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4 Brand Finance IPL 8 December 2019 Brand Finance IPL 8 December 2019 5 Foreword. Indian Premier
What is the purpose of a strong brand: to attract customers, to build loyalty, to motivate staff? All true, but for a commercial brand at least, the first answer must always be ‘to make money’. League
Huge investments are made in the design, launch, and ongoing promotion of brands. Given their potential financial value, this makes sense. Unfortunately, most organisations fail to go beyond that, missing huge opportunities to effectively make Smashes for Six use of what are often their most important assets. Monitoring of brand performance should be the next step, but is often sporadic. Where it does take place, it frequently lacks financial rigour and is heavily reliant on qualitative measures, poorly understood by non-marketers. with Record Savio D'Souza As a result, marketing teams struggle to communicate the value of their work and Director, Brand Finance boards then underestimate the significance of their brands to the business. Sceptical finance teams, unconvinced by what they perceive as marketing mumbo jumbo, Breaking High may fail to agree necessary investments. What marketing spend there is, can end up poorly directed as marketers are left to operate with insufficient financial guidance or accountability. The end result can be a slow but steady downward spiral of poor communication, wasted resources, and a negative impact on the bottom line. of US$5.7bn Brand Finance bridges the gap between marketing and finance. Our teams have experience across a wide range of disciplines from market research and visual identity to tax and accounting. We understand the importance of design, advertising, and marketing, but we also believe that the ultimate and overriding purpose of Brand Value. brands is to make money. That is why we connect brands to the bottom line.
By valuing brands, we provide a mutually intelligible language for marketing and IPL’s business value hits all-time high of US$5.7 billion, finance teams. Marketers then have the ability to communicate the significance of + Ajimon Francis what they do, and boards can use the information to chart a course that maximises Managing Director according to latest report by Brand Finance profits. Without knowing the precise, financial value of an asset, how can you Brand Finance India know if you are maximising your returns? If you are intending to license a brand, Chennai Super Kings, the No.1 IPL franchise brand, breaks how can you know you are getting a fair price? If you are intending to sell, how do + you know what the right time is? How do you decide which brands to discontinue, US$75 million barrier whether to rebrand and how to arrange your brand architecture? Brand Finance has conducted thousands of brand and branded business valuations to help answer + Ahead of 13th edition auctions, all eyes on 2019 champs these questions. Mumbai Indians, up 24% in brand value Brand Finance’s research revealed the compelling link between strong brands and stock market performance. It was found that investing in highly-branded companies + Fastest growing IPL franchise brand, Delhi Capitals, valued would lead to a return almost double that of the average for the S&P 500 as a whole. at US$54 million Acknowledging and managing a company’s intangible assets taps into the hidden value that lies within it. The following report is a first step to understanding more about + Chennai Super Kings sees almost 90% growth in brand brands, how to value them and how to use that information to benefit the business. value over past 10 years The team and I look forward to continuing the conversation with you. + IPL seen as a match for Formula 1, business value at US$8 billion in comparison with IPL’s US$5.7 billion
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Executive Summary.
Top of the charts Top 10 Most Valuable Brands
For the purposes of the valuation, the IPL has been 0 1 treated as a single commercial entity, encompassing 1 business values of all its parts. The income that the 2019: $75.3m Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the +16.4% 2018: $64.7m franchises will achieve and the expenditure that each will incur was aggregated. All cross-charged income and expenditure has been ignored. In addition, the 0 2 Brand Finance IPL 2019 report ranks the most valuable 2 IPL franchise brands. 2019: $66.5m +7.7% Team growth over past 10 years 2018: $61.7m
Brand Finance has calculated the brand value 2 The Indian Premier League has gained momentum like Now into its 13th edition, IPL of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and each of 3 4 never before, with the power play league gaining ever its teams annually since 2009. The remarkable is a brand that continues to 2019: $65.7m more fans, high profile investment and international growth in brand value over the past 10 years seen +24.1% prestige. The hotly anticipated annual 20-20 cricket deliver for its fans, investors by Chennai Super Kings (up 90% from US$39 2018: $52.9m tournament has seen its business value grow to an all- and cricketing prowess. This million in 2009) is a real testament to the popularity time high of US$5.7 billion. of the players, team, management and ability to year’s winning margin could overcome difficulties along the way. In contrast, 4 1 3 The IPL naturally sees international brands vying for a not have been more dramatic Rajasthan Royals have seen just 9% growth in slice of the pie. Chinese, American and Indian mega brand value having fluctuated over the past 10 2019: $59.6m +10.4% brands representing sectors ranging from IT services, with the Mumbai Indians years (valued at in US$40 million in 2009) and have 2018: $54.0m Telecoms, Online Payments, Gaming, FMCG. IPL is beating the Chennai Super some catching up to do if they want to race up the doing what La Liga and the English Premiere League rankings. have accomplished in the football space as it sees the Kings by just one run! This 5 2 6 best players from the cricketing world putting their best year’s tournament ran up over IPL behind its sporting compatriots foot forward to be a part of this extravaganza. 2019: $54.2m 330 billion minutes of +24.5% Over the past 12 years, the IPL has firmly made 2018: $43.5m Auctions looming ahead of 13th edition broadcasting time and logged its mark on the cricketing world and resonated far 300 million viewers into the beyond the already huge Indian cricket fan base. Not only is it action packed and thoroughly When the brand value of the top 5 teams is added up 6 1 5 entertaining, IPL is a serious gamechanger for aspiring streaming service over a span across other popular sporting leagues such as the cricketers. With the auctions for the 13th edition of English Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Bundesliga 2019: $50.8m the IPL set to take place on 19 December in Kolkata, of 44 days. of Germany, Italian Serie A, French Ligue 1, it seems +3.2% 2018: $49.2m it is hotly anticipated that there will be some serious that the IPL still has a long way to go. The top 5 rethinking by the team owners, some of them blooded Savio D’Souza teams of the IPL have a combined brand value of with deep analytics and ground level understanding Director of Brand Finance $321mn which pales in comparison to the top 5 0 7 of emerging players. This upcoming auction won’t teams in the English Premier league at $6.5bn and 7 guarantee team selection for many of the senior La Liga at $4.2bn. 2019: $43.4m players, some pushing 35+ years. +1.6% Benefitting from a long heritage and reputation forged 2018: $42.7m Team owners are supported by the best names in over years are the two most popular sporting leagues: global coaching and mentoring staff which sees the IPL the English Premier League (EPL) and La Liga in Spain. 0 now moving into a stage where teams can dictate their Founded 27 years ago, the English Premier League is 8 8 own sponsorship revenues, team performances and the top level of the English football league system and 2019: $41.7m fan engagement: all three most important cogs towards one of the highest valued sporting leagues with a brand +4.0% superior brand value creation. value of US$6.4 billion. 2018: $40.1m
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IPL Business Valuation Brand Value over Time