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Actic: De-leveraging to support multiples expansion - SEB

Investment case builds from higher margins, de-leveraging of balance sheet
As a leading Northern-European gym club and swimming facility operator, we believe Actic offers secular growth exposure to strong health awareness trends. Currently stuck between a rock and a hard place amid the ongoing pandemic, resulting in gym club closures and/or freezes of membership subscriptions, we believe equity market focus has been shifting to its high financial gearing. With Q3 in the books, implying a y/y increase in clean EBIT of SEK 7m to SEK 33m after 9M 2020 (EBIT margin improvement of 200bps to 5.6% of sales) and strong cash flow generation (SEK 147m higher y/y to SEK 65m), IAS17 net debt/EBITDA is down to 3.11x, in line with its targets. Assuming a going concern, we argue this should support further multiples expansion.

Financial forecasts now based on more muted organic growth assumptions
From new Q4 guidance and our more cautious stance on growth in ARPM and memberships, we have lowered organic sales for 2021E and 2022E. According to CEO Anders Carlbark, the good cost management so far in 2020 also reflects “sustainable” measures: we argue higher margins should offset our sales cuts.

We reiterate our mid-point DCF-based equity value of SEK 28 per share
Based on revised earnings, a steady-state EBIT margin of 4.2% and a WACC of 3.9% (from high IFRS 16 leasing debt) we reiterate our mid-point DCF value of SEK 28 per share. At these levels the company would be valued at a prospective PER of about 12x our 2021 EPS forecasts, compared with the current 6x.
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