Earnings Release • Feb 15, 2022
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StrongPoint | Q4 and year 2021
● Signed partnership agreement with Hörmann Logistik to provide AutoStore grocery micro fulfillment center (MFC) solutions
The Board will propose a dividend of NOK 0.80 per share at the Annual General Meeting in April 2022
| Q4 | Q4 | Year | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Revenue | 284.2 | 289.5 | 981.3 | 941.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBITDA | 20.1 | 19.9 | 53.6 | 68.7 |
| EBITDA margin | 7.1% | 6.9% | 5.5% | 7.3% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 12.8 | 13.1 | 27.5 | 41.8 |
| Ordinary profit before tax (EBT) | 10.9 | 11.4 | 25.9 | 36.9 |
| Cash flow from operational activities | 7.0 | 112.3 | 225.5 | 131.8 |
| Cash flow from operational activities ex discontinued operations | 7.3 | 39.6 | 55.7 | 51.4 |
| Disposable funds | 274.2 | 175.0 | 274.2 | 175.0 |
Earnings per share from continued operations (NOK) 0.22 0.20 0.51 0.60 Earnings per share from continued operations, adjusted 0.26 0.24 0.67 0.80 Earnings per share included discontinued operations (NOK) 0.21 1.67 4.32 2.21
In the fourth quarter of 2021, our revenues were just behind of last year's record high quarter with a 2% decline. Adjusting for currency effects, our revenues actually grew 2%. The fourth quarter in 2020 was very much positively impacted by a very large and quick roll-out of Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) in Norway. Hence, maintaining the revenue in the quarter at 284 MNOK (289 MNOK) despite component shortages, which caused several CashGuard deliveries to be pushed into 2022, is quite an achievement of the organization. For the year as a whole we grew 4% to the highest retail technology turnover in StrongPoint's history.
Our EBITDA in the fourth quarter is slightly up from 19.9 MNOK last year to 20.1 MNOK this year, improving the fourth quarter's EBITDA margin slightly to 7.1% vs. 6.9% last year. The EBITDA margin is achieved despite significant investments in our e-commerce business through product development, partner development, marketing and additional human resources. For the full 2021, the decline in EBITDA from 68.7 MNOK to 53.6 MNOK is fully explained by the 14 MNOK write-down from our Spanish business in the first half of 2021.
Maintaining the revenue levels in Norway for the year as a whole and to a large extent in fourth quarter is quite remarkable as the business unit executed a very large and intensive roll-out of ESLs in end 2020. Reflecting on Norway's operations, it is fair to say that the demand for our "classic" solutions, Vensafe, CashGuard and ESL, show that in-store efficiency remains in high demand. Sweden also maintained its revenue vs. last year in the fourth quarter. For the year as a whole, Sweden realized a solid 14% growth driven by deliveries of Click & Collect lockers and ESLs. The Baltics grew 4% in the quarter and 12% for the year as a whole, predominantly driven by software projects for POS and ERP solutions. Finally, the restructuring of our Spanish operations has continued in the fourth quarter. Whilst the restructuring is continuing also in the start of 2022, the business achieved a staggering 44% growth in the fourth quarter compared to the same quarter last year. Although, the size of our business in Spain is still not sufficient to drive a positive profit. Our team in Spain is achieving ever more in-depth work – both within e-commerce and for in-store solutions – with grocery retailers in Spain following the Glovo partnership announcement. With the pace of growth and improved customer interaction we expect Spain to emerge out of 2022 at a minimum financial break-even.
In 2021 we announced a number of strategic partnership of the highest importance. In February, we announced that delivery platform Glovo
chose StrongPoint as its preferred supplier for grocery order picking solutions. Throughout 2021 we have worked with the Glovo team to complete our third generation SaaS order picking solution and necessary integrations to implement the solution at Glovo's grocery retail partners. In March we announced our partnership with humanoid robotics company Halodi Robotics to develop an in-store grocery retail robotics solution, which in a few years' time will be seen in grocery stores conducting repetitive, labour-intensive tasks which will drive in-store efficiencies. Then, in September, we were selected as the first ever grocery specific distributor for AutoStore. And following this partnership, we announced yet another important partnership in November to support our customers with automated e-commerce fulfilment with Hörmann Logistik. Hörmann Logistik's hands-on experience with AutoStore and geographic distribution rights in the DACH region, is the perfect match with StrongPoint's grocery retail and e-commerce experience and geographic distribution rights for AutoStore in the Nordics and Baltics. Despite the partnership beaing relatively new, we have already together started working on concrete customer enquiries in the fourth quarter and are encouraged by the opportunities going forward.
With the fourth quarter being formally our first quarter as a pure retail technology company – following the divestments of our former Cash Security business unit in end 2020 and our Labels business unit during the summer – we have a strong balance sheet with approximately 200 MNOK in available cash. The financial gains from the transactions led to a record Earnings Per Share (EPS) in excess of NOK 4 for the year and has put us in a strong position to take advantage of the inorganic opportunities arising in the market.
I am excited and confident about the future. We have strong market fundamentals in place, we have our own proprietary as well as partner solutions which are world-class, and we are continuously improving our team resources to deliver on the strategy and ambitions set forth. The depth and relevance with our grocery customers and customer prospects in target markets is as strong as ever. And we are just starting to get known and be respected by some of the largest grocery retailers internationally. With all this, I continue to believe we have all the reasons to be optimistic about achieving our 2025 strategic ambitions.
Stay safe and strong!
The fundamentals for grocery retail technology and StrongPoint's solutions continue to be positive. We are leaving behind a year of unparalleled changes in the grocery retail industry. The growth of e-grocery to record levels, the automation considerations within e-grocery fulfilment, the emergence of grocery quick commerce (known as "q-commerce") and the scaling up of checkout-free store concepts are examples of the many technological developments grocery
retailers are embracing or catching up to. We look back at a year where StrongPoint has significantly improved its position in light of these market developments by landing several strategically important wins, including Glovo customer win, AutoStore distributor rights, Hörmann Logistik partnership and Halodi Robotics strategic partnership. In the latter half of 2021 global component shortages have affected our ability to deliver on already placed customer orders. Despite this, we are delivering a record year, and a Q4 that stands just shy of last year's record high fourth quarter. StrongPoint's 'double opportunity' – capitalizing on the opportunities arising from the increased demand for e-groceries and in-store efficiency – is more relevant than ever before. With the tide of opportunities rising, I continue to remain confident in achieving our 2.5 BNOK 2025 ambitions.
The revenue declined by 1.8% compared to Q4 2020, which was the best fourth quarter ever for Retail Technology. The component situation that started to influence the revenue in Q3 has continued into Q4. The components are related to CashGuard and affect the revenue in Norway, Spain and some of our partners. It is worth mentioning that the large ESL installation to NorgesGruppen in Q4 2020 influence the relative comparison figures. Translation effect related to foreign currency negatively affected the revenue in the quarter by 11.6 MNOK compared to Q4 last year.
The quarterly EBITDA ended on a similar level to last year, positively affected by a higher gross margin. This allowed for higher investments in product development, sales and marketing. The EBITDA margin ended at 7.1% in the quarter.
For the year 2021, revenue grew by 4%. Both Sweden and the Baltic grew more than 10% from last year. Norway almost managed to replace the large ESL order to NorgesGruppen with other ESL installations and from the sale of Vensafe and CashGuard. Finally, Spain managed to stay flat compared to last year. Full year translation effect related to foreign currency negatively affected the revenue by 23.2 MNOK.
The EBITDA for the year was highly influenced by the extraordinary writedown in Spain in Q2, adjusting for this the EBITDA would be almost on same level as last year. Increased payroll and OPEX cost can be explained both in increased number of employees, marketing activities and R&D activities. All activities, including R&D, are accounted as cost in the profit- and loss statement. The EBITDA margin ended at 5.5%, down from 7.3% last year.
StrongPoint is a retail technology company that provides solutions to make shops smarter, shopping experiences better and online grocery shopping more efficient. The two non-core business areas Cash Security and Labels were divested in December 2020 and June 2021 respectively. Historic contribution from the divested units is presented as "discontinued operations".
Operating revenue per quarter (MNOK)
2018 2019 2020 2021
2017 2018 2019
| Revenue | Q4 | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Retail Technology | 285.1 | 292.2 | 988.5 | 957.2 |
| Elim / ASA | -0.9 | -2.7 | -7.2 | -15.4 |
| Total | 284.2 | 289.5 | 981.3 | 941.7 |
| EBITDA | Q4 | Year | ||
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Retail Technology | 33.3 | 24.4 | 91.6 | 95.5 |
| Elim / ASA | -13.2 | -4.5 | -38.0 | -26.9 |
| Total | 20.1 | 19.9 | 53.6 | 68.7 |
| Number of employees | 400 | 385 | 400 | 385 |
Swedish retailers have been using StrongPoint's Order Picking solution for many years. In Q4, COOP Sweden, one of the leading Swedish grocery retailers, renewed and expanded its e-commerce technology contract. Based on this contract, StrongPoint will provide software, service and support for the next 5 years. The contract also underlines that StrongPoint has 100% retention rate on the software, confirming that the solution meets the retailers' efficiency requirements.
120 350 Following the distribution agreement with the the warehouse robotic technology company AutoStore in Q3, StrongPoint strengthened the delivery competence and capacity by partnering with the German company Hörmann Logistik. The agreement will mean that StrongPoint's grocery retail customers in the Nordics and Baltics will access additional implementation support from Hörmann Logistik, and StrongPoint will provide Hörmann Logistik with grocery retail expertise for their micro-fulfilment implementations in the DACH region.
60 80 100 150 200 250 300 StrongPoint continues to invest heavily in technology, sales and marketing resources. Compared with Q4 last year, the organization has increased by 15 employees, shared between software development and sales & marketing, most of this related to e-commerce.
In Q1 2021, StrongPoint announced a partnership agreement with Glovo, one of Europe's largest "quick commerce" players. During 2021, development of necessary integration with Glovo was completed, and in Q4 the final testing which also included the third-party retailer Carrefour was finalized with success.
Gordon Delivery, a leading refrigerated last mile delivery provider, is now expanding their delivery offer with Pick-up-stations for groceries with temperature controlled grocery lockers from StrongPoint. In the first stage, Gordon is launching their Pickup stations in collaboration with grocery retailer Coop Sweden. Coop's customers can already choose Gordon's Pickup as a delivery option in the webshop.
Core markets Partners in Europe 1)
Offices Satellite office
1) Outside Europe: USA, Canada, Malaysia, Australia, and South Africa
In February 2020 StrongPoint set a strategic ambition to achieve NOK 2.5 billion in revenues and EBITDA margins of 13-15% by 2025.
StrongPoint's world class retail technology solutions for increasing in-store efficiency and e-commerce technology for online order picking and last mile solutions have a double opportunity to meet two key global trends affecting grocery retailers. Firstly, the pressure on brick and mortar retailers' margins means that grocery retailers need to find ways to increase in-store productivity to boost profitability. Secondly, the pressure to develop an online presence, grow their market share and reduce costs means they need highly efficient order fulfilment solutions and provide multiple last-mile delivery and pick-up options. These two key industry trends have only been accelerated by the global demand for online groceries during the global Covid-19 pandemic.
To respond to the changes in the industry following the events of 2020, StrongPoint has updated its strategy to achieve its 2025 ambitions.
Order Picking solution * AutoStore Micro-Fulfillment centers
Click & Collect Lockers * Drive-thru * Pick-up in-store * Home delivery with route optimization
Pricer Electronic Shelf Labels ShopFlow Logistics * Digi Scales and Wrapping Systems Reflexis Task and Labour Management
Payment Solutions CashGuard Cash Management *
Self-Checkout * Self-Scanning Vensafe Sales Automation *
Retail Management POS Systems Commerce Management System
* Proprietary technologies
BNOK 2.5 in 2025 EBITDA 13-15%
StrongPoint's financial ambitions
The revenue declined by 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During 2021, several large ESL orders have been announced. The Byggern (DIY) order was completed in 2021 while approximately 50% of the ESL orders to NorgesGruppen and COOP were installed during the year. The order backlog from these two orders will be delivered during 2022 and 2023. The revenue decline stems mainly from the extraordinary large ESL order to NorgesGruppen which was finalised during Q4 last year. The installation of CashGuard units to NorgesGruppen announced in Q1 2021 was, in the quarter, negatively affected by the global shortage and supply of components, delaying revenue from Q4 to 2022. Further delays can be expected if the global situation does not improve.
The variation year on year depends on large roll-out of ESL projects, and the revenue in Q4 2020 was a record quarter for the Norwegian entity. The business unit is focusing on product diversity to reduce dependency on one solution. During 2021 the other segments (payment solution and checkout efficiency) increased their relative share of revenue.
The Swedish operations grew by 0.9% in the quarter compared to last year, with a 6.1% growth in service revenue and a decline on 2.8% on product. During Q4 the installation of Click & Collect lockers increased compared to Q3 this year, but the revenue was still lower than Q4 last year. Installation of in-store productivity solutions was stable in the quarterly comparison. The software revenue remains stable as the price structure on the current version of the software is not linked to the number of online orders but number of stores.
Full year the business had a solid growth of 13.5%, with deliveries and installations of ESL and Click & Collect lockers as the main product solutions.
Full year, the business has a growth of 11.6%. The largest growth came within software projects, where the development project and systems support services for travel retailer Gebr. Heineman contributed positively.
The Spanish revenue grew by 44% from the same quarter last year. The revenue consists primarily of sale of CashGuard sold to local retailers, but the business has also revenue from e-commerce and checkout efficiency solutions – showing an increased diversity in the operations. The volume and gross profit were not sufficient to cover the operational cost and the business contributed negatively to the EBITDA with approx. 5 MNOK in the quarter.
| Baltics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | Year | |||
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Product Sales | 18.9 | 31.6 | 109.4 | 108.8 |
| Service | 33.0 | 18.1 | 80.7 | 61.5 |
| Revenue | 51.9 | 49.8 | 190.1 | 170.3 |
Bullion IT ordered 250 CashGuard units in September to be delivered during first half of 2022. In addition, some ordered CashGuard units were postponed to 2022, due to the ongoing global reduced availability of some production components. The situation is expected to continue until the global situation has improved.
Please note that StrongPoint reports its financial results broken down in two ways: results per core geographic market and per technology segment. The reason for this is that we have core geographical markets where we have established offices but also sell some selected solutions and services outside those countries, hence the need for the two separate reporting formats. Following divestments in 2020 and 2021, StrongPoint will present the financial figures in new business segments from Q1 2022, reflecting the operational reporting structure of revenue, EBITDA and EBIT.
| Q4 | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| Product Sales | 84.8 | 99.8 | 247.6 | 248.8 | |
| Service | 32.4 | 31.9 | 114.1 | 113.2 | |
| Revenue | 117.2 | 131.7 | 361.6 | 362.0 |
| Q4 | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| Product Sales | 46.7 | 48.0 | 195.0 | 165.5 | |
| Service | 35.2 | 33.2 | 138.9 | 128.6 | |
| Revenue | 81.9 | 81.2 | 333.9 | 294.1 |
| Q4 | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Product Sales | 32.0 | 23.9 | 93.9 | 114.8 |
| Service | 2.1 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 15.9 |
| Revenue | 34.1 | 29.5 | 102.9 | 130.8 |
The segment declined by 22.7% in the period. Installation from the announced ESL-contracts in Norway have started but will be distributed over the contract period of 2-3 years. The revenue did therefore not fully meet the high product revenue level created by last year's large ESL project in Norway. Service and installation were almost maintained on the same level as last year. The full year revenue declined by 1%.
Revenue from Payment Solutions increased in the quarter – both to Norway, Spain and partners, although the growth was lower than its potential following the shortage of components. The increase in service revenue comes mainly from installation of the new systems in Norway, but this will also contribute to maintaining the mandatory service agreements in the country. The expected decline in service revenue for the installed base of CashGuard in Sweden has not materialized in 2021. The full year revenue increased by 4.4%.
E-commerce logistics came up to 10% relative share in Q4, the same as in Q4 2020. The revenue in the quarter showed a decline of 7.5% compared to last year. Revenue from Click & Collect lockers increased from Q3 2021 to this quarter, but still lower than last year. The revenue split showed that income from service, installation, license and support increased by 22.9% compared to last year.
Check Out Efficiency decreased by 4% compared to the same quarter last year. Vensafe grew by 6% while Self-Checkout declined by 15% due to a large rollout to IKI last year. The full year revenue increased by 8.1%.
Other retail technology, mainly software projects in the Baltics increased by 18.2% in the period. The full year revenue increased by 17.3%.
Relative share of revenue per segment (%)
| Q4 | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Product Sales | 86.5 | 118.1 | 283.9 | 291.1 |
| Service | 23.5 | 24.1 | 82.0 | 78.7 |
| Revenue | 110.0 | 142.3 | 365.9 | 369.8 |
| Q4 | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Product Sales | 38.3 | 20.3 | 102.3 | 100.0 |
| Service | 32.8 | 26.6 | 122.2 | 115.0 |
| Revenue | 71.1 | 46.9 | 224.5 | 215.0 |
| Q4 | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Product Sales | 15.8 | 19.2 | 64.9 | 69.7 |
| Service | 11.8 | 10.7 | 43.2 | 35.2 |
| Revenue | 27.6 | 29.9 | 108.1 | 104.9 |
| Q4 | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| Product Sales | 22.0 | 23.9 | 116.1 | 99.4 | |
| Service | 11.9 | 11.5 | 34.2 | 39.6 | |
| Revenue | 34.0 | 35.4 | 150.3 | 139.0 |
| Q4 | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Product Sales | 18.8 | 19.1 | 71.5 | 62.2 |
| Service | 22.8 | 16.0 | 61.1 | 50.9 |
| Revenue | 41.5 | 35.1 | 132.6 | 113.1 |
All relative share figures are updated after the divestment of Labels
The Board and group CEO have today considered and approved StrongPoint's financial statements for the fourth quarter and the year 2021, including comparative consolidated figures for the fourth quarter and the year 2020. This report has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 on interim financial reporting as determined by the European Union, and with supplementary requirements pursuant to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. The Board and CEO hereby declare, to the best of their knowledge, that the financial statements for the fourth quarter and the year 2021 have been prepared in accordance with prevailing accounting principles and that the information in the financial statements gives a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the group taken as a whole at 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2020. To the best of their knowledge, the report gives a true and fair overview of important events during the accounting period and the impact of these events on the financial statements.
Morthen Johannessen Chairman
Klaus de Vibe Director
Camilla AC Tepfers Director
Rælingen 14 February 2022
Peter Wirén Director
Ingeborg Molden Hegstad Director
Jacob Tveraabak CEO
Accounting year
General meeting
Dividend per share
28.04.2022 Proposed 0.80 28.04.2021 0.70 22.10.2020 0.60 26.04.2019 0.55 24.04.2018 0.50 20.04.2017 0.50 05.01.2017 Extraordinary 1.00 28.04.2016 0.45 30.04.2015 0.35 25.04.2014 0.30 26.04.2013 0.25 08.05.2012 0.25
After the sale of both Cash Security (2020) and Labels (2021) Business Areas the Group has a net positive cash position. Cash flow from operational activities in the fourth quarter was 7.0 MNOK. The full year brought a cash flow from operational activities by 55.7 MNOK (51.4), while the divestment of Labels and Cash Security business areas contributed with additional 169.8 MNOK (80.4).
Disposable funds were 274.2 MNOK (175.0) per December 31, 2021, of which 100 MNOK was available credit facility.
The net interest-bearing debt increased by 20 MNOK compared to the end of the last quarter and ended with a positive net cash position of 116.1 MNOK.
The Group's holding of own shares at the end of the fourth quarter amounted to 587,628, which represents 1.3 per cent of the outstanding shares.
The Group has shareholder programs for the board of directors, the Group executive management and the employees. 166,157 shares have been distributed in 2021.
StrongPoint has a long-term incentive program for management and key employees. More information on the program can be found in in note 7.
A share buyback programme was announced 25 October 2021. In the fourth quarter the Group has purchased a total of 414,884 own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange at an average price of NOK 25.13 per
share (total 10.4 MNOK).
The Board will propose a dividend of NOK 0.80 per share at the Annual General Meeting in April 2022.
| KNOK | Q4 2021 Q4 2020 | Chg. % Year 2021 Year 2020 | Chg. % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 284 181 | 289 495 | -1.8 % | 981 339 | 941 706 | 4.2 % |
| Cost of goods sold | 158 676 | 179 878 | -11.8 % | 560 104 | 552 603 | 1.4 % |
| Payroll | 68 692 | 69 508 | -1.2 % | 255 147 | 240 735 | 6.0 % |
| Share based compensation | 1 399 | 476 | 6 178 | 476 | ||
| Other operating expenses | 35 352 | 19 758 | 78.9 % | 106 285 | 79 241 | 34.1 % |
| Total operating expenses | 264 119 | 269 621 | -2.0 % | 927 714 | 873 056 | 6.3 % |
| EBITDA | 20 062 | 19 875 | 0.9 % | 53 625 | 68 650 | -21.9 % |
| Depreciation tangible assets | 5 563 | 4 631 | 20.1 % | 18 718 | 17 920 | 4.5 % |
| Depreciation intangible assets | 1 717 | 2 159 | -20.4 % | 7 403 | 8 897 | -16.8 % |
| EBIT | 12 782 | 13 085 | -2.3 % | 27 504 | 41 834 | -34.3 % |
| Interest expenses | 337 | 728 | -53.7 % | 1 596 | 3 005 | -46.9 % |
| Other financial expenses/currency differences | 1 634 | 972 | 68.2 % | 184 | 2 068 | -91.1 % |
| Profit from AC, Service companies | 79 | 35 | 122.6 % | 175 | 147 | 19.0 % |
| EBT | 10 889 | 11 420 | -4.7 % | 25 899 | 36 908 | -29.8 % |
| Taxes | 1 376 | 2 774 | -50.4 % | 3 542 | 10 471 | -66.2 % |
| Profit from continued operations | 9 513 | 8 647 | 10.0 % | 22 357 | 26 438 | -15.4 % |
| Profit after tax from discontinued operations | -342 | 65 192 | 168 418 | 71 220 | ||
| Profit/loss after tax | 9 171 | 73 839 | -87.6 % | 190 775 | 97 658 | 95.4 % |
| Earnings per share | ||||||
| Number of shares outstanding | 44 376 040 44 376 040 | 44 376 040 44 376 040 | ||||
| Av. number of shares - own shares | 44 016 397 44 274 990 | 44 190 919 44 286 883 | ||||
| Av. number of shares diluted- own shares | 46 091 397 44 274 990 | 46 265 919 45 436 883 | ||||
| EPS from continued operations | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.51 | 0.60 | ||
| EPS included discontinued operations | 0.21 | 1.67 | 4.32 | 2.21 | ||
| Diluted EPS from continued operations | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.48 | 0.58 | ||
| Diluted EPS incl. discontinued operations | 0.20 | 1.67 | 4.12 | 2.15 | ||
| EBITDA per share from continued operations | 0.46 | 0.45 | 1.21 | 1.55 | ||
| EBITDA per share incl. discontinued operations | 0.46 | 1.92 | 1.56 | 3.65 | ||
| Diluted EBITDA per share from continued operations |
0.44 | 0.45 | 1.16 | 1.51 | ||
| Diluted EBITDA per share incl. discontinued operations |
0.46 | 1.92 | 1.49 | 3.56 | ||
| Total earnings | ||||||
| Profit/loss after tax | 9 171 | 73 839 | -87.6 % | 190 775 | 97 658 | 95.4 % |
| Exchange differences on foreign operations | -6 655 | -7 396 | 10.0 % | -19 400 | 29 245 | -166.3 % |
| Total earnings | 2 516 | 66 443 | -96.2 % | 171 375 | 126 903 | 35.0 % |
| KNOK | 31.12.2021 | 31.12.2020 | 30.09.2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | |||
| Intangible assets | 30 371 | 42 010 | 33 434 |
| Goodwill | 124 641 | 151 566 | 127 707 |
| Tangible assets | 19 031 | 24 030 | 20 860 |
| Right-of-use assets | 43 241 | 67 744 | 32 952 |
| Long term investments | 4 775 | 1 700 | 4 767 |
| Other long term receivables | 15 622 | 23 435 | 15 705 |
| Deferred tax | 17 240 | 11 560 | 4 602 |
| Non-current assets | 254 921 | 322 045 | 240 026 |
| Inventories | 211 256 | 144 973 | 201 002 |
| Accounts receivables | 175 627 | 217 212 | 151 531 |
| Prepaid expenses | 16 646 | 12 129 | 21 156 |
| Other receivables | 13 885 | 14 765 | 23 725 |
| Bank deposits | 174 198 | 75 007 | 186 156 |
| Current assets | 591 612 | 464 087 | 583 570 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 846 533 | 786 132 | 823 596 |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
| Share capital | 27 513 | 27 513 | 27 513 |
| Holding of own shares | -364 | -52 | -124 |
| Other equity | 471 041 | 338 597 | 476 383 |
| Total equity | 498 190 | 366 059 | 503 772 |
| Long term interest bearing liabilities | 11 236 | 374 | 13 624 |
| Long term lease liabilities | 25 972 | 39 565 | 21 305 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 8 720 | 7 547 | 7 874 |
| Total long term liabilities | 45 928 | 47 486 | 42 804 |
| Short term interest bearing liabilities | 4 768 | 41 974 | 3 435 |
| Short term lease liabilities | 16 086 | 27 238 | 11 647 |
| Accounts payable | 101 969 | 83 141 | 91 342 |
| Taxes payable | 11 717 | 16 552 | 14 557 |
| Dividend | - | - | - |
| Other short term liabilities | 167 874 | 203 682 | 156 039 |
| Total short term liabilities | 302 415 | 372 587 | 277 020 |
| TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 846 533 | 786 132 | 823 596 |
| KNOK | Share capital |
Treasury shares |
Other paid in equity |
Translation variances |
Share Option Program |
Other equity |
Total equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity 31.12.2019 | 27 513 | -107 | 351 262 | 37 007 | -151 770 263 905 | ||
| Purchase/sale of own shares | 55 | 1 325 | 1 380 | ||||
| Dividend 2019 | -26 568 -26 568 | ||||||
| Share Option Program | 440 | 440 | |||||
| Profit this year after tax | 97 658 | 97 658 | |||||
| Other comprehensive income and expenses |
29 245 | 29 245 | |||||
| Equity 31.12.2020 | 27 513 | -52 | 351 262 | 66 252 | 440 | -79 355 366 059 | |
| Purchase/sale of own shares | -313 | -13 322 -13 635 | |||||
| Dividend 2020 | -31 050 -31 050 | ||||||
| Share Option Program | 5 441 | 5 441 | |||||
| Profit this year after tax | 190 775 190 775 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income and expenses |
-19 400 | -19 400 | |||||
| Reclassification discontinued operations |
-11 028 | 11 028 | - | ||||
| Equity 31.12.2021 | 27 513 | -364 | 351 262 | 35 824 | 5 881 | 78 076 498 190 |
| KNOK | Q4 2021 | Q4 2020 | Year 2021 | Year 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary profit before tax continued operations | 10 889 | 11 420 | 25 899 | 36 908 |
| Ordinary profit before tax discontinued operations | -342 | 72 748 | 169 755 | 80 437 |
| Net interest | 337 | 965 | 1 935 | 4 021 |
| Tax paid | -15 865 | -1 285 | -17 856 | -4 000 |
| Share of profit, associated companies | -79 | -35 | -175 | -147 |
| Ordinary depreciation | 7 280 | 32 008 | 33 431 | 67 843 |
| Impairments | - | 2 841 | - | 2 841 |
| Profit / loss on sale of fixed assets | 2 | 288 | -793 | 313 |
| Change in inventories | -13 091 | 39 734 | -74 046 | 3 165 |
| Change in receivables | -26 648 | 15 217 | 34 601 | -26 279 |
| Change in accounts payable | 12 020 | -30 327 | 22 673 | 6 989 |
| Change in other accrued items | 32 472 | -31 271 | 30 057 | -40 294 |
| Cash flow from operational activities | 6 975 | 112 305 | 225 483 | 131 799 |
| Payments for fixed assets | 530 | 1 945 | -8 794 | -6 526 |
| Investments in other companies | 71 | - | -3 001 | - |
| Payment from sale of fixed assets | -19 | -1 | 738 | 92 |
| Net effect acquisitions | - | - | - | -17 433 |
| Net effect divestment | 2 976 | 17 397 | 199 888 | 17 397 |
| Dividends received from associated companies | - | - | 100 | - |
| Interest income | 156 | 167 | 300 | 96 |
| Cash flow from investment activities | 3 713 | 19 509 | 189 232 | -6 374 |
| Purchase/sale of own shares | -9 775 | 224 | -13 635 | 1 380 |
| Change in long-term debt | -6 147 | -42 144 | -59 798 | -43 121 |
| Change in overdraft | -5 968 | -12 354 | -208 080 | -16 983 |
| Interest expenses | -493 | -1 953 | -2 235 | -4 117 |
| Dividend paid | - | -26 568 | -31 050 | -26 568 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | -22 383 | -82 795 | -314 797 | -89 409 |
| Net change in liquid assets | -11 695 | 49 018 | 99 917 | 36 016 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period | 186 156 | 27 787 | 75 007 | 39 498 |
| Effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on foreign currency deposits |
-264 | -1 797 | -727 | -507 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 174 198 | 75 007 | 174 198 | 75 007 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period discon tinued operations |
- | 29 251 | - | 29 251 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period conti nued operations |
174 198 | 45 756 | 174 198 | 45 756 |
| KNOK | Q4 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q1 2021 | Q4 2020 YTD 2021 YTD 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Operating revenue continued operations | 284 181 | 196 363 | 251 539 | 249 255 | 289 495 | 981 339 | 941 706 |
| EBITDA continued operations | 20 062 | 7 953 | 12 003 | 13 606 | 19 875 | 53 625 | 68 650 |
| EBITA continued operations | 14 499 | 3 316 | 7 728 | 9 364 | 15 244 | 34 907 | 50 730 |
| Operating profit EBIT continued operations | 12 782 | 1 409 | 5 856 | 7 458 | 13 085 | 27 504 | 41 834 |
| Ordinary profit before tax (EBT) continued operations |
10 889 | -452 | 6 887 | 8 575 | 11 420 | 25 899 | 36 908 |
| Profit/loss after tax continued operations | 9 513 | -345 | 4 895 | 8 294 | 8 647 | 22 357 | 26 438 |
| EBITDA-margin | 7.1 % | 4.1 % | 4.8 % | 5.5 % | 6.9 % | 5.5 % | 7.3 % |
| EBT-margin | 3.8 % | -0.2 % | 2.7 % | 3.4 % | 3.9 % | 2.6 % | 3.9 % |
| Balance sheet | |||||||
| Non-current assets | 254 921 | 240 026 | 243 316 | 298 205 | 322 045 | 254 921 | 322 045 |
| Current assets | 591 612 | 583 570 | 506 258 | 415 622 | 464 087 | 591 612 | 464 087 |
| Total assets | 846 533 | 823 596 | 749 573 | 713 827 | 786 132 | 846 533 | 786 132 |
| Total equity | 498 190 | 503 772 | 336 192 | 355 983 | 366 059 | 498 190 | 366 059 |
| Total long term liabilities | 45 928 | 42 804 | 38 313 | 49 153 | 47 486 | 45 928 | 47 486 |
| Total short term liabilities | 302 415 | 277 020 | 375 068 | 308 692 | 372 587 | 302 415 | 372 587 |
| Working capital | 284 913 | 261 191 | 244 143 | 272 739 | 279 043 | 284 913 | 279 043 |
| Equity ratio | 58.9 % | 61.2 % | 44.9 % | 49.9 % | 46.6 % | 58.9 % | 46.6 % |
| Liquidity ratio | 195.6 % | 210.7 % | 135.0 % | 134.6 % | 124.6 % | 195.6 % | 124.6 % |
| Net interest bearing debt | -116 136 -136 145 | 49 346 | 23 285 | 34 144 | -116 136 | 34 144 | |
| Net leverage multiples | -2.17 | -2.55 | 0.74 | 0.15 | 0.22 | -2.17 | 0.22 |
| Cash Flow | |||||||
| Cash flow from operational activities | 6 975 | 180 605 | 16 327 | 21 575 | 112 305 | 225 483 | 131 799 |
| Net change in liquid assets | -11 695 | 162 580 | -26 115 | -24 853 | 49 018 | 99 917 | 36 016 |
| Share information | |||||||
| Number of shares | 44 376 040 44 376 040 44 376 040 44 376 040 44 376 040 44 376 040 44 376 040 | ||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding | 44 016 397 44 172 852 44 270 702 44 307 119 44 289 092 44 190 919 44 286 883 | ||||||
| EBT per shares continued operations | 0.25 | -0.01 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.59 | 0.83 |
| Earnings per share continued operations | 0.22 | -0.01 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.51 | 0.60 |
| Earnings per share, adjusted * | 0.26 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.67 | 0.80 |
| Equity per share | 11.32 | 11.40 | 7.59 | 8.03 | 8.27 | 11.27 | 8.27 |
| Dividend per share | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.60 | |||
| Employees | |||||||
| Number of employees (end of period) | 400 | 402 | 399 | 394 | 385 | 400 | 385 |
| Average number of employees | 401 | 401 | 397 | 389 | 385 | 397 | 388 |
| IFRS 16 effects continued operations | |||||||
| Reduced OPEX | 4 003 | 3 658 | 3 254 | 3 344 | 3 751 | 14 259 | 13 410 |
| Increased depreciation | 3 679 | 3 518 | 3 095 | 3 183 | 3 509 | 13 475 | 12 684 |
| Increased interest expenses | 325 | 140 | 158 | 161 | 241 | 784 | 726 |
| EBT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cash flow from operational activities | 4 003 | 3 658 | 3 254 | 3 344 | 3 751 | 14 259 | 13 410 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | -4 003 | -3 658 | -3 254 | -3 344 | -3 751 | -14 259 | -13 410 |
The condensed and consolidated quarterly financial statements are prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting. The quarterly financial statements do not contain all the information required in an annual financial statement and should be read in connection with the Group financial statements for 2020.
The accounting principles for the report are described in note 2 in the annual financial statements for 2020. The Group financial statements for 2020 were prepared in accordance with the IFRS principles and interpretations thereof, as defined by the EU, as well as other disclosure requirements pursuant to the Norwegian Accounting Act and the Oslo Stock Exchange regulations and rules applicable as at 31.12.2020. The quarterly report and the interim financial statements have not been revised by auditor.
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| Q4 2021 | Q4 2020 Year 2021 |
Year 2020 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | Revenue EBITDA | EBT Revenue EBITDA | EBT Revenue EBITDA | EBT Revenue EBITDA | EBT | |||||||
| Retail Tech | 285.1 | 33.3 | 24.9 | 292.2 | 24.4 | 15.0 | 988.5 | 91.6 | 64.1 | 957.2 | 95.5 | 65.9 |
| Elim / ASA | -0.9 | -13.2 -14.0 | -2.7 | -4.5 | -3.6 | -7.2 | -38.0 -38.2 | -15.4 | -26.9 -29.0 | |||
| Total | 284.2 | 20.1 | 10.9 | 289.5 | 19.9 | 11.4 | 981.3 | 53.6 | 25.9 | 941.7 | 68.7 | 36,9 |
| Q4 2021 | Q4 2020 Year 2021 |
Year 2020 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | NO | SWE Other | NO | SWE Other | NO | SWE Other | NO | SWE Other | ||||
| Retail Tech | 117.2 | 81.9 | 86.1 | 131.8 | 81.2 | 79.3 | 361.6 | 333.9 293.0 | 362.1 | 294.1 301.0 | ||
| Elim / ASA | - | -0.9 | - | - | -2.5 | -0.2 | - | -7.2 | - | - | -15.2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 117.2 | 80.9 | 86.1 | 131.8 | 78.7 | 79.1 | 361.6 | 326.7 293.0 | 362.1 | 278.9 300.8 |
| Q4 2021 | Q4 2020 | Year 2021 | Year 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | New sales | Service * New sales | Service * New sales | Service * New sales | Service * | |||
| Retail Tech | 182.4 | 102.7 | 203.3 | 88.8 | 645.9 | 342.6 | 637.9 | 319.3 |
| Elim / ASA | -0.9 | - | -2.7 | - | -7.2 | - | -15.4 | - |
| Total | 181.5 | 102.7 | 200.6 | 88.8 | 638.7 | 342.6 | 622.4 | 319.3 |
No significant transactions between the Group and related parties had taken place as at 31 December 2021.
| KNOK | Q4 2021 | Q4 2020 | Year 2021 | Year 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | - | 124 553 | 110 144 | 322 674 |
| Cost of goods sold | - | 27 176 | 53 177 | 112 795 |
| Payroll | - | 23 548 | 31 766 | 90 150 |
| Other operating expenses | - | 8 479 | 9 690 | 26 720 |
| Total operating expenses | - | 59 203 | 94 633 | 229 666 |
| EBITDA | - | 65 350 | 15 512 | 93 008 |
| Depreciation tangible assets | - | 27 911 | 7 090 | 43 220 |
| Depreciation intangible assets | - | 149 | 221 | 646 |
| EBIT | - | 37 291 | 8 201 | 49 141 |
| Interest expenses | - | 236 | 339 | 1 016 |
| Other financial expenses/currency differences | - | 3 467 | 1 495 | 6 849 |
| Profit on sale of discontinued operations | -342 | 39 161 | 163 389 | 39 161 |
| EBT | -342 | 72 748 | 169 755 | 80 437 |
| Taxes | - | 7 556 | 1 337 | 9 217 |
| Profit from discontinued operations | -342 | 65 192 | 168 418 | 71 220 |
StrongPoint Labels business area was announced divested in June 2021. The Swedish part of the transaction was closed July 1, and closing and the Norwegian part was closed September 1. Cash Security business area was divested in December 2020. Following IFRS, the financial figures for the business areas are reported as "Profit from discontinued operations" below tax in the financial statement and removed from the comparison figures in other tables.
| KNOK | Year 2021 | Year 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash flow from operational activities | 5 487 | 81 123 |
| Cash flow from investment activities | -1 895 | -1 604 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | -6 156 | -56 081 |
| Net Change in liquid assets | -2 563 | 23 438 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period | 29 251 | 5 813 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 26 687 | 29 251 |
| No. | Name | No. of shares | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STRØMSTANGEN AS | 3 933 092 | 8.86 |
| 2 | SOLE ACTIVE AS | 2 221 717 | 5.01 |
| 3 | HSBC BANK PLC | 1 976 000 | 4.45 |
| 4 | V. EIENDOM HOLDING AS | 1 835 009 | 4.14 |
| 5 | PERSHING LLC | 1 796 777 | 4.05 |
| 6 | PICTET & CIE (EUROPE) S.A. | 1 441 821 | 3.25 |
| 7 | NORDNET BANK AB | 1 405 389 | 3.17 |
| 8 | AVANZA BANK AB | 1 269 517 | 2.86 |
| 9 | ZETTERBERG. GEORG (incl. fully owned companies) | 1 202 663 | 2.71 |
| 10 | RING, JAN | 1 021 803 | 2.30 |
| 11 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET DNB SMB | 954 787 | 2.15 |
| 12 | EVENSEN, TOR COLKA | 808 000 | 1.82 |
| 13 | WAALER AS | 780 000 | 1.76 |
| 14 | HAUSTA INVESTOR AS | 700 000 | 1.58 |
| 15 | STRONGPOINT ASA | 587 628 | 1.32 |
| 16 | VERDADERO AS | 585 859 | 1.32 |
| 17 | MP PENSJON PK | 561 402 | 1.27 |
| 18 | JOHANSEN, STEIN | 550 000 | 1.24 |
| 19 | NORDA ASA | 471 379 | 1.06 |
| 20 | FRANKMO, ÅGE | 433 500 | 0.98 |
| Sum 20 largest shareholders | 24 536 343 | 55.29 | |
| Sum 2 620 other shareholders | 19 839 697 | 44.71 | |
| Sum all 2 640 shareholders | 44 376 040 | 100.00 |
| Total costs and Social Security Provisions | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total IFRS cost | 440 | 5 441 | 5 881 |
| Total Social security provisions | 36 | 737 | 773 |
| Granted instruments | |||
| Activity | Number of instruments |
Weighted Average Strike Price |
|
| 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021 |
|||
| Outstanding OB (01.01.2021) | 1 150 000 | 17.31 | |
| Granted | 1 075 000 | 31.13 | |
| Terminated | - 150 000 | 21.92 | |
| Outstanding CB (31.12.2021) | 2 075 000 | 24.14 | |
| Vested CB | 262 500 | 17.31 |
| Equity per share | Book value equity / number of shares |
|---|---|
| Operating revenue | Sales revenue and profit from AC, Service companies |
| EBITDA | Operating profit + depreciation fixed assets and intangible assets |
| EBITA | Operating profit + amortization of intangible assets |
| EBIT | Operating profit |
| EBITDA-margin | EBITDA / operating revenue |
| EBT | Profit before tax |
| EBT-margin | EBT / operating revenue |
| Equity ratio | Book value equity / total assets |
| Liquidity ratio | Current assets / short term debt |
| Earnings per share | Profit after tax / number of shares |
| Diluted | Number of shares minus own shares plus shares granted in share option program |
| Earnings per share adjusted | Profit after tax + amortization of intangible assets / number of shares |
| Net leverage multiple | Net Debt / 12 months rolling operating revenue |
| Net change in liquid assets | The total changes in cash flow from operational activities, investment activities and financing activities |
| Discontinued operations | Divested Cash Security business area December 2020. |
The fair value of share options granted is estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton Option Pricing Model. The model uses the following parameters; the exercise price, the life of the option, the current price of the underlying shares, the expected volatility of the share price, the dividends expected on the shares, and the risk-free interest rate for the life of the option.
The vesting of the options is dependent on the participant still being employed at Strongpoint at the time of the vesting.
All StrongPoint ASA options are intended to be settled in equity, but in the event that the Company is not capable of delivering Shares following an exercise of Options, the Company shall fulfil its obligations under this Agreement through a cash-out.
The options will vest over three years, with ¼ vesting after one year, ¼ after two years, and the remaining 2/4 after three years. The split in vesting underpins the retention ambition of the program. Any non-exercised options expire five years after grant.
StrongPoint ASA | Slynga 10, 2005 Rælingen | strongpoint.com
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