The OFX Group Ltd (ASX: OFX) share price is up more than 7% after announcing its FY19 result.
OFX is a global provider of online international payment services for consumers and businesses. It has been operating since 1998 when it was launched in a garage in Sydney as an information-only website.
OFX’s Results
The foreign exchange business said that it achieved foreign exchange turnover of $23.7 billion, which was 11.9% higher compared to FY18. The number of transactions rose 8.8%, the average transaction value increased by 2.8% to $22,600 and transactions per active client increased by 12.6% to 6.7. It had 156,500 active clients at the end of the period.
Fee and trading income was up 8.2% to $128.7 million with corporate growth of 10% in all regions. Net operating income increased by 8% to $118.7 million.
OFX said that underlying EBITDA (click here to learn what EBITDA means) excluding ‘corporate action costs’ went up by 8.1% to $32.2 million. Underlying EBT also went up 6% to $26.4 million.
However, statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) fell by 5.8% to $18.7 million with corporate action costs of $4.3 million.
OFX said that because of softer markets in the second half, particularly in the final quarter, the company pulled back on marketing leading to a slowing of revenue growth and the company did not see growth of customers.
OFX Dividend
The OFX Board declared a final dividend of 3.28 cents per share, which was an increase of almost 10% compared to the final dividend a year ago.
OFX Management Comments
OFX CEO Skander Malcolm said: “We saw revenue growth in all our regions with Australia and New Zealand up 5%, North America and Asia up 20% and 19% respectively, and Europe up 12%.”
OFX Outlook
OFX is going to try to further diversify its revenue by accelerating growth in its Corporate business and investing in customer experience.
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