FY25 Full Year Investor Presentation
Released
Released
Announcement PDF
FY25
Financial
Results
22 August 2025
ROBY SHARON-ZIPSER I CEO & Co-Founder
JACO JONKER I CFOO
hipages Group is ANZ’s #1 platform
to connect homeowners and tradies,
building better lives for everyone.
Our Vision
To be the most
trusted partner in the
trade industry.
Agenda
1. FY25 results overview
2. Financial & operational update
3. Strategy update
4. FY26 outlook
FY25 Results Overview
R O B Y S H A R O N - Z I P S ER
CEO & Co-Founder
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hipages Group at a glance (ASX: HPG)
Strategic evolution from
marketplace to SaaS platform
ANZ’s #1 platform to connect
homeowners and tradies
Purpose:
Tradie
Marketplace
Transform the tradie industry,
Building better lives for everyone
FY25 key strategic milestones
Successful platform migration in AUS
+
Job
Management
+
Future
Services
FY25 performance
Revenue
EBITDA2
FCF3
+10%
+20%
+162%
NZ shift to full subscription model
ARPU1 growth in AUS and NZ reflecting our
enhanced value proposition
$83.1m
$75.8m
FY24
1 ARPU: Annual revenue per user
2 EBITDA: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation before significant items
3 FCF: Free Cash Flow = Operating cash flow less lease repayment, less payments for intangible assets and property, plant & equipment (PPE)
FY25
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A year of significant strategic delivery
Strategic milestones & growth delivery
Operating leverage driving step-change in
Free Cash Flow generation
• Successful Single Tradie Platform 1 migration
• NZ business model change
• Migration to new price plans2
+12%
+9%
Recurring Revenue
ARPU
$83.1m
+$7.3m
$75.8m
vs. pcp
47%
FCF: $5.6m
+162% on pcp3
Cash Flow
through rate
$5.6m
$2.1m
+$3.5m
vs. pcp
$26.9m cash balance
Including funds on deposit
1 Product combining lead services and job management features into a single app - released in April 2024
2 All new tradies join on new price plans; existing tradies on the old price tiers progressively moved onto the new subscription pricing as their contract come up for renewal in CY25
3 PCP: Prior corresponding period
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FY25 Performance
JACO JONKER
CFO & COO
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FY25 Group Financial Highlights
Revenue
Profitability
Key drivers
Cash
See glossary on p.41 for definitions
All variances on this page refer to the pcp.
$7.4m
$80.8m
$83.1m
MRR
Recurring revenue
Total revenue
Up 14%
Up 12%
Up 10%
89%
$19.6m
$2.4m
Gross profit margin
EBITDA1
NPAT1
FY24: 89%
EBITDA Margin 24% (up 2ppt)
FY24: $0.1m
36.6k
$2,267
2.8m
Subscription tradies
ARPU
Tradie-Homeowner Connections
Stable
Up 9%
Stable at record levels
Australia +1% to 33.3k
Australia +8% to $2,381
$22.5m
$5.6m
Operating Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow
Up 17%
Up 162%
$26.9m
Closing cash and funds on deposit
FY24: $21.3m
1. EBITDA and NPAT before significant items. FY24 Statutory NPAT of $3.6m includes a one-off profit on disposal of equity interest in an associate [+$3.1m]
and a reversal of deferred consideration relating to the acquisition of a subsidiary (Builderscrack) [+$369k].
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Delivering sustainable growth
MRR excl. GST
Total Revenue
EBITDA
Free Cash Flow
Step change in FCF
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Double-digit MRR growth continues
hipages Group MRR (excl. GST)
7.4
MRR growth driven by:
• Record new business yields underpinned by
migration to higher STP price plans
6.4
5.7
• Existing customers ascending to higher price points
due to:
5.2
4.8
- Job leads pricing based on supply/demand
dynamics driving ascensions to higher price
tiers
27%
10%
13%
14%
9%
- Strong marketplace activity, with high supply
and demand driving near-record connections
• Business model change to full subscription for
hipages New Zealand
FY21
FY22
FY23
MRR excl. GST ($m)
FY24
Growth vs. pcp (%)
FY25
• Further opportunity ahead from migrating 19% of
Australian customers on legacy pricing and
continued pricing optimisation
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Record EBITDA margin driven by emerging operating leverage
Group operating expenses 1 as % of total revenue
Sales
Short-term cost cutting
during COVID pandemic
80%
9%
4%
32%
83%
82%
10%
12%
4%
34%
5%
27%
78%
12%
6%
25%
76%
13%
7%
25%
35%
35%
37%
35%
32%
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
Marketing
Technology Cost (P&L)
Sales
Operations and Administration
• Sales employment costs +12% driven by filling
vacancies and new roles to support NZ growth
Marketing
• Marketing investment stable as % of revenue
with disciplined spend in H2 following planned
additional creative and brand spend in H1
Operations and Administration
• Prudent cost management and operating
leverage delivered record 24% EBITDA margin
Refer to Appendix for detailed P&L
1 Operating expenses after capitalisation of Technology Development spend. Before capitalisation, total Technology Development spend was 24% of Revenue in FY25 (25% in pcp)
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Technology spend reducing as % of revenue
Group technology development spend (in $m)1
Total technology spend
as a % of Revenue
Technology spend continues to reduce as % of
revenue
• Continued development of tradie platform
alongside marketplace optimisation
• FY25 tech investment focused on developing
and implementing the single tradie platform
72% capitalised
• Disciplined capitalisation approach with detailed
activity-based tracking (development vs.
maintenance), amortised over 3 years
• Expect total tech spend to continue to gradually
reduce as % of revenue over medium- to longterm as we deliver our roadmap
28% expensed
1 Technology and software development spend based on profit and loss reporting (accrual based), not reflecting actual timing of cash flows
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Australian
Operations
Exceptional marketplace experience for homeowners and tradies
Connection1 volume remains strong (after record pcp)
as we focus on growing connection value
hipages Australia tradie-homeowner connections
Job connection rate remains at record levels,
reflecting exceptional marketplace experience
hipages Australia % of total jobs connected
85%
85%
FY24
FY25
81%
74%
FY21
73%
FY22
FY23
% of total jobs connected with a tradie 2
• In value, connections increased 16% vs. pcp reflecting the business’ focus
on yield optimisation during the period
1 Connections occur when a tradie claims a job, triggering usage of their lead credits included in their subscription
2 Connection rate defined as # jobs with at least 1 tradie-homeowner connection as a % of total # jobs posted on hipages (Australia)
• High connection rate supported by continued improvements to our
job/tradie matching engine
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ARPU growth reflects enhanced value proposition
hipages Australia ARPU ($)
Key drivers:
• New customers joining STP at higher yields
+12%
CAGR
$2,381
$2,199
$1,985
• Continued optimisation of job lead prices,
coupled with AI driven matching engine
driving increased credit usage, ascensions
and lead pack purchases1
$1,789
$1,536
FY21
FY22
• Migration of existing customers to new plans
(to complete by October 2025)
FY23
FY24
FY25
1 ‘Lead Packs’ are a transactional product offering tradies extra credit on a one-off basis, as an alternative to ascending to a higher price point (subscription product with 12 months commitment)
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Solid platform for subscriber growth with STP migration complete
hipages Australia subscription tradie number (‘000)
Key drivers:
+1%
33.1
33.3
32.3
31.2
31.3
FY21
FY22
FY23
• Successfully executed platform migration
while delivering continued volume and price
growth
• Opportunity to accelerate subscription growth
(Refer slide 26)
FY24
FY25
Subscription tradies ('000)
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Retention stable and ARPU growth maintained through STP migration
hipages Australia MRR retention rate1 and ARPU
• MRR retention remained stable through STP migration
(>33k tradies)
hipages Australia
$2,199
$2,381
ARPU
$1,985
• Increased retention from early STP user cohorts
• Focus remains on driving adoption of job
management features to enhance retention
• Continued ARPU growth driven by:
• Subscription price increases (new packages)
$976
56%
Pre-subscription
model 2
(FY19)
59%
58%
58%
FY23
FY24
FY25
1 Last 12-months MRR Retention rate (in $) for hipages Australia
2 hipages FY19 customer base: 40% transactional/60% subscription
Retention rate1
• Lead price increases and AI matching engine
enhancements
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Significant opportunity from increased STP engagement
Further ARPU growth to be driven by migration
of tradies to new pricing plans
% of hipages AUS total tradie base (at Jun '25)
Further yield benefit expected until price
plans migration is completed by Oct 25
1 MAU: Monthly Active User defined as a subscription tradie account who used at least 1 job management feature during the month
Increased engagement expected to drive
higher retention over time
Number of Monthly Active Users1 (000's) of
job management features
13% of total
tradie base
Early MAU cohorts continue to exhibit
higher retention rate
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hipages is the #1 destination for homeowners to connect with tradies
and for tradies to grow their businesses
HOMEOWNER
•
Continuation of strong partnership with The Block (Channel 9)
More value and stronger integration versus previous years with a total reach of 13.6m 1
•
68% brand awareness2 among homeowners
•
# 1 place to connect with tradies1 – for homeowners
•
Increased repeat jobs by 8% YoY
TRADIE
•
Multi-channel Tradie campaigns across radio, on-demand streaming platforms,
YouTube and TV
•
68% brand awareness2 among tradies
•
#1 place to grow your business3 – for tradies
•
Launched Tradie Education and grew enrolments to over 2,000 in the first 12 months
1 VOZ (Virtual Australia) measurement of de-duplicated reach nationwide; covering metro, regional and BVOD
2 Thrive Insights Research Jun 25 Brand Tracker (homeowners 30—65yo metro and regional)
3 Publicis Sapient competitive landscape analysis May 25
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Delivering a better homeowner experience
New AI assistant to help homeowners
post jobs more effectively and find
answers to complete their projects
New app designs with improved homepage UI, UX,
branding and alignment with consumer website
Focus on driving app downloads to boost
homeowner engagement with marketing creative
targeted towards app benefits
FY26 focus:
• Marketplace experience:
new team to improve
homeowner web & app
experience
• Trust & quality for
homeowners: enhanced
tradie verification, profile
trust badges and self-service
FAQs
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New Zealand
Operations
NZ ARPU growth driven by transition to full subscription model
hipages New Zealand (Builderscrack) tradie mix
$1,190
ARPU (in A$)
• FY25 revenue up 23% driven by higher yields
from new subscription model
$964
$883
$794
• Subscription model provides enhanced value for
tradies and higher retention
1
• FY25 ARPU exit run rate of $1,536
817
Transactional tradies
Successful business model evolution with 100%
of NZ tradies now on a full subscription model
1,486
2,249
2,827
3,359
1,925
Subscription tradies
1,026
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
1 ARPU for the month of June 2025, i.e. after the 100% completion to the subscription model; ARPU shown in the graph is for FY25, which had a mix of transactional and subscription tradie in the first half.
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Strategic evolution
R O B Y S H A R O N - Z I P S ER
CEO & Co-Founder
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Well positioned to capture larger proportion of TAM
Multi-product platform more appealing to a broader tradie base
Tradie businesses playing in the
‘Total Residential’ segment
Total Addressable Market
(Trade Businesses)
Tradie businesses playing in
the ‘Homeowner’ vertical
and using marketing services
11%
301k
Serviceable
Available Market
19%
hipages
market
penetration
175k
hipages AUS
33k
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Sources: Publicis Sapient ‘Australian Tradesperson Market Sizing’ June 2024; ABS; mgmt. estimates
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Opportunity to deepen engagement with ~50k paying tradies
Paying Tradies1 serviced over each FY
Opportunity to elevate user experience and engagement:
('000s)
43
FY21
45
FY22
46
FY23
48
FY24
49
•
Enhanced platform experience designed to make
hipages indispensable to tradies
•
Expansion of value-added services
(e.g. Toolbox, education, financial solutions)
•
Flexible subscription tiers to meet a wider range of
tradie needs
•
Targeted in-app features and campaigns to strengthen
ongoing engagement
FY25
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1 Tradies who were on a subscription product at some stage during the FY. In FY25, hipages had 33.3k tradie customers at the end of June out of a total of 48.8k tradies serviced over the period.
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Unrivalled customer value underpins confidence in strategy
hipages ROI materially higher than peers1
Translating to lowest take rate of GMV1,2
$32.22
3.10%
3.81%
5.22%
11.17%
11.21%
26.23%
$26.24
$19.15
$8.95
$8.92
$3.81
hipages
Search 1
Marketplace 2
Social 1
Social 2
Social 3
hipages
Search 1
Marketplace 2
Social 1
Social 2
Social 3
• hipages delivers strongest return on investment for tradespeople at $32 for every $1 spent on the platform
• Reinforcing hipages as the most effective channel for lead generation among digital lead generation channels
• Opportunity to surface value to customers more effectively through STP analytics and itemised billing
1 Source: Publicis Sapient Competitive Landscape Analysis report, May 2025.
2 Gross marketplace value
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Reminder of our strategic pillars
Tradie Platform
Marketplace
Lead
generation
services for
Tradies
Homeowner Platform
Job Management
SaaS features
for Tradies to
manage their
business
All things property:
researching work, hiring
tradies, and managing home
services
AI tradie enablement
Scan the QR code to watch our product vision video
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Job Management - roadmap
Product
Development:
FY24
FY25
New platform
launched in Q4
New features
released
Single tradie platform
available: merged 2
services into 1 product
H1
FY26
H2
FY26
Platform enhancement
Desktop version
Estimate
function enhancement
Customer management
function enhancement
Tap to Pay
capability
Quote
function enhancement
AI integration
into core features
Multi-user
capability
Scheduling
function enhancement
New services
Estimate
function
Customer
migration:
New price plans applied
to all joining tradies
Existing customer migration
to new app and pricing
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Launching 'hipages toolbox'
Screen Recording 2025-05-06 at 5.28.16 pm.mov
'hipages
toolbox'
In-app services marketplace where hipages tradies can access
trusted services from third parties all in one place
Categories:
Insurance
Impact:
Financing
Materials
Business
tools
Other
•
Extends our value proposition beyond job leads and management
•
Drives tradie engagement and retention
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Tech investment increasingly weighted to STP in FY26
hipages Group – Tech investment mix (in $m)
FY26 key areas of focus
Adding and enhancing features & services
Tradie platform evolution
Drive adoption &
engagement
Expand self-serve
capabilities
App merge
Enhancing the marketplace value proposition
(one-off
investment)
Marketplace optimisation
Sales funnel
optimisation
AI assistant for
Sales & Service
Subscription price
increase
AI-backed matching
engine optimisation
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FY26 outlook
R O B Y S H A R O N - Z I P S ER
CEO & Co-Founder
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FY26 targets1: continued strong growth in revenue, profitability and cash
• Total revenue growth
10% - 12%
• EBITDA margin2
24% - 26%
• Free Cash Flow
$8m - $10m
1 Assuming no material deterioration in macroeconomic conditions impacting the Group's key markets under the existing strategy
2 EBITDA margin before significant items
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Long-term potential profitability at scale
HPG’s fixed cost profile amplifies operating leverage and unlocks significant profitability as the business scales
Revenue
Management Cash EBIT 1
Variable Costs
100%
3%
20%
(New Business
acquisition, and other
variable sales costs)
Fixed Costs
77%
(R&D, Capex, lease,
other overheads )
7%
Margin accretion
over time
30%
20%
73%
100%
Targeting
40-50%
cash conversion2 on
incremental Revenue
Mgmt Cash EBIT1
long-term target
20%
50%
FY24
1 Includes capitalised and non-capitalised technology spend, and leases
2 47% in FY25. See page 7.
100%
FY25
Long-term
(illustrative)
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Questions & answers
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Appendices
Financial summary
FY25 Financial summary
● Recurring revenue 97% of total revenue (FY24: 95%)
● 89% gross margin3 (FY24: 89%)
● EBITDA margin4 expansion to 24% (FY24: 22%)
1 Operating revenue refers to total revenue from ordinary activities.
2 Reclassifications have been made to comparative balances to conform with current year presentation.
3 Gross Margin is calculated as gross profit (revenue less cost of sales, which include homeowner and tradie SEM spend, as well as merchant fees) divided by total revenue.
4 EBITDA Margin is calculated as EBITDA before significant items divided by total revenue.
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FY25 Cash flow
● Positive operating cash flow up 17% to $22.5m
as the business benefits from margin expansion
and strong business momentum
● Positive net cash flow of $5.5m in FY25
bolstering total cash & funds on deposit to
$26.9m
● Free cash flow
Cash flow from operations
Less capex – PPE
$’000
$22,509
($597)
Less capex – Intangibles
($14,386)
Less lease payments
($1,907)
Free cash flow
$5,619
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FY25 Statutory balance sheet
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Profit reconciliation
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Glossary and definitions
Annual revenue per user (ARPU)
The annual operating revenue divided by the average of the opening and closing number of total hipages Australia and hipages NZ (Builderscrack) tradies for the period.
For FY25, hipages Group ARPU of $2,267 is the blended result of hipages' ARPU of $2,381 and Builderscrack's ARPU of $1,190.
Gross profit margin
Includes total revenue less cost of sales (homeowner and tradie SEM spend and merchant fees).
Free cash flow (FCF)
Operating cash flow less lease repayment, less payments for intangible assets and PPE. Cash flows related to M&A and bank gua rantee release are not considered part
of free cash flow calculations.
Monthly recurring revenue (MRR)
Monthly recurring revenue refers to the committed monthly subscription revenue from tradies (excluding GST) at the end of the period (i.e. June 2025 for FY25). It is
calculated as the number of tradie accounts multiplied by their monthly subscription price excluding GST.
Paid connections
Paid connections occur when a tradie claims a lead on a job posted on the hipages platform, resulting in lead credit usage. Every job posted is connected with up to 3
tradies.
Subscription tradies
Refers to customer tradies in AUS (hipages) and NZ (Builderscrack) committed to a monthly subscription product.
Tradie-homeowner connection
Jobs posted by homeowners on the hipages marketplace appear as leads to relevant tradies (according to our job-matching algorithm). Up to 3 tradies can successfully
claim a lead: this result in a tradie-homeowner connection. Connections are the trigger for lead credit consumption.
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Disclaimer
Important notice
The material in this presentation has been prepared by hipages Group Holdings Limited (ASX: HPG) ABN 67 644 430 839 (“hipages” or the Company") and is general background information about hipages’
activities current as at the date of this presentation. The information is given in summary form and does not purport to be complete in every aspect. In particular you are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on any forward looking statements regarding our belief, intent or expectations with respect to hipages’ businesses, market conditions and/or results of operations, as although due care has been
used in the preparation of such statements, actual results may vary in a material manner. Information in this presentation or subsequently provided to the recipient of this information, whether orally or
in writing, including forecast financial information, should not be considered advice or a recommendation to investors or potential investors in relation to holding, purchasing or selling securities in the
Company. Before acting on any information you should consider the appropriateness of the information having regard to these matters, any relevant offer document and in particular, you should seek
independent financial advice.
The financial information should be read in conjunction with the basis of preparation set out in the Company’s accounts.
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