Stock Spotlight: IRESS Ltd (ASX:IRE)
About IRESS Ltd
Iress Limited engages in the designing and developing software and services for the financial services industry in the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom and Europe, Africa, and North America. It offers client management, business automation, portfolio data, research, financial planning tools, digital advice solutions, digital client solutions, data-driven compliance and analytics, regulatory obligations management solutions; and revenue and payments management; and market data, trading interfaces, order and execution management, smart order routing, FIX services, portfolio management, analytical tools, algorithmic trading, market making, post trade solutions, and trading and market data APIs. The company provides connectivity, client relationship management, wealth management, funds registry, digital advice, digital member portal, fund administration services, application processing, connectivity, mortgage comparison and advice, lender connectivity, quoting, comparison, and application processing solutions. It offers its solutions to institutional and independent advisory clients; institutional sell-side, retail, and online brokers; investment, fund, private client advisers, and wealth managers; retail and investment platforms; superannuation funds; and mortgage lenders and intermediaries. The company was formerly known as IRESS Market Technology Limited and changed its name to IRESS Limited in May 2012. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
Key Stats
Key Stats
Source: Yahoo Finance. Data as of 05/08/25.
Price Performance
Growth Potential
- Dividend reinstated shows management’s confidence around earnings outlook.
- The Company is undertaking a transformational process which carries execution risk but also represents further upside to EBITDA margins.
- Growing quantum of superannuation/pension bodes well for IRE’s clients, which bodes well for demand for IRE’s products.
- IRE’s products are firmly entrenched within Australia, UK and South African financial market players (i.e. IRESS terminals and XPLAN). For instance, in ANZ Wealth Management segment, increasing dynamic of self-licensing by practices, high client retention and increasing demand for integrated solutions, are all key revenue themes. Over 90% of revenue is recurring.
- M&A – IRE has been the subject of takeover talks in the past.
- New product roll-out providing growth opportunities.
- Solid balance sheet (leverage of 1.0x at the bottom end of target range of 1.0 –1.5x) and
- Solid management team.
Key Risks
- Less subscription due to declining sell-side and buy-side demand as well as financial planners.
- Competitive platforms/offering (new disruptive technology); improved features and innovation from competition.
- Associated risks in relation to system, technology and software.
- Regulatory and structural changes in the finance sector impacting clients and their needs.
- Deterioration in equity and debt markets which may have a negative impact on terminal demand.
- Further deterioration with its Canadian segment.
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