Quarterly Report • Nov 29, 2018
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Interim Report Januar y– September 2018 29 November 2018
| KEY FINANCIAL FIGURES | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | ∆ % | 9M/2018 | 9M/2017 | ∆ % | 2017 | |
| Output volume (€ mln.) | 4,770.42 | 4,128.67 | 16 | 11,645.81 | 10,383.06 | 12 | 14,620.89 |
| Revenue (€ mln.) | 4,374.12 | 3,705.59 | 18 | 10,681.47 | 9,357.28 | 14 | 13,508.72 |
| Order backlog (€ mln.) | 18,161.02 | 16,038.27 | 13 | 16,591.87 | |||
| Employees | 74,775 | 72,579 | 3 | 72,904 | |||
| KEY EARNINGS FIGURES | |||||||
| Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | ∆ % | 9M/2018 | 9M/2017 | ∆ % | 2017 | |
| EBITDA (€ mln.) | 371.05 | 297.20 | 25 | 571.43 | 448.43 | 27 | 834.58 |
| EBITDA adjusted (€ mln.) | 315.741 | 297.20 | 6 | 516.121 | 448.43 | 15 | 834.58 |
| EBITDA margin adjusted | |||||||
| (% of revenue) | 7.21 | 8.0 | 4.81 | 4.8 | 6.2 | ||
| EBIT (€ mln.) | 278.86 | 203.15 | 37 | 298.89 | 170.56 | 75 | 448.36 |
| EBIT adjusted (€ mln.) | 223.551 | 203.15 | 10 | 243.581 | 170.56 | 43 | 448.36 |
| EBIT margin adjusted | |||||||
| (% of revenue) | 5.11 | 5.5 | 2.31 | 1.8 | 3.3 | ||
| EBT (€ mln.)2 | 275.81 | 197.20 | 40 | 288.40 | 135.87 | 112 | 421.21 |
| Net income (€ mln.)2 | 184.89 | 140.69 | 31 | 187.76 | 86.74 | 116 | 292.36 |
| Net income after minorities | |||||||
| (€ mln.)2 | 178.89 | 134.89 | 33 | 178.33 | 82.10 | 117 | 278.91 |
| Net income after minorities | |||||||
| margin (% of revenue)2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 | ||
| Earnings per share (€)2 | 1.74 | 1.31 | 33 | 1.74 | 0.80 | 117 | 2.72 |
| Cash flow from operating | |||||||
| activities (€ mln.) | 38.42 | 115.54 | -67 | -108.88 | -84.97 | -28 | 1,345.19 |
| ROCE (%)2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 6.7 | ||
| Investment in fixed assets | |||||||
| (€ mln.) | 153.31 | 116.40 | 32 | 442.41 | 335.56 | 32 | 457.62 |
| 30.9.2018 | 31.12.2017 | ∆ % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity (€ mln.) | 3,476.77 | 3,397.72 | 2 |
| Equity ratio (%) | 30.3 | 30.7 | |
| Net debt (€ mln.) | -517.00 | -1,335.04 | 61 |
| Gearing ratio (%) | -14.9 | -39.3 | |
| Capital employed (€ mln.) | 5,474.89 | 5,242.91 | 4 |
| Balance sheet total (€ mln.) | 11,491.68 | 11,054.12 | 4 |
EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation
EBIT = earnings before interest and taxes
EBT = earnings before taxes
ROCE = (net income + interest on debt - interest tax shield (25 %)) /(average group equity + interest-bearing debt) Net debt = financial liabilities - non-recourse debt + provisions for severance and pension obligations - cash and cash equivalents
Gearing ratio = net debt/group equity
Capital employed = group equity + interest-bearing debt
1 Adjusted for a positive non-operating one-off due to the acquisition of the remaining 50 % interest in PANSUEVIA GmbH & Co. KG
2 Adjustment of the comparison periods 2017 due to the presentation of net investments in foreign operational entities acc. IAS 21.32
Dynamic growth in our by far largest market of Germany; continued good demand in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe; favourable construction weather all around; no more earnings burdens from our international business – this has been the year to date. With developments such as these, we are adjusting our outlook for the 2018 full year: We now expect the output volume to clearly exceed € 15.0 billion and the operating EBIT margin to attain at least last year's level of 3.3 %. These forecasts lead us to anticipate another record year. As reported, the positive non-operating one-off in the double-digit million euros from the full consolidation of the concession company PANSUEVIA in Germany will come on top.
Yours,
Thomas Birtel CEO of STRABAG SE
STRABAG SE generated an output volume of € 11,645.81 million in the first nine months of the 2018 financial year. This upwards movement of 12 % was driven especially by the German building construction and civil engineering business as well as by the markets in Americas, Austria and Poland. The consolidated group revenue grew by 14 %. This resulted in a slight increase of the ratio of revenue to output volume from 90 % to 92 %.
The order backlog increased by 13 % over the level of 30 September 2017 to € 18,161.02 million. Contributing to this development once more were numerous new large orders in the group's largest markets, above all in Germany,
The earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew by 27 % to € 571.43 million in the first nine months of 2018. This includes a positive non-operating one-off resulting from the full consolidation by STRABAG of the German concession company PANSUEVIA that operates the A8 motorway in Germany. The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) required the previous 50 % interest to be revalued through profit or loss ("step-up"). The adjusted EBITDA stood at € 516.12 million (+15 %).
Depreciation and amortisation was down by 2 %, which resulted in a 75 % plus in the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) to € 298.89 million. Adjusted for the above-mentioned non-recurring item, the EBIT settled at € 243.58 million with an EBIT margin of 2.3 %. A third-quarter comparison also showed increases in the adjusted EBITDA (6 %) and the adjusted EBIT (10 %).
Poland and Hungary. A significant development, too, was the contract extension for the Alto Maipo tunnelling project in Chile in the second quarter of 2018 with a value in the triple-digit million-euro range.
The net interest income reached € -10.49 million, compared to € -34.69 million in the first nine months of the previous year. While last year's figure had been influenced by negative internal exchange rate differences, these differences were now positive. The earnings before taxes (EBT) more than doubled, as did the income tax level, which left a net income of € 187.76 million (+116 %).
The third-party share grew slightly from € 4.65 million to € 9.43 million. Overall this resulted in a net income after minorities of € 178.33 million, compared to € 82.10 million in the same period last year. With 102,600,000 outstanding shares, this corresponds to earnings per share of € 1.74 (9M/2017: € 0.80).
The balance sheet grew from € 11.1 billion on 31 December 2017 to € 11.5 billion at the end of the third quarter, influenced by the increased shareholding in PANSUEVIA from 50 % to 100 % and the subsequent full consolidation. This also explains the growth of the non-current financial liabilities. Another influential factor were the higher trade receivables, which increased especially as a result of the reclassification of real estate project developments as required by the first-time adoption of IFRS 15. Despite the balance sheet growth, the equity ratio remained at a high level of 30.3 % compared to 30.7 % at the end of 2017. The net cash position decreased, as is seasonally usual, from € 1,335.04 million at 31 December 2017 to € 517.00 million (30 September 2017: € 14.62 million).
The cash flow from operating activities fell despite the higher cash flow from earnings from € -84.97 million to € -108.88 million due to the stronger working capital increase as compared to the previous year. The cash flow from investing activities, at € -472.56 million, was 96 % more negative, due in part to the higher investments in property, plant and equipment and because of the PANSUEVIA transaction. The repayment of a bond and the acquisition of the minority shares of the now delisted German subsidiary STRABAG AG influenced the cash flow from financing activities, which reached a value of € -436.64 million after € -198.85 million in the first nine months of the previous year.
The strong order backlog is feeding expectations of another positive development of the output volume for 2018: The Management Board of STRABAG SE now expects an increase to clearly over € 15.0 billion. Growth should be seen in all three operating segments – North + West, South + East and International + Special Divisions. STRABAG strives for repeating last year's operating EBIT margin of at least 3.3 %. The forecast for this operating EBIT margin does not include the non-recurring margin increase resulting from the abovementioned non-operating stepup profit related to the full consolidation of PAN-SUEVIA in 2018.
Demand is expected to at least remain stable or to grow slightly in nearly all of the group's markets in comparison to the previous year. This is also true for the group's three largest markets, Germany, Austria and Poland, which are already at a high level. Declines of the output volume are expected individually in those markets in which large projects were completed in 2017 and where the group is not active nationwide. In particular, the property and facility services entities, the real estate development business and infrastructure development are expected to continue to make positive contributions to the earnings.
The net capital expenditures (cash flow from investing activities) are expected to reach about € 550 million in 2018, significantly above the previous year's value of € 333.30 million.
| € mln. | Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | ∆ % |
∆ absolute |
9M/2018 | 9M/2017 | ∆ % |
∆ absolute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Output volume | 2,297.65 | 2,030.98 | 13 | 266.67 | 5,556.41 | 4,813.81 | 15 | 742.60 |
| Revenue | 2,044.93 | 1,909.44 | 7 | 135.49 | 5,015.28 | 4,516.97 | 11 | 498.31 |
| Order backlog | 9,162.32 | 7,697.49 | 19 | 1,464.83 | ||||
| EBIT | 66.09 | 88.14 | -25 | -22.05 | 43.50 | 25.46 | 71 | 18.04 |
| EBIT margin | ||||||||
| (% of revenue) | 3.2 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||||
| EBT | 66.09 | 88.14 | -25 | -22.05 | 43.50 | 25.46 | 71 | 18.04 |
| Employees | 23,969 | 23,146 | 4 | 823 |
In the segment North + West, the output volume in the first nine months of 2018 increased by 15 % year on year. This can be attributed to the high order backlog in Germany and Poland and the relatively good weather. In the German building construction sector in particular, very little slowdown had been observed during the winter months. In Denmark, on the other hand, the output volume decreased as new large projects didn't directly follow the completion of projects from the existing order backlog.
The revenue in the first nine months of 2018 grew by 11 %. The EBIT improved by 71 % to € 43.50 million, a reflection above all of the good business situation in the German transportation infrastructures sector.
The order backlog increased by 19 % over the level of 30 September 2017, which corresponds to € 1.5 billion in absolute figures. Contributing to this growth were increases in Germany, Poland and, to a slightly lesser degree, Denmark and the Benelux countries. New orders acquired this year in Germany included the projects "Sonnenhöfe im Sternenviertel" near the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport; the INC Project House for Autonomous Driving in Ingolstadt; SKAIO, the first timber high-rise in the country; and the Oldenburg–Wilhelmshaven rail upgrade line from Deutsche Bahn AG. In Poland, STRABAG was awarded the contracts for two further sections of the S7 expressway north of Warsaw and two sections of the A1 motorway. New orders also came from northern Europe and Scandinavia, for example several buildings in Copenhagen's Carlsberg Quartier, Denmark; the FSE309 Lovö Interchange in Stockholm, Sweden; and the business and residential building ODE in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with tenants including Booking.com B.V., among others.
Regarding the outlook, the segment North + West is expected to surpass last year's record output volume in the 2018 financial year. The German building construction and civil engineering business should continue to contribute positively to both output volume and earnings. The ongoing tense situation on the subcontractor and supplier market triggered by the construction boom is being countered by binding these parties at an early stage before the contract with the client is concluded and with risk premiums estimated for expected price increases during construction.
The transportation infrastructure business in Germany registered an excellent year so far. The economic environment is characterised by sustained low interest rates, high tax revenues and a years-long investment backlog in public infrastructure. It is expected that the high output volume posted last year will be surpassed, especially as the order backlog is at a historic high. Labour and limited subcontractor capacities remain restrictive factors for an expansion of the business.
In contrast, the situation on the market in Poland is becoming bleaker. The industry is experiencing a shortage of qualified staff, of construction material and of capacities in general to attend to the enormous demand. This had led to price increases last year in the double-digit percent range for labour costs, construction materials and subcontractor fees. At the same time, tenders are being withdrawn more frequently before award due to budget overruns. The order backlog is at a very high level, and so has already secured the output volume for the ongoing financial year, which enables a greater selection of the projects for which bids are to be made. This is why the earnings should continue to be generated at a satisfactory level, while the output volume is expected to exhibit strong growth.
| South + East | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| € mln. | Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | ∆ % |
| Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | ∆ % |
∆ absolute |
9M/2018 | 9M/2017 | ∆ % |
∆ absolute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,407.81 | 1,233.30 | 14 | 174.51 | 3,324.22 | 3,043.66 | 9 | 280.56 |
| 1,365.24 | 1,038.95 | 31 | 326.29 | 3,189.08 | 2,768.53 | 15 | 420.55 |
| 4,902.59 | 4,237.88 | 16 | 664.71 | ||||
| 96.49 | 101.29 | -5 | -4.80 | 92.34 | 139.02 | -34 | -46.68 |
| 7.1 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 5.0 | ||||
| 96.49 | 101.29 | -5 | -4.80 | 92.34 | 139.02 | -34 | -46.68 |
| 18,434 | 17,644 | 4 | 790 | ||||
The output volume in the segment South + East grew to € 3,324.22 million in the first nine months of 2018, a year-on-year plus of 9 %. Growth was registered above all in the home market of Austria as well as in Croatia and in Hungary.
The revenue increased by 15 %. The EBIT, on the other hand, fell by 34 % to € 92.34 million. Demand – above all for human resources and subcontractor services – also intensified in the markets of Central and Eastern Europe, so that the margins, starting from an unusually strong level, approached the group average.
The order backlog registered a significant upwards jump of 16 % over the level of 30 September 2017, growing to € 4,902.59 million. This development is also attributable to Austria and Hungary. Newly acquired projects include a production facility in Hungary for the Swiss automotive supplier REHAU as well as the Triiiple residential construction project in Vienna, Austria. The trend in the other markets of this segment was more inconsistent.
Regarding the outlook of the segment, the output volume is expected to continue to grow with attractive margins in the 2018 financial year. In general, the combination of high demand and lack of skilled labour has led to increasing costs in most of the markets.
The situation on the home market of Austria remains positive. New large building construction projects in the cities are continually restocking the order backlog as similar projects reach completion.
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the margins have been falling for several years. The construction climate is getting tenser, as has been expected. In Slovakia, tenders are mostly for transportation projects with EU financing, including several railway projects, though the situation here is characterised by fierce competition, a labour shortage and volatile prices for construction materials. In the Czech Republic, the focus had been on building construction for the automobile industry as well as commercial centres and office buildings for industrial clients. Now STRABAG has bid for several infrastructure projects that have also come up for tender.
In Hungary, the challenge in the coming months and years will be to work off the high order backlog. The company is therefore being selective with regard to the acquisition of new contracts. The entire Hungarian construction industry is currently in an unusually active phase.
The markets of South-East Europe are developing quite differently. On the one hand, an increasing number of large projects are coming up for tender. At the same time, however, competition and political risks are again on the rise in individual countries of the region.
The environmental technology business is developing very positively.
The business in Switzerland is going as expected. Demand is stagnating at a high level, yet the competition among the market participants is usually carried out over the price. STRABAG will therefore focus on infrastructure projects here in the future.
In Russia, the state budget situation is easing in response to the increased price of oil. The policy focus is on reducing the negative impact from the sanctions. The construction industry has probably passed through the lowest point. Given the fact that the market volume remains high, STRABAG continues to bid mainly for large residential projects in Moscow and increasingly also in Saint Petersburg. In the field of industrial construction, meanwhile, the number of investment projects is again on the rise.
| ∆ | ∆ | ∆ | ∆ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| € mln. | Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | % | absolute | 9M/2018 | 9M/2017 | % | absolute |
| Output volume | 1,030.60 | 829.28 | 24 | 201.32 | 2,683.61 | 2,418.54 | 11 | 265.07 |
| Revenue | 958.32 | 749.60 | 28 | 208.72 | 2,461.68 | 2,051.30 | 20 | 410.38 |
| Order backlog | 4,093.22 | 4,099.25 | 0 | -6.03 | ||||
| EBIT | 73.65 | 30.98 | 138 | 42.67 | 125.61 | 24.48 | 413 | 101.13 |
| EBIT margin | ||||||||
| (% of revenue) | 7.7 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 1.2 | ||||
| EBT | 73.65 | 30.98 | 138 | 42.67 | 125.61 | 24.48 | 413 | 101.13 |
| Employees | 26,181 | 25,815 | 1 | 366 |
The segment International + Special Divisions closed the first nine months of 2018 with a yearon-year plus of 11 % in output volume, attributable especially to a large project in the Americas.
With a plus of 20 %, the revenue grew significantly more strongly than the output volume. This development is attributable to the sales of real estate project developments and to the changed presentation of such projects applicable as of this year under IFRS 15. The enormous growth of the EBIT (413 %) to € 125.61 million is due, among other things, to the fact that earnings were no longer burdened by large international projects as they had been the year before and to the positive impact of the aforementioned sales.
The order backlog remained stable versus 30 September 2017. This development is due in part to the extension of the contract for the Alto Maipo project in Chile. On the other side, the order backlog fell, among others, in the other non-European markets but also in Italy and in Austria. New large contracts this year involve the construction of an approximately 13 km tunnel section for the underground conveyor system at the Woodsmith Mine in the United Kingdom and the 1.7 km Boyneburg Tunnel in Germany.
Regarding the outlook of the segment, it should be possible in the 2018 financial year to achieve an output volume in the segment International + Special Divisions at a comparable level to that of 2017 and to generate improved earnings now that the Alto Maipo project in Chile no longer has a negative effect. Difficult technical conditions at this hydropower project and the withdrawal of a contractor had led the client to conclude a new construction agreement with STRABAG S.p.A. of Chile on 19 February 2018. The agreement had been pending the bank financing and became effective on 8 May 2018. With the contract, STRABAG took on another construction section of this large project, adding approximately € 800 million to the order volume for a total order backlog of about € 1.5 billion.
The real estate development business should continue to make very positive earnings contributions, as the ongoing low interest rates and the continuously high demand for commercial and residential real estate are responsible for a generally good framework for this business field. Against the backdrop of rising property prices and, above all, significantly higher construction costs, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to initiate new project developments with a sustainable profit given the circumstance that real estate prices currently remain largely stable and are growing – if at all – only slightly and in specific sectors. STRABAG's acquisition focus in Germany is therefore also on locations outside of the major cities and on the recently established field of development services, where project developments are performed other than for own account, as well as on geographic markets such as Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe offer above-average growth rates and an increasing level of prosperity – but also an increasing lack of skilled labour with a corresponding rise in wage costs. The already available property reserves, however, form the foundation for new project developments. In Austria, the group continues to offer the entire range of residential construction from subsidised to affordable to privately financed housing as well as related uses – such as student housing – and commercial project developments.
Although the market for concession projects remains a difficult one, the income from existing public-private partnerships (PPP) should also help the infrastructure development business to another significant earnings contribution. In the third quarter of 2018, STRABAG increased its previous stake of 50 % in PANSUEVIA, the operator of the German A8 motorway, to 100 %. With the exception of a few lighthouse projects in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, however, no new PPP tenders are expected in the field of road construction in the group's core countries at this time. For this reason, the company is also focusing on selected markets in Latin America and southeast Africa.
The international business – i.e., the business that STRABAG conducts in countries outside of Europe – has for several years been focused on this part of Africa, where larger investments in the fields of infrastructure, energy and water are expected. In the Middle East, traditionally an important market for the group, the relatively low price of oil had brought the construction markets to a standstill. Although the forecasts predict another recovery of the oil price and tender activity is up again for projects in the infrastructure and tourism fields, the general environment is unlikely to improve in the short term. Because the competition in the aforementioned regions remains intense, the group is only pursuing projects here in which it can contribute its know-how and its technical expertise in a way to generate value. This includes specialities such as test track construction. The focus in new markets is on projects in the infrastructure sector that are financed by international organisations and have a clear contract structure.
In tunnelling, on the other hand, new markets are not a focus at this time. Besides its core European markets, the group is also especially active in tunnelling in Canada, Chile and Singapore at technically very challenging projects. While the harsh competition on the home markets is unlikely to improve even in the medium term, opportunities are expected especially in the United Kingdom, in Canada, and in the mining sector in Chile.
In the field of electrotechnical tunnel equipment, intense competition can be observed in Austria. Potential contracts are to be found among large projects in northern Europe. In the market for tolling systems, group subsidiary EFKON has expanded its radius to Norway with the contract to deliver a tolling solution for the cities of Oslo and Bergen.
In the field of property & facility services, the signing of a contract with the service provider ISS has eliminated a factor that had been the cause of some uncertainty. As reported, effective 1 July 2019, the facility management services for Deutsche Telekom AG and its subsidiaries in Germany will no longer be provided by the companies of the STRABAG Group but by ISS. At the end of last year, STRABAG and ISS began negotiations on ways to continue to employ the more than 3,000 employees of STRABAG Property and Facility Services GmbH (STRABAG PFS) and STRABAG Facility Services GmbH who are currently working on the Deutsche Telekom account. On 10 April 2018, an asset purchase agreement was concluded. The employees affected by the change will receive an offer from ISS to continue their employment as of 1 July 2019. The agreement will enable a socially acceptable transfer of the employees. In light of the continued stable order situation at Deutsche Telekom and the volume of new orders, the earnings development in property and facility services is expected to remain at an attractive level. STRABAG PFS further diversified its client portfolio in the first nine months of the ongoing financial year and has more than doubled the volume of new orders year on year. The new acquisitions include companies like Airbus, Deutsche Bahn, Esprit, Hahn Gruppe, HypoVereinsbank, Immofinanz, Nordex and Orsay.
The construction materials business has shown some inconsistent performance. Ongoing or planned large projects in Poland, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic, among others, led to a positive trend, while the markets of Austria and Slovakia had a negative effect on the margins.
| ∆ | ∆ | ∆ | ∆ absolute |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.36 | 35.11 | -2 | -0.75 | 81.57 | 107.05 | -24 | -25.48 |
| 5.63 | 7.60 | -26 | -1.97 | 15.43 | 20.48 | -25 | -5.05 |
| 2.89 | 3.65 | -21 | -0.76 | ||||
| -0.38 | 0.56 | n. m. | -0.94 | 0.21 | 0.52 | -60 | -0.31 |
| -6.7 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 2.5 | ||||
| -3.43 | -5.39 | 36 | 1.96 | -10.28 | -34.17 | 70 | 23.89 |
| 6,191 | 5,974 | 4 | 217 | ||||
| Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | % | absolute | 9M/2018 | 9M/2017 | % |
Reconciliation of the EBT of the segments to the group's EBT according to IFRS financial statements is allocated as follows:
| € mln. | Q3/2018 | Q3/2017 | 9M/2018 | 9M/2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBT segments | 232.80 | 215.02 | 251.17 | 154.79 |
| Net income from investments | -12.08 | -9.55 | -15.39 | -10.36 |
| Positive non-operating one-off2 | 55.31 | 0.00 | 55.31 | 0.00 |
| Other consolidations | -0.22 | -8.27 | -2.69 | -8.56 |
| EBT IFRS financial statements | 275.81 | 197.20 | 288.40 | 135.87 |
| T€ | 1.7.–30.9.2018 | 1.7.–30.9.2017 | 1.1.–30.9.2018 | 1.1.–30.9.2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 4,374,116 | 3,705,590 | 10,681,470 | 9,357,275 |
| Changes in inventories | -44,685 | 74,144 | -58,844 | 148,008 |
| Own work capitalised | 9,902 | 9,103 | 24,966 | 9,765 |
| Other operating income | 51,671 | 86,127 | 127,145 | 195,034 |
| Construction materials, consumables and services used | -2,943,404 | -2,543,200 | -7,122,903 | -6,349,483 |
| Employee benefits expenses | -965,068 | -879,868 | -2,664,719 | -2,497,938 |
| Other operating expenses | -176,081 | -196,536 | -496,718 | -509,917 |
| Share of profit or loss of equity-accounted investments | 54,855 | 23,216 | 60,014 | 59,799 |
| Net income from investments | 9,740 | 18,617 | 21,013 | 35,881 |
| EBITDA | 371,046 | 297,193 | 571,424 | 448,424 |
| Depreciation and amortisation expense | -92,188 | -94,042 | -272,536 | -277,866 |
| EBIT | 278,858 | 203,151 | 298,888 | 170,558 |
| Interest and similar income | 11,672 | 5,703 | 36,783 | 30,000 |
| Interest expense and similar charges1 | -14,725 | -11,650 | -47,277 | -64,688 |
| Net interest income1 | -3,053 | -5,947 | -10,494 | -34,688 |
| EBT1 | 275,805 | 197,204 | 288,394 | 135,870 |
| Income tax expense | -90,920 | -56,517 | -100,636 | -49,130 |
| Net income1 | 184,885 | 140,687 | 187,758 | 86,740 |
| Attributable to: non-controlling interests1 | 5,997 | 5,797 | 9,432 | 4,645 |
| Attributable to: equity holders of the parent company1 | 178,888 | 134,890 | 178,326 | 82,095 |
| Earnings per share (€)1 | 1.74 | 1.31 | 1.74 | 0.80 |
| T€ | 1.7.–30.9.2018 | 1.7.–30.9.2017 | 1.1.–30.9.2018 | 1.1.–30.9.2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income1 | 184,885 | 140,687 | 187,758 | 86,740 |
| Differences arising from currency translation1 | 1,606 | -4,235 | -8,508 | 3,402 |
| Recycling of differences arising from currency translation | 0 | 11 | 0 | 55 |
| Change in hedging reserves including interest rate swaps | -4,054 | -3,167 | -6,212 | -915 |
| Recycling of hedging reserves including interest rate swaps | 4,469 | 4,977 | 13,783 | 15,141 |
| Deferred taxes on neutral change in equity | 236 | -421 | -422 | -1,752 |
| Other income from equity-accounted investments | 1,723 | 132 | -1,564 | 1,023 |
| Total of items which are later recognised ("recycled") in the income statement1 | 3,980 | -2,703 | -2,923 | 16,954 |
| Other income from equity-accounted investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
| Total of items which are not later recognised ("recycled") in the income statement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
| Other income1 | 3,980 | -2,703 | -2,923 | 17,097 |
| Total comprehensive income | 188,865 | 137,984 | 184,835 | 103,837 |
| Attributable to: non-controlling interests | 6,017 | 5,731 | 9,431 | 5,637 |
| Attributable to: equity holders of the parent company | 182,848 | 132,253 | 175,404 | 98,200 |
1 Adjustment of comparative values 2017 due to the presentation of net investments in foreign operational entities acc. IAS 21.32
| T€ | 30.9.2018 | 31.12.2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Intangible assets | 494,821 | 498,827 |
| Rights from concession arrangements | 621,627 | 0 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 2,073,999 | 1,936,032 |
| Investment property | 6,110 | 6,244 |
| Equity-accounted investments | 358,237 | 350,013 |
| Other investments | 195,902 | 182,698 |
| Receivables from concession arrangements | 635,973 | 662,311 |
| Other financial assets | 237,865 | 270,648 |
| Deferred taxes | 143,237 | 188,968 |
| Non-current assets | 4,767,771 | 4,095,741 |
| Inventories | 787,267 | 1,137,805 |
| Receivables from concession arrangements | 35,563 | 33,724 |
| Trade receivables | 3,693,154 | 2,532,919 |
| Non-financial assets | 74,582 | 82,839 |
| Income tax receivables | 51,598 | 63,879 |
| Other financial assets | 327,341 | 316,769 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,754,402 | 2,790,447 |
| Current assets | 6,723,907 | 6,958,382 |
| Assets | 11,491,678 | 11,054,123 |
| Share capital | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Capital reserves | 2,315,384 | 2,315,384 |
| Retained earnings and other reserves | 1,017,357 | 945,089 |
| Non-controlling interests | 34,033 | 27,246 |
| Total equity | 3,476,774 | 3,397,719 |
| Provisions | 1,139,447 | 1,160,536 |
| Financial liabilities1 | 1,128,336 | 882,879 |
| Other financial liabilities | 82,409 | 77,716 |
| Deferred taxes | 105,409 | 24,230 |
| Non-current liabilities | 2,455,601 | 2,145,361 |
| Provisions | 672,491 | 747,318 |
| Financial liabilities2 | 333,250 | 411,098 |
| Trade payables | 3,683,873 | 3,402,367 |
| Non-financial liabilities | 442,238 | 458,572 |
| Income tax liabilities | 75,542 | 78,424 |
| Other financial liabilities | 351,909 | 413,264 |
| Current liabilities | 5,559,303 | 5,511,043 |
| Equity and liabilities | 11,491,678 | 11,054,123 |
1 Thereof T€ 701,328 concerning non-recourse liabilities from concession arrangements (31 December 2017: T€ 338,728)
2 Thereof T€ 59,395 concerning non-recourse liabilities from concession arrangements (31 December 2017: T€ 51,053)
| T€ | 1.1.–30.9.2018 | 1.1.–30.9.2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Net income1 | 187,758 | 86,740 |
| Deferred taxes | 59,382 | 2,003 |
| Non-cash effective results from consolidation | 2,457 | -1,024 |
| Non-cash effective results from equity-accounted investments | -57,403 | 12,040 |
| Other non-cash effective results | -6,000 | 0 |
| Depreciations/write ups | 275,873 | 279,136 |
| Change in long-term provisions | -13,398 | -36,717 |
| Gains/losses on disposal of non-current assets | -35,726 | -26,437 |
| Cash flow from earnings | 412,943 | 315,741 |
| Change in inventories | -47,270 | -166,363 |
| Change in trade receivables, construction contracts and consortia | -712,283 | -586,157 |
| Change in receivables from subsidiaries and receivables from participation companies | 8,758 | 22,440 |
| Change in other assets | 21,753 | -18,092 |
| Change in trade payables, construction contracts and consortia | 296,565 | 378,175 |
| Change in liabilities from subsidiaries and liabilities from participation companies | 7,715 | 16,064 |
| Change in other liabilities | -10,759 | 22,489 |
| Change in current provisions | -86,303 | -69,262 |
| Cash flow from operating activities | -108,881 | -84,965 |
| Purchase of financial assets | -14,390 | -39,835 |
| Purchase of property, plant, equipment and intangible assets | -442,408 | -335,562 |
| Inflows from asset disposals | 65,465 | 69,572 |
| Change in other financing receivables | -9,139 | 46,216 |
| Change in scope of consolidation | -72,088 | 17,937 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | -472,560 | -241,672 |
| Issue of bank borrowings | 31,594 | 78,378 |
| Repayment of bank borrowings | -88,691 | -67,495 |
| Repayment of bonded loans | 0 | -108,500 |
| Repayment of bonds | -175,000 | 0 |
| Change in payables relating to finance lease | 3,220 | -275 |
| Change in other financing liabilities | -21,032 | 34 |
| Change in non-controlling interests due to acquisition | -77,100 | -443 |
| Distribution of dividends | -109,629 | -100,550 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | -436,638 | -198,851 |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | -1,018,079 | -525,488 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 2,789,687 | 1,997,574 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents due to currency translation | -17,967 | 1,645 |
| Change in restricted cash and cash equivalents | -741 | 629 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 1,752,900 | 1,474,360 |
| T€ | Share capital |
Capital reserves |
Retained earnings |
Hedging reserves |
Foreign currency reserves |
Group equity |
Non controlling interests |
Total equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance as at 31.12.2017 | 110,000 | 2,315,384 | 1,073,907 | -78,797 | -50,021 | 3,370,473 | 27,246 | 3,397,719 |
| Adjustments on initial application | ||||||||
| of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 | 0 | 0 | 30,244 | 0 | 0 | 30,244 | 1,348 | 31,592 |
| Balance as at 1.1.2018 | 110,000 | 2,315,384 | 1,104,151 | -78,797 | -50,021 | 3,400,717 | 28,594 | 3,429,311 |
| Net income | 0 | 0 | 178,326 | 0 | 0 | 178,326 | 9,432 | 187,758 |
| Differences arising from | ||||||||
| currency translation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8,507 | -8,507 | -1 | -8,508 |
| Change in hedging reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1,886 | 0 | -1,886 | 0 | -1,886 |
| Change in equity-accounted | ||||||||
| investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,105 | -2,669 | -1,564 | 0 | -1,564 |
| Neutral change of interest rate | ||||||||
| swaps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,457 | 0 | 9,457 | 0 | 9,457 |
| Deferred taxes on neutral | ||||||||
| change in equity | 0 | 0 | 0 | -422 | 0 | -422 | 0 | -422 |
| Total comprehensive income | 0 | 0 | 178,326 | 8,254 | -11,176 | 175,404 | 9,431 | 184,835 |
| Distribution of dividends1 | 0 | 0 | -133,380 | 0 | 0 | -133,380 | -3,992 | -137,372 |
| Balance as at 30.9.2018 | 110,000 | 2,315,384 | 1,149,097 | -70,543 | -61,197 | 3,442,741 | 34,033 | 3,476,774 |
| T€ | Share capital |
Capital reserves |
Retained earnings |
Hedging reserves |
Foreign currency reserves |
Group equity |
Non controlling interests |
Total equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance as at 1.1.2017 | 110,000 | 2,315,384 | 920,899 | -97,737 | -62,508 | 3,186,038 | 78,551 | 3,264,589 |
| Net income2 | 0 | 0 | 82,096 | 0 | 0 | 82,096 | 4,644 | 86,740 |
| Differences arising from | ||||||||
| currency translation2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,719 | 2,719 | 738 | 3,457 |
| Change in equity-accounted | ||||||||
| investments | 0 | 0 | 140 | -88 | 1,088 | 1,140 | 26 | 1,166 |
| Neutral change of interest rate | ||||||||
| swaps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,974 | 0 | 13,974 | 252 | 14,226 |
| Deferred taxes on neutral | ||||||||
| change in equity | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1,729 | 0 | -1,729 | -23 | -1,752 |
| Total comprehensive income2 | 0 | 0 | 82,236 | 12,157 | 3,807 | 98,200 | 5,637 | 103,837 |
| Transactions concerning | ||||||||
| non-controlling interests | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | -126 | -1 | -442 | -443 |
| Distribution of dividends3 | 0 | 0 | -97,470 | 0 | 0 | -97,470 | -3,080 | -100,550 |
| Balance as at 30.9.20172 | 110,000 | 2,315,384 | 905,790 | -85,580 | -58,827 | 3,186,767 | 80,666 | 3,267,433 |
1 The total dividend payment of T€ 133,380 corresponds per share of € 1.30 based on 102,600,000 shares.
2 Adjustment due to the presentation of net investments in foreign operational entities acc. IAS 21.32
3 The total dividend payment of T€ 97,470 corresponds per share of € 0.95 based on 102,600,000 shares.
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