shareholding of 62 897 shares and 10 000
options through related party and privately. He also owns 1,88% of
Academical Medical Group AB which (the company), owns 692 340 shares
in GWS.
Paul Degerlund (1948)
Member of the board
Maj Gen (Major General) Degerlund served the Swedish Armed Forces
between 1974-2004. During his time in the armed forces Paul among other
positions worked as the Chief of the Planning Department of the Army and
as Army, Brigade Commander, Chief of the Army Combat School, Chief of
Staff of the Swedish Army and Commander of the Southern Military
District. He has worked as Marketing Director and Senior Military adviser
for BAE Systems Hägglunds and as Senior Advisor at Midroc International
AB. Paul is currently CEO at Advanced Technology Investments
Scandinavia (ATIS AB) in Sweden. Paul has been part of the GWS board
since 2014. Major General Degerlund has 1 371 shares and 10 000 options
in GWS.
Competitors
iJet
iJET’s tailored solutions integrate threat intelligence, innovative
technology, and response services to help organizations avoid threats and
mitigate risk. In 1999, iJET became one of the first companies to offer
intelligence-driven risk management to the travel industry. The proprietary
technology and network of security, intelligence and geopolitical experts
allows iJet to deliver custom intelligence, preparedness and response
solutions that help clients protect their people, facilities, suppliers and
information around the world.
iJet has more than 50 intelligence analysts and subject matter experts
across 5 continents. More than 21,000 sources of information in more than
30 languages and 24x7 global monitoring across 10 threat categories. iJet
has processed more than 110 million travel transactions per year and
tracked 14 million trips and 100,000 assets annually.
Control Risk Group/International SOS
Control Risks is a global risk consultancy based in the UK which is
specialising on helping organisations manage political, integrity and
security risks in complex and hostile environments. CRG also offers a Travel
Security Management Service. Through a joint venture, Control Risks and
International SOS combine their experience, staff and infrastructure to
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Company analysis 46
provide security support and services to keep their clients international
travellers and expatriates safe.
The capabilities are reinforced and supported by the global network of
International SOS’ and Control Risks’ 78 worldwide offices and 350 remote
sites. This includes the embedded security and medical resources at
International SOS’ 27 Assistance Centres and four regional aviation units
that can support small to large-scale security evacuations, and Control
Risks’ security consultants on the ground in over 150 countries at any given
time. The 24/7 regional analysis teams ensure timely reporting on security
threats and travel disruption anywhere in the world. They monitor and
analyse shifting political and social situations, as well as natural disasters,
to provide security advice for travellers, including country and city risk
ratings and daily updates on incidents and developments.
A tracking system consolidates travel data from multiple sources into one
place to give the client a global view of where the traveling employees are
and their scheduled trips, as well as a means for communicating with them
by phone, email or SMS. With features that assist you to communicate your
corporate travel policy, this is an essential risk management tool.
Globalsecur/FoneTrac/IMG
GlobalSecur is an international travel management service offered by
Incident Management Group (IMG). IMG is an employee and executive
security consulting company. Since 1995, IMG has provided risk
management and security services to hundreds of clients to protect their
brand, people, products and customer interests. IMG manages and provides
oversight of the traveling employees. IMG’s system constantly monitor
employee locations as well as any threats or issues that may affect the
employee people. Each traveler has 24/7 one-number access to a US-based
Emergency Control Center. Overseas services for your employees range
from help with minor issues and questions, up to and including medical and
political evacuation.
IMG's innovative and easy to use FoneTrac® system works with all
smartphones and provides more accurate location information on your
global monitoring map. The FoneTrac App has features that include Panic
Alert, manual and automatic check-in and built-in contact numbers for
routine help and advice. Options include panic notifications sent to US-
based, 24/7 control centers and access to IMG GlobalSecur for advice on
travel-related topics.
Maxwell Lucas
Maxwell Lucas is an innovative global security company specialising in
travel risk management, consultancy and assistance services. The
company’s product range includes award winning powerful and information
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led, high-impact online programmes, a global network of mutli-disciplined
consultants and our strategic partnerships with carefully vetted
organisations at the regional, national and provincial level. The company
provides services to in excess of 23,000 multinational organisations
ensuring our clients reduce the health, safety and security risks facing their
organisation and employees who travel and work internationally. This
capability increases stakeholder confidence through a demonstrable duty of
care by adopting an industry best practice approach to security risk
management.
HRG Worldwide
HRG Security Suite is the umbrella brand name for the security solutions
offered in-house and through the association with the global security
specialist, red24. The services offered within HRG Security Suite cover pre-
trip destination intelligence, traveller tracking and security training,
through to international emergency response services.
HRG has corporate travel service operations in 25 markets throughout
Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, and a partner network extending
to 120 countries. HRG Traveller Assist is a 24 hour support service,
providing assistance, information and advice to travellers outside normal
office hours. An online traveller tracking tool, HRG Travel Watch, enables
travellers to be located quickly.
red24 are specialists in global security assistance and risk assessment. They
have a global network of over 400 security experts delivering a
comprehensive range of security solutions to organisations around the
world. Comprehensive range of solutions red24 provide a number of
intelligence options to ensure that your organisation and employees are
well prepared for any business travel. Services include emergency response
capabilities, as well as online country intelligence and security advice which
can be tailored to the organisation or individual itinerary. red24 are also
experts in the provision of security training and consulting, including crisis
rehearsals, and travel policy review.
Allianza/TravelSmart Mobile App
The Travel Smart app is a rather simple service providing emergency
numbers for different markets, an international drug dictionary, first aid
terms translated into multiple languages and hospital listings by country.
Aon WorldAware Solutions App
World Aware solutions app provides travel risk analysis, safe travel policies,
training and incident response. The online Travel Management System
enables the client to track and manage their employees’ business travel,
define and deliver safe travel procedures, evaluate travel to high risk
locations.
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Global Rescue
Global Rescue mobile app features include the following;
Destination Reports – Detailed information on over 200 countries,
including: health and security risk assessments, entry and exit
requirements, exchange rates, important phone numbers, weather
conditions and other essential information. Travelers can access recent
regional events, compiled by Global Rescue’s in-house intelligence analysts.
Real-time Alerts – Travelers can review real-time alerts delivering critical
information on locations of interest. Global Rescue enterprise clients can
configure their alerts by event severity, category and destination and
immediately know which travelers are impacted.
Status and Location Updates – Travelers are able to indicate that they’re
okay or in need of assistance by “checking-in” by using their mobile device
to transmit their message with their GPS coordinates to Global Rescue’s
operations centers and those they designate.
In-App Text Messaging – Secure two-way text messaging with Global
Rescue’s operations professionals who are standing by 24/7 to answer
travelers’ questions.
Emergency Notification – A one-touch emergency button that immediately
alerts Global Rescue’s operations teams that a traveler is in distress with the
GPS coordinates of the traveler’s location.
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Summary Redeye Rating
The rating consists of five valuation keys, each constituting an overall
assessment of several factors that are rated on a scale of 0 to 2 points. The
maximum score for a valuation key is 10 points.
Rating changes in the report
Management 7.0p
Management has a good understanding of the emerging safety market and the potential for its service app. Managment has also delivered on and been consistent in communicating its vision. However, the lack of history holds back the rating but with increasing track record there is potential for increases in this rating.
Ownership 9.0p
GWS has a strong and committed board where the founder, Lars Lidgren, has the largest holding in the company. Remaining board members has significant holdings and relevant experience. At this point in time there is no institutional investor in the ownershp base.
Profit outlook 7.5p
GWS has a clearly defined growth strategy, a business model with significant leverage and high gross margins. The possibility to deliver considerable organic growth through partnerships in this emerging market segment is therefore high. However, the market is new and the barriers to entry are not high. A clear market leadership and signs of steady growth could increase the rating for GWS.
Profitability 0.0p
GWS has completed a period of product development and just recently launched its product. When GWS starts showing positive cash flow and consistency in devliering profits this rating will increase.
Financial strength 4.0p
GWS has a strong balance sheet with a cash position at 39,7 mSEK at the end of 2015. The factors bringing down the rating is that GWS currently lacks stable and recurring revenues and sufficient diversity in the client base.
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Income statement 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
Net sales 2 6 12 32 54
Total operating costs -12 -22 -23 -27 -25 EBITDA -10 -15 -11 5 29
Depreciation 0 -1 0 0 0
Amortization 0 -1 -5 -6 -13
Impairment charges 0 0 0 0 0 EBIT -10 -17 -16 -1 16
Share in profits 0 0 0 0 0
Net financial items 0 0 0 0 0
Exchange rate dif. 0 0 0 0 0 Pre-tax profit -10 -17 -16 -1 16
Tax 0 0 0 0 0
Net earnings -10 -17 -16 -1 16
Balance 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
Assets
Current assets
Cash in banks 19 40 24 23 39 Receivables 2 3 4 8 11
Inventories 0 0 0 0 0
Other current assets 0 0 0 0 0
Current assets 21 43 28 31 50
Fixed assets Tangible assets 0 0 0 1 1
Associated comp. 0 0 0 0 0
Investments 1 1 1 1 1
Goodwill 0 0 0 0 0 Cap. exp. for dev. 0 0 0 0 0
O intangible rights 4 6 7 16 22
O non-current assets 0 0 0 0 0
Total fixed assets 5 7 8 18 24
Deferred tax assets 0 0 0 0 0
Total (assets) 26 49 36 49 74
Liabilities
Current liabilities Short-term debt 3 5 8 22 31
Accounts payable 0 0 0 0 0
O current liabilities 0 0 0 0 0
Current liabilities 3 5 8 22 31
Long-term debt 0 0 0 0 0 O long-term liabilities 0 0 0 0 0
Convertibles 0 0 0 0 0
Total Liabilities 3 5 8 22 31
Deferred tax liab 0 0 0 0 0
Provisions 0 0 0 0 0
Shareholders' equity 23 44 28 27 43 Minority interest (BS) 0 0 0 0 0
Minority & equity 23 44 28 27 43
Total liab & SE 26 49 36 49 74
Free cash flow 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E Net sales 2 6 12 32 54
Total operating costs -12 -22 -23 -27 -25
Depreciations total 0 -2 -5 -6 -13
EBIT -10 -17 -16 -1 16
Taxes on EBIT 0 0 0 0 0 NOPLAT -10 -17 -16 -1 16
Depreciation 0 2 5 6 13
Gross cash flow -10 -15 -11 5 29
Change in WC -1 -1 -1 -4 -3
Gross CAPEX 1 -4 -6 -15 -20
Free cash flow -10 -21 -18 -15 7
Capital structure 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
Equity ratio 89% 89% 78% 56% 59%
Debt/equity ratio 12% 12% 28% 80% 71% Net debt -17 -34 -16 -1 -8
Capital employed 6 9 12 26 35
Capital turnover rate 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.7
Growth 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
Sales growth -10% 197% 94% 167% 68%
EPS growth (adj) 0% 28% -10% -94% -1,842%
Profitability 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E ROE -82% -52% -43% -3% 45%
ROCE -62% -47% -37% -2% 26%
ROIC -152% -275% -165% -7% 61%
EBITDA margin -463% -249% -91% 16% 54%
EBIT margin -475% -281% -130% -3% 29% Net margin -484% -281% -130% -3% 29%
Data per share 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
EPS -0.96 -1.22 -1.10 -0.06 1.11
EPS adj -0.96 -1.22 -1.10 -0.06 1.11 Dividend 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net debt -1.56 -2.41 -1.13 -0.10 -0.59
Total shares 10.56 14.25 14.25 14.25 14.25
Valuation 2014 2015 2016E 2017E 2018E
EV -16.5 115.3 130.0 144.7 137.7
P/E 0.0 -8.6 -9.3 -161.4 9.3 P/E diluted 0.0 -8.6 -9.3 -161.4 9.3
P/Sales 0.0 24.2 12.1 4.5 2.7
EV/Sales -7.9 18.6 10.8 4.5 2.6
EV/EBITDA 1.7 -7.5 -11.8 28.1 4.7 EV/EBIT 1.7 -6.6 -8.3 -159.9 8.7
P/BV 0.0 3.4 5.2 5.4 3.4
Share information
Reuters code GWS.ST
List First North
Share price 10.3 Total shares, million 14.2
Market Cap, MSEK 146.0
Management & board CEO Andreas Rodman
CFO Andreas Larsson
IR Andreas Rodman
Chairman Lars Lidgren
Financial information
Q1 report May 27, 2016
Q2 report August 26, 2016
Q3 report November 25, 2016
Analysts Redeye AB
Johan Ekstrom Mäster Samuelsgatan 42, 10tr [email protected] 111 57 Stockholm
Tomas Otterbeck
DCF valuation Cash flow, MSEK
WACC (%) 16.4 % NPV FCF (2016-2018) -23
NPV FCF (2019-2025) 85
NPV FCF (2026-) 74 Non-operating assets 40
Interest-bearing debt -5
Fair value estimate MSEK 170
Assumptions 2016-2022 (%)
Average sales growth 47.8 % Fair value e. per share, SEK 11.9 EBIT margin 4.8 % Share price, SEK 10.3
Share performance Growth/year 14/16e
1 month -3.8 % Net sales 140.2 %
3 month -20.2 % Operating profit adj 25.6 %
12 month 62.7 % EPS, just 7.2 % Since start of the year -58.0 % Equity 11.0 %
Shareholder structure % Capital Votes
Others 55.1 % 55.1 %
Diamonex Ltd 24.5 % 24.5 %
Emirates Advanced Investment Trading 6.7 % 6.7 % Academic Medical Group AB 4.9 % 4.9 %
Lundaklostret AB 4.8 % 4.7 %
Andreas Rodman 4.1 % 4.1 %
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Revenue & Growth (%) EBIT (adjusted) & Margin (%)
Earnings per share Equity & debt-equity ratio (%)
Sales division Geographical areas
Conflict of interests Company description
Johan Ekstrom owns shares in the company: No Tomas Otterbeck owns shares in the company : No
Redeye performs/have performed services for the Company and
receives/have received compensation from the Company in connection with this.
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