STC: Share Repurchase And Guidance Revision Will Support Future Upside Potential

Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for Sangoma Technologies to about CA$9.92 from roughly CA$11.36, reflecting updated views on discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E assumptions.

Analyst Commentary

Recent valuation work on Sangoma Technologies reflects a mix of optimism about the company’s ability to execute and caution around the assumptions that feed into fair value, including discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E levels.

Bullish Takeaways

Bullish analysts see the current fair value trim as a recalibration of inputs such as discount rates and P/E assumptions rather than a fundamental shift in the Sangoma Technologies business case.
Some view the revised CA$9.92 fair value as still consistent with a thesis that Sangoma Technologies can support its valuation if it meets existing execution and margin expectations.
Supportive views often point to the idea that, with updated assumptions now reflected, there could be fewer surprises from future model changes if the company tracks current forecasts.
Optimistic commentary suggests that a clearer valuation framework, even at a lower level, can help investors better assess how changes in revenue mix or cost control might influence future fair value updates.

Bearish Takeaways

Bearish analysts focus on the reduction in fair value from roughly CA$11.36 to about CA$9.92 as a sign that prior expectations for growth, margins, or acceptable P/E levels may have been too generous.
The lower fair value estimate highlights concern that Sangoma Technologies might need to execute more tightly on profitability to justify earlier valuation assumptions.
Cautious views also emphasize that higher discount rates in models can signal increased perceived risk around cash flows, which may limit how high valuation multiples can reasonably be set.
Some cautious analysts flag that if future revisions to revenue or margin forecasts are required, there could be further pressure on Sangoma Technologies’ implied valuation in updated models.

What’s in the News for Sangoma Technologies

Sangoma Technologies is reviewing multiple strategic alternatives, with the Board engaging ATB Cormark Capital Markets to evaluate options such as partnerships, business combinations, investments, and other potential transactions, while stating there is no fixed timeline or assurance of any deal, based on company disclosures.
The company revised its Fiscal 2026 guidance, indicating expected total revenue in the range of $204 million to $205 million, citing shifts in revenue timing, product mix, and current macroeconomic conditions, according to guidance updates.
Sangoma Technologies announced a normal course issuer bid that permits the repurchase of up to 1,663,939 shares, or 5% of its 33,278,790 issued and outstanding shares as of March 24, 2026. All repurchased shares are to be cancelled and the program will run until April 5, 2027, based on the company’s buyback announcement.
The Board authorized a share buyback plan on April 1, 2026, in support of the normal course issuer bid framework outlined by Sangoma Technologies.
The company disclosed that Chief Financial Officer Larry Stock plans to retire effective June 30, 2026, after nearly six years in the role. Senior Vice President, Finance, Adrian Back is set to become Interim CFO from July 1, 2026, while the Board conducts a search for a permanent successor, according to Sangoma Technologies’ executive change announcement.

Valuation Changes for Sangoma Technologies

Fair Value: trimmed from CA$11.36 to CA$9.92, reflecting a lower central estimate for Sangoma Technologies in updated modeling.
Discount Rate: moved from 7.71% to 8.52%, indicating a higher required return being applied to projected cash flows.
Revenue Growth: shifted from a prior assumption of revenue declining 4.33% to revenue growing 2.24%, changing the outlook on top line trends in the model.
Net Profit Margin: revised from 11.57% to 716.21%, a very large change that materially alters the earnings power assumed for Sangoma Technologies in future periods.
Future P/E: adjusted from 14.51x to 18.10x, indicating a higher valuation multiple being used for the company’s projected earnings.

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Catalysts

About Sangoma Technologies

Sangoma Technologies provides cloud, hybrid and on-premise communications and networking solutions for businesses and service providers globally.

What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?

The shift toward software and services led communications, with over 90 percent of revenue now recurring, positions Sangoma to convert its growing bookings and backlog into higher visibility revenue growth and more resilient earnings.
Expanding wholesale and white label offerings to CLECs, health care systems and other institutional buyers opens large new routes to market that can materially lift MRR, total revenue and operating leverage as these programs scale.
Ongoing consolidation and exits by larger legacy prem UC vendors are creating share capture opportunities that have already driven over 60 percent growth in Prem, supporting near term revenue while enhancing blended gross margins.
Focused investment in AI driven capabilities across cloud, hybrid and on prem platforms, backed by 90 percent of R&D spend on new products, should support higher value bundles, improve customer stickiness and expand net margins over time.
Disciplined capital allocation, including debt reduction, share repurchases and selective M&A, combined with free cash flow conversion targeted at 90 to 100 percent of adjusted EBITDA, provides a foundation for higher earnings per share and the potential for multiple re rating.

TSX:STC Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Dec 2025

Assumptions

How have these above catalysts been quantified?

Analysts are assuming Sangoma Technologies's revenue will grow by 2.2% annually over the next 3 years.
Analysts are not forecasting that Sangoma Technologies will become profitable in next 3 years. To represent the Analyst Price Target as a Future PE Valuation we will estimate Sangoma Technologies's profit margin will increase from -3.0% to the average CA Communications industry of 7.2% in 3 years.
If Sangoma Technologies's profit margin were to converge on the industry average, you could expect earnings to reach $16.3 million (and earnings per share of $0.49) by about June 2029, up from -$6.5 million today.
In order for the above numbers to justify the price target of the analysts, the company would need to trade at a PE ratio of 18.2x on those 2029 earnings, up from -19.4x today. This future PE is lower than the current PE for the CA Communications industry at 21.5x.
Analysts expect the number of shares outstanding to decline by 0.15% per year for the next 3 years.
To value all of this in today's terms, we will use a discount rate of 8.52%, as per the Simply Wall St company report.

Risks

What could happen that would invalidate this narrative?

The pivot to larger, more strategic customers introduces longer and more complex sales and implementation cycles. Any slowdown in converting the growing pipeline and backlog into live deployments could cap or delay top line growth and constrain operating leverage, directly impacting revenue and earnings growth.
The strategy leans heavily on new wholesale and white label channels with CLECs and institutional buyers. If these partners fail to successfully resell or adequately support Sangoma’s offerings at scale, the company may see weaker than expected recurring volumes and elevated churn in end markets, pressuring recurring revenue and net margins.
The Prem UC and hardware portfolio is currently benefiting from competitor exits and channel momentum, but this is a structurally declining segment of the communications market. Any normalization of this temporary tailwind or faster migration to cloud alternatives could erode this contribution, reducing blended gross margins and overall earnings.
The plan to invest an incremental 2 million dollars in SG&A, expand partner enablement and pursue selective AI driven acquisitions assumes that additional scale and innovation will offset the higher cost base. If these investments do not translate into sustained volume growth and pricing power, margins may compress and free cash flow could fall below the targeted 90 to 100 percent conversion of adjusted EBITDA.
Guidance for accelerating growth in the second half of fiscal 2026 and an increasingly SaaS led model is sensitive to broader SMB demand and macro conditions. Any cyclical slowdown or budget tightening across verticals such as retail, hospitality and health care could extend deal cycles, lower average revenue per customer and undermine the expected improvement in revenue and adjusted EBITDA margins.

Valuation

How have all the factors above been brought together to estimate a fair value?

The analysts have a consensus price target of CA$9.92 for Sangoma Technologies based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.
However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of CA$11.18, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just CA$8.01.
In order for you to agree with the analysts, you'd need to believe that by 2029, revenues will be $227.2 million, earnings will come to $16.3 million, and it would be trading on a PE ratio of 18.2x, assuming you use a discount rate of 8.5%.
Given the current share price of CA$5.35, the analyst price target of CA$9.92 is 46.1% higher.
We always encourage you to reach your own conclusions though. So sense check these analyst numbers against your own assumptions and expectations based on your understanding of the business and what you believe is probable.

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