1. Equity Research
Technology | Canadian Small Cap
July 19, 2016
Alex Cutulenco
Analyst
alex@gravitasfinancial.com
1-416-992-6731
Price Performance - 52 weeks
Market Data (TSXV:TNC)
Price (July 18, 2016 close) $2.30
52 Week Range $1.06 - $2.40
Market Cap (mm) $200.2
Shares Outstanding (basic, mm) 87.0
Free Float 84%
Average Daily Volume (30 days) 116,158
Total Debt (mm) $14.8
Cash & Short-Term Investments (mm) $55.3
Total Assets (mm) $230.2
Headquarters Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Top Shareholders
Financial Partners 14.7%
Core Innovation Capital I 11.3%
Edison Partners 9.9%
Inter-Atlantic Group 9.5%
Hamed Shahbazi, CEO 3.5%
Bill Burnham, Director 1.7%
All figures in CAD unless otherwise stated.
Source: Thomson Reuters (7/18/2016)
TIO Networks Corp.
(TSXV:TNC)
Largest Walk-in Bill Payments Processor in N.A.
Company Description
TIO Networks Corp. (“TIO”) is a Vancouver-based technology company, which
provides bill payment processing options for the financially underserved consumer
market group. The Company services some of the largest telecom, wireless, utility
and cable bill issuers in North America (such as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, COX,
Dish, Duke Energy, and more), providing four unique bill payment channels via:
kiosks, point-of-sale (POS), online, and mobile.
Investment Highlights
• Softgate acquisition close created the largest walk-in bill payment
processing company in NorthAmerica. The highly accretive acquisition puts
TIO on a CAD$105 million revenue run rate, with a combined processing
power of 80 million transactions annually.
• TIO now services more than 10,000 billers (including AT&T, Cricket
Wireless, T-Mobile, Verizon, Dish Networks, etc.), and has approximately
70,000 bill payable locations (including convenience stores, grocery stores,
wireless agents, and financial service locations). This access to a large number
of billers complemented by a multi-channel bill payment network is what
gives TIO a strong competitive advantage over industry incumbents.
• The financially underserved market segments accounts for $138 billion
in fees and interest collected in 2014. There are 34.4 million unbanked and
underbanked households in the U.S., making about 172 - 275 million bill
payments per month. TIO has much room for growth, given their 2.4 – 3.9%
market penetration.
• Additional growth, outside of M&Aactivity, will likely occur from expansions
into other product categories. We believe that TIO may have opportunities
for growth by offering short-term lending as well as reloadable prepaid
cards to its consumer base.
Financial Analysis & Valuation
TIO generates 95% of its revenues from transaction fees. Transaction volume has
been steadily on the rise, showing organic growth of 3-5%, as well as inorganic
growth of roughly 24 million additional transactional volume arising from the
Softgate acquisition alone. The Company has doubled its gross profit margin over
the last two years. Valuation wise, comparable companies within the payment
processing industry are currently trading at 1.8x 2016 sales, which is in line with
TIO’s 1.8x sales run rate (post Softgate integration).
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Table of Contents
Investment Thesis .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Leading Walk-in Bill Payment Processor in North America ................................................................................................................ 3
Strong Recurring Revenues Built from a Robust Group of Blue-Chip Customers .............................................................................. 3
1 in 4 Americans are Financially Underserved ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Strong Barriers to Entry and Competitive Advantages Protect TIO ..................................................................................................... 4
Future Growth to come from Product Expansion ................................................................................................................................. 4
The Company ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Financial markets in the U.S. are very different than in Canada ........................................................................................................... 6
String of Accretive Acquisitions Add on to Core Business ................................................................................................................... 7
Competition ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Other Product Areas – Low Hanging Fruit for TIO ............................................................................................................................. 10
Financial Underserved – Industry Overview .................................................................................................... 11
Reasoning the Refusal to Bank ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
Demographic Analysis and Trends ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Current minorities are more suitable to use AFS ........................................................................................................................... 12
Millennials continue to disrupt conventional banking ideals ......................................................................................................... 13
Strong correlation between (financial) education & use of banks ................................................................................................. 13
Geographical Look Shows Optimal TIO Positioning .......................................................................................................................... 14
There is a Prominent Shift to Mobile Financial Tech .......................................................................................................................... 15
Forecasts and Valuation ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Transactional Volume/Revenue ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Operating Margins ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Comparables ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Risks ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18
TIO’s Inability to Capture Additional Biller Relationships ................................................................................................................. 18
Rise in Financial Technology Companies Negatively Affecting TIO’s Mobile Expansion Plans ....................................................... 18
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................ 18
Appendix A: Recent News .................................................................................................................................. 19
Appendix B: Management & Board of Directors ............................................................................................. 20
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3. Investment Thesis
Leading Walk-in Bill Payment Processor in North America
The Company is an established leader in providing a multi-channel network of bill payment
options to the unbanked and underbanked consumer population. The Company offers
consumers the ability to pay their bills individually (via kiosks, mobile or online), or at a clerk-
serviced location (via a POS terminal). Consumers are able to pay their bills through a network
of 69,000 locations (via established location partners including grocery stores, convenience
stores, financial service locations, and wireless agents). This scale has given TIO a huge
competitive advantage over industry incumbents and potential new entrants.
However, even with TIO’s large scale, there is still a lot of room for growth. There are 34.4
million unbanked and underbanked households in the U.S. An average household needs to
pay anywhere from 5 to 8 bills a month. This brings the market to roughly 172 - 275 million
bill payments per month, whereas TIO currently only processes 6.7 million, or roughly a
2.4 – 3.9% market penetration.
Strong Recurring Revenues Built from a Robust Group of Blue-Chip Customers
Everyone pays bills. Even if you don’t have a bank account, you still need to pay your phone,
gas, utilities, and other appliances. This requirement to pay these essential bills is what makes
the bill payments industry so attractive for payment processors. Bill payment processors can
reasonably expect payers to keep making monthly bill payments for prolonged periods of time.
TIO, over the years, has accumulated an impressive list of large national service providers
which are currently using its bill payments platform. Its payment network now supports
well over 10,000 billers throughout the U.S., including some of the largest wireless carriers
(AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T Mobile and Sprint), TV operators (COX, Dish, CenturyLink and
DIRECTV), utility providers (Duke Energy, MLGW, CPS Energy, and FPL) as well as other
large billers.
1 in 4 Americans are Financially Underserved
Financially underserved U.S. consumers spent approximately $138 billion in fees and interest
to access financial products and services in 2014. This may come as a surprise to many, but
20-25% of U.S. households are unbanked (do not have a bank account) or underbanked (have
a bank account yet still rely on alternative financial services). U.S. consumers are noted to be
financially underserved due to illegibility issues such as not having enough cash to support a
bank account, as well as a result of their own choosing due to a customer’s distrust of banks.
The financially underserved market trait is something that is unique to the American market.
There are over 5,000 different commercial banks in the U.S., created due to the numerous
regions, states, and counties abiding by individual regional or state laws. Due to the sheer
number of banks, consumers are often refused access to a bank account due to the bank not
willing to service a small account (under US$1,000 account balance). The situation is different
in Canada, as the nation is dominated by the 5 large commercial banks.
The $138 billion in fees collected from this financially-underserved market is an increase of
8% from 2013, and is estimated to expand 7% in 2015, reaching $147 billion. Payments, the
subcategory in which TIO competes, generated $10.1 billion in fees and interest.
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4. Strong Barriers to Entry and Competitive Advantages Protect TIO
TIO integrates its transaction processing software with each biller’s back-office accounting,
which creates a sticky biller relationship. Additionally, it is the access to many billing clients
that puts TIO ahead of its competition. This access to billers combined with high barriers to
entry and high biller switching costs, has created a competitive advantage for the Company.
Future Growth to come from Product Expansion
TIO’s future growth will be a function of gaining additional transactional volume within the
bill payments space, in addition to trying to expand into other product categories. One of those
categories we feel that fits synergistically with TIO’s business is consumer loan origination.
The underserved consumer market is a combination of various sources of fee and interest
revenues from services such as: short/long term loans, remittance, overdraft, money orders,
prepaid cards and others. We believe that the structure of TIO’s operating business (collecting
funds from customers to settle future bill payments), has created a material asset (and liability)
account, which can be strategically used for short-term lending purposes. TIO’s largest asset on
the books is “Funds held to settle bill payments/money order obligations”, at $100.5 million.
A monthly compounding interest rates of 0.5 - 1% on these funds, would translate to an
additional $6 - 13 million in interest fees.
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5. The Company
TIO Networks is a Vancouver-based company, focused on developing its proprietary payment
processing technology. The Company specifically caters its payment processing technology
to handle bill payments (such as electricity, hydro, TV, and other bills), with a distinct focus
on the financially underserved consumer market group in the United States. The Company
services some of the largest telecom, wireless, utility and cable bill issuers in North America
(such as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T Mobile, Dish, Duke Energy, and other).
The Company has had a long history dating back to its founding year of 1997, at which point
it was called Info Touch Technologies. Its focus at the time was to manufacture and sell
kiosks, which provided Internet access at various public places such as cafes. In 2006, the
Company rebranded into TIO Networks Corp. and transitioned its kiosks business model into
a network of bill payment processing machines. Throughout eventual growth and strategic
business acquisitions, the Company became a leader in providing multi-channel bill payment
options for the financially-underserved consumer.
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Figure 1: TIO Networks Corp. logo, and TIO kiosk
Source: Ubika Research, corporate office visit (06/07/2016)
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Figure 2: TIO’s Bill Payment Options
Source: Corporate website
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Financial markets in the U.S. are very different than in Canada
There are over 5,200 commercial banks in the United States, as well as over 6,000 credit
unions. This is very different than Canada, which holds only 28 domestic banks (and is
mostly dominated by the big 5 – BMO, CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank, TD). Due to the size
difference of large banks vs small regional banks in the U.S., more scrutiny is placed over
accepting a customer as a banking client. Small U.S. banks are more likely to turn down an
applicant due to various reasons, some of which include having a small account balance. Due
to this, a lot of households in the U.S. are unbanked or underbanked.
One in 13 (or 7.7%) of U.S. households were unbanked in 2013. This represents nearly 9.6
million households comprised of approximately 16.7 million adults and 8.7 million children.
An additional 20.0% of U.S. households were underbanked in 2013, representing 24.8
million households comprised of approximately 50.9 million adults and 16.6 million children.
Ultimately, whether you have a bank account or not, you still need to pay your bills. If you
are a banked client, paying bills is as simple as adding a “payee” account, and entering your
bill payment information. The payment is then routed by the financial institution to the biller.
However, if you’re planning to pay your bills in cash, the operation becomes a little more
complicated – which is where TIO comes in. Its multi-channel approach to bill payments
gives the customer four bill payment options: via kiosks, clerk-assisted point-of-sale (POS)
machines, mobile, or on the Web.
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String of Accretive Acquisitions Add on to Core Business
Prior to going on an acquisition spree, TIO’s business was heavily reliant on a few key
billers. Specifically, the Company’s two largest billers used to account for over 50% of TIO’s
business. Acquisitions have helped diversify the client base, with the combined revenue from
the Company’s top two billers accounting for 20% post-Softgate integration.
The string of several highly successful business acquisitions began in 2014, and has since
constructed TIO a very strong network of billers and payment locations for customers. The
Company services more than 10,000 billers (including AT&T, Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile,
Verizon, Dish Networks, etc.), and has over 70,000 bill payable locations (including
convenience stores, grocery stores, wireless agents, and financial service locations). The
access to a large number of billers complemented by a multi-channel bill payment network is
what we believe gives TIO a strong competitive advantage over industry incumbents.
Figure 3: TIO Networks’ National Footprint
Source: Company Filings
Thus far, they have made three deals, which we attribute largely to management’s competence
of capital markets and alignment with shareholder interests:
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1. Global Express was acquired in January 2014 for US$8 million. The deal was financed
through $2.2 million in cash, $3.0 million in debt, and $2.8 million in shares. The value
proposition through this deal came from expansion of big-name billers. This payment
system provided TIO with exposure to the utility billers segment (Duke Energy, Florida
Power & Light, Baltimore Gas and Electric, etc.). Global Express expanded TIO’s
footprint across the mid-Atlantic and Southeast states. Revenue synergies were created
through cross selling initiatives with the core TIO business.
2. ChargeSmart was acquired in August 2014 for US$2 million in cash. The San Francisco-
based company belonged to giant financial services provider – VeriFone Systems at the
time. We believe this deal exemplifies management’s ability to proactively anticipate future
trends. ChargeSmart was (and remains) a leading provider of online bill payment services,
a business model that runs off the online-payment trend that is booming across the globe.
In addition, margins on the online segment are (as to be expected) significantly higher.
The segment has been rebranded to tio.com and represented 10% of revenues in FY15.
Management is expecting the segment to represent ~12% of revenue in FY16, and a drop
to ~6% in FY2017 due to more revenue contributions through Softgate.
3. Softgate Systems acquisition was closed in April 2016 for US$31 million. The deal was
financed through $4.6 million cash, $4.1 million in debt, and 25 million shares (based on
$0.91/share of TIO) to Softgate shareholders (private). Silicon Valley Bank provided a
secured loan of $5.7 million with interest at 5% annually, repayable after 5 years. Note that
there were no warrants or other “sweeteners” as part of the deal.
As its largest acquisition to date, New Jersey-based Softgate will benefit TIO in several
ways:
• Perhaps most importantly, Softgate will provide significant scale to the business
through its additional 24 million in annual transactions, $37 million in revenue and $5
million in forecasted EBITDA contributions to TIO. Softgate has a portfolio of ~9,000
billers in different industries.
• Softgate also contributes ~21,000 locations across the U.S. The locations are heavily
based in the Northeast, a populous which TIO had not been exposed prior to the
acquisition.
• Softgate has 46 money services business (MSB) licenses in order to provide money
transmitter services throughout the U.S.
• Softgate operated at a net loss in the years prior to CY2014. As such, TIO will benefit
from offsetting taxable income with the US$31 million in accumulated net operating
losses. Concurrently, this will make TIO more profitable in the short term.
• Both revenue and cost synergies will be inherently present in the upcoming quarters as
the integration ramps up. On the revenue side: cross selling of products and services
into Softgate’s billing base. From a cost perspective, synergies will be created through
consolidated hosting activities, workforce reduction, and savings through consolidation
of operating expenses.
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Competition
With the addition of Softgate, TIO will now be processing roughly 80 million transactions
annually. Although this figure may seem enormous, it only accounts for roughly 2 - 4% of bill
payment volume originating from the financially underserved market segment. We would like
to find out who owns the other 96% of the transactional volume.
Some of the more direct competitors to TIO would include companies that offer walk-in bill
payment processing to clients within the U.S. Throughout our research we have found these to
be the closest competitor matches:
1. ChechFreePay (owned by Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV))
CheckFreePay is a direct competitor to TIO, as they are a walk-in bill payment processor.
With an operating history of over 20 years, the company boasts having over 1,000 biller
relationships as well as a network of 25,000 bill payment walk-in locations. Additionally,
the platform also has same-day payment delivery.
2. Western Union (NYSE:WU)
Western Union is mostly known for its money transmitting business line, where individuals
send money to friends and family in all parts of the world. This business line accounts for
roughly 80% of Western Union’s revenues. However, consumer-to-consumer is not its only
line of business, as the company also offers walk-in bill payment services. Given that the
company has 500k+ agent locations globally (50k in the U.S.) capable of accepting bill
payments, we view Western Union as a large competitor to TIO.
3. PreCash (private)
PreCash is a payment processing platform that delivers payments to an ever-growing
universe of billers. This proprietary platform offers same-day delivery to billers covering
all major billing and invoicing categories, including utilities, cable, satellite, telecom,
insurance and more. PreCash has more than 35,000 convenient retail locations in the U.S.
4. InComm Agent Solutions
InComm creates POS-based payment processing solutions. Its slew of services include
activating prepaid products, paying bills, enjoying real-time discounts through a
membership card, purchasing digital goods in-store or adding funds to an online account.
The company boasts over 255k retail locations where consumers can make bill payments,
as well as over 11,000 retail partners - both staggering statistics. InComm manages more
than 9 million transactions a month.
5. Prepaid Cards: Blackhawk (NASDAQ:HAWK) & GreenDot (NYSE:GDOT)
We view prepaid cards as a major alternative to walk-in bill payments. In contrast to
walking up to a clerk-assisted POS terminal to make a bill payment, a customer can
purchase a prepaid card, load it up with funds, and thereafter make bill payments online
using this card. A couple names operating within the space are Blackhawk Networks
and GreenDot Corp. Prepaid cards are all able to be recharged at specific retailers (and
convenience stores) using cash.
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Other Product Areas – Low Hanging Fruit for TIO
Although TIO’s main business competency is bill payments, future growth will occur as
TIO enters other product categories. At this stage, we believe that the Company has reached
a point where it can leverage its current client base, and provide additional services to the
financially underserved.
Based on CFSI’s 2014 Underserved Market Size report, short term lending accounts for
21% of overall fees, and is one of the highest growing product groups, growing 37% since
2012. We believe that short-term lending is a service in which TIO may offer to its large
network of bill payers. This product area fits synergistically to TIO’s current business model
via its “Funds held to settle bill payment obligations” asset account.
Given TIO’s business model of collecting payments from bill payers, and concurrently
paying for the respective bills in due time – this lag creates a short-term asset account that
amounts to a substantial monetary figure. In the latest financial statements, TIO reported a
$100.5 million asset figure, which could concurrently be leveraged to provide short-term
lending. This is the exact same model as what banks use when taking deposits and lending
out a large percentage of it.
Figure 4: Other Product Areas within Payment Processing
Source: Ubika Research
Another product category that may work synergistically with TIO is providing reloadable
prepaid cards to its network of bill payers. These reloadable prepaid cards would then
be offered at TIO’s 69,000 walk-in bill payment locations, acting as an up-sell during a
customer’s visit.
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11. Financial Underserved – Industry Overview
Unbeknownst to many, a significant portion of the U.S. population does not transact with
insured large banks. This group is deemed as “unbanked.” Similarly, there are also households
that do have a bank account, but also obtain financial services from alternative service
providers. These consumers are known to be “underbanked,” or “unhappily banked.”
This may come as a surprise to the Canadian population, but this unbanked and underbanked
market consists of roughly 35 million households across the U.S., representing 20 - 25% of the
population. Combined, fees and interest income earned from this market was a staggering $138
billion in 2014, as researched by the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI). The
market displayed a CAGR of 6.4% (2010 – 2014) and is estimated to grow an additional 6.8%
in 2015 to reach $147 billion.
TIO’s operations focus precisely on this financially underserved consumer market group.
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Figure 5: Financially Underserved Market – Distribution by Product Group
Source: Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI)
Reasoning the Refusal to Bank
According to the 2013 FDIC National Survey, 58% of respondents stated that they are
unbanked because they do not have enough money, 34% stated that they don’t like dealing
with banks and don’t trust them, and 31% stated that account and service fees are too high.
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Figure 6: Reasons Households are Unbanked
Source: FDIC
From this data, we have a better understanding of the unbanked and underbanked market
in the U.S., and furthermore, to the reasons why 7.7% of the household population chooses
not to bank at all. At this point, it is also worth noting that the proportion sizes have stayed
relatively stagnant throughout the years (in particular 2011 - 2013) for the percent of
unbanked households. We assume throughout the report that the proportions remain relatively
the same.
Demographic Analysis and Trends
From our understanding, there are specific demographics that make up the majority of the
underbanked or unbanked population in the U.S. In particular, we have noted the following
demographics and their trends that are associated with the market:
Current minorities are more suitable to use AFS
Minorities in the U.S. have a higher propensity to use AFS. From our understanding, this
is due to many reasons. Primarily, we see a greater distrust of banks abroad, and when
minorities immigrate to the U.S., these feelings of bank distrust are also brought over.
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Figure 7: Households that Use AFS in Last 12 Months
Source: FDIC, Ubika Research
Millennials continue to disrupt conventional banking ideals
About 31% of the underbanked or unbanked consumers in the U.S. were under 34, compared
to only 18% of the fully banked being under 34. Indeed, millennials continue to pose a
growing challenge to banks. Compared to the entire population, they are twice as likely to not
hold bank accounts or credit cards. Accenture’s 2014 Survey on millennials also found that
41% prefer AFS compared to just 27% of the general population.
A scratch survey of 10,000 millennials found that all 4 of the leading banks are among the 10
least-loved brands by the group. A key reason for this trend, we believe, is due to the digital
savviness of the millennials. They are becoming more and more likely to use and hold their
cash in tech financial providers (i.e. Google, Apple, PayPal, Square, etc.) instead of banks.
In any case, a significant portion of growth that the unbanked and underbanked markets are
experiencing can be represented by millennials.
Strong correlation between (financial) education & use of banks
It is important to be cognizant of the fact that AFS’ fees are often several times greater
than the standard bank transaction fees. However, as noted above, we find lower-income
households more in favor of AFS than their higher-income counterparts. We attribute this
strange phenomenon to a lack of financial education.
According to S&P’s Global Financial Literacy Survey, only 57% of Americans are financially
literate (i.e. can pass a simple 5-question test on topics like diversification, compounding,
interest and inflation). This is a relatively low rating when compared to Northern Europe’s
~70% figure. Furthermore, there is a negative correlation between states with lower
financial education mandates and their populous’ propensity to use AFS and be unbanked or
underbanked.
In addition, immigration trends continue to witness positive growth: Migration Policy
Institute shows that the immigrant share of the total U.S. population is still rising (currently at
13.3%). Combining that fact with the much lower financial literacy scores of key immigrant
nations (namely Mexico, China, and India with 32%, 28%, and 24% of adult population
being financially literate, respectively), we can imply that this outlines a higher share of
financially illiterate residents, and thus a growing demand for AFS in the years to come.
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Geographical Look Shows Optimal TIO Positioning
TIO’s network itself is also well established to harbour the states and localities in the U.S. with
the most unbanked populace. As seen from Figure 9 below, The Southern/South-Western most
states are more likely to be unbanked. This is largely due to the different demographics in these
states, in which TIO has strategically positioned its assets and services. Specifically, the two
largest economies in the U.S. (and populations) have relatively high unbanked rates: California
and Texas. In these states, the population proportion of Hispanics is greater than 35%. Figure
3 (pg. 7) shows that TIO has joint coverage in these two powerhouse states, giving us further
reassurance in management’s geographic positioning acumen.
Figure 8: Unbanked Population Proportion based on Education Status
Source: FDIC, Ubika Research
Figure 9: Unbanked Rates by State, 2013
Source: FDIC, Ubika Research
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There is a Prominent Shift to Mobile Financial Tech
On one front, mobile banking continues to revolutionize the sector, with more than one
fourth of all households using smartphones to bank. Perhaps not intuitively, the underbanked
households are actually more likely to have access to smartphones and use them to engage in
transactions. The FDCI reports that the underbanked households are more likely to use mobile
devices as primary methods of banking, as roughly 65% of the households have access to
a mobile device. It is the unbanked ones that have a substantially lower rate of smartphone
access: 33% (compared to those fully banked at 59%).
This brings us to believe that the unbanked population would much rather rely on mobile
technology, as opposed to dealing with a bank, if they have enough funds to pay for a mobile
smartphone.
TIO has repeatedly made strides to take full advantage of the mobile trends. Its online platform
(tio.com) is mobile-friendly and will likely contribute a rising share of revenue throughout the
years. Management has estimated the website’s proportion of revenue to be ~12% for FY16.
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Forecasts and Valuation
Transactional Volume/Revenue
The Company runs a lean business model, generating roughly 95% of revenue from
transactions. As a bill payment processing operator, the number of transactions indicates the
amount of revenue collected, hence being a business driver. We would like to direct your
attention to the graphical representation of the Company’s transactions against the dollar value
collected per transaction.
Figure 10: Transactions on the Rise, Organic Revenue Growth in Mid Single Digits
Source: Ubika Research, Company Financials
The drop in revenue/transaction can be attributed to a change in revenue recognition from
one of the Company’s largest billers – Cricket Wireless. Following AT&T’s acquisition of
Cricket Wireless in 2014, revenue recognition switched from a front-end to a back-end model.
Effectively, revenue per transaction decreased, while keeping gross profit per transaction
unaffected. This for obvious reasons had good and bad interpretations: (good) being that
overall profit margins look to be increasing, while (bad) being that revenues look to be
decreasing. In our opinion, this has no fundamental impact on the business.
We are forecasting a modest 3.0% growth in transactional growth for the rest of 2016 (in line
with 3.5% growth in 2014 – 2015), falling to 2.0% in 2017. We are also forecasting Softgate
revenue to fully integrate with the rest of TIO’s business by Q4/2016, and to see growth of
6.0% and 3.0% for 2016 and 2017, respectively (conservative compared to Softgate’s 18%
growth in 2014).
Operating Margins
Operationally, TIO has been able to double its gross profits over the past two years, raising its
GP margin from 25% at the beginning on 2014, to over 50% in the latest quarter.
We can attribute some of this profitability to the Company’s scale arising from its transactional
volume. TIO appears to gain from economies of scales, and given that it is currently going
through the Softgate business integrations, we can expect to see further margin improvement.
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Figure 11: Operating Margins
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0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
G&A %: R&D %: Sales and Marketing %:
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
GP%
Operating expenses have mostly been in line with revenue growth. As a percentage of
revenues, general and administrative (G&A) expenses have trended around the 22% mark. For
most part, this trend makes intuitive sense. As the Company scales its transactional volume,
it will require additional manpower and development work to keep up with rising demands,
although the additional expenses should be marginally decreasing.
Additionally, research and development (R&D) as well as sales and marketing costs have
trended around 5 - 7% of revenue.
Comparables
We recognize that valuing TIO is a significantly hard task, considering that the Company
is structured for both organic and inorganic growth. Speculating on future acquisitions is
not ideal, therefore our estimates only account organic business growth, with the addition
of Softgate revenues starting in Q4/2016. As well, since the Company is still scaling its bill
payment business, operating margins have not reached a desired level. Therefore, we believe
that a forward revenue multiple for a software/IT Company is well fitted.
In selection of our comps universe, we gave preference to North American listed companies,
with a market cap of between $50 and $600 million.
Figure 12: Comparable Companies within Payment Processing
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18. Risks
TIO’s Inability to Capture Additional Biller Relationships
TIO operates in a space where processor-biller relationships are very sticky. Due to the back
office software integration, it would seem that acquiring biller relationships from competitors
might only result from complete competitor acquisitions. Attaining clients organically may be
a timely process, with slow sales cycles.
Rise in Financial Technology Companies Negatively Affecting TIO’s Mobile
Expansion Plans
Financial technologies are revolutionizing the way clients interact with their financial
providers. Although not directly associated to TIO, IOU Financial is a great example of this
change. As opposed to businesses/consumers needing to go through the regular one-month
procedure of securing a loan via a bank, these clients may now fill out a form online, and have
funds transferred to them within 24 hours.
Conclusion
TIO Networks has come a long way since its inception in 1997 as a kiosk solution provider.
Hamed Shahbazi has since transitioned TIO into a multi-channel payment solution provider
specializing in bill payment through a variety of automated self-serve, retail point-of-sale,
mobile and web-based methodologies, processing approximately 80 million transactions worth
roughly $9 billion in payments annually in the United States.
The Company’s acquisitive strategy has propelled TIO to become one of the largest walk-in
bill payment processing companies in North America. However, the Company still has much
room for growth, considering its 2 - 4% market penetration. Additional future growth will also
occur outside bill payments, and in other promising product areas.
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19. Appendix A: Recent News
TIO Reports Record Quarterly Revenue and Year to Date Net Profit
Company reports the 5th
consecutive quarter of record adjusted EBITDA. Third quarter net
income increased to $1.6M. Nine month net income increased to $4.67M or $0.08 EPS.
Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA increased 188% (Y/Y) to $2.9M from $1.0M and increased
sequentially on a quarter over quarter (Q/Q) basis by 8.5% from Q2 2016.
TIO Networks to Present at the LD Micro Invitational
Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO will be giving the presentation and meeting with
investors. LD Micro was founded in 2006 with the sole purpose of being an independent
resource in the micro-cap space.
Chargesmart.com Rebrands as TIO.com, Becoming TIO’s Direct-to-Consumer
Destination
Company announced the launch of TIO.com, a mobile optimized web portal where
consumers can pay bills in less than a minute from any Internet enabled device. TIO.com
offers access to over 9,000 common U.S. household and consumer bills, ranging from utility,
telecom, auto, mortgage, cable, satellite, and much more.
TIO Networks Closes Acquisition of Softgate Systems Inc.
The acquisition creates the largest North American provider of walk-in bill payment services
with a pro-forma revenue run-rate of over CAD$105 million. Acquisition is highly accretive
driving additional USD$37 million in revenue and USD$5 million in EBITDA.
TIO Network Announces Closing of CAD$5 Million Bought Deal Private Placement
TIO Networks Corp. reported that it has closed its previously announced bought deal private
placement of 2,726,214 common shares of TIO, including the partial exercise of the over-
allotment option, at an issue price of $1.88 per Common Share, for aggregate gross proceeds
to TIO of $5,125,282.32.
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20. Appendix B: Management & Board of Directors
Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO
Mr. Hamed Shahbazi founded TIO Networks as a kiosk solution provider in 1997. Mr.
Shahbazi has since transitioned TIO Networks into a multi-channel payment solution
provider specializing in bill payment.
The Cantech Letter named Mr. Shahbazi the TSX Venture Tech Executive of the Year and
TIO Networks the TSX Venture Tech Stock of the Year for both 2014 and 2015. In 2013,
KIOSK.COM recognized Hamed with the Hall of Fame award for his “distinguished service”
to the kiosk industry. Business in Vancouver Magazine also named Mr. Shahbazi one of the
prestigious 40 Under 40 in 2001.
Hamed is a passionate advocate of impact entrepreneurship where new companies aim to
doing well by doing good, which he promotes as the role of an “Impactreneur”. He regularly
mentors founders and entrepreneurs of early stage companies.
Chris Ericksen, Chief Revenue Officer
Mr. Ericksen has been with TIO for over 14 years, and is currently responsible for TIO
Networks’ enterprise business planning as well as organic growth strategy and execution.
Previous to this position, Mr. Ericksen was the EVP of POS Solutions, leading TIO’s point-
of-sale business unit.
Richard Cheung, CFO
Mr. Cheung is currently responsible for TIO Networks’ finance, administrative operations
and public company matters. Previously, Mr. Cheung was formerly the VP of business
development at FuseMail (subsidiary of j2 Global, Inc.), and was responsible for M&A and
all financial and operational matters.
Hessam Shahbazi, Executive VP, Independent Service Operators (“ISO”)
Hessam Shahbazi assists in the foundation and development of TIO’s sales growth, as well
as overseeing the direction of the sales team, lead generation along with strategic operational
issues.
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