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Original-Research: ATOSS Software SE - from NuWays AG

10.09.2025 / 09:00 CET/CEST

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Classification of NuWays AG to ATOSS Software SE

Company Name: ATOSS Software SE

ISIN: DE0005104400

Reason for the research: Update

Recommendation: BUY

from: 10.09.2025

Target price: EUR 152.00

Target price on sight of: 12 month

Last rating change:

Analyst: Philipp Sennewald

Quality comes at a price

Topic: While we already published our first piece on ATOSS, reviewing the

company's H1 report, this report aims to provide a broader introduction into

the investment case.

ATOSS stands out as a pure-play on workforce management software (WFM), a

segment increasingly critical amid talent scarcity, rising labor costs,

complex regulation, and growing union influence. Despite these pressures,

many firms in the DACH region, ATOSS' core market, still operate with

outdated, mostly Excel-based or manual systems - thus leaving significant

efficiency potential untapped.

ATOSS addresses this need with a comprehensive, cloud-native WFM platform

spanning time & attendance, shift planning, and algorithm-driven scheduling,

all fully compliant with local labor regulations. This combination of

functionality and regulatory expertise sets ATOSS apart: smaller domestic

rivals struggle to match its breadth, while international WFM vendors often

lack the depth of local compliance knowledge. The result is a loyal

blue-chip customer base and consistently high gross retention rates of >96%.

In recent years, the business model of ATOSS has successfully transitioned

from perpetual licenses to recurring subscriptions. In H1'25, cloud and

subscription revenues increased 30% yoy to EUR 44.1m, representing 48% of

total sales (+8pp yoy). Total recurring revenues (cloud + mainentance)

reached EUR 64.0m, or 70% of group sales. With a current cloud backlog of

96.9m and ARR of EUR 130.1m (+19% yoy), earnings visibility remain

exceptionally strong.

Beyond its DACH stronghold, ATOSS is rolling out into France, Benelux, and

other non-DACH countries - markets offering the company an estimated EUR 400m

ARR potential (eNuW). In parallel, upselling within the existing customer

base remains a key growth lever, with adoption often expanding from partial

use to 80-100% of available modules across the customer lifecycle. In sum,

revenues are seen to grow at a 13% CAGR into FY27e.

Strong current trading. After FY24 marked another record year with sales up

13% to EUR 171m and EBIT up 22% to EUR 63.4m (37% margin), momentum carried into

H1'25 as sales increased 10% yoy to EUR 92.1m and EBIT margin arrived at 34%.

Mind you, the FY24 margin was temporarily elevated by unspent investment

funds during the sales restructuring. For FY25, management guides c. EUR 190m

sales and an EBIT margin of at least 31%, which we regards as absolutely

achievable. In the longer term, the highly scalable and capital-light setup

should enable EBIT margins to approach 40% as well as ROICs of >70% (eNuW).

Against this backdrop, we confirm our BUY rating with an unchanged EUR 152 PT

based on DCF.

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