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    Quote Originally Posted by peat View Post
    Hello Snoopy - I can see you again ;+)

    Yes thats right and so am I a Heartland shareholder so I will just sit back on this one and enjoy.
    Escrow release dates are staggered over 2021 (50% being 25% June and 25% end of calendar year), and the final 50% after results in Jun 2022 .

    So payday comes pretty slowly....
    If I were Heartland, I would wait until June 2022 and sell the whole stake in one hit (if I was going to sell that is). That is still less than two years to wait.

    what multiple would you consider acceptable on this one ?
    Good question. Harmoney are in the process of transition from being a 'peer to peer lender' to a 'regular' finance company. The latter is apparently more profitable. So your prospective PE of 100 will shrink when all loans switch to 'wholesale funding'.

    A premium PE would imply some underlying ongoing permanent advantage. In the case of Harmoney, they talk up their credit assessment methods. From the Prospectus p19:

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    Credit assessment

    Harmoney has invested in building (and continually improving) a proprietary credit scorecard to assess potential customers. The credit scorecard assesses both credit bureau data (positive and negative), and customer supplied information. The credit scorecard categorises customers across 25 credit grades in New Zealand, and 20 in Australia. From this, it is able to generate interest rates between 6.99 – 24.69% (New Zealand) per annum and 6.99 – 25.69% (Australia) per annum to optimise the risk‐return profile of loans within its loan book. The improved performance of this proprietary intellectual property over time is demonstrated through its increasing predictive accuracy. Harmoney has continuously refined its credit scorecard to ensure that Harmoney is able to make accurate real‐time decisions about approving and pricing lines of credit.

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    They keep costs down by automating their debt collection tasks.

    A further advantage Harmoney have is their partnership with Google. Google account holder behaviour is used to target prospective Harmoney customers. From AR2020 p25

    "Harmoney also introduces its brand advertising to users whom Google has determined to have intent in the short‐term future to search for a personal loan. Google Smart Bidding accounted for approximately one third (35%) of new loan originations website traffic in New Zealand and Australia in FY20"

    Again this process is automated.

    From p42 we get more of an idea of the size and duration of loans that Harmoney is targetting:

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    Personal loans in this segment of the market:

    • are typically used by borrowers for purposes such as consolidating debt, financing home renovations, vehicle purchases or holidays, and funding other life events;
    • are typically for principal amounts varying between $2,000 and $70,000 in New Zealand and A$2,000 and A$70,000 in Australia; and
    • typically have maturities ranging from two to seven years.

    The interest rates charged in the industry vary significantly depending on the credit profile of the borrower, and, for personal loans, whether the loan is secured or unsecured.

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    A 7% interest rate secured loan is quite respectable. A 27% interest rate unsecured loan, you would hope for the sake of the borrower is short term (that interest bill would sting if the loan was for two years). p57 would suggest that most Harmoney lending is unsecured.

    More information on typical Harmoney customers on p57

    "Harmoney’s customers tend to hold stable incomes with over 70% having office, professional or trade occupations and are represented across multiple age ranges."

    In summary, I think we are looking at high margin low running cost loans aimed at a demographic that should have relatively high paying jobs, giving a good chance of repayment. The prospectus reads in a very positive way. And if Harmoney can execute well, it may very well end up as a successful story. To me it does sound a little too good to be true though. There are plenty of other lenders, including Heartland, who would be very pleased to service the kind of customers that Harmoney is targetting directly. To me Harmoney's offering doesn't sound unique enough. Other lenders, like Heartland also claim fast digital platform approval of loans. I have no doubt that Google would been keen to market to their users to other financial institutions - not just Harmoney,

    If Harmoney's proposed high profit margin can become reality, then due to the ability for other players to copy Harmoney's strategy, I still wouldn't invest with a long term PE of more than 15. That might correspond to a short term PE of 30 (reference: number pulled out of thin air). Nevertheless, I think Harmoney would have to put a lot more runs on the board before it could justify that IPO price. I would call this IPO speculative, with that next year's prospective PE of 100 in mind. Sometimes speculation pays off. But I am comfortable with Heartland managing 'my' investment in Harmoney for me, for now. I won't be seeking a direct stake,

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    Quote Originally Posted by peat View Post
    The total number of Shares on issue at Completion will be 100.9 millionand all Shares on issue will rank equally with each other.
    so a 4 month estimated profit of 1.2 mill as per page 21 of the prospectus so thats about 1.2 cents every four months. 3.6c annualised, so thats a PE of about 100.

    I always hate it when companies talk about the size of the sector they are entering as if that is a positive and as if it is relevant. Just because other people are selling widgets, or in this case originating loans, doesn't mean you can.


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    thx ntx

    completely agree. Its a very cheap sales tactic drawing allusions and is a very common tactic with IPO's

    no chance I'll be partaking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snoopy View Post
    A premium PE would imply some underlying ongoing permanent advantage. In the case of Harmoney, they talk up their credit assessment methods. From the Prospectus p19:

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    Credit assessment

    Harmoney has invested in building (and continually improving) a proprietary credit scorecard to assess potential customers. The credit scorecard assesses both credit bureau data (positive and negative), and customer supplied information. The credit scorecard categorises customers across 25 credit grades in New Zealand, and 20 in Australia. From this, it is able to generate interest rates between 6.99 – 24.69% (New Zealand) per annum and 6.99 – 25.69% (Australia) per annum to optimise the risk‐return profile of loans within its loan book. The improved performance of this proprietary intellectual property over time is demonstrated through its increasing predictive accuracy. Harmoney has continuously refined its credit scorecard to ensure that Harmoney is able to make accurate real‐time decisions about approving and pricing lines of credit.

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    They keep costs down by automating their debt collection tasks.

    A further advantage Harmoney have is their partnership with Google. Google account holder behaviour is used to target prospective Harmoney customers. From AR2020 p25

    "Harmoney also introduces its brand advertising to users whom Google has determined to have intent in the short‐term future to search for a personal loan. Google Smart Bidding accounted for approximately one third (35%) of new loan originations website traffic in New Zealand and Australia in FY20"

    Again this process is automated.

    From p42 we get more of an idea of the size and duration of loans that Harmoney is targetting:

    -------

    Personal loans in this segment of the market:

    • are typically used by borrowers for purposes such as consolidating debt, financing home renovations, vehicle purchases or holidays, and funding other life events;
    • are typically for principal amounts varying between $2,000 and $70,000 in New Zealand and A$2,000 and A$70,000 in Australia; and
    • typically have maturities ranging from two to seven years.

    The interest rates charged in the industry vary significantly depending on the credit profile of the borrower, and, for personal loans, whether the loan is secured or unsecured.

    ----------

    A 7% interest rate secured loan is quite respectable. A 27% interest rate unsecured loan, you would hope for the sake of the borrower is short term (that interest bill would sting if the loan was for two years). p57 would suggest that most Harmoney lending is unsecured.

    More information on typical Harmoney customers on p57

    "Harmoney’s customers tend to hold stable incomes with over 70% having office, professional or trade occupations and are represented across multiple age ranges."

    In summary, I think we are looking at high margin low running cost loans aimed at a demographic that should have relatively high paying jobs, giving a good chance of repayment. The prospectus reads in a very positive way. And if Harmoney can execute well, it may very well end up as a successful story. To me it does sound a little too good to be true though. There are plenty of other lenders, including Heartland, who would be very pleased to service the kind of customers that Harmoney is targetting directly. To me Harmoney's offering doesn't sound unique enough. Other lenders, like Heartland also claim fast digital platform approval of loans. I have no doubt that Google would been keen to market to their users to other financial institutions - not just Harmoney,

    If Harmoney's proposed high profit margin can become reality, then due to the ability for other players to copy Harmoney's strategy, I still wouldn't invest with a long term PE of more than 15. That might correspond to a short term PE of 30 (reference: number pulled out of thin air). Nevertheless, I think Harmoney would have to put a lot more runs on the board before it could justify that IPO price. I would call this IPO speculative, with that next year's prospective PE of 100 in mind. Sometimes speculation pays off. But I am comfortable with Heartland managing 'my' investment in Harmoney for me, for now. I won't be seeking a direct stake,

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    So it all boils down to the competitive advantage they can create and maintain through their proprietary Stellare system which will more accurately but very cheaply assess and rate borrowers. This will allow them to undercut competitors (esp bricks and mortars and people based models i.e. banks) on the proffered interest rates , and yet still enjoy profits and thus attract more repeat business and new customers.

    Yes I agree Snoops, it does sound okay in the prospectus as a business model but I'm not bothered to take it any further, as someone said 'lending money at the beginning of a recession '???
    For clarity, nothing I say is advice....

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    Quote Originally Posted by peat View Post
    So it all boils down to the competitive advantage they can create and maintain through their proprietary Stellare system which will more accurately but very cheaply assess and rate borrowers. This will allow them to undercut competitors (esp bricks and mortars and people based models i.e. banks) on the proffered interest rates , and yet still enjoy profits and thus attract more repeat business and new customers.

    Yes I agree Snoops, it does sound okay in the prospectus as a business model but I'm not bothered to take it any further, as someone said 'lending money at the beginning of a recession '???
    That's it - I'm not sure about wanting a part of anything engaged in Retail Unsecured Lending over the ditch
    after indications of the past trail of recent economic carnage in Aussie, which may or likely not improve.

    My gut feeling is provisions & lending losses may well easily blow out badly - in excess of those in prospectus
    as high as they are as % of Gross interest income

    Being owed it is one thing, but getting it back yet another .. in expected recessionary times

    A myriad of other organisations are offering cheaper loan money - there is a large avalanche of
    almost free Govt stimulus from Govt's trying rekindle their economies globally
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    Quote Originally Posted by peat View Post
    So it all boils down to the competitive advantage they can create and maintain through their proprietary Stellare system which will more accurately but very cheaply assess and rate borrowers. This will allow them to undercut competitors (esp bricks and mortars and people based models i.e. banks) on the proffered interest rates , and yet still enjoy profits and thus attract more repeat business and new customers.
    There may still be a niche here. Financial commentator Bernard Hickey on the radio this morning was very adamant that in NZ, with their new Reserve Bank liquidity, the NZ banks have lent an extra $10b to the housing market since Covid-19, kept things steady in rural lending (I guess that is better than before when they were reducing their exposure) and pulled $4b of funding out of business (so where are businesses going to get their funding from?) Hickey didn't mention unsecured personal lending, which are higher up the risk scale. But the implication of what he said is that no bank would touch such lending. So if Harmoney's credit score says a customer is good for a 7% loan, this might be the time to lock them in as 'good customers'.

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    The recent Harmoney IPO via Sharesies (presumably their broker allocation) saw scaling back to 70% of what was applied for

    so must have seen fairly strong interest


    The Harmoney appearance as a dual ASX/NZX listing soon could be interesting..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snoopy View Post
    If Harmoney's proposed high profit margin can become reality, then due to the ability for other players to copy Harmoney's strategy, I still wouldn't invest with a long term PE of more than 15. That might correspond to a short term PE of 30 (reference: number pulled out of thin air). Nevertheless, I think Harmoney would have to put a lot more runs on the board before it could justify that IPO price. I would call this IPO speculative, with that next year's prospective PE of 100 in mind. Sometimes speculation pays off. But I am comfortable with Heartland managing 'my' investment in Harmoney for me, for now. I won't be seeking a direct stake,
    Good call on my part not to take part in this float. Harmoney has crashed from the $A3.50 offer price to a low $A3.15 on listing day. A recovery has set in and it is $A3.35 offer to buy, $A3.40 offer to sell as I write this. But all staggers have been slaughtered. Long term bargain entry price shareholders like Heartland showing a nice gain though, now confirmed by Mr Market,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snoopy View Post
    Good call on my part not to take part in this float. Harmoney has crashed from the $A3.50 offer price to a low $A3.15 on listing day. A recovery has set in and it is $A3.35 offer to buy, $A3.40 offer to sell as I write this. But all staggers have been slaughtered. Long term bargain entry price shareholders like Heartland showing a nice gain though, now confirmed by Mr Market,

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    Strengthened from 2.30pm onwards to finish at A$3.45. Still down, but only a little bit. Quoted WA price for the day was $3.3423 with $4.2m traded.

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    A bit of a SP bounce up to NZ 3.70 ; but still short of NZ IPO price

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    Throw out the anchors -- SP is slipping - finish today @ $3.50

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