GVC Holdings
Market Cap
UK£5.9b
Last Updated
2020/12/04 20:03 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials +
Executive Summary
GVC Holdings PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online gaming company in the United Kingdom and internationally. More Details
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Risk Analysis
No risks detected for GVC from our risk checks.
Snowflake Analysis
Moderate growth potential and slightly overvalued.
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Share Price & News
How has GVC Holdings's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: GVC is not significantly more volatile than the rest of UK stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 7% a week.
Volatility Over Time: GVC's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-2.6%
GVC
3.0%
GB Hospitality
3.0%
GB Market
1 Year Return
17.6%
GVC
-17.4%
GB Hospitality
-6.1%
GB Market
Return vs Industry: GVC exceeded the UK Hospitality industry which returned -16.1% over the past year.
Return vs Market: GVC exceeded the UK Market which returned -5.6% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| GVC | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -2.6% | 3.0% | 3.0% |
| 30 Day | 3.4% | 28.3% | 11.1% |
| 90 Day | 25.5% | 22.9% | 11.9% |
| 1 Year | 17.6%17.6% | -15.0%-17.4% | -2.4%-6.1% |
| 3 Year | 15.9%5.7% | -2.3%-11.1% | 4.5%-8.2% |
| 5 Year | 183.0%144.4% | 23.7%2.7% | 38.9%7.4% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is GVC Holdings's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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How Many GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC) Shares Did Insiders Buy, In The Last Year?4 weeks ago | Simply Wall St
GVC Holdings (LON:GVC) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet1 month ago | Simply Wall St
Analysts Are Optimistic We'll See A Profit From GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC)Valuation
Is GVC Holdings undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
35.8%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: GVC (£10.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£15.82)
Significantly Below Fair Value: GVC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: GVC is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the GB Hospitality industry average.
PE vs Market: GVC is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the UK market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate GVC's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: GVC is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (2x) compared to the GB Hospitality industry average (1.8x).
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Future Growth
How is GVC Holdings forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 15 analysts?
76.2%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: GVC is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered faster growth than the savings rate (1.2%).
Earnings vs Market: GVC is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered above average market growth.
High Growth Earnings: GVC's is expected to become profitable in the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: GVC's revenue (6.4% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the UK market (6.6% per year).
High Growth Revenue: GVC's revenue (6.4% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: GVC's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (14.4%).
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Past Performance
How has GVC Holdings performed over the past 5 years?
-30.5%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: GVC is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: GVC is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: GVC is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 30.5% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare GVC's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: GVC is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Hospitality industry (-13.1%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: GVC has a negative Return on Equity (-4.63%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is GVC Holdings's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: GVC's short term assets (£1.3B) do not cover its short term liabilities (£1.5B).
Long Term Liabilities: GVC's short term assets (£1.3B) do not cover its long term liabilities (£2.9B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: GVC's debt to equity ratio (72.4%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: GVC's debt to equity ratio has increased from 4.4% to 72.4% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable GVC has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: GVC is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 48.7% per year.
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Dividend
What is GVC Holdings's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
2.40%
Forecast Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate GVC's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate GVC's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if GVC's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if GVC's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: GVC is not paying a notable dividend for the UK market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of GVC's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the UK market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
4.3yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Shay Segev (44 yo)
0.42
Tenure
Mr. Shay Segev serves as Chief Executive Officer & Director at GVC Holdings PLC since July 17, 2020. He served as Chief Operating Officer at GVC Holdings PLC since March 01, 2016 until July 17, 2020. Mr. S...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFO & Director | 1.75yrs | UK£1.08m | 0.0031% £ 183.0k | |
| CEO & Director | 0.42yr | no data | 0.27% £ 16.3m | |
| Co-Founder | no data | no data | no data | |
| Director of Investor Relations & External Communications | 0.75yr | no data | no data | |
| Group Director of Legal | no data | no data | no data | |
| Head of Media Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| Vice President of Business Development | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Marketing Officer | 7.75yrs | no data | no data | |
| Head of CasinoClub | 10.83yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Product Officer | 4.75yrs | no data | no data | |
| Head of Bingo | 4.33yrs | no data | no data | |
| Head of Casino Product | 4.25yrs | no data | no data |
4.3yrs
Average Tenure
50yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: GVC's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFO & Director | 1.75yrs | UK£1.08m | 0.0031% £ 183.0k | |
| CEO & Director | 0.42yr | no data | 0.27% £ 16.3m | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 2.5yrs | UK£110.00k | 0.0026% £ 152.1k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 2.25yrs | UK£110.00k | 0.0066% £ 390.9k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 0.17yr | no data | no data | |
| Independent Non-Executive Chairman | 0.83yr | UK£71.00k | no data | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 3.5yrs | UK£110.00k | 0.0029% £ 174.1k | |
| Senior Independent Non-Executive Director | 2.5yrs | UK£155.00k | 0.0058% £ 347.0k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 1yr | UK£5.00k | 0.0017% £ 100.4k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 4.83yrs | UK£88.00k | 0.0062% £ 367.2k |
2.0yrs
Average Tenure
61.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: GVC's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
GVC Holdings PLC's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: GVC Holdings PLC
- Ticker: GVC
- Exchange: LSE
- Founded: 2004
- Industry: Casinos and Gaming
- Sector: Consumer Services
- Market Cap: UK£5.941b
- Shares outstanding: 585.03m
- Website: https://www.gvc-plc.com
Number of Employees
Location
- GVC Holdings PLC
- 32 Athol Street
- Douglas
- IM1 1JB
- Isle of Man
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6GI | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | DE | EUR | Dec 2004 |
| GMVH.F | OTCPK (Pink Sheets LLC) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | US | USD | Dec 2004 |
| GVC | LSE (London Stock Exchange) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | GB | GBP | Dec 2004 |
| GVCL | BATS-CHIXE (BATS 'Chi-X Europe') | Yes | Ordinary Shares | GB | GBP | Dec 2004 |
| GVC | WBAG (Wiener Boerse AG) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AT | EUR | Dec 2004 |
| GMVH.Y | OTCPK (Pink Sheets LLC) | ADS | US | USD | Mar 2020 |
Biography
GVC Holdings PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online gaming company in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company provides online betting, casino, poker, and bingo services thro...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2020/12/04 20:03 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2020/12/04 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/12/31 |
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