FD Technologies

Big Data Solutions (powered by Kx) to the global Capital Markets Industry and other verticals, including Pharma & Utilities.

Launch date

Apr 1996

Employees

1001-5000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

AUD931m (Public information from Sep 2024)

Company register number NI030731

Newry Northern Ireland (HQ)

http://firstderivatives.com

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Revenues, earnings & profits over time

GBP	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
Revenues	238m	263m	296m	249m	247m	262m	269m
% growth	-	11 %	12 %	(16 %)	(1 %)	6 %	2 %
EBITDA	35.3m	25.9m	24.8m	21.6m	22.2m	27.2m	35.4m
% EBITDA margin	15 %	10 %	8 %	9 %	9 %	10 %	13 %
Profit	9.0m	6.4m	(4.0m)	(40.8m)	(8.8m)	(2.7m)	(<1m)
% profit margin	4 %	2 %	(1 %)	(16 %)	(4 %)	(1 %)	-
EV / revenue	3.4x	1.6x	1.8x	1.6x	1.9x	1.8x	1.9x
EV / EBITDA	23.1x	16.3x	21.1x	18.4x	21.4x	17.6x	14.0x
R&D budget	2.6m	2.6m	4.0m	6.3m	-	-	-
R&D % of revenue	1 %	1 %	1 %	3 %	-	-	-

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
May 2002	N/A	N/A	IPO
Feb 2010	Invest Northern Ireland	£355k	Post IPO Equity
Jan 2024*	Irenic Capital Management	€23.0m	Post IPO Equity
Mar 2024*	Irenic Capital Management	N/A	Post IPO Equity
Total Funding		-

Tech stackLearn more about the technologies and tools that this company uses.

By Country

United Kingdom 6 Ireland 2 United States 2 Canada 1 Spain 1

By Industry

Enterprise Software 3 Fintech 3 Event Tech 1 Legal 1 Telecom 1 Security 1 Transportation 1

By Round

ACQUISITION 7 SEED 2 EARLY VC 1 SERIES A 1

ACQUISITION by FD Technologies Feb 2010

Affinity Systems

ACQUISITION by FD Technologies Apr 2015

ACQUISITION by FD Technologies Feb 2015

COWRIE FINANCIAL LIMITED

ACQUISITION by FD Technologies Sep 2012

REDSHIFT HORIZONS LIMITED

ACQUISITION by FD Technologies Sep 2012

ACQUISITION by United Fintech Dec 2022

ActivateClients

ACQUISITION by FD Technologies Mar 2015

ACQUISITION by FD Technologies Dec 2017