Activity picking up after a slow start to the year

SNP reported a 27% growth in H1 revenues, including 6% organic growth. While the growth was significantly lower than budgeted, management remains very buoyant, and activity has been picking up, with the book-to-bill ratio rising to 1.26 in Q2. The hyperactive acquisition strategy is based on the view that there is a potential tsunami of data migrations building up across the globe, particularly around SAP S/4HANA, with some 50,000 companies expected to upgrade to the new SAP ERP platform over the next few years. SNP’s goal is to be the global leader in software-based transformation projects and, following the recent correction, we believe the shares look increasingly attractive on c 16x our FY19e EPS.