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Recommendation: Buy Ian Strgar and Daniel Greenfield March 5 th , 2013. Background. Founded in 1997 as reseller of telecom services SLC, formerly known as UNC inc , name change in ‘09 Launch SaaS deployment based call center software platform in 2005 - Revenue model transition.
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Recommendation: Buy Ian Strgar and Daniel Greenfield March 5th, 2013
Background • Founded in 1997 as reseller of telecom services • SLC, formerly known as UNC inc, name change in ‘09 • Launch SaaS deployment based call center software platform in 2005 -Revenue model transition
Segments • Telecommunications: Qwest, Verizon, Global Crossing • Typically 1-3 year contracts • Software: Delivery/Support of SaaS based call center software • Typically last 1-2 years, billed monthly • InContact sales team: 37 sales reps, up 37% from 11Q4
Key Reseller Agreements • Siemens • NOT Exclusive, minimum purchase agreements: $4.5, $7, $5 million in 2012, 2013, and first 7 seven months of 2014 • Verizon Wireless • North America market share, not yet ½ way through Verizon’s customer base • 12Q4 – Booked largest contract to date through Verizon reseller agreement • Main Benefit: 3000+ sales team behind InContact platform
Call Center Industry Background • Private Branch Exchange (PBX): A switchboard (originally), internal telephone system where larger lines are broken down in multiple extensions • Contrast against common carrier operated lines – much more costly
Wave of the Future: Hosted PBXs • Increasing internet speeds allow for hosted PBX systems • Calls begin and end at hosting vendor’s data center • Decentralization, cost pressure
Primary Software Offerings • Automatic Call Distributing (ACD) • Handles inbound/outbound calls as efficiently as possible • Dialer • Number manipulation: preview (information), power (agents available), predictive (agents not available), auto (pre-recorded) • Interactive Voice Response (IVR) • I.e. pre-recorded help lines for large volumes • Workforce Optimization (WFO) • Planning, scheduling, forecasting workforce needs
Competition • On-Premise • Aspect, Avaya, Cisco: large legacy product vendors hold largest market shares • Cloud Competitors: • Five9, Interactive Intelligence: less mature products for SMB • Development of cloud offerings by large software vendors is perhaps InContact’s greatest risk
InContact vs. On-Premise • Data from Frost & Sullivan
Market Opportunity • Roughly $8 billion opportunity • Data from Frost & Sullivan, DMG Consulting, and Gartner
Revenue Model • Software Revenue • New Customer Sales: 3 pieces of data - new customers books, average # of seats, cost per seat • New Customers in ’12: 60-65 • Average # of seats for new customer in ’12: 40 • Average cost per seat: $1.7k-$2.5k. We took a low end estimate to be conservative ($2k) • Current Customer Sales • Retained revenue (92%), 6% growth in same store sales of retained customers
Revenue Model Cont. • Telecom: healthy growth, but decline as % of revenue
Cost of Revenue • With cloud transition, COGS declines
Other Notable DCF Considerations • Selling & Marketing • Guidance: projected to rise to 28-29% • Research & Development • Guidance: projected to rise to 9-10% • Depreciation & Amortization • Straight-line, 2-3% growth • Tax Rate • Compared to CRM, VZ, ININ • Determined reasonable average: %11-18
From Our Boy, Aswath • “When you have a growth company, the discount rate is the least important input into the valuation. It is your revenue growth, margins and cash flows that matter.” -Aswath Damodaran
Recommendation • In conclusion, we recommend a buy for all portfolios