Temenos Q1 2025 slides: Solid growth and CHF 250m share buyback announced

Published 22/04/2025, 16:54
Temenos Q1 2025 slides: Solid growth and CHF 250m share buyback announced

Introduction & Market Context

Temenos Group AG (SIX:TEMN) presented its Q1 2025 financial results on April 22, 2025, highlighting solid performance in key metrics despite some macroeconomic uncertainty affecting deal closings in the quarter’s final weeks. The banking software provider maintained its full-year guidance while announcing a significant share buyback program, signaling confidence in its financial position and future prospects.

The company reported that while the sales environment remained stable for most of the quarter, increased economic uncertainty in the final two weeks resulted in some deal signings being pushed to Q2 2025. Despite these challenges, Temenos delivered growth in several key performance indicators.

Quarterly Performance Highlights

Temenos reported proforma Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of USD 741.4 million, representing a 9% year-over-year increase in constant currency. The company’s proforma free cash flow reached USD 48.8 million, up 12% compared to the same period last year.

As shown in the following financial highlights chart, the company achieved strong growth in profitability metrics, with EBIT increasing by 8% year-over-year and EPS growing by 17%:

The company’s income statement revealed mixed performance across revenue streams. While maintenance revenue grew robustly at 11% year-over-year, subscription and SaaS revenue declined by 2%, and services revenue decreased by 4%. Total (EPA:TTEF) revenue increased by 4% compared to Q1 2024.

The detailed income statement below shows the company’s performance across key metrics:

Temenos maintained strong cost control, with operating costs increasing by only 2% year-over-year on a like-for-like basis. This disciplined approach to expenses helped drive EBIT margin expansion to 31.5%, up 1 percentage point from Q1 2024.

The company’s liquidity position remained strong, with cash on the balance sheet increasing from USD 114 million at the end of 2024 to USD 135 million by March 31, 2025, as illustrated in the following waterfall chart:

Strategic Initiatives

Temenos outlined its strategic focus on expanding in the US market, which represents a Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM) of USD 8 billion, or 35% of the total market. The company highlighted higher third-party spending in this region and strong demand from tier 2 and tier 3 banks.

As part of this US expansion strategy, Temenos opened an innovation hub in Florida during Q1 2025. The hub aims to bring product and technology development closer to US clients, with plans to recruit US-based product and technology developers.

The company is also pursuing global opportunities in regions where it already has a strong footprint, including the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Emerging Europe, and parts of Asia-Pacific. The international market excluding the US represents a USD 15 billion opportunity, accounting for 65% of Temenos’ total addressable market.

The geographic revenue breakdown below shows that the Americas already account for 40% of total software licensing revenue, followed by Asia-Pacific at 25%:

Forward-Looking Statements

In a significant move for shareholders, Temenos announced a new share buyback program of up to CHF 250 million, scheduled to commence on April 28, 2025, and run until December 30, 2025, at the latest. The repurchased shares will be proposed for cancellation at the 2026 Annual General Meeting. The company expects the buyback to be somewhat accretive to EPS in FY-25, with greater accretion anticipated in FY-26.

Despite the macroeconomic uncertainty that affected some deal closings in Q1, Temenos reconfirmed its full-year 2025 guidance. The company provided the following indicative growth rates for Q2 2025 and maintained its FY-25 targets:

For Q2 2025, Temenos expects non-IFRS subscription and SaaS growth of 6-10% and ARR growth of at least 10%, excluding any contribution from Multifonds. The company’s full-year guidance includes ARR growth of at least 12%, subscription and SaaS growth of 5-7%, EBIT growth of at least 5%, EPS growth of 7-9%, and free cash flow growth of at least 12%.

Temenos maintained its leverage ratio at 1.3x at the end of Q1 2025, well within its target range of 1.0-1.5x:

The company expects to remain within this target leverage range by year-end, even after implementing the share buyback program, reflecting confidence in its balance sheet strength and cash flow generation capabilities.

In summary, Temenos delivered solid performance in Q1 2025 despite some macroeconomic headwinds, maintained its full-year guidance, and announced a significant share buyback program, all while continuing to execute on its strategic growth initiatives in key markets, particularly the United States.

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