Quarterly Report • May 20, 2021
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| CENIT Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart At a glance – January 1 until March 31, 2021 |
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| in EUR k | March 31st, 2021 |
March 31st, 2020 |
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| Sales | 36,222 | 39,228 | ||
| Gross profits | 17,980 | 20,023 | ||
| EBITDA | 833 | 2,338 | ||
| Operating returns (EBIT) | ‐522 | 805 | ||
| EBT | ‐574 | 762 | ||
| Net income of the group | ‐502 | 490 | ||
| Earnings per share (basic) in EUR | ‐0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Earnings per share (diluted) in EUR | ‐0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Number of employees at end of period | 704 | 738 | ||
| EBIT‐Margin | ‐1.44% | 2.05% | ||
| Profit‐Margin | ‐1.39% | 1.25% | ||
| in EUR k | March 31st, 2021 |
December 31st, 2020 |
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| Equity in ratio | 42.6% | 51.2% | ||
| Equity | 42,236 | 42,723 | ||
| Liabilities | 56,810 | 40,726 | ||
| Balance sheet total | 99,046 | 83,449 |
During the first three months, CENIT group generated sales of EUR k 36,222 (prior year: EUR k 39,228/‐ 7.7%). Due to the ongoing global pandemic, CENIT expectsthe business environment to remain difficult in the fiscal year 2021, which is not likely to improve until the second half of the year. As expected, this resulted in a decline in sales in the first quarter.
The gross profit (operating output less cost of materials) amounted to EUR k 17,980 (prior year: EUR k 20,023), representing a decrease of ‐10.2%. EBITDA amounted to EUR k 833 (prior year: EUR k 2,338/‐ 64.4%) at EBIT of EUR k ‐522 (prior year: EUR k 805/> ‐100.0%). Earnings per share were EUR ‐0.06 (prior year: EUR 0.06).
In the PLM segment, CENIT achieved earnings of EUR k 32,692 (prior year: EUR k 35,474/‐7.8%) in the first three months. The EIM segment attained a sales total of EUR k 3,530 against EUR k 3,754 during the same period of 2020 (‐6.0%). Sales of third‐party software totaled EUR k 23,641 (prior year: EUR k 23,724/‐0.3%), while sales of CENIT's proprietary software decreased from EUR k 3,640 to EUR k 3,554/‐2.4%. Sales in the service and consulting segment amounted to EUR k 9,018 (prior year: EUR k 11,594/‐22.2%). Other sales totaled EUR k 9 (prior year: EUR k 270/‐96.6%).
Other expenses totaled EUR k 1,851 (prior year: EUR k 2,399).
Investments expenditures in the first three months 2021 amounted to EUR k 336 (prior year: EUR k 258).
Dr. Markus Wesel took over the position of Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2021, after Matthias Schmidt left the company at his own request on December 31, 2020.
None in the first quarter.
No interim dividend has been disbursed.
At the General Meeting of Shareholders on 20 May 2021, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of CENIT will propose the payment of a dividend of EUR 0.47 for the 2020 business year. If the General Meeting approves this proposal, a total amount of approx. EUR k 3,933 will be paid to the CENIT AG shareholders.
The group‐wide order intake totaled EUR k 50,296 (prior year: EUR k 53,872/‐6.6%). Orders in hand as at March 31st, 2021 amounted to EUR k 51,909 (prior year: EUR k 61,866/‐16.1%).
None.
On the balance‐sheet date, bank deposits totaled EUR k 32,601 (31 Dec. 2020: EUR k 26,056).
The balance‐sheet total is EUR k 99,046. Trade receivables totaled EUR k 20.621. On the balance‐sheet date, equity capital amounted to approx. EUR k 42,236 (31 Dec. 2020: EUR k 42.723) at an equity ratio of 42.6% (31 Dec. 2020: 51.2%). Operative cash flow totaled EUR k 7,676 (prior year: EUR k 9,653).
On 31 March 2021, CENIT employed staff group‐wide 704 (prior year: 738).
For the current year, the CENIT group expects sales of around 152.000 EUR k and earnings (EBIT) of around 4.900 EUR k provided that the general conditions do not get significantly worse because of the Corona pandemic.
| CENIT Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (in accordance with IFRSs) (unaudited) |
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| in EUR k | March 31st, 2021 |
December 31st, 2020 |
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| ASSETS | ||||
| NON‐CURRENT ASSETS | ||||
| Intangible assets | 10,925 | 11,065 | ||
| Property, plant and equipment | 12,861 | 13,690 | ||
| Investment in Joint Venture | 60 | 60 | ||
| Other financial assets | 2,500 | 2,500 | ||
| Deferred tax assets | 1,296 | 1,275 | ||
| NON‐CURRENT ASSETS | 27,642 | 28,590 | ||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||
| Inventories | 22 | 12 | ||
| Trade receivables | 20,621 | 14,562 | ||
| Receivables from investments recognized at equity | 3,908 | 2,514 | ||
| Contract assets | 1,195 | 2,469 | ||
| Current tax assets | 2,637 | 1,945 | ||
| Other receivables | 544 | 692 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 32,601 | 26,056 | ||
| Prepaid expenses | 9,876 | 6,609 | ||
| CURRENT ASSETS | 71,404 | 54,859 | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 99,046 | 83,449 |
| CENIT Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (in accordance with IFRSs) (unaudited) |
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| in EUR k | March 31st, 2021 |
December 31st, 2020 |
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| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
| EQUITY | |||
| Issued capital | 8,368 | 8,368 | |
| Capital reserve | 1,058 | 1,058 | |
| Currency translation reserve | 956 | 941 | |
| Statutory earnings reserve | 418 | 418 | |
| Other earnings reserves | 13,793 | 13,793 | |
| Profit carried forward | 17,479 | 15,161 | |
| Net profit | ‐514 | 2.318 | |
| Equity attributable to shareholders of CENIT AG | 41,558 | 42,057 | |
| Non‐controlling interests | 678 | 666 | |
| TOTAL EQUITY | 42,236 | 42,723 | |
| NON‐CURRENT LIABILITIES | |||
| Other liabilities | 613 | 612 | |
| Pension obligation Non‐current lease liability |
1,589 8,414 |
1,575 9,016 |
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| Deferred tax liabilities | 31 | 23 | |
| NON‐CURRENT LIABILITIES | 10,647 | 11,226 | |
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | |||
| Trade liabilities | 5,164 | 3,270 | |
| Liabilities to investments recognized at equity | 0 | 32 | |
| Other liabilities | 9,781 | 8,104 | |
| Current lease liability | 2,812 | 2,974 | |
| Current income tax liabilities | 1,196 | 1,154 | |
| Other provisions | 249 | 70 | |
| Contract liabilities | 26,961 | 13,896 | |
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | 46,163 | 29,500 | |
| TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 99,046 | 83,449 |
| CENIT Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (in accordance with IFRSs) (unaudited) |
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| in EUR k | 1st Jan – 31st Mar 2021 |
1st Jan – 31st Mar 2020 |
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| 1. | REVENUE | 36,222 | 39,228 | |
| 2. | Other income | 477 | 336 | |
| Operating performance | 36,699 | 39,564 | ||
| 3. | Cost of materials | 18,720 | 19,542 | |
| 4. | Personnel expenses | 15,297 | 15,312 | |
| 5. | Amortization and depreciation of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment |
1,355 | 1,533 | |
| 6. | Other expenses | 1,851 | 2,399 | |
| 37,223 | 38,786 | |||
| 7. | Impairment losses (here: reversals) from trade receivables |
2 | 27 | |
| OPERATING RESULT (EBIT) | ‐522 | 805 | ||
| 8. | Other interest and similar income | 0 | 0 | |
| 9. | Other interest and similar expenses | 52 | 43 | |
| ‐52 | ‐43 | |||
| RESULT BEFORE INCOME TAX (EBT) | ‐574 | 762 | ||
| 10. | Income taxes | ‐72 | 272 | |
| NET INCOME OF THE GROUP FOR THE YEAR | ‐502 | 490 | ||
| thereof attributable to the shareholders of CENIT AG |
‐514 | 473 | ||
| thereof attributable to non‐controlling | ||||
| interests | 12 | 17 | ||
| Earnings per share in EUR | ||||
| basic | ‐0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| diluted | ‐0.06 | 0.06 |
| 1st Jan – |
1st Jan – |
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| in EUR k | 31st Mar | 31st Mar | |
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities | |||
| Net income of the Group for the year | ‐502 | 490 | |
| Adjusted for: | |||
| Amortization/depreciation of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment |
1,355 | 1,533 | |
| Finance cost | 52 | 43 | |
| Tax expenses | ‐72 | 272 | |
| Increase/decrease in other non‐current liabilities and long‐term provisions | 17 | 233 | |
| Interest paid | ‐17 | ‐43 | |
| Income tax paid | ‐359 | ‐897 | |
| Increase/decrease in trade receivables and other current non‐cash assets | ‐9,553 | ‐281 | |
| Increase/decrease in inventories | ‐10 | 219 | |
| Increase/decrease in current liabilities and provisions | 16,765 | 8,084 | |
| Net cash flows from operating activities | 7,676 | 9,653 | |
| Cash flow from investing activities | |||
| Cash paid for purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | ‐280 | ‐258 | |
| Cash paid for purchase of shares in fully consolidated entities (net cash outflow) | 0 | ‐103 | |
| Net cash paid for investing activities | ‐280 | ‐361 | |
| Cash flow from financing activities | |||
| Cash repayments of lease liability | ‐837 | ‐863 | |
| Net cash paid for financing activities | ‐837 | ‐863 | |
| Net increase/decrease in cash and cash equivalents | 6,559 | 8,429 | |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents due to foreign exchange differences | ‐14 | 70 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period | 26,056 | 18,461 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period | 32,601 | 26,960 |
| In EUR k | 1st Jan – 31st Mar 2021 |
1st Jan – 31st Mar 2020 |
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| Net income for the year | ‐502 | 490 | |
| Other comprehensive income | |||
| Items that will be reclassified to the income statement in the future under certain circumstances |
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| Currency translation reserve of foreign subsidiaries | 15 | 76 | |
| Items that will not be reclassified to the income statement in the future |
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| Actuarial gains/losses from defined benefit obligations and similar obligations |
0 | 0 | |
| Deferred taxes recognised on other comprehensive income | 0 | 0 | |
| Other comprehensive income after tax | 15 | 76 | |
| Total comprehensive income | ‐487 | 566 | |
| Thereof attributable to the shareholders of CENIT AG | ‐499 | 549 | |
| Thereof attributable to non‐controlling interests | 12 | 17 |
| CENIT Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (in accordance with IFRS) (unaudited) |
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| Attributable to shareholders of CENIT AG | ||||||||||
| in EUR k | Sub‐ Capital Currency Revenue reserves Profit |
Net | Non‐ | Total | ||||||
| scribed capital |
reserves | translation reserve |
Legal reserve |
Other reserves |
carried forward |
income | controlling interests |
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| As of 1st January 2020 | 8,368 | 1,058 | 1,058 | 418 | 13,771 | 8,289 | 6,872 | 1,106 | 40,940 | |
| Net income prior year | 6,872 | -6,872 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total comprehensive income |
‐117 | 23 | 2,318 | ‐27 | 2,197 | |||||
| Acquisition of minorities | ‐1 | ‐217 | ‐218 | |||||||
| Dividend distribution | ‐196 | ‐196 | ||||||||
| As of 31st December 2020 | 8,368 | 1,058 | 941 | 418 | 13,793 | 15,161 | 2,318 | 666 | 42,723 | |
| Net income prior year | 2.318 | -2.318 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total comprehensive income |
15 | 0 | ‐514 | 12 | ‐487 | |||||
| As of 31st March 2021 | 8,368 | 1,058 | 956 | 418 | 13,793 | 17,479 | ‐514 | 678 | 42,236 |
Segment Reporting by Business Unit (in accordance with IFRSs) unaudited
| Reconciliatio | |||||
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| EIM | PLM | n | Group | ||
| in EUR k | |||||
| External revenue | Q1 2021 | 3,530 | 32,692 | 0 | 36,222 |
| Q1 2020 | 3,754 | 35,474 | 0 | 39,228 | |
| EBIT | Q1 2021 | 302 | -824 | 0 | -522 |
| Q1 2020 | 353 | 452 | 0 | 805 | |
| Other interest result and | Q1 2021 | 0 | 0 | -52 | -52 |
| financial result | Q1 2020 | 0 | 0 | -43 | -43 |
| Income taxes | Q1 2021 | 0 | 0 | -72 | -72 |
| Q1 2020 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 272 | |
| Net income of the Group | Q1 2021 | 302 | -824 | 20 | -502 |
| Q1 2020 | 353 | 452 | -315 | 490 | |
| Segment assets | Q1 2021 | 5,624 | 56,888 | 36,534 | 99,046 |
| Q1 2020 | 5,636 | 60,252 | 31,153 | 97,042 | |
| Segment liabilities | Q1 2021 | 7,194 | 48,388 | 1,228 | 56,810 |
| Q1 2020 | 6,555 | 49,028 | 170 | 55,753 | |
| Investments in property, plant and | Q1 2021 | 71 | 265 | 0 | 336 |
| equipment and intangible assets | Q1 2020 | 28 | 230 | 0 | 258 |
| Amortization and depreciation | Q1 2021 | 109 | 1,246 | 0 | 1,355 |
| Q1 2020 | 172 | 1,361 | 0 | 1,533 |
EIM = Enterprise Information Management; PLM = Product Lifecycle Management
Group Segment Report by Region (in accordance with IFRSs) unaudited
| in EUR k | Germany | Synopt | Switzerland | North America | Romania | Frankreich | Belgium | Netherlands | Japan | Japan | Reconciliation | Consolidation | Group | |
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| External revenue | Q1 2021 | 19,215 | 0 3,237 1,711 | 627 | 8,766 1,180 1,174 | 298 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 36,222 | ||||
| Q1 2020 | 22,397 | 0 2,476 1,914 | 497 10,089 | 967 | 486 | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39,228 | ||||
| Longterm Segment assets | Q1 2021 | 21,798 | 0 | 137 | 177 | 225 | 6,624 | 42 | 286 | 196 | 33 1,296 -3,172 | 27,642 | ||
| Q1 2020 | 23,556 | 0 | 203 | 330 | 199 | 8,129 | 137 | 79 | 80 | 0 1,228 -2,715 | 31,226 |
| 17th‐19th May 2021 |
Equity Forum Spring Conference, Frankfurt |
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| 20th May 2021 |
Virtual General Meeting of Shareholders, Stuttgart |
| 3rd August 2021 |
Release 6‐Month Report 2021 |
| 4th November 2021 |
Release 9‐Month Report 2021 |
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