Published on: July 10, 2019

An impressive first half

Gamma’s H1 trading update reports another strong performance. In light of that, while management expects full year revenue to be within consensus range, it anticipates that EBITDA and EPS for FY 2019E will be slightly above the range of market expectations. As a result, we are assuming greater overhead efficiency than we had previously allowed for and we are increasing our FY 2019E EBITDA estimate by £1 million to £56.5 million – with the expectation of reassessing this further (positively) at the time of the interims in September. The update confirms that there has been continued growth in the UK across both direct and indirect channels.  Cloud PBX sales have performed well again but there is a nod to the effects of an increasingly competitive market in the statement. Additionally, during the period, Gamma implemented the first phase of its digital transformation program in the Direct business.  In all, this represents another strong period of growth for Gamma which, as CEO Andrew Taylor notes, balances near-term delivery with the execution of the Group’s longer term strategy.