Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) DCF Valuation & Fundamental Primer
Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) currently trades at $53.15 with an enterprise value of $1.06B. Our proprietary institutional model rates Nayax Ltd. at 80/100 (Grade: A · High-Quality Compounder). The current market price prices in an implied 5-year revenue CAGR of 60.1% vs. historical growth of 41.3% (Aggressive Growth Expectations Priced In).
Institutional fundamental teardown of Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) covering SEC 10-K/10-Q cash flow conversion, SBC dilution friction, and Reverse-DCF valuation hurdles.
Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) 3-Scenario DCF Valuation Range
Stress-test NYAX's 5-year growth, target FCF margin, WACC, terminal methodology, and SBC/dilution friction in real time.
Split between 5-Year Explicit Cash Flows and Discounted Terminal Value
2D Institutional Valuation Sensitivity Heatmap
Implied share price & upside/downside spread across 25 valuation states (Current Price: $53.15).
| WACC \ Terminal | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5% | $57.51 +8% | $61.34 +15% | $65.81 +24% | $71.09 +34% | $77.43 +46% |
| 9.3% | $51.33 -3% | $54.35 +2% | $57.82 +9% | $61.84 +16% | $66.56 +25% |
| 10.0% | $46.27 -13% | $48.69 -8% | $51.44 -3% | $54.59 +3% | $58.21 +10% |
| 10.8% | $42.04 -21% | $44.02 -17% | $46.24 -13% | $48.76 -8% | $51.61 -3% |
| 11.5% | $38.45 -28% | $40.10 -25% | $41.93 -21% | $43.97 -17% | $46.27 -13% |
Institutional Software Quality Scorecard (80/100 · Grade A)
Strong fundamentals, above-average cash generation, and robust competitive positioning.
Elite deferred revenue float; FCF exceeds operating income by >20%
Minimal dilution friction; management compensation aligned with shareholders
Sub-par gross margins; higher cost of delivery or hardware/services mix
Positive net cash cushion; self-funding operations with zero insolvency risk
Core Investment Strengths & Moats
- High-grade cash conversion: FCF is 577% of EBIT driven by upfront annual collections
- Low dilution friction: SBC is only 2.3% of revenue
- Net cash positive: $28.2M balance sheet buffer
Key Operational & Dilution Risks
- Lower software gross margins (45.1%), indicating higher hosting or service delivery drag
Reverse-DCF Solver: What Growth is Priced Into NYAX?
The current share price demands 60.1% 5-year CAGR (58.9% net of SBC & dilution)—a +18.8% acceleration over historical run-rate (41.3%). Any growth slowdown risks valuation multiple contraction.
Headline Reverse-DCF ignores Stock-Based Compensation (2.3% of revenue) and annual share dilution (0.3%/yr). Accounting for both requires 58.9% 5-year revenue CAGR to justify $53.15/sh on a true per-share economic cash flow basis.
Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) 5-Year Fundamental Forecast
| Statement Line Item | TTM Audited Base | TTM | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $314.0M | $314.0M | $443.7M | $626.9M | $885.9M | $1.25B | $1.77B |
| Gross Profit | $141.5M | $141.5M | $200.0M | $282.6M | $399.3M | $564.2M | $797.2M |
| Operating Income (EBIT) | $3.1M | $3.1M | $4.4M | $6.2M | $8.8M | $12.4M | $17.5M |
| Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) | $7.2M | $7.2M | $10.2M | $14.4M | $20.3M | $28.7M | $40.5M |
| Unlevered Free Cash Flow (FCF) | $17.9M | $17.9M | $25.3M | $35.8M | $50.6M | $71.5M | $101.0M |
| SBC-Adjusted True Cash Flow | $10.7M | $10.7M | $15.2M | $21.4M | $30.3M | $42.8M | $60.5M |
Software & Cloud Services Peer Comparables & Rule of 40 Regression
Rule of 40 vs. EV / Revenue Multiple Regression
OLS Fit: EV/Rev = -32.2 + 0.85 × (Rule of 40) · R² = 80%Stocks below the gold regression line trade at a discount relative to their Rule of 40 compounding efficiency.
| Company | Ticker | Market Cap | TTM Revenue | Gross Margin | FCF Margin | Rule of 40 | SBC % Rev | EV / Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nayax Ltd. | NYAX | $1.95B | $314.0M | 45.1% | 5.7% | 47.0% | 2.3% | 6.1× |
| ServiceNow | NOW | $152.61B | $10.98B | 79.2% | 31.1% | 54.2% | 15.9% | 13.9× |
| Workday, Inc. | WDAY | $50.35B | $8.00B | 75.0% | 27.4% | 43.9% | 19.0% | 6.4× |
| Salesforce | CRM | $217.10B | $37.90B | 77.2% | 32.8% | 42.8% | 8.4% | 5.8× |
| Datadog | DDOG | $46.05B | $2.68B | 80.8% | 31.1% | 57.7% | 21.3% | 17.4× |
| Snowflake Inc. | SNOW | $71.79B | $3.63B | 66.5% | 25.2% | 57.7% | 40.8% | 20.0× |
| Hubspot | HUBS | $19.89B | $2.63B | 85.0% | 21.3% | 52.7% | 19.2% | 7.7× |
| Peer Cohort Median Benchmark (N=6) | 78.2% | 29.2% | 53.5% | 19.1% | 10.8× | |||
EV / Revenue Multiple Compression Stress Test
| Multiple Scenario | EV / Revenue | Implied Enterprise Value | Implied Equity Value | Implied Share Price | Delta vs Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Multiple | 6.1× | $1.92B | $1.95B | $53.15 | 0.0% |
| -20% Multiple Compression | 4.9× | $1.53B | $1.56B | $42.67 | -20.0% |
| -35% Multiple Compression | 4.0× | $1.25B | $1.27B | $34.82 | -35.0% |
| Software Baseline Floor (5.0× EV/Rev) | 5.0× | $1.57B | $1.60B | $43.66 | -18.1% |
Frequently Asked Questions: Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) Valuation
What is Nayax Ltd. (NYAX)'s intrinsic DCF valuation and implied share price?
Based on audited SEC 10-K/10-Q filings and a 5-year 3-statement discounted cash flow (DCF) model, Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) has a Base Case implied value of $29.70 per share (with a Bear Case of $9.54 and a Bull Case of $64.77), compared to its current price of $53.15. The model discounts projected free cash flows at a 10.0% WACC and a 2.5% terminal growth rate.
What is Nayax Ltd. (NYAX)'s Rule of 40 score and Free Cash Flow margin?
Nayax Ltd. achieves a Rule of 40 score of 47.0%, combining a 41.3% revenue growth run-rate with a 5.7% TTM free cash flow margin on $314.0M in trailing twelve-month revenue. In the Software & Cloud Services peer cohort, the median Rule of 40 benchmark is 53.5%.
What revenue growth rate is priced into NYAX stock according to Reverse-DCF analysis?
At $53.15 per share (Enterprise Value of $1.92B), our Reverse-DCF solver indicates the market is pricing in a 5-year implied revenue CAGR of 60.1%, compared to Nayax Ltd.'s historical CAGR of 41.3%. Overall market expectations are rated as "Aggressive Growth Expectations Priced In".
How does Nayax Ltd. compare to Software & Cloud Services software peers?
Nayax Ltd. (NYAX) earns an institutional Software Quality Score of 80/100 (Grade A — High-Quality Compounder). Across its Software & Cloud Services peer group (NOW, WDAY, CRM, DDOG, SNOW), the cohort trades at a median EV/TTM Revenue multiple of 10.8× and a median gross margin of 78.2%.
How does Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) impact Nayax Ltd. (NYAX)'s valuation?
Nayax Ltd. recorded $7.2M in TTM stock-based compensation (2.3% of revenue). When treating SBC as a cash-equivalent compensation expense, Nayax Ltd.'s SBC-adjusted free cash flow yield is 0.5%, scoring 25/25 on our Shareholder Dilution Friction pillar.
