Monday, 9 November, 2015 - 06:19
Stargroup ATM machine network hits its straps
ASX listed ATM machine operator Stargroup today announced that its Australia wide ATM machine network had significantly outperformed key metrics in the month of October.
Todd Zani was the founder of Ezeatm in early 2000 and subsequently vended that business into Ezeatm Limited in 2011 which became the largest ASX-listed ATM deployer in 2012. On 30 July 2012, it had a market capitalisation of $34.45 million. Mr Zani is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience and is a director of Ezetax, a chartered accounting firm he founded in 1999 which provides financial, accounting and taxation services to clients involved in various industries. Mr Zani was the chief executive and chief financial officer of Ezeatm from 2006 to 2013, including of Ezeatm Limited from 2011.
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ASX listed ATM machine operator Stargroup today announced that its Australia wide ATM machine network had significantly outperformed key metrics in the month of October.
Perth based listed ATM machine operator Stargroup has struck an innovative deal to resell short term business loans to its EFTPOS customers, many of which are small businesses. As part of the deal Stargroup will also become the preferred EFTPOS supplier to First Class capital clients.
Perth based ATM machine growth story Stargroup hasn’t let the grass grow under its feet since inking a deal to merge with listed ATM company iCash earlier this year.
ASX listed ATM machine operator Stargroup, has officially doubled in size after completing a quality acquisition of a competitor’s 104 machine ATM network. The company says its annual revenues will more than double as a result of the acquisition from $2.4m to $5m and its annual transactions will move from around 1 million per year to 2 million per year. Importantly, Stargroup says it will now be cash flow positive as a result of the marriage with Cash Plus Australia Pty Ltd.
Aggressive ASX listed ATM machine operator Stargroup has booked its 8th record quarter on the back of a 50% jump in ATM machine revenues. The company also expects to finish this quarter with its 9th record quarter in a row, as the full impact of their recent acquisition of rival ATM machine operator Cash Plus Australia kicks in.
ASX listed ATM machine operator Stargroup’s 19.25% investment in their Korean ATM machine supplier and manufacturer NeoICP, is now officially more than just a strategic tie up. NeoICP recently announced they had booked a AUD$1.9m profit (EBITDA) for the first 6 months of the 2016 financial year, blitzing last year’s full year result of just $1.7m.
Perth based Stargroup’s aggressive acquisition strategy in its ATM machine division appears to be paying off with the company staring at a 319% year on year revenue increase this quarter from its ATM division. The March quarter will be the first full quarter incorporating Stargroup’s latest ATM machine network acquisition via Cash Plus Australia.
A major part of Stargroup’s plan is about to come to fruition with the appointment of 20 agents nationwide who will resell their EFTPOS and PAYWAVE offering to businesses around the country.They are aiming to place 30 EFTPOS terminals a month into businesses up until July and 100 a month thereafter as their network of agents grows to over 100 by midyear.
ATM machine upstart Stargroup say they are now paying off the capital invested in each ATM machine in just 15 months due to massive increases in revenues and solid average transactions per machine. The company says it smashed its previous best quarterly ATM revenue record last quarter by a whopping 65% to post its 9th consecutive record quarter.
Stargroup has easily placed the 16% of its stock held by retiring director David Dickinson in an oversubscribed on market book build managed by the company’s Executive Chairman and CEO Todd Zani that raised $1.78m. Stargroup's two major shareholders, Mr Zani and Arthur Ognenis stumped up half a million dollars to support the book build.
Research house Pac Partners have tipped ATM player Stargroup's shares to reach 8.1c in the next 12 months, more than double their current price of 3.8c per share. Pac have undertaken an analysis of the company’s predicted forward earnings after tax and discounted them back to get a net present value of $33.4m worth of free cash likely to be generated.
Financial technologies company and ATM machine operator Stargroup will start to hit the radars of dividend seekers after their latest acquisition which will take the company’s estimated EBITDA from around $3.3m to $4.3m just 10 months after its back door listing. With a swag of tax losses from the original shell, Stargroup now looks set to start spitting out cash.
After posting a stellar 242% year on year revenue increase in FY 16, ASX listed financial payments player Stargroup, has given its strongest hint yet that FY17 might be its maiden dividend year. The company’s growth seems unstoppable after it produced yet another record revenue result during the June quarter, its 10th record quarter in a row.
Financial payments upstart Stargroup, today reported record monthly ATM transactions from its Australia wide ATM machine network for July and predicted its 11thconsecutive quarter of revenue growth. Revenues from the ATM business in July were well in excess of $500,000, more than the company’s entire revenue for FY15 with an annualized rate of $6.7 million.
ATM business Stargroup looks set to give its balance sheet a boost by again revaluing its stake in South Korean ATM manufacturer NeoICP after the ATM manufacturer and Stargroup supplier posted a bumper result for the 2016 financial year. Stargroup holds an 11.28% strategic stake in private Korean company NeoICP and will shortly receive a $60 000 dividend cheque.
Stargroup has appointed Evan McGregor to its board as the company reported a record July with ATM transactions lifting by 12 % and annualised gross revenues on track to reach nearly $7m on an annualized basis. McGregor has previously served with listed companies such as Asia Infrastructure, Entertainment World, Zeolite Australia, Media Entertainment Group and London Securities.
Stargroup has inked a deal with a Swedish EFTPOS terminal supplier to exclusively distribute their “next generation” EFTPOS terminals in Australia and NZ. The deal provides a number of market advantages for Stargroup in the EFTPOS space, including the ability to access the software "source code" for each terminal, potentially opening up a swag of opportunities for the company.
ATM machine operator and EFTPOS supplier Stargroup, has reported a massive leap in its full-year profit following a standout year of growth. The company, which offers ATMs and EFTPOS terminals to retail outlets, on Wednesday reported its first ever net profit after tax for the year ended June 30 of $767,802. The result represents a giant turnaround on last year’s loss of nearly $2.9m
Stargroup achieved record revenues from their Automatic Teller Machine division in August and total quarterly revenues are on track to outperform last quarter by a whopping 50%. The company said it was expecting total quarterly revenues of $1.8m this quarter compared to $1.2m last quarter as the organic roll out of its ATM machines continues to increase.
In a move that Stargroup has described as financially significant for the rapidly growing financial payments company, Goldfields Money, who have a banking license, will place up to $15m of their excess cash into Stargroup’s 350 ATM machines across the country for at least the next 3 years. The deal is expected to impact Stargroup's bottom line in a meaningful way.
Stargroup look set to add the missing link to their burgeoning Automatic Teller Machine business after signing an MOU to buy the ATM machine switching, settlement and processing assets of 45 year old company Indue Limited. The debt funded acquisition which will cost $6.5m, will drop another $1.7m to Starhgroup's growing bottom line.
If an ASX listed company that manages to produce 3 or 4 record quarters of revenue in a row is worth taking a closer look at, then one that manages 11 straight record revenue quarters should have investors wide eyed and sitting bolt upright. Perth based ATM machine player Stargroup just announced their 11th straight record revenue quarter.
Rapidly expanding Stargroup continues to set a cracking pace, with the financial payments player gearing up for further acquisitions after completing due dilligence for its recent $6.5m take out of Indue. The Perth-based company announced this week it had also secured a new debt facility of up to $15m to fund the deal and other potential acquisitions.
ASX-listed financial payments player Stargroup is on track to deliver its 12th consecutive quarter of record revenue after posting yet another ground-breaking month in October. Stargroup, who have over 350 ATMs across Australia, said their best-ever monthly revenues were laregely driven by the ATM hardware and software sales division.
ATM machine operator Stargroup, has bolted $1.7m to its bottom line after executing a hotly-anticipated asset purchase agreement with high margin Australian ATM machine service provider Indue. The $6.5m debt funded deal appears to have been well negotiated by Stargroup at just 3.8 times EBITDA. Indue's ATM business shows a very high EBITDA to sales ratio of over 40%.
ASX listed financial payments player Stargroup’s extraordinary run of revenue growth has continued, with the company delivering its 12th consecutive quarter of record revenue after just two of the three months in the December quarter. The company posted a 299% revenue increase compared to the same time last year with the increase led by the ATM division.
Stargroup look set to make that elusive transition from money gobbling, fast growing start-up, to a fully franked dividend paying stock that will at least cover an investor’s interest bill. The company looks like paying a maiden dividend this financial year that will represent a 6.67% return to an investor at the current share price after posting its 11th record quarter.
Listed financial technology and ATM machine company Stargroup expects 2017 to be another standout year after amassing a $15m war chest to acquire Indue Ltd’s ATM machine business assets and fund further acquisitions. The company says it is now in a position to explore additional mergers and acquisitions without the need to issue further capital.
Financial technology and ATM machine company Stargroup has posted strong growth in its half-year result, delivering the company's best-ever revenue of more than $4 million for the half year. The company says the impressive result was driven by record revenues from its ATM network and they are expecting even better results next quarter after some cost savings kick in.
ASX-listed Stargroup is set to share in robust half-year profits at part owned private South Korean ATM machine manufacturer NeolCP. Perth-based Stargroup has an 11 per cent stake in NeolCP, who posted a net profit after tax of AUD$853,705 for the half year ended 31 December 2016. The NeoICP results come on the back of Stargroup themselves posting a record half year.
ASX-listed Stargroup delivered a staggering 13th consecutive quarter of record revenue growth in the March quarter. The company is expecting further revenue increases in calendar year 2017 helped by its impending acquisition of Automatic teller machine service provider Indue.
Stargroup is on track to complete the acquisition of high margin Australian ATM machine service provider Indue after raising $3.35 million in an oversubscribed placement. The Indue aquisition completes Stargroup's strategy of total vertical intergration with the company now a major player is all aspects of the ATM business from manufacturer to service provider to operator.
Stargroup’s remarkable transformation from small time ATM machine operator to a totally vertically integrated and ASX listed outfit with ownership up and down the value chain is now complete. The Indue acquistion came with a massive windfall for Stargroup after two large exiting clients agreed to resign and a Sydney credit provider forfeited $325k when they failed to provide financing.
Stargroup and small tier bank, Goldfields Money, have doubled the size of their partnership, announcing that up to $30 million of Goldfields excess cash would now be made available for Stargroup ATM machines. Goldfields’ banking license coupled with Stargroup’s market penetration conjures up any number of future opportunities for the two ASX listed companies.
Stargroup’s quest for total market domination in Australia received a shot in the arm this week after the company announced yet another acquisition of a rival ATM machine operator taking their total number of ATM machines around Australia to over 500 units. The acquisition of Fast Cash for $4.2m will take Stargroup’s projected FY 18 EBITDA from $4.7m to $5.7m.
Stargroup has posted an incredible 14th quarter of record revenues in a row as the company completes a transformational FY17 on its journey from minor to major ATM machine industry player. In another stellar quarterly result, June quarter revenues were up 144 per cent with the company hinting they might also double their FY18 revenue guidance.
ASX-listed Stargroup is launching a range of casino technologies targeted at the Australian gambling market that have previously been successfully rolled out in casinos across Asia. The Perth-based company says it is working closely with major Korean ATM machine and casino settlement solution manufacturer, NeoICP, to tailor the gaming solutions for the Australian market.
ASX-listed Stargroup has upwardly re-valued its legacy investment in part owned ATM machine manufacturer and supplier NeoICP after the Korean company posted a robust set of full year accounts. Stargroup has an 11.28% legacy stake in the privately owned NeoICP, which delivered revenues of AUD$23.7 million for the twelve months to June and an EBITDA of AUD$2.1m
ASX-listed Stargroup have signed a deal with blockchain technology company DigitalX to develop ATM machines that can exchange bitcoins for cash and enable cryptocurrencies to be added to digital wallets. Under the agreement Stargroup will lean on its relationship with Korean ATM manufacturer NeoICP to develop a two-way ATM solution for Bitcoin, the leading form of crypto-currency worldwide.
Stargroup says transactions from its independent ATM network remain robust despite the four major banks scrapping cash withdrawal charges from their ATMs. Stargroup chief executive Todd Zani says the company’s revenue and transaction projections remain strong and the company is unlikely to be impacted by the changes because Stargroup’s ATMs operate in the insulated "convenience" market.
West Perth company Ezeatm has announced an earning downgrade one week after sacking company founder and chief executive Todd Zani, who has allegedly responded by requesting a shareholder meeting to remove the remaining three directors.
Former Ezeatm boss Todd Zani has challenged the ATM distributor's claim that he has been ousted from its board of directors.The company said earlier this month it had terminated Mr Zani's contract as chief executive, ahead of flagging an earnings downgrade yesterday.
Ezeatm has terminated the contract of chief executive officer and co-founder Todd Zani.His brother and co-founder Chad Zani remains an executive director.The board is working with an independent accounting firm to assist with the operation of the business.
Doug Rose has been appointed managing director of Ezeatm, which distributes ATMs nationally.Mr Rose has been with the Perth-based company as non-executive director since March of this year and previously was a private client adviser with Patersons Securities.
Former Ezeatm chief executive Todd Zani has been ordered to stop working with a company established five months ago that operates in the same business as his old employer.
Perth-based unlisted ATM provider Stargroup is set to be bought out for an undisclosed amount by ASX-listed iCash Payment Systems, after iCash announced today it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition.
ATM entreprenuer Todd Zani is back in business after an eight-month hiatus, and he’s brought with him a new style of machine that could be a game-changer for the banking sector.
Perth-based ATM machine operator Stargroup expects to return to the black after acquiring 109 ATMs from Cash Plus Australia for $6.5 million in cash and shares.
Perth-based ATM machine supplier Stargroup has expanded its network with the acquisition of CashmyATM in a scrip and cash deal worth $4.5 million.
Ross Cotton has resigned as non-executive director of Ausnet Financial Services to focus on other business commitments.
ATM operator Stargroup has been placed in the hands of insolvency firm KordaMentha after the loss-making company was unable to complete a restructure of its $9.1 million debt.
Mark Hohnen has retired as non-executive director of Salt Lake Potash after serving 7 years on the board, including 4 years as chair.Rebecca Moore has retired as non-executive director of Truscott Mining Corporation. She will be replaced by Dr Ewan Smith.
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