Betway owner Super Group, listed in New York as SGHC Ltd (NASDAQ:SGHC), shot up nearly 20% in Thursday’s early deals as the sport-betting company reported a broad recovery across its business.
Super Group posted big gains in overnight trades after reporting second-quarter revenue improved 19% to €381 million, which fed through into a 30% jump in underlying operating profit to €70 million.
Europe and Africa/Middle East revenues almost doubled, offsetting a dip in North America where the gaming company had problems in Canada with its spin business due to regulatory changes.
West Ham-sponsor Betway had a good quarter in Europe, with sales up 28% though it did best in the AFME region.
Interim pre-tax profits fell to €46 million from €149 million after a huge one-off gain in the comparable period.
Alinda van Wyk, chief financial officer, said: “Our second quarter results, ex-US, included record revenue.
“Our monthly active customer numbers continue to show momentum reaching 3.7 million which we believe is a key driver for future growth.
“Achieving scale in each of our markets, combined with driving cost efficiencies throughout the business remain our focus for long-term growth and bringing us back to consistent ex-US EBITDA margin from operations of greater than 20%.”
In New York, SGHC stock was up 18.77% shortly after Thursday’s opening bell trading at US$3.48 which values the sports betting business at just under US$1.75 billion.