Lesaka reports Q1 EPS (7c), consensus (4c)

Reports Q1 revenue $145.55M, consensus $144.67M. Lesaka (LSAK) Chairman Ali Mazanderani said: “We continue to invest in building the Lesaka platform and to scale as Southern Africa’s leading independent fintech. We achieved the mid-point of our revenue and Group Adjusted EBITDA guidance for Q1 2025. We have now delivered on our Group Adjusted EBITDA guidance for nine successive quarters and reaffirm our FY 2025 revenue guidance of ZAR 10 billion to ZAR 11 billion and FY2025 Group Adjusted EBITDA guidance of ZAR 900 million to ZAR 1 billion. Our Net Revenue guidance of ZAR 5.2 million to ZAR 5.6 million for FY 2025 implies 35% year-on year growth at the midpoint of this range. Our Group Adjusted EBITDA guidance for FY 2025 implies 37% growth, year-on-year, at the midpoint of the range.”