Mc-Link

20/02/2013

On 20 February 2013, Mc-Link was admitted to listing on the AIM Italia market by Borsa Italiana. Integrae SIM assisted MC-link in raising approximately 2.6 million Euros.

The placement price is equal to € 7.65.

The enterprise. MC-link is a Telecommunications operator whose mission is to provide data services, telephony, internet, and data centers of excellence, its activity today is focused on the Business segment with particular attention to the SME and Large Account components.

The year that officially marked the transition of MC-link from simple ISP to TLC operator was 2009, the year in which the company merged by incorporation with Alpikom, TLC operator of Trentino-Alto Adige. The integration of the two companies has led to an expansion of the business of standardized connectivity services with higher value-added services designed to meet the specific needs of corporate customers. To date, MC-link has a portfolio of 22,000 clients.

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UPDATE

In FY25A, the Group reported revenues of € 93.58 million, up 27.4% from € 73.43 million in FY24A and above our estimate of € 87.90 million. EBITDA amounted to € 20.52 million, increasing by 38.6% compared to € 14.80 million in FY24A and exceeding expectations of € 19.40 million, with an EBITDA margin of 21.9%, improving from 20.2% in the previous year. EBIT also showed a positive trend, reaching € 17.47 million (+44.2% YoY), with an EBIT margin of 18.7%, while Net Income stood at € 11.45 million, up 36.6% compared to € 8.38 million in FY24A and broadly in line with our forecasts. From a balance sheet perspective, net financial position improved significantly, moving from a cash-positive position of € 3.26 million to € 10.04 million.

Following the publication of the FY25A annual report, we revise our estimates for both the current year and the medium term. Specifically, we forecast FY26E revenues at € 110.00 million and EBITDA at € 24.10 million, corresponding to a margin of 21.9%. Looking ahead, we expect revenues to increase to € 144.20 million by FY28E (CAGR 25A–28E: 15.5%), with EBITDA reaching € 32.75 million in FY28E (22.7% margin), up from € 20.52 million in FY25A (21.9% margin). From a financial standpoint, we estimate a cash-positive net financial position of € 13.89 million by FY28E. We conducted the valuation of FOPE’s equity value based on the DCF method and the multiples of a sample of comparable companies. The DCF method (which prudentially includes a specific risk of 1.0% in the WACC calculation) results in an equity value of € 279.6 million. The equity value of FOPE based on market multiples is € 263.9 million. The average equity value therefore amounts to approximately € 271.7 million. We set a target price of € 50.00, with a BUY rating and MEDIUM risk profile.