QPR Software - Information for Investors

Key Figures and Financial Reports

QPR Software’s business operations consist of software and professional services sales. The Company reports income for products and services as follows: software license sales, software maintenance services, software rentals, and professional services.

QPR reports the following business segments: Direct and OEM business (software license and rental sales, maintenance and professional services sales to direct customers and OEM customers) and Resellers (software license and rental sales, maintenance and professional services sales through resellers and the Russian subsidiary).

QPR Software Plc is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (ticker QPR1V). The Company has one share class. The book counter value is EUR 0.11. Each share has one vote and equal right to dividend. The shares are incorporated to the book-entry system maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy.    

Key Figures (IFRS), MEUR

2012 

2011

2010
Net Sales

9.321 

7.539

6.937
Growth of net sales, %

23.6 

8.7

4.8
Operating Profit

0.874 

0.755

0.752
- percent of Net Sales

9.4 

10.0

10.8
Profit before tax

0.833 

0.705

0.707
Profit for the period

0.662 

0.521

0.527
- percent of Net Sales

7.1 

6.9

7.6
Cash and cash equivalents

1.404 

1.020

1.703
Gearing

-35.7 

-15.3

-33.8
Earnings per Share, EUR

0.05 

0.04

0.04
Equity per Share, EUR

0.24 

0.24

0.22
Equity Ratio

51.3 

44.2

42.6
Return on Investment, %

25.5 

21.5

21.0
Dividend €/share

0.04 

0.03

0.03

 

Outlook 2013

QPR estimates its net sales in 2013 to remain on the same level or to grow slightly compared to previous year (2012: EUR 9.3 million). Especially net sales from software rentals and enterprise architecture services are expected to grow, but license net sales to decrease. Operating profit is likely to be smaller than in previous year (2012: EUR 0.9 million), but to improve significantly from the level in January-March 2013.

In 2013, the Company aims to continue investments in the development of its new software products. In recent years, QPR has launched two new software products that have excellent growth prospects. The strong growth of QPR EnterpriseArchitect business in Finland is estimated to continue, and in 2013 the Company is building a new international reseller network for the product. QPR EnterpriseArchitect is software for agile management of all dimensions in the enterprise architecture. The Company also invests in recruiting OEM partners for its innovative new QPR ProcessAnalyzer software product, which offers a fast way to automatically discover business processes by using data stored in the IT systems of an organization.

The Company is also developing its professional service offering, with the aim to grow its local business in Finland and to accelerate its international software sales. Internationally, this happens by offering complementary service concepts and solutions to the Company’s reseller partners.