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Lycos Internet Ltd.
Market data Company overview Current price* Rs 17.6 (BSE) LYCOS Internet Limited offers digital marketing solutions to businesses, Market cap * Rs 8382 m agencies and online publishers around the world. The company is one of the original and most widely known internet brands in the world. The Face value Rs 2 company has evolved from one of the first search engines on the web, into BSE Code 532368 a comprehensive digital media destination for consumers across the No. of shares 476.3 m world. The company's segments include Digital Marketing and Software Free float 60.8% Development. The company's products and services include tools for 52 week H/L* Rs 47.2 /14.3 blogging, web publishing and hosting, online games, e-mail and search. *as on 10th May 16 The Company's network of sites and services include Lycos.com, Tripod, Angelfire, HotBot, Gamesville, WhoWhere and LYCOS Mail. The company also provides information technology implementation and Rs 100 invested is now worth outsourcing services. The company's LYCOS Life division is focused on
BSE500 Lycos Internet Ltd. consumer internet products. 180 Company strengths 140 The launch of LYCOS Life division during the year have opened many 100 avenues for the company in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. The market
60 has been very positive of this product both in India and in the US. The Apr-15 Oct-15 Apr-16 company’s media division is positioned well than its peers. It recently added some of the leading publishers to its portfolio such as Play Buzz’, Stock price performance The Denver Post, Gannett Broadcasting, etc. The company has joined AOL’s market place as a premium traffic provider through their Ad Tech LYCOS BSE-500 exchange. With this, the company is able to sell traffic to some of the 1-Yr -23% -3% biggest Demand Side Platforms (DSP) in the industry. During the year 3-Yr 1% 39% 2015, the company signed agreements with ‘eBay’ a leading e-commerce 5-Yr -58% 41% arena and ‘Mobileye’, world leader for vehicle safety technology. Also, the company has enhanced its video segment in the digital media business to capitalize on the fast growing video monetization.
Shareholding (Sep-2015) Industry overview Category (%) Promoters 39.2 India’s IT industry can be divided into six main components, viz. Software DIIs 0.0 Products, IT services, Engineering and R&D services, ITES/BPO (IT- enabled services/Business Process Outsourcing), Hardware, and e- FIIs 0.0 commerce. Export revenues continue to drive growth with IT Services. The Others 60.8 growth in e-commerce is unprecedented and has given a boost to the BPM Total 100.0 industry. The Indian IT sector will benefit significantly from the government’s schemes like Digital India, Make in India, and Start Up India. The Indian software sector’s value proposition remains unmatched in the Report prepared by world. Entry level wages remain 8x-10x lower than in developed nations. Equitymaster Agora Research The number of global delivery centers (GDC) have increased to about 640 Private Limited. in FY15 in about 78 countries. About 27% of incremental GDCs were set www.equitymaster.com up in India. India’s global market share grew to 55% by the end of FY15. [email protected] The new Indian government is emphasizing on better technology enabled delivery mechanisms for a multitude of government projects. Further, with the new digital India and start up Indian initiatives being launched, the domestic market for software services looks bright.
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Financials at a glance (Rs m) FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 Sales 4,674 12,632 16,011 16,734 19,570 Sales growth (%) 21.6% 170.3% 26.7% 4.5% 16.9% Operating profit 758 2,377 1,123 3,672 5,717 Operating profit margin (%) 16.2% 18.8% 7.0% 21.9% 29.2% Net profit 502 1,918 510 2,210 3,422 Net profit margin (%) 10.7% 15.2% 3.2% 13.2% 17.5% No. of shares (m) 476.25 476.25 476.25 476.25 476.25
Balance Sheet Current assets 3,109 11,999 11,269 12,953 13,666 Fixed assets 669 3,487 3,253 3,156 5,277 Investments 20 78 78 87 61 Other assets 865 1,426 1,451 1,833 1,846 Total Assets 4,663 16,991 16,052 18,029 20,849
Current liabilities 2,499 6,178 4,319 5,868 5,302 Net worth 1,720 9,307 10,382 11,592 15,299 Long term debt 170 606 515 408 60 Other liabilities 274 900 836 161 188 Total liabilities 4,663 16,991 16,052 18,029 20,849 Note: Financial results are consolidated wherever applicable else standalone
Company Fundamentals
Parameters FY13 FY14 FY15 Sales per share (Rs) 33.6 35.1 41.1 Sales/Net fixed assets (x) 4.9 5.3 3.7 Operating profit margin (%) 7.0% 21.9% 29.2% Net profit margin (%) 3.2% 13.2% 17.5% Inventory days 0.0 0.0 0.0 Debtor days 145.5 171.5 157.7 Fully diluted earnings per share (Rs) 1.1 4.6 7.2 Debt to equity Ratio (x) 0.0 0.0 0.0 ROE (%) 4.9 19.1 22.4 ROCE (%) 9.2 25.0 35.5 Earnings per share (Rs) 1.1 4.6 7.2
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Quarter Result Trend Qtr ending Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15 Sep-15 Net sales (Rs m) 1,066 1,222 1,158 1,111 Gross profit (Rs m) 67 -34 20 16 Gross profit margin (%) 6.3 -2.7 1.7 1.4 Net profit (Rs m) 0 16 1 1 Net profit margin (%) 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.1
Latest Quarter Result Performance Review Rs m Sep-14 Jun-15 Sep-15 QoQ ch YoY ch Net Sales 1,330.0 1,157.8 1,110.9 -4.1% -16.5% Other income 33.9 24.8 30.7 23.8% -9.4% Total Income 1,363.9 1,182.6 1,141.6 -3.5% -16.3% Expenses 1,241.6 1,137.8 1,095.1 -3.8% -11.8% Gross profit 88.3 20.1 15.8 -21.4% -82.1% Depreciation 60.1 4.7 4.7 0.0% -92.2% Interest 61.9 39.4 40.9 3.8% -33.9% Profit before tax 0.2 0.8 0.9 12.5% 350.0% Tax 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0% 200.0% Profit after tax 0.2 0.5 0.6 20.0% 200.0% Gross profit margin 6.6% 1.7% 1.4% Effective tax rate 31.8% 32.9% 33.0% Net profit margin 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% Note: Quarter results exclude extraordinary / exceptional items | Wherever the results are consolidated we have taken consolidated numbers else standalone. NA = Not applicable. NM = Not meaningful
Result performance review
. During quarter ended September 2015, the company’s net sales declined by 4.1% on a quarter on quarter (QoQ) basis and 16.5% on a year on year (YoY) basis. . Its other income decreased to Rs 30.7 m as compared to Rs 33.9 m during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. . The company’s expenditure was down by 11.8% YoY. As such, it reported gross profit of Rs 15.8 m during the quarter. . Depreciation decreased by 92.2% YoY, while interest declined by 33.9% YoY. . At the bottom line, the company reported net profit of Rs 0.6 m for the quarter as compared to net profit of Rs 0.2 m during the same quarter of the previous year.
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Current valuation
The company’s stock trades at Rs 17.6 per share. Its P/E ratio is not meaningful.
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