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EAGLE EYE SOLUTIONS GROUP PLC

EYE
Technology Share price 480p Market cap £144m Overall fit 700 /1000

Genuine AI-receiver vertical SaaS with strong operating leverage, fair valuation, net cash balance sheet, and sticky enterprise customers. One tier below top band given OEM execution risk, single-customer vulnerability shown by NRS loss, and AIM liquidity.

Fair value range 575p–790p Mid case · £205m
Absolute upside +42.8% vs current market cap
Conviction 3/5 confidence in undervalued call
Supports the call
  • Clean disclosure with consistent KPIs (ARR, NRR, churn) and unqualified audit
  • Multiple methodologies (EV/EBITDA, EV/ARR, forward multiple) converge on 600-700p
  • FY26 beat demonstrates execution and operating leverage credibility
Limits the call
  • Fair value depends on FY27 revenue re-acceleration + margin expansion, both guided but unproven
  • OEM channel timing has slipped before; material revenue only from calendar 2027
Methodology

Forward EV/EBITDA on FY27 estimates, 12-16x range, cross-checked vs EV/ARR

In one line · bull case

A genuine AI-receiver vertical SaaS with 85% recurring revenue, 111% NRR, net cash, and clear operating leverage toward a 30% EBITDA margin — available at ~13x FY27 EBITDA.

In one line · biggest risk

Repeat of the NRS-style single-customer loss, or delayed OEM channel ramp that pushes the re-acceleration story out another year.

Drivers
AI beneficiary 72 /100
EagleAI is a real AI revenue line (£7.8m, +35%) now 17% of revenue; vertical SaaS getting more valuable as retailers adopt AI personalisation.
Operating leverage 75 /100
71% direct margin, 85% recurring revenue, H2 EBITDA run-rate 23.5% vs 21% full-year; 30%+ medium-term target implies ~70% incremental margin from here.
Earnings vs expectations 65 /100
Material FY26 EBITDA beat vs consensus (+40%); FY24/23 beats; one-off FY25 miss from externally-driven NRS contract loss.
Growth momentum 72 /100
ARR +31%, SaaS +31% ex-NRS, EagleAI +35%, US new ARR 6x; return to double-digit revenue and EBITDA growth guided for FY27.
Moat 58 /100
High switching costs (0.4% churn, 111% NRR), scale advantage, MACH certification; execution moat rather than network effect.
Earnings quality 62 /100
Clean reconciliations; IFRS 15 contract-cost capitalisation and 47% R&D capitalisation rate warrant monitoring; SBP material at ~4% of revenue.
Management quality 70 /100
Credible CEO, successful Untie Nots acquisition, disciplined buyback-then-resell, delivered post-NRS recovery and raised guidance.
Cyclicality 30 /100
Mostly recurring SaaS to grocery/retail; loyalty spend somewhat defensive; limited macro sensitivity.
Leverage 5 /100
Net cash £16.1m, £10m undrawn RCF, no financial debt.

Eagle Eye Solutions Group PLC (EYE) — Investment Research Note

Executive summary

Eagle Eye operates the AIR platform — an AI-powered loyalty and personalised promotions SaaS used by enterprise grocers, retailers and QSR brands (Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Carrefour, Woolworths, Loblaws, Wakefern, Subway, easyJet). Across FY22-FY26 the group scaled from £31.7m to £46.7m revenue with a one-year setback from the NRS contract loss (lost ~June 2025); FY26 underlying revenue grew 21% ex-NRS, ARR +31% to £44.5m, EagleAI revenue +35% to £7.8m, H2 EBITDA run-rate 23.5%, net cash £16.1m 2026-09-15 final results. The single most important point for valuation is whether management's medium-term target of £100m revenue at 30%+ EBITDA margin is credible — if it is, today's EV of ~£130m is cheap; if revenue growth stalls below the low-teens, the stock is fairly priced.

Fair value estimate

Methodology: forward EV/EBITDA multiple on normalised FY27 numbers, cross-checked against EV/ARR.

Key assumptions:

  • FY27 revenue £53–55m (double-digit growth as guided; new ARR already in-book is £44.5m exiting FY26, with OEM contributing from calendar 2027)
  • FY27 adj. EBITDA £13–14m (margin 24-26%, consistent with H2 FY26 exit run rate of 23.5%)
  • EV/EBITDA range 12–16x (reasonable for a high-NRR vertical SaaS with net cash and 85% recurring revenue; discount to larger listed loyalty/MarTech peers reflects AIM-listing, size and OEM execution risk)
  • Add net cash £16m

Resulting range: EV £156–224m → market cap £172–240m → 575p – 790p per share, midpoint ~685p (£205m mcap).

Vs. current market cap of £146.6m / 471.5p:

  • Upside to midpoint: +45%
  • Upside to low end: +22%
  • Upside to high end: +68%

View: undervalued.

Sector context

Confirmed Technology / vertical SaaS. Quality profile is above typical AIM software peers (high NRR 111%, 0.4% churn, net cash, 85% recurring revenue, demonstrable AI product revenue). Growth profile is in line with mid-cap international SaaS. Listed comparables: no exact UK peer — closest reference points are international loyalty/personalisation players (Yotpo [private], Loyalty Juggernaut [private]), MarTech vertical SaaS like Braze, Klaviyo, and in the UK the broader AIM MarTech cohort (Pebble Group, Attraqt-type). Eagle Eye's enterprise reference list (Tesco Clubcard-adjacent, Woolworths, Loblaws, Carrefour) is unusually strong for its size.

Investment thesis

  • Genuine AI-revenue line, not AI marketing: EagleAI revenue grew 35% to £7.8m, with Wakefern won on its back; integration of AIR+EagleAI into "Personalised Promotions" is driving upsell in existing accounts (Morrisons, Asda, Carrefour) 2026-09-15 final results.
  • OEM channel scaling from calendar 2027: first two blue-chip European customers signed via global OEM partnership (contributing ~£2m initial ARR); 40+ advanced prospects; management targets 4–8 new logos in next 12 months. This is a scalable, high-margin indirect channel that compounds 2026-09-15 final results; 2026-05-21 CMD.
  • Operating leverage emerging: H2 FY26 EBITDA margin hit 23.5% vs 21.1% full-year, management confident in return to double-digit revenue AND EBITDA growth in FY27, with cloud cost savings of ~$150k/month already locked in 2026-09-15 final results; 2026-07-17 trading update.

Key risks

  • Customer concentration & NRS-style single-point failure: FY25 lost a major contract (NRS) due to the customer's own corporate change, erasing a year of growth and causing a 19% EBITDA fall in FY26 vs FY25. Top customer exposure is not fully disclosed but Woolworths, Asda, Tesco and Carrefour appear load-bearing 2025-09-16 final results.
  • OEM channel is unproven at scale: material revenue only expected FY27+; the partner relationship is transactional (Eagle Eye treats the OEM as a single customer), which limits visibility and makes ARR estimates "an estimate only" 2026-03-17 half-year.
  • AI commoditisation risk: large hyperscalers (Google — a current partner — Salesforce, Adobe) are embedding AI-powered personalisation into their platforms; Eagle Eye's edge is real-time execution scale + retail domain, but a shift in enterprise buying toward integrated suites could pressure win rates (inferred, not explicitly disclosed).

Operating leverage

Direct profit margin was 71.1% in FY26 (FY25: 71.6%) — essentially fixed at SaaS gross-margin level 2026-09-15 final results. Headcount averaged 239 (down from 250 in FY25); IT infrastructure costs £10.2m were essentially flat on 21% revenue growth, implying strong incremental contribution margin. 85% of revenue is recurring and the last seven customer wins required no custom build — i.e. the implementation cost base is becoming more fixed relative to revenue. A 10-20% revenue surprise on top of the current ~£46m base would add ~£5-10m to revenue; at a plausible 60-70% incremental EBITDA margin (consistent with H2 FY26 margin trajectory), this would deliver £3-7m of additional EBITDA — i.e. +30% to +70% on £9.8m FY26 EBITDA. Management's medium-term target of 30%+ EBITDA on £100m revenue (£30m+ EBITDA vs £9.8m today) is itself a 3x EBITDA opportunity on roughly 2.1x revenue — classic operating leverage in a specialised software business.

Value-trap signals

None identified. Net cash is growing, revenue growth has resumed after the NRS shock, churn is 0.4%, management completed a buyback (£1.0m) then opportunistically sold the treasury shares at a 50% gain to meet institutional demand — a disciplined capital allocation decision. No related-party transactions flagged, auditor unqualified, going concern uncontroversial.

Earnings vs. expectations

  • FY23: ahead of initial expectations — strong Untie Nots-aided year 2023-09-19 final results.
  • FY24: adj. EBITDA ahead of original market expectations (£11.3m vs guidance); strong Q4 win momentum 2024-07-23 trading update.
  • FY25: downgrade mid-year (Jan 2025) — Group guided FY25 and FY26 revenue 15–18% below consensus due to professional services decline and slower wins; NRS contract loss announced June 2025 reset FY26 expectations 2025-01-13 H1 trading update.
  • FY26: material beat — Jan 2026 trading update upgraded, July 2026 reported £46.7m revenue vs £45.4m consensus and £9.8m EBITDA vs £7.0m consensus (+40% beat on EBITDA) 2026-07-17 trading update.

Pattern: Eagle Eye consistently beats or raises guidance within a financial year, with the FY25 downgrade being the clear exception caused by a one-off customer loss. More beats than misses, with recent momentum.

Conviction

Conviction: 3 (moderate).

Anchors: clean financials with unqualified audit; consistent and transparent KPIs (ARR, NRR, churn by value); multiple cross-check methodologies converge on 600–700p; recent trading demonstrates execution capability.

Caveats: fair value depends on FY27 recovery to double-digit growth AND margin expansion — both guided but not yet delivered post-NRS; OEM channel revenue timing has slipped before (originally FY26, now calendar 2027) and remains a judgment call.

Driver scoring

  • ai_beneficiary: 72 — EagleAI is a demonstrable AI revenue line (£7.8m, +35%, 17% of revenue, won Wakefern on its merits); vertical SaaS whose value-per-customer rises as agentic AI reaches retail marketing; Eagle Eye is on the receiving end of retailers' AI loyalty budgets, not spending on AI vendors.
  • operating_leverage: 75 — 71% direct profit margin; 85% recurring revenue; H2 margin run-rate 23.5% vs 21.1% full-year; management's 30% medium-term target implies ~70% incremental contribution margin from here; fixed cost structure (headcount, cloud, R&D).
  • earnings_surprise_trend: 65 — recent FY26 was a material beat vs upgraded expectations; FY24/23 beats; one-off FY25 miss driven by externally-caused NRS contract loss (not operational failure); net trajectory is more beats than misses.
  • cyclicality: 30 — mostly recurring subscription SaaS to grocery/retail/QSR; loyalty spend is somewhat countercyclical (retailers invest in retention in downturns); some cyclicality via transaction fee element.
  • moat: 58 — high switching costs (deep POS integration, 0.4% churn, 111% NRR), MACH Alliance certification, scale advantage (1.8bn offers/week, 810m wallets), but not a dominant network effect; execution-led rather than structural.
  • leverage: 5 — net cash £16.1m, £10m undrawn RCF, no debt.
  • earnings_quality: 62 — clean reconciliations and alternative performance measures, but IFRS 15 contract-cost capitalisation (£5.1m FY26) and higher capitalised development (47% of product spend) warrant monitoring; share-based payments £1.7m are a real economic cost.
  • management_quality: 70 — CEO Tim Mason (ex-Tesco Clubcard origin story) is strategically credible; successful Untie Nots acquisition (now EagleAI); disciplined buyback-then-resell at 50% gain; delivered recovery from NRS loss and raised guidance twice in FY26.
  • growth_momentum: 72 — ARR +31%, SaaS revenue +31% ex-NRS, EagleAI +35%, US new ARR 6x prior year; return to double-digit growth confirmed.

Overall score: 700/1000

Rationale: Eagle Eye genuinely fits all three pillars of the strategy — real AI-receiver exposure (not marketing), strong operating leverage with a path to 30%+ margins, and a valuation that's fair-to-cheap even on conservative assumptions (12-14x FY27 EBITDA). Downside protection is good given net cash and sticky customers. The 100-point gap vs the top band reflects (a) OEM execution risk that could delay the growth re-acceleration, (b) demonstrated vulnerability to single-customer loss, and (c) small-cap AIM-listed liquidity constraints.

Filings consulted · 44

Every document the LLM read for this note. Click any row to open the source.

  1. 2026-09-15Final Results For The Year Ended 30 June 20262026-09-15_9771589_final-results-for-the-year-ended-30-june-2026.md1.00
  2. 2026-09-02Notice OF Full Year Results Presentations2026-09-02_9750539_notice-of-full-year-results-presentations.md1.00
  3. 2026-07-17Fy26 Trading Update And Notice OF Results2026-07-17_9673549_fy26-trading-update-and-notice-of-results.md0.85
  4. 2026-05-21Capital Markets Day2026-05-21_9578964_capital-markets-day.md0.95
  5. 2026-04-27Notice OF Capital Markets Day2026-04-27_9538189_notice-of-capital-markets-day.md0.95
  6. 2026-03-17Half Year Results2026-03-17_9476969_half-year-results.md0.77
  7. 2026-01-20H1 Fy26 Trading Update And Notice OF Results2026-01-20_9367659_h1-fy26-trading-update-and-notice-of-results.md0.72
  8. 2025-11-19Result OF Agm2025-11-19_9244711_result-of-agm.md0.26
  9. 2025-11-19Agm Trading Statement2025-11-19_9242602_agm-trading-statement.md0.72
  10. 2025-10-232025 Annual Report And Accounts And Notice OF Agm2025-10-23_9190824_2025-annual-report-and-accounts-and-notice-of-agm.md0.81
  11. 2025-09-16Final Results2025-09-16_9109712_final-results.md0.65
  12. 2025-07-15Fy25 Trading Update2025-07-15_8978967_fy25-trading-update.md0.55
  13. 2025-06-30Acquisition OF Promotional Payments Solutions2025-06-30_8953265_acquisition-of-promotional-payments-solutions.md0.49
  14. 2025-03-17Half Year Results2025-03-17_8781237_half-year-results.md0.58
  15. 2025-01-13H1 Fy25 Trading Update Amp Notice OF Results2025-01-13_8684215_h1-fy25-trading-update-amp-notice-of-results.md0.55
  16. 2024-11-21Result OF Agm2024-11-21_8565041_result-of-agm.md0.20
  17. 2024-11-21Agm Trading Statement2024-11-21_8563171_agm-trading-statement.md0.55
  18. 2024-10-222024 Annual Report And Accounts And Notice OF Agm2024-10-22_8502078_2024-annual-report-and-accounts-and-notice-of-agm.md0.62
  19. 2024-09-18Final Results2024-09-18_8422196_final-results.md0.45
  20. 2024-07-23Trading Update2024-07-23_8324530_trading-update.md0.38
  21. 2024-03-19Half Year Results2024-03-19_8094035_half-year-results.md0.41
  22. 2024-01-16H1 Trading Update And Notice OF Results2024-01-16_7990492_h1-trading-update-and-notice-of-results.md0.38
  23. 2023-11-16Result OF Agm2023-11-16_7886534_result-of-agm.md0.14
  24. 2023-11-16Agm Trading Statement2023-11-16_7884380_agm-trading-statement.md0.38
  25. 2023-10-192023 Annual Report And Accounts And Notice OF Agm2023-10-19_7827738_2023-annual-report-and-accounts-and-notice-of-agm.md0.43
  26. 2023-09-26Replacement Final Results2023-09-26_7779131_replacement-final-results.md0.25
  27. 2023-09-19Final Results2023-09-19_7763244_final-results.md0.25
  28. 2023-07-11Trading Update2023-07-11_7624347_trading-update.md0.21
  29. 2023-03-14Half Year Results2023-03-14_7432834_half-year-results.md0.23
  30. 2023-01-18H1 Trading Update And Notice OF Results2023-01-18_7442758_h1-trading-update-and-notice-of-results.md0.21
  31. 2023-01-03Completion OF Acquisition And Issue OF Equity2023-01-03_7307934_completion-of-acquisition-and-issue-of-equity.md0.19
  32. 2022-11-17Result OF Agm2022-11-17_7414077_result-of-agm.md0.07
  33. 2022-11-16Results OF 7M Placing2022-11-16_7375622_results-of-7m-placing.md0.17
  34. 2022-11-16Proposed Acquisition And Launch OF Placing2022-11-16_7374794_proposed-acquisition-and-launch-of-placing.md0.19
  35. 2022-10-272022 Annual Report And Accounts And Notice OF Agm2022-10-27_7160839_2022-annual-report-and-accounts-and-notice-of-agm.md0.24
  36. 2022-09-21Final Results2022-09-21_7415094_final-results.md0.25
  37. 2022-07-19Trading Update2022-07-19_7036827_trading-update.md0.21
  38. 2022-05-20Trading Update2022-05-20_6935178_trading-update.md0.21
  39. 2022-03-16Half Year Results2022-03-16_6966257_half-year-results.md0.23
  40. 2022-01-27H1 Trading Update And U S Customer Win2022-01-27_6996528_h1-trading-update-and-u-s-customer-win.md0.21
  41. 2021-11-18Result OF Agm2021-11-18_6792130_result-of-agm.md0.07
  42. 2021-11-18Agm Statement2021-11-18_6790619_agm-statement.md0.10
  43. 2021-10-252021 Annual Report And Accounts And Notice OF Agm2021-10-25_6569134_2021-annual-report-and-accounts-and-notice-of-agm.md0.24
  44. 2021-09-22Final Results2021-09-22_6514098_final-results.md0.10

This research note was authored by a large language model after reading 44 regulatory filings published between 2021-09-22 and 2026-09-15. Each citation refers to a specific RNS announcement in the underlying data set. The note is an opinion, not advice. Do your own work before risking capital.