Interim Results for the six months ended 30 April 2021 - Investor presentation
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HALF-YEAR SUMMARY Good performance from Laundry operations and continued expansion Stronger than anticipated recovery in Identification business, particularly in Japan, France and the UK Multi-country restructuring plans substantially completed Continued focus on innovation and diversification of operation to drive future growth Revenue up 3.4% Reported EBITDA1 Reported Profit before £94.6m up at £28.7m tax of £12.0m Six months ended 30 April 2020 Six months ended 30 April 2020 Six months ended 30 April 2020 £91.5m £16.7m £(24.2)m Cash generated from Gross cash of £95.3m Adjusted Profit before Net cash of £16.9m tax2 of £12.9m operations of £22.4m Six months ended 30 April 2020 Six months ended 30 April 2020 Six months ended 30 April 2020 £(0.1)m £14.7m Gross cash £65.5m, Net Cash: £7.9m Earning per share 2.49p Capital Expenditure3 of Gearing £22.5m 34.7% Six months ended 30 April 2020: Six months ended 30 April 2020: Six months ended 30 April 2020: (5.64)p £12.4m 43.9% All 2020 comparative figures are for the six months ended 30 April 2020 1 EBITDA for the six months ended 30 April 2020 has been adjusted to include comparable data (COVID provision has been added back) 2 Adjusted profit before tax for the six months to 30 April 2021 is profit before tax adjusted to exclude the restructuring costs, additional impairments and the profit on the sales of Inox assets. 3 Excluding £7.9m from Plaza Create acquisition and leases, Capital expenditure was £14.6m 4
GROWTH STRATEGY UPDATE Strategic progress despite continued impact due to the pandemic in Q1 • Focused on four principal business areas: Identification, Laundry, digital Kiosks and Food • Key investment priorities: • continued expansion of Laundry operations • growth of self service food equipment business • Diversification and Innovation remain at the core of the Group, focused on Identification, Laundry, Food and digitalisation of vending service • Acquisition of Plaza Create (Japan) and Resto’Clock (France) • Sale of B2B Laundry business in the UK • Extension of geographic footprint, with expansion into Finland post the period end and organic growth in Europe, Scandinavia and Australasia being considered • Focus on corporate social responsibility to integrate social, environmental and economic expectations into the Group’s growth strategy and operations 5
KEY FINANCIALS £m REPORTED REVENUE 96 94 • Revenue increased by 3.4%, 92 94.6 reflecting an improvement in 90 232.2 91.5 consumer activity compared with 88 186.3 the onset of the pandemic in 2020 86 • Cash flow positive with £22.4m 84 generated from operations 82 80 Six months ended 30 April 2020 Six months ended 30 April 2021 EBITDA1 £m (Excluding associates) • Significant improvement in 30 40% EBITDA, delivering a 30% EBITDA 28.7 margin compared to and 18% 30% EBITDA margin in the prior period 20 20% 10 16.7 10% 0 0% EBITDA EBITDA Margin Six months ended 30 April 2020 Six months ended 30 April 2021 1EBITDA for the six months ended 30 April 2020 has been adjusted to include comparable data (COVID provision has been added back) 7
KEY FINANCIALS £m REPORTED PROFIT BEFORE TAX 20.0 • Restructuring costs of £0.3 million related to UK business reorganisation 10.0 12.0 • £1.3 million impairment of machines 0.0 in China • Sale of UK B2B Laundry business: -10.0 £(0.7) million -20.0 (24.2) -30.0 RECONCILIATION OF REPORTED PROFIT BEFORE TAX TO ADJUSTED PROFIT BEFORE TAX £m 14 1.3 13.5 13 0.3 (0.7) 12.9 12.5 12 12.0 11.5 11 2 Repoted profit before tax Restructuring costs 2 Impairments 2 Sales of Inox assets Adjusted profit before tax 1Profit before tax includes £33.6 million loss due to exceptional items, provisions and impairment due to COVID-19 2Exceptional item All figures are calculated from actual figures in the financial statements as opposed to the rounded figures included in the above table 8
RESTRUCTURING PROGRAMMES Programmes to remove and relocate unprofitable machines substantially completed in April 2021 • Programme implemented to address significant loss in Identification and other vending machine revenue • Approximately 5,000 machines have been removed • UK: c.3,800 units (c.32% of machines in the UK) • China: c. 444 photobooths (c.57% of machines in China) • South Korea: 200 units impaired (100% of machines in South Korea) • Continental Europe: c. 1,000 machines (mainly France, Netherlands and Spain) • On completion 5,000 machines will have been removed or relocated from Photo-Me’s estate, a 7% reduction of total machines in operation • A small number of programmes have been paused, pending assessment of recent revenue performance vs cost of removal/relocation • Operations now better aligned to anticipated consumer activity levels 9
EARNINGS PER SHARE AND DIVIDEND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE 4.00 • Earning per share of 2.49p • Board has not declared an 2.00 2.49 interim dividend Pence per share 0.00 • Future dividend payments will be aligned to business -2.00 performance -4.00 (5.64) -6.00 10
NET CASH BRIDGE £m 120 22.4 100 80 (5.9) 60 (15.1) 21.9 40 (6.0) (0.4) 16.9 20 0 Opening Operating Acquisitions Investment in Tax Interest & Closing Net Cash at cash flow estate and Finance Net Cash at 1 November 2020 infrastructure 30 April 2021 11
REVENUE BRIDGE £m 100 1.1 0.6 0.1 95 2.3 0.3 (1.0) 94.6 90 91.5 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 Six months ended Laundry Photobooths Kiosks Other Sales & B2B Six months ended 31 October 2020 except B2B 30 April 2021 12
REPORTED PROFIT BEFORE TAX £m 15 2.1 2.5 0.7 10 12.0 1.2 1.2 22.4 0.6 5 (0.6) 0 (24.2) -5 -10 -15 1.3 2.2 -20 3.1 (0.5) -25 -30 Six months Changes in Commission Labour IFRS 16 Impairment & Exchange Restructuring Sales Consumable Amortisation Inox Other* Six months ended revenue gain costs impact provisions loss cost Margin spare parts sales ended 31 October 2020 savings 30 April 2021 * Other relates to: Travel & entertainment, Legal & professional fees, Cash collection, Bad debt, Vehicle costs, R&D depreciation 13
RESULTS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA CONTINENTAL EUROPE UK & REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ASIA Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, United Kingdom and Ireland China, Japan, Singapore, COUNTRIES Germany, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Vietnam Portugal, Spain and Switzerland, VENDING UNITS 24,913 units | 55.8% 8,356 units | 18.7% 11,371 units | 25.5% % OF THE GROUP Six months to Six months to Change Six months to Six months to Six months to Six months to Change Change 30 April 2021 30 April 2020 30 April 2021 30 April 2020 30 April 2021 30 April 2020 REVENUE £58.7m £52.5m +11.9% £13.3m £19.0m -29.9% £22.5m £19.9m +13.1% OPERATING £10.1m £(9.9)m 201.7% £2.0m £(11.0)m +118.4% £2.7m £1.1m +143.8% PROFIT MARGIN 17.0% -19.0% 15.0% -58.0% 12.0% 6.0% • All geographic areas delivered an operating profit • Continental Europe remains the largest geography by number of units, revenue and profit 14
OPERATING REVENUE EVOLUTION VS SAME PERIOD IN THE PRIOR YEAR1 CONTINENTAL EUROPE UK & REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ASIA +16.1% +17.8% +44.2% +13.7% +12.9% +13.8% -28.6% -41.4% -10.4% -8.4% -78.0% -15.5% • Improved revenue trend • Identification and children’s • Identification performance in Identification, Kiosks ride market remained driven by My Number in and Laundry extremely challenging March and April • Most significant increase • Laundry operations • China market expected to in France and Germany performed strongly remain challenging 1 Variation in operating revenue: Nov 2020 to April 2021 vs Nov 2019 to April 2020 15
JEAN-MARC JANAILHAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUSINESS REVIEW
VENDING UNITS IN OPERATION CONTINENTAL EUROPE UK & REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ASIA 12,000 12,000 26,000 Number of vending units in operation 11,000 11,000 24,000 25,597 11,198 11,371 24,913 10,000 22,000 10,000 20,000 9,000 10,221 9,000 18,000 8,000 8,356 16,000 8,000 7,000 14,000 6,000 7,000 12,000 10,000 5,000 6,000 Six months to 30 April Six month to 30 April Six months to 30 April Six months to 30 April Six months to 30 April Six months to 30 April 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 • Increase mainly due to the installation of • Reduction due to removal of unprofitable • 1,500 photobooth added to region Revolution machines photobooths through acquisition Number of vending units in operation (% of estate) 0.1% 1.0% 0.3% 5% 17% 19% 32% 12% 53% 52% 10% 95% Photobooth Kiosk Laundry Children's rides 17
IDENTIFICATION Photobooths and integrated biometric identification solutions Six months Six months Change ended ended 30 April 30 April 2021 2020 Number of units in operation 28,095 28,537 -1.5% Percentage of total Group vending estate (number of units) 62.9% 60.7% +3.6% Revenue £52.5m £51.9m +1.2% Capex £3.3m £3.3m +0.3% • Photobooth revenue recovered faster than expected in Q2 (mainly in France) • Strong activity levels in Japan in March and April due to increased applications for ‘My Number Card’ • Action taken to remove unprofitable machines • Trading in UK and China remained extremely challenging • Capex focused on refurbishing of removed machines to be relocated • Board remains confident of longer term opportunities 18
IDENTIFICATION Photobooths and integrated biometric identification solutions PHOTOBOOTH OPERATING REVENUE EVOLUTION1 £m 25 20 15 10 5 0 Nov 2019 to Jan 2020 Feb to Apr 2020 May to Jul 2020 Aug to Oct 2020 Nov 2020 to Jan 2021 Feb to Apr 2021 Continental Europe UK & Republic of Ireland Asia 1 Operating revenue last 18 months to Apr 2021 by quarter 19
LAUNDRY Revolution: Outdoor self-service laundry units, Launderettes: self-service shops, B2B Laundry Services Six months Six months Change ended ended 30 April 2021 30 April 2020 Total laundry units deployed 5,298 5,471 -3.2% (owned, sold and as a result of acquisitions) Total revenue from laundry operations £23.9m £19.4m +23.2% Revolution (excludes Launderettes and B2B): - Number of Revolutions in operation 3,762 3,205 +17.4% - Percentage of total Group vending estate (number of units) 8.4% 6.6% +27.3% - Total revenue from Revolutions £18.4m £15.9m +15.8% - Revolution capex £8.1m £4.9m +64.7% • Continued growth in Revolution units, up 17.4%, now 8.4% of total estate • Revolution revenue grew by 15.8% • Key contract wins with petrol forecourt operators and retailers • Ongoing investment in rollout c.55 per month in the Period • Plans to return to c.70 Revolution installations per month, subject to easing of lockdown restrictions • Photovoltaic solar panels installed on 100 Revolution units in France, with plans to rollout to other countries
KIOSKS High quality digital printing services Six months Six months Change ended ended 30 April 2021 30 April 2020 Number of units in operation 5,211 5,497 -5.2% Percentage of total Group vending estate (number of units) 11.7% 11.7% - Revenue £6.0m £5.5m +9.1% Capex £0.2m £0.8m -75.0% • Revenue grew by 9.1% reflecting improvement in consumer activity levels in France, the UK and Switzerland • Unprofitable units removed, resulting in a 5.2% reduction in the number of units in operation • Capex reduction reflects investment in premium sites only and ongoing focus on Laundry expansion OTHER VENDING EQUIPMENT (such as children’s rides, photocopiers etc) • More than 7,500 machines operated, representing 16.8% of total vending estate • Contributes 5.7% of total Group revenue • Demand has been significantly impacted by the pandemic and unprofitable machines have been removed as part of restructuring programmes 21
KIS FOOD Self-service fresh fruit juice machines Six months Six months ended ended 30 April 2021 30 April 2020 Number of units in operation 2,700 2,788 Revenue £3.2m £3.2m • Business impacted by widespread closure of restaurants and hotels due to the pandemic • Revenue was £3.2 million, contributing 3.4% to total Group revenue • Apple juice machine rollout delayed, c.100 machines installed to date • Plans to rollout out pineapple machines and prototype of new grape juice machines is being tested • New ‘juice wall concept’ developed offering a variety of self-service fresh juice options • Group aims to become the market leader for food vending equipment in France by 2023, and plans to deploy machines in all countries in which it operate 22
INNOVATION & DIVERSIFICATION Continued innovation and diversification of operations remains at the core of the Group KIS FOOD ACQUISITION • Acquisition of French manufacturer of pizza vending machines, Resto’Clock • Resto’Clock, a leader in France (top 3), currently sells 30 to 40 machines per year • Machines to be designed by Philippe Starck and sold or leased to B2B hospital market (restaurants and takeaways) • Group expects to sell c100 machines per month by the end of 2023 DEVELOPMENT OF INDOOR REVOLUTION LAUNDRY MACHINE • Approximately 1 sqm indoor format for B2B markets such as supermarkets, petrol stations, universities and hospitality • Rental model, with maintenance contract. Unit managed by customer day-to-day 23
INNOVATION & DIVERSIFICATION Continued innovation and diversification of operations remains at the core of the Group NEXT GENERATION PHOTOBOOTH • Development of new photobooth underway offering enhanced features and customer experience • Proprietary “anti-spoofing” solution developed for ID photos to avoid risk of fraud DIGITIALISATION OF INSTANT VENDING SERVICES • Development of 5G cloud architecture for vending machine estate, bring full product offer onto one platform • Initiative to include a group loyalty programme expected to increase use of the Group’s equipment 24
NEW BRAND STRATEGY New corporate brand to reflect successful diversification growth strategy • New, more coherent, ambitious and strong brand strategy to communicate the breadth and reach of operations today • Captures easy-to-use and convenient nature of diverse vending portfolio and consumer experience and engagement • Reflects Group’s mission to revolutionise local retail by bringing innovative automated self-service solutions to consumers delivered through a more self-sufficient and simpler customer experience everyday • Why ME? • ME for MY EXPERIENCE • ME for MORE ENGAGED • ME for MINUTE EXPERIENCE • ME for MAKING EASY • Photo-Me International PLC will remain the Group’s listed entity name 25
NEW BRAND STRATEGY Rollout across all countries of operations in the coming months Each subsidiary company All Business areas will capture Well known and will adopt the ME Group “Me” positioning recognised B2C brands to corporate identity co-exist with ME Group in the short-to-medium term Identification Kiosks Laundry KIS Food 26
CONCLUSION Board confident in long-term growth strategy • Confidence in longer-term Identification market opportunities, supported by new product development • Laundry expansion remained a key growth driver • Board considering opportunities to further extend geographic presence through acquisitions and international franchising model • Group focused on continued evolution of digital and environmental capabilities • Launch of ME Group corporate identity to better reflect the Group’s operations today • Strong cash position • Board remains confident in the Group’s long-term growth strategy and its ability to adapt to and operate in the new consumer environment • The first quarter of FY21 was impact by the pandemic, nevertheless the Board anticipates that profits in FY2022 will be broadly similar to FY2019 levels 27
APPENDICES
GROUP STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME for the six months ended 30 April 2021 29
GROUP STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION as at 30 April 2021 30
GROUP STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the six months ended 30 April 2021 31
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