One-glance verdict
$124.40 our estimate vs market $115.13
Wall Street consensus: $142.33 (14.4% higher than our fair-value estimate)
7% below our estimate
Fundamentals snapshot
AGYS · NMS · Technology · Software - Application
Current price
$115.13
52-week range
$61.50 - $141.12
Market cap
$3.25B
One-glance verdict
Wall Street consensus: $142.33 (14.4% higher than our fair-value estimate)
7% below our estimate
Balance sheet
Net cash $120.34M. Interest coverage shows how many times profit covers the interest bill.
What stands out
What this company does
Agilysys sells the behind-the-scenes software that runs hotels, casinos, and restaurants, handling tasks like guest check-in, point-of-sale (the system used to take payments), and inventory management. A growing part of their business comes from subscriptions to their cloud software, creating predictable recurring revenue (income that comes in regularly, like a magazine subscription). This business model makes customers more likely to stick with Agilysys for all their technology needs.
Agilysys started its life in 1932 and for decades was an electronics parts distributor known as Pioneer-Standard Electronics. A major shift happened in 2003 when it changed its name to Agilysys and began focusing on software and services. Over the next ten years, the company sold off its other businesses to focus entirely on providing technology for the hospitality industry, like hotels, resorts, and casinos. Through a series of strategic acquisitions (buying other companies), it built a complete suite of software tools to manage everything from room bookings to restaurant sales.
Agilysys provides the behind-the-scenes software that hotels, resorts, casinos, cruise ships, and even university dining halls use to run their daily operations. Think of it as the digital backbone for these businesses, handling everything from booking a room and checking in, to ordering a meal at the restaurant, to managing spa appointments. Their products help hospitality businesses manage guest information, process payments, and track inventory like food and supplies. The goal is to make the guest's experience smoother and the business's operations more efficient.
This is the core operating system for a hotel or resort, the digital equivalent of the front desk. Hospitality businesses pay Agilysys, often through a recurring subscription fee, for this software to manage room reservations, guest check-in and check-out, and billing. It keeps track of which rooms are clean, who is staying where, and all guest information in one place. This segment is fundamental to the company, as it serves as the central hub for many of their other software offerings.
This part of the business provides the software for any place a guest makes a purchase, like restaurants, gift shops, or bars within a resort. When you order a meal or buy a souvenir, the staff uses an Agilysys system, like their flagship InfoGenesis POS product, to enter the order and process your payment. Customers pay for this software to manage sales, track food and drink orders, and handle different payment types efficiently. This is a major part of their business, helping venues manage their food and beverage operations.
This business line offers software that helps hospitality clients manage their supply chain (the process of getting goods and services). It allows a hotel or restaurant to track all of its inventory, from food in the kitchen to linens in the laundry room, and automates the process of ordering more supplies when they run low. Customers pay for this to reduce waste, control costs, and ensure they don't run out of important items. It's a critical tool for managing the complex logistics of a large resort or food service operation.
This is a growing collection of specialized software that manages all the other things a guest might do at a property, such as booking a spa treatment, a round of golf, or a dinner reservation. Following acquisitions (buying other companies) like Book4Time, Agilysys offers dedicated systems for these specific activities. Hotels and resorts pay for these modules to offer a seamless booking experience for guests and to better manage the scheduling and staffing of these amenities, representing a key way Agilysys sells more solutions to each customer.
Management's strategy is focused on selling more subscription-based cloud software, which creates a steady and predictable stream of revenue. A major priority is increasing the number of software solutions each customer buys, effectively bundling more services like property management, sales, and spa booking for a single client. The company is also heavily investing in artificial intelligence (AI), recently announcing dozens of new features to help hotels personalize guest experiences and automate their operations. This focus on technology and deeper customer relationships is aimed at continuing their streak of revenue growth and profitability.
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Is it cheap or expensive?
Wall Street consensus is the average analyst price target: $142.33 (14.4% higher than our fair-value estimate).
Our most-likely fair value is $124.40 a share — about 8.0% away from today's price of $115.13, so the stock currently looks fairly priced.
Is it drowning in debt?
Net cash $120.3M - more cash than debt. Interest coverage 87.8x.
Agilysys, Inc.'s profit covers its interest bill about 87.8 times over. which is stronger than every peer shown here and 2 peers sit below 1x, which is the danger zone where profit does not fully cover the interest bill.
Total debt $17.22M Interest coverage 87.79x This is the baseline the peer rows are being compared against.
Total debt $431.54M Interest coverage -11.36x -100% vs AGYS This peer has almost no interest-payment cushion compared with AGYS.
Total debt $4.57B Interest coverage 1.77x -98% vs AGYS Carries about 49.5x less debt cushion than AGYS.
Total debt $0.00 Interest coverage 25.33x -71% vs AGYS Carries about 3.5x less debt cushion than AGYS.
Total debt $1.31B Interest coverage 0.43x -100% vs AGYS Carries about 202.6x less debt cushion than AGYS.
Total debt $169.14B Interest coverage 4.88x -94% vs AGYS Carries about 18.0x less debt cushion than AGYS.
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