- CEO
- Stuart Quane Dickinson
- Full Time Employees
- 485
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Packaged software
- Address
- City Works Depot Auckland AU New Zealand 1010
- IPO Date
- Aug 11, 2014
- Business
- Vista Group International Limited (NZX: VGL; ASX: VGL) is a New Zealand-based multinational technology company that develops, sells and supports software solutions for the global film industry, spanning cinema exhibition, film distribution and moviegoer analytics. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Auckland, the company operates through two primary segments, Cinema and Film, with offices in New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, the Netherlands, Mexico, Australia, China and other locations, serving clients in over 100 countries. Its Cinema segment offers comprehensive management software including Vista Cinema for large circuit exhibitors with point-of-sale, box office, concession sales, back-office operations, mobile applications, online ticketing and loyalty programs used by over 5,500 cinemas in more than 80 countries; Veezi, a cloud-based SaaS solution for independent cinemas with fewer than 20 screens; Movio for data-driven marketing analytics, audience segmentation and campaign management covering data from over 39 million moviegoers; MovieXchange for transaction data processing; and Cinema EQ for additional analytics. The Film segment provides Maccs for film rights management, royalties, theatrical and non-theatrical distribution in over 45 countries; Numero for real-time box office reporting to studios and distributors; Powster for digital marketing content, microsites and creative campaigns serving over 70 distributors in 40 countries; MX for distribution tools; Movio Media and Movio Research for studio analytics; and Flicks, a premium online platform for movie, cinema and streaming discovery with reviews, trailers and booking integration. In recent developments, Vista Group reported strong first-half 2025 results with revenue up 11% to $77.0 million, recurring revenue up 11% to $70.4 million, SaaS revenue up 24% to $31.6 million, EBITDA up 39% to $10.0 million and its second consecutive half of positive free cash flow, driven by accelerating Vista Cloud adoption with 747 sites live as of June 2025 and new client signings including Odeon Cinemas Group (309 sites) and Village Cinemas Australia (20 sites); the company upgraded its long-term 100% Platform aspirations to $315.0 million in annual recurring revenue at 33-37% EBITDA margins, launched an Embedded Payments pilot for 2H25 targeting $15.0 million ARR at full deployment, expanded resourcing in AI, technology and delivery to meet excess client demand, and anticipates full-year 2025 revenue of $167.0 million with 16-18% EBITDA margins while progressing toward 1,600+ Vista Cloud sites by year-end.