Penneo is a Danish Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company delivering solutions for digital signing (Penneo Sign), document workflow, and compliance such as a Know Your Customer product (Penneo KYC) that helps companies comply with Anti Money Laundering (AML) legislation. Penneo was established in Denmark in 2014, and the company has more than 3,000 customers across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Belgium. Penneo is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen Main Market.
November has been eventful with several Q3 2024 reports across the SaaS sector and the announcement that Visma will make a voluntary recommended public takeover offer to purchase all shares in Penneo for approx. DKK 562m (DKK 16.50 per share, a premium of approx. 110%), corresponding to EV/ARR of approx. 5.8x. The takeover/acquisition ARR multiple is also significantly above the median ARR multiple of 3.4x of the Danish SaaS sector by the end of November 2024, yet somewhat close to other recent acquisitions from Digizuite (6.9x ARR) and Relesys (5.1x ARR). Across the broader global/US SaaS sector, software shares rebounded significantly in November. The median ARR multiple increased to 7.3x by the end of November 2024 (from 6.9x ARR) based on data from The SaaS Capital Index.
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Penneo forventer at offentliggøre regnskabet for Q3 2024 den 20. november 2024. Samme dag kl. 12:00 vil Penneos CEO Christian Stendevad og CFO Casper Christiansen præsentere kvartalsregnskabet og de seneste nyheder i et online live-event. Præsentationen vil blive efterfulgt af en Q&A session.
Today, our October SaaS newsletter has been sent out. The median ARR multiple developed positively in the US/global SaaS sector, now at 6.9x ARR (from 6.1x ARR in September) according to The SaaS Capital Index, yet the median ARR multiple for the Danish SaaS sector remained at 3.1x ARR, similar to the level in September. In October, the first Danish SaaS Q3 reports came out from Agillic and OrderYOYO. Additionally, there has been other news in October, including an acquisition from MapsPeople and a guidance upgrade from Dataproces.
Today, our SaaS newsletter for September has been sent out. Overall, September was less eventful across the SaaS sector, yet we can look back at the global/US SaaS sector’s Q2 earnings season before we move into the Q3 earnings season. Looking at the median ARR valuation multiple, this is now 6.1x by the end of September (6.2x by the end of August) for the global/US SaaS sector and 3.1x ARR by the end of September 2024 (3.2x ARR by the end of August) for the Danish SaaS sector.
Yesterday, our SaaS newsletter covering news and Q2/H1 financial reports from August was sent out. Looking overall at the global SaaS sector, the growth outlook is still challenged. However, we have observed some relief for the Danish SaaS companies with optimism into H2 2024. Our full blog shows the ARR growth YoY and EBITDA developments for H1 2024 vs. H1 2023 across the Danish SaaS sector.
Penneo reported its H1 2024 results this Wednesday, reaffirming its full-year 2024 guidance. We have updated our investment case one-pager after the results and recent news, including an updated overview of the peer group of selected listed Danish SaaS companies.
Her til morgen annoncerede Penneo regnskabet for H1 2024, hvor guidance for 2024 blev fastholdt. Se præsentationen af regnskabet med selskabets CEO og CFO her.
Penneo forventer at offentliggøre resultaterne for første halvår af 2024 den 28. august 2024. Samme dag kl. 13:30 vil Penneos CEO Christian Stendevad og CFO Casper Christiansen præsentere de seneste finansielle resultater, SaaS metrics samt strategiske tiltag i et online live event.
Penneo har her til morgen aflagt regnskab for første halvår af 2024. Ved udgangen af Q2 2024 er Penneos ARR på DKK 95,6 mio. svarende til en vækst på 21% YoY. EBITDA forbedres væsentligt til DKK -2,2 mio. i H1 2024 (DKK -10,3 mio. i H1 2023). Selskabet fastholder 2024 guidance, der indebærer en ARR på DKK 105-112 mio. (18-25% YoY) ved udgangen af 2024 samt EBITDA i 2024 på DKK 5-10 mio.