1H25 Results Presentation
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1H25 Investor
Presentation
ASX HMY
David Stevens CEO and Managing Director
Simon Ward CFO
All values are in $AUD unless stated otherwise
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Contents
1. 1H25 Highlights & profit guidance
2. About us
3. Financial results
4. Outlook
Appendix
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1H25 Highlights
&
Profit guidance
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1H25 Highlights vs 1H24 (pcp)
$2.0m Statutory NPAT
Achieved $2.0m statutory
profit for the half, up from
$0.6m loss.
$2.3m Cash NPAT
350% increase driven by
operating performance
improvements and
increasing scale. 6th
consecutive positive
Cash NPAT half.
13% Cash RoE
Well on track for
achieving 20% cash
return on equity run-rate
in 2H25.
Lending & book growth
Stellare® 2.0 propelled
+43% Australian new
customer lending growth,
driving +4% loan book
growth.
9% Portfolio NIM
Sustained 1H25 new
lending NIM of 10% drove
1H25 total loan book NIM
to 9%, back within our
9%-10% target range.
Low credit losses
Credit losses reduced to
3.7% from 4.2%, and
90+ day arrears remain
low at 64bps.
18% Cost to income
Automation and
increasing scale continue
to drive efficiency gains.
Capacity for growth
Total warehouse capacity over
$900m, $21m in unrestricted
cash, plus $7.5m in undrawn
corporate debt.
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FY25 Guidance and FY26 Target
FY24 Actual
FY25 Guidance
FY26 Target
Cash NPAT
$0.7m
$5m
$10m+
Cash ROE
2%
20% run-rate in 2H25
13% achieved in 1H25
25%+
FY25 Guidance: $5m Cash NPAT
FY26 Target: Accelerated growth
●
Stellare® 2.0 rollout completed across both
countries, setting up for significant growth in FY26
and beyond
●
Stellare® 2.0 helping more prime applicants, plus
compounding 140% returning customer annuity, to
fuel accelerating book growth
●
Net interest margin: 9%-10%
●
Net interest margin: 9%-10%
●
Cash NPAT: $5m
●
Cash NPAT: $10m+
●
Cash Return on Equity run-rate in 2H25: 20%
●
Cash Return on Equity: 25%+
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About us
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Fair, simple,
personal loan
What sets Harmoney apart
Loans up to $70,000,
average $18,000
Consumer-direct lending, data driven automation
● AU & NZ’s largest 100% consumer-direct online lender
● Market opportunity >$150bn, current market share <1%
● Our algorithms partner with Google’s to attract prime customers at
low cost and our great customer experience sees them returning at
Personalised pricing
5.7% - 24.99%
One establishment fee,
no other fees
Up to 7 year loan terms
near zero cost
● Deep first party data and AI models deliver prime loan book and >5%
Secured and unsecured
options
Risk Adjusted Income1
● Funded by 3 of the “big 4” Australian banks plus public securitisations
● Stellare® automation drives a low cost to income, 18% in 1H25
● Cash return on equity 13% in 1H25, targeting 20% run-rate in 2H25
1. Risk adjusted income (RAI) is income after funding costs and incurred credit losses.
Disbursals within minutes
Typical uses:
Debt consolidation, home renovations,
cars, weddings and other life events,
education and travel.
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Data + AI Automation
Every month, over 10,000 new
customer applications help us
improve our AI and automation
2021 & 2023
High volumes of real-time consumer financial data –
combined with our 10+ years of historic data –
supercharges training of our AI models, helping us
optimise for:
● Highly efficient marketing with Google delivering
high volumes of desirable customers at low cost.
● Risk Adjusted Income exceeding 5%, through
more accurate assessment of customers.
Quality, first-party, consumer-direct data (e.g. bank
statements, credit file, ID) to fuel our AI models has
been a core feature of Harmoney since inception.
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The Harmoney business model maximises
customer lifetime value
Right customer
Great experience
Massive scale
• Build reliable target customer models
through AI and high quality first-party
consumer data.
• First-class customer experience
creates annuity revenue as
customers return with minimal
customer acquisition cost (CAC).
• Exploit tech to build scale, speed,
and automation to decouple costs
from growth. Harmoney already has
a market leading 18% cost to
income ratio which continues to
reduce.
• Integrate models with large-scale
platforms (e.g. Google, Microsoft Ads,
Facebook) for cost-effective customer
acquisition.
• Highly automated, streamlined and
100% online process.
• Utilise direct customer relationships
and segment fit to devise and offer
new products and services.
140% in subsequent lending
New
customer
4.8/5 overall rating
E.g. Initial loan $20,000 then subsequent borrowing
of an additional $28,000, total $48,000
Harmoney
Harmoney
application
loan
>58,000 reviews
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Experienced & shareholder aligned leadership team
Deep FinTech experience, large shareholdings (Board & Management 30%) and long term incentive share plan.
Long term commitment with average tenure 7+ years across the leadership team.
David Stevens
Chief Executive Officer
Simon Ward
Chief Financial Officer
Brad Hagstrom
Chief Operating Officer
Richard Wyke
Chief Digital Officer
Glen MacKellaig
Chief Marketing Officer
20+ years of experience in
financial services. A highly
experienced public
company CEO specialising
in consumer and
commercial finance in
Australia and NZ. Previously
CEO of ASX listed Humm
Group (FlexiGroup).
15+ years of CFO
experience and 19+
years experience in
financial services across
Australia, NZ and
Europe.
25+ years of financial
services experience
across Australia and NZ.
Previously Operations
Manager of ASX listed
Humm Group (Flexigroup).
18+ years of experience
in financial services
technology and software
development in the UK
and NZ.
15+ years of experience
in financial services
digital marketing in
Australia, NZ, UK and
Canada.
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Financial
results
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Cash NPAT growth 350%
1H25
1H24
Change
Loan book
$783m
$756m
4%
Revenue
$64m
$60m
7%
9.0%
9.2%
20bps reduction
Risk adjusted income
5.3%
5.0%
30bps improvement
Acquisition to originations ratio
3.2%
3.3%
10bps improvement
Cost to income ratio 1
18%
21%
300bps improvement
Statutory NPAT
$2.0m
$(0.6m)
$2.6m
Cash NPAT
$2.3m
$0.5m
350%
Net interest income
1.
1H25 new lending >10%
To align Cost to income ratio costs with Cash NPAT, and with peer group ratios, non-cash share based payments and depreciation and amortisation costs are now excluded. Cost to income for 1H25 including those costs is 20%, down from 24% pcp.
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Stellare 2.0 driving loan book growth
and revenue growth
Revenue growth of 7% on pcp
Revenue growth
● Stellare 2.0 driving a re-acceleration in loan book
growth, with the loan book up +4% on pcp.
CAGR
26%
● AU loan book up +14% on pcp, now 57% of Group.
● NZ loan book down -6% on pcp, but originations
increased +14% on prior half following 2Q25 platform
update after government’s repeal of overly
prescriptive affordability regulations.
● Revenue grew by $4m to $64m, up +7% on pcp,
driven by loan book growth and higher average
portfolio interest rate, increasing from 16.1% pcp to
16.8%.
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Interest margin up and credit losses down
Margin after credit losses 5.3%
●
Interest rate on loan book up to 16.8%.
●
Funding rate down to 8.1%.
●
Loan book NIM back up to 9%, with new lending
NIM >10% through the half.
●
Credit losses down to 3.7%.
●
Risk adjusted margin (after credit losses) up to 5.3%,
back within our targeted 5%-6% range.
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Margin drivers all positive
NIM 9%, Risk adjusted margin 5.3%
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Credit performance strengthening
Credit losses down 50bps
●
Deep consumer-direct data and AI credit models
delivering prime loan book.
●
Prime portfolio with 72% employed in professional,
office or trades roles and 87% aged 30+.
●
Credit losses down 50bps from pcp to 3.7%,
on improved Australian scorecard implemented in
FY22 and continuing low New Zealand losses.
Annualised loss rate
Low 90+ day arrears
1.49% ●●● Australian Market Avg.*
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Consistently low 90+ day arrears, 0.64% as at 31
December 2024.
0.64% ⎯ Harmoney 1H25
⎯ Harmoney FY24
*Source: Equifax Australian Consumer Credit Demand Index 2024 Q4, Personal Loan series.
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Stellare ® automation powers scalability
Scalability drives profitability
● Loan book up +4%, revenue up +7%, while cash
operating costs reduced -9%.
Cost to income ratio at 18%
Cost to
income %
Loan book $
● Highly automated Stellare® platform driving further
cost to income ratio improvement from 21% to 18%.
● Cash NPAT up +350% to $2.3m, sixth consecutive
Cash NPAT profit half.
● Cash return on equity (RoE) 13%, on track for
targeted 20% Cash RoE run-rate in 2H25.
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Harmoney is capitalised for significant growth
without raising any equity
Current cash supports $1.2b loan book
Reinvested profits fund loan book
growth beyond $1.2b
Loans available for sale1
Unrestricted Cash
Supports 50%
growth to $1.2b
loan book
Undrawn Corp Debt
● Growing profits fund future loan book growth,
(i.e. $1m profit funds $25m loan book growth).
● 1H25 profits funded loan book growth maintaining
cash reserves.
● Capital efficient with borrowings 96% of loan book.
Warehouse Equity
Funds current
$780m loan book
● Diversified funding from 3 of Australia’s “big-4”
banks and an established ABS issuer.
1. Loans available for sale are $3m of receivables available for sale into a warehouse thereby effectively being a cash equivalent.
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Outlook
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Every month 10,000 customers apply with Harmoney
Stellare 2.0 helps more of them than ever before
Australian new originations
1H25 vs 1H24
Stellare 2.0 new decision engine
In Stellare® 1.0 an applicant looking for $5,000 was
assessed in a similar way to someone looking for
$70,000. Stellare® 2.0's advanced algorithms apply
the same risk appetite credit policies but with
refinement of the unique customer risk profile.
We were able to offer
For every
10,000
Australians who apply
for a loan with
Stellare
2.0
1,250
loans in 1H25
90%
Increase
Stellare
1.0
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loans in 1H24
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10,000 people come to Harmoney every month.
Stellare® 2.0 supports a wider range of people and
loan sizes, resulting in safely making 600 more offers
per month in 1H25 than in 1H24.
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Strategic Priorities
New core platform to drive growth and expand
capability to convert on new opportunities
Platform
Conversion
NZ Stellare 2.0 launch
AI driven personalisation
Retirement of Stellare 1.0
Partner API integration
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New opportunities
New lending products/features
e.g. Increase to $100k max loan 2H25
Partnerships
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Margin
Pricing optimisation engine
Process automation
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Market Cap vs Business value
Existing loan book value
+ Business value
at 31 December 2024
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Proprietary, highly automated Stellare® 2.0 customer
acquisition and credit assessment engine. Over 10,000
new applicants create an account every month.
●
Existing customer base return for 140% in additional
lending, at near zero cost.
●
Loan book growing at >10% NIM and >5% risk adjusted
income (income after funding costs and credit losses).
●
Proven scalability with 18% cost to income and falling.
●
Diversified funding from 3 of the “big-4” Australian banks
and an established asset backed security issuance
program.
$120m+
$70m+
Risk adjusted
income
embedded in
existing loan
book*
$51m
$50m
Market
Capitalisation
18 Feb 2025
Net cash &
Warehouse
Equity
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income and
assets
embedded
* Applies typical repayment
experience. Risk adjusted
income calculated on
contracted repayment
schedule is significantly
higher.
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FY25 Guidance and FY26 Target
FY24 Actual
FY25 Guidance
FY26 Target
Cash NPAT
$0.7m
$5m
$10m+
Cash ROE
2%
20% run-rate in 2H25
13% achieved in 1H25
25%+
FY25 Guidance: $5m Cash NPAT
FY26 Target: Accelerated growth
●
Stellare® 2.0 rollout completed across both
countries, setting up for significant growth in FY26
and beyond
●
Stellare® 2.0 helping more prime applicants, plus
compounding 140% returning customer annuity, to
fuel accelerating book growth
●
Net interest margin: 9%-10%
●
Net interest margin: 9%-10%
●
Cash NPAT: $5m
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Cash NPAT: $10m+
●
Cash Return on Equity run-rate in 2H25: 20%
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Cash Return on Equity: 25%+
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Appendix
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$783m Loan Book
Loan
purpose
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Employment
status
Region
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Shareholder composition: 30% management owned
plus 10% shareholder aligned long term incentive plan
30% management owned
Long term incentive share plan
● Long term incentive share plan 10% of share capital.
Post-IPO Investors
32%
● Targets aligned with long term shareholder growth.
Substantial shareholders
Pre-IPO Investors
38%
Founder & management
30%
5%
At 31 January 2025
Neil Roberts
Founder & Director
18.6%
Heartland Bank Ltd
Pre-IPO Investors
10.1%
Lookman Family Trust
Pre-IPO Investors
8.9%
Lisa Capital Pty Ltd
Pre-IPO Investors
7.9%
Trade Me Limited
Pre-IPO Investors
7.5%
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Profit and loss
6 Months ended
6 Months ended
6 Months ended
31 December 2024
30 June 2024
31 December 2023
$'000
$'000
$'000
64,428
61,340
60,323
Interest income
Other income
16
808
70
Total income
64,444
62,148
60,393
Interest expense
30,046
29,822
26,026
Incurred credit losses
14,238
15,056
15,643
Risk adjusted income
20,160
17,270
18,724
Customer acquisition expenses
6,199
5,178
5,414
Net operating income
13,961
12,092
13,310
Personnel expenses
5,361
5,728
5,297
Customer servicing expenses
2,777
2,710
3,208
Technology expenses
2,347
2,284
2,670
General and administrative expenses
1,196
1,202
1,629
Cash operating expenses
11,681
11,924
12,804
Income tax (expense) / benefit
Cash NPAT ¹
-
-
-
2,280
168
506
Non-cash adjustments
Movement in expected credit loss provision
767
(331)
533
Share based payment expenses
(298)
(1,374)
(114)
Depreciation and amortisation expenses
(741)
(11,060)
(1,522)
Statutory profit / (loss) after income tax
2,008
(12,597)
(597)
2H24 includes a one-off $9.5m impairment of internally developed software, on
the launch of Stellare® 2.0, and retirement of Stellare® 1.0, platforms
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Cash NPAT provides a more accurate representation of the underlying profitability of the business, adjusting for the impact of non-cash items, most significantly the movement in expected credit loss provision, which is a non-cash provision for credit losses that may occur in future financial years from the
existing loan book. With GAAP requiring recognition of an expected credit loss provision expense immediately on origination of a new loan, without any indication of loan impairment and significantly ahead of recognition of the interest income priced to compensate for the expected level of credit loss risk,
the expected credit loss provision expense will suppress statutory net profit during periods of loan book growth, all other things being equal.
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Key operating and financial metrics
6 Months ended
6 Months ended
6 Months ended
31 December 2024
30 June 2024
31 December 2023
Total originations ($'000)
191,339
161,277
165,932
New customer originations ($'000)
117,179
102,130
93,379
Existing customer originations ($'000)
74,160
59,147
72,553
Loan book (period end) ($'000)
782,819
758,129
756,329
Loan book (average) ($'000)
767,993
759,403
748,939
Average interest rate (%)
16.8%
16.4%
16.1%
Average funding rate (%)
8.1%
8.2%
7.2%
Net interest income (%)
9.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Risk adjusted income (%)
5.3%
4.3%
5.0%
Loan book value and growth
Loan book quality
Incurred credit loss ($'000)
14,238
15,056
15,643
Incurred credit loss to average gross loans (%)
3.7%
4.0%
4.2%
Provision rate (%)
4.5%
4.8%
4.8%
Customer acquisition to origination ratio
3.2%
3.2%
3.3%
Costs to income ratio
18%
21%
26%
Productivity metrics
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Cash Flow
6 Months ended
6 Months ended
6 Months ended
31 December 2024
30 June 2024
31 December 2023
$'000
$'000
$'000
Cash flows from operating activities
Interest received
63,486
60,097
59,220
Interest paid
(29,233)
(29,716)
(27,527)
Fee income earned / (rebated)
66
362
(1,076)
Payments to suppliers and employees
(18,375)
(15,703)
(21,169)
Net cash generated by operating activities
15,944
15,040
9,448
Net advances to customers
(41,184)
(22,552)
(25,302)
Payments for software intangibles and equipment
(2,279)
(2,382)
(2,330)
Net cash used in investing activities
(43,463)
(24,934)
(27,632)
37,435
7,114
13,329
-
-
2,500
(277)
(267)
(250)
Net cash generated by financing activities
37,158
6,847
15,579
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
37,744
40,982
43,454
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
9,639
(3,047)
(2,605)
Cash flows from investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Net proceeds from finance receivables borrowings
Proceeds from corporate debt
Principal element of lease payments
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
(150)
(191)
133
47,233
37,744
40,982
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Balance Sheet
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other assets
31 December 2024
30 June 2024
$'000
$'000
31 December 2023
$'000
47,233
37,744
40,982
3,853
2,959
2,671
Finance receivables
786,839
761,471
758,861
Expected credit loss provision
(36,500)
(35,782)
(36,646)
Property and equipment
2,611
2,938
3,372
Intangible assets
6,292
4,491
12,831
Deferred tax assets
12,628
10,633
11,740
-
525
-
823,674
784,115
793,957
Derivative financial instruments
Total assets
Payables and accruals
5,674
5,101
4,792
Borrowings
775,263
739,546
737,276
Lease liability
2,712
3,010
3,280
Derivative financial instruments
6,559
-
3,091
Total liabilities
790,208
747,657
748,439
Net assets
33,466
36,458
45,518
Share capital
124,561
124,561
124,561
Foreign currency translation reserve
(899)
(622)
(80)
Share based payment reserve
4,792
4,463
2,961
Cash flow hedge reserve
(4,703)
349
(2,228)
Accumulated losses
(90,285)
(92,293)
(79,696)
Equity
33,466
36,458
45,518
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Important notice and disclaimer
The material in this presentation is provided for general information purposes
only and is current as at the date of this presentation. It is not a prospectus or
product disclosure statement, financial product or investment advice or a
recommendation or offer to acquire Harmoney shares or other securities. It is
not intended to be relied upon as advice to investors and does not take into
account the investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any particular
investor. Investors should assess their own financial circumstances and seek
professional legal, tax, business and/or financial advice before making any
investment decision. The information in this presentation does not purport to
be complete. It should be read in conjunction with Harmoney’s other periodic
and continuous disclosure announcements lodged with the Australian
Securities Exchange, which are available at www.asx.com.au.
This presentation may contain forward looking statements including statements
regarding our intent, belief or current expectations with respect to Harmoney
Group’s business and operations, market conditions, results of operations and
financial condition, specific provisions and risk management practices. Such
forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties,
assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control
of Harmoney Group and which may cause actual results, performance or
achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. Past
performance is not indicative of future performance.
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No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the fairness,
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conclusions in this presentation, including the financial information. To the
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The financial information in this presentation has not been audited.
This presentation contains certain non-IFRS measures that Harmoney believes
are relevant and appropriate to understanding its business. Investors should
refer to the 1H25 Interim Report for further details.
All values are expressed in Australian dollars unless otherwise stated. All
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