INTERIM REPORT
ITERA FOURTH QUARTER 2018
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CEO ARNE MJØS CFO BENT HAMMER
OSLO, 15 FEBRUARY 2019
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER
- Core digital business
- Revenue growth of 9% (full-year 18%)
- EBIT margin of 15.0% (full-year 11.7%)
- Total business
- Revenue NOK 141 (135) million, up by 5% y-o-y
- EBIT of NOK 16.5 (13.9) million, 12.0% (10.3%) margin
- Cloud transformation of Itera data centres according to plan
- New Managed Cloud Services unit is running
- Partnership agreement with Arrow on cloud provisioning
- Expansion in Bergen with hybrid setup
- Board proposes ordinary dividend of NOK 0.25 per share
FINANCIAL REVIEW
KEY FIGURES
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2018 |
2017 |
Change |
2018 |
2017 |
Change |
| NOK Million |
Q4 |
Q4 |
% |
FY |
FY |
% |
| Operating revenue |
141.3 |
135.0 |
5 % |
531.3 |
475.0 |
12 % |
| Gross profit |
117.9 |
110.4 |
7 % |
444.0 |
401.7 |
11 % |
| Personnel expenses |
83.7 |
79.8 |
5 % |
327.8 |
294.3 |
11 % |
| Other opex |
11.9 |
11.5 |
4 % |
52.3 |
47.7 |
10 % |
| EBITDA |
22.3 |
19.1 |
17 % |
64.0 |
59.7 |
7 % |
| EBITDA margin |
15.8 % |
14.1 % |
1.7 pts |
12.0 % |
12.6 % |
-0.5 pts |
| EBIT |
16.9 |
13.9 |
22 % |
42.8 |
39.3 |
9 % |
| EBIT margin |
12.0 % |
10.3 % |
1.7 pts |
8.1 % |
8.3 % |
-0.2 pts |
| Net cash flow from operations |
42.0 |
33.0 |
27 % |
56.8 |
49.7 |
14 % |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
55.3 |
59.9 |
(8 %) |
55.3 |
59.9 |
(8 %) |
| Equity ratio |
24.5 % |
25.6 % |
-1.1 pts |
24.5 % |
25.6 % |
-1.1 pts |
| Employees at end of period |
486 |
491 |
(1 %) |
486 |
491 |
(1 %) |
| Employees in average |
489 |
485 |
1 % |
488 |
443 |
10 % |
- Solid revenue growth and strong profitability in core digital business
- Revenue growth of 9% (full-year 18%)
- EBIT margin of 15.0% (full-year 11.7%)
- Overall growth negatively impacted by cloud transformation of data centre operations
- Strong cash conversion for Q4 and full year
CLOUD TRANSFORMATION
Total 2018
- Revenue growth 12%
- EBIT margin 8.1%
Core digital business Specialists in creating digital business
- Revenue growth 18%
- EBIT margin 11.7%
CLOUD TRANSFORMATION
- High growth and strong profitability in core digital business
- Traditional data centre operations diluting growth and profitability
- - Invest in new Managed Cloud Services unit and migrate existing data centre customers
- - Optimise and sunset residual business
Operating revenue
NOK million
Employees End of period
QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT
EBIT NOK million Margin
EBITDA NOK million
REVENUE SPLIT
Revenue increased by 5% y-o-y
- Service revenues from own consultants decreased by 2% to NOK 88 million
- Subscription revenue increased by 6% to NOK 35 million
- 3 rd party service revenue increased by 97% to NOK 12 million
- Other revenue, incl. HW/SW sales, increased by 6% to NOK 7 million
Revenue split (quarterly figures) NOK Million
Revenue percentage split (rolling 12 months)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW
|
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
| NOK Million |
Q4 |
Q4 |
FY |
FY |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flow from operations (EBITDA) |
22.3 |
19.1 |
64.0 |
59.7 |
| Change in balance sheet items |
19.7 |
13.9 |
(7.1) |
(10.0) |
| Net cash flow from operating activities |
42.0 |
33.0 |
56.8 |
49.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Net cash flow from investment activities |
(4.9) |
(9.3) |
(20.7) |
(19.5) |
| Purchase of own shares |
- |
- |
(22.6) |
(1.6) |
| Sale of shares |
1.1 |
(0.3) |
11.1 |
3.3 |
| Borrowings repaid |
(2.5) |
(2.1) |
(8.7) |
(8.1) |
| External dividend paid |
- |
(20.5) |
(20.5) |
(35.1) |
| Net cash flow from financing activities |
(1.4) |
(23.0) |
(40.7) |
(41.5) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Net change in bank deposits and cash |
35.7 |
0.8 |
(4.6) |
(11.2) |
| Bank deposits at the end of the period |
55.3 |
59.9 |
55.3 |
59.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
| New borrowing related to leasing |
0.6 |
0.6 |
3.7 |
1.6 |
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
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- Advance billing of MNOK 17 (MNOK 16) has been netted against receivables in line with auditor's recommendation
- Equity ratio of 25% (26%) per 31 December
- Cash balance of MNOK 55 (MNOK 60)
- Proposed ordinary dividend of NOK 0.25 per share for FY 2018, for approval by AGM
IMPACT OF IFRS 15 IMPLEMENTATION 1 JAN 2018 EQUITY REDUCED BY MNOK 3.0 FROM CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
IFRS 15 implementation effects 2018:
| NOK Million |
Adjusted (IAS 18 ) $10 - 12$ 2018 |
Impact |
Reported (IFRS 15) IFRS 15 10-12 2018 |
Adjusted (IAS 18 ) 2018 |
Impact IFRS 15 |
Reported (IFRS 15) 2018 |
| Revenue |
140.2 |
1.1 |
141.3 |
528.7 |
27 |
531.3 |
| EBIT |
16.9 |
0.0 |
16.9 |
41.5 |
1.3 |
42.8 |
| Net profit |
13.3 |
0.0 |
13.3 |
30.8 |
0.8 |
31.6 |
Affected areas for timing of revenue recognition:
- Customised development based where Itera retains the IP will change from a point in time (at delivery) to over time (over the licence contract period)
- Transition projects will be recognised when the customer can use and benefit from the services rendered
Q4 2018 effects:
- Positive impact on sales revenue of MNOK 1.1 (deferred income recognition)
- No EBIT impact
- Book equity on 31 December reduced by MNOK 2.2
BUSINESS REVIEW
OUR STRATEGIC POSITION:
#1 IN CREATING DIGITAL BUSINESS
PLATFORM FIRST
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#1 in creating |
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digital |
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Customer centricity |
ONE Itera |
Customer's customer |
Top 5 in innovation |
Hybrid scalability |
Platform first |
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TWO TYPES OF PLATFORMS
Business platforms Technology platforms
NEW GENERATION EXPERIENCE
New use cases
Voice as preferred UI
New visualization tools
DATA-DRIVEN INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS
Knowledge
Artificial Intelligence
Ubiquitous Computing
SMART ENERGY SOLUTIONS
SMART ENERGY → SMART BUILDINGS
CROSS INDUSTRY COLLABORATION
Digital Samhandling Offentlig - Privat (DSOP)
- BITS engaged Itera to create a gateway to simplify the data exchange between the financial and the public sector
- DSOP Gateway is based on DevOps and built, tested and deployed in Microsoft Azure
- High scalability, security and robustness for all kind of data exchange
- Itera provides end-to-end solution including design, development, testing, maintenance and management
- First phase will be in production in February 2019.
Order intake from existing and new customers
• Book-to-bill ratio*) of 1.2 in Q4 and 1.1 full year for Digital Business and 1.0 overall for both Q4 and full year
*) The book-to-bill ratio is the ratio of orders received to the amount of revenue for a specific period for Itera units 25
CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT
- New business
- Existing customers accounted for 94.8% of revenues in Q4 2018
- New customers won over the past year generated revenues of NOK 7.3 million in Q4 2018
- Increasing visibility
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- Share of revenue from top 30 customers up by 1 points y-o-y to 79%
- Increasing number of large projects and services managed by Itera
- Strategic relationships
- Full range of services
- Hybrid delivery across borders
* Existing customers defined as customers that were invoiced in the corresponding quarter last year
** New customers (Rolling Twelve Months) defined as customers won since end of corresponding quarter last year
Revenue customers split
Share of revenue
Nearshore ratio % of all staff located nearshore
OUTLOOK
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- Attractive market with high demand for digitalisation in all Nordic markets
- Profitable growth and cash flow are key focus areas
- Invest in new Managed Cloud Services unit and transform own data centre into the cloud
- Larger projects and customers expected to continue to increase revenue visibility, efficiency and scalability
Itera does not provide guidance to the market on future prospects