Argus Research Initiates Equity Research Report Coverage on OTC Markets Group Inc.

Argus Research, an independent investment research firm, has launched Equity Research Report coverage on OTC Markets Group Inc. 

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS: Excerpts (as conveyed by Argus Analyst Steve Silver) include:

OTCM: Operating Regulated Markets to Facilitate Trading and Transparency Among Stakeholders

• In our view, OTC Markets Group has built a robust suite of technology-driven products and services that impact a wide array of stakeholders across the financial market value chain. The company serves corporate issuers, broker-dealers and regulators involved in the OTC securities market.
• Importantly, much of the company’s revenue base is derived from subscriptions. Its premium Corporate Services products, OTCQX and OTCQB, have seen more than 90% retention rates in recent years, which we think mitigates the normal volatility across various financial market conditions. Despite a balanced revenue mix between its three complementary operating units, we see strong continued growth prospects for Corporate Services, which is supported by robust client retention, positive pricing trends and an expanding subscriber base, notably among international entities.
• We view positively OTC Markets’ history of strong cash flow generation, and a shareholder-friendly strategy of returning capital to investors through both regular and special dividends, as well as through share repurchases. Since 2020, the company has returned more than $50 million through dividends and share repurchases.
• Year-to-date, OTCM shares have declined at a rate near that of the broader market, and we believe that OTC Markets Group’s fundamentals remain strong. The shares are currently trading at roughly 22-times our 2022 EPS estimate of $2.52, which we view as below approximately 28-times for a peer group of financial equity exchange operators and data providers. Given the operational execution, strong balance sheet, and inherent EPS leverage with only 11.9 million shares outstanding, we think the shares should trade more in line with its peers. As such, we see a fair value estimate of $69.00 per share, above the current level near $55.00.

OTC Markets Group Inc.  www.otcmarkets.com

New York-based OTC Markets Group Inc., whose predecessor entities date back to 1904, operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities. The company has three business lines: OTC Link, which operates SEC regulated alternative trading systems, providing trading services to broker-dealer subscribers including quotation, messaging and trade execution and reporting services; Market Data Licensing, which provides actionable market and compliance data for a wide spectrum of securities via licenses to its subscribers; and Corporate Services, which operates the OTCQX and OTCQB markets and provides services to client companies designed to promote public disclosure, transparency and communications with investors. 

For more information please contact:

Antonia Georgieva
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 212-220-2215
Email: ir@otcmarkets.com

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For more Information please contact:

Darrell Stone
646-747-5438
dstone@argusresearch.com   

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