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Paysafe - Re-rating ahead of more acquisitions

May 2017

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Aided by its share buyback, Paysafe has risen to new highs while its final results confirmed that the returning feel-good factor is based on solid foundations. The company’s sales hit exactly US$1bn, 63% year-on-year growth, while EBITDA almost doubled from US$152.6m to US$300m, boosted by a first full year contribution from Skrill (2015: 5 months). Eps rose from 26 cents to 42 cents.In payment processing sales increased 25% to almost US$468m while excluding its largest client (which operates in China) underlying growth was 20%. Gross margin increased steeply from 36.9% to 40.6% reflecting a focus on more profitable merchants.Within digital wallets, which allow gamblers to store their funds online and transfer between w ...

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