Interim presentation Fourth quarter 2014
Sverre Hurum. CEO Erik Stubø. CFO 24 February 2015
Highlights in the fourth quarter
- Revenues and EBIT
- Operating revenues increased by 5.0 percent to NOK 313.2 million (yo-y)
- EBIT down by 29.0 percent to NOK 19.3 million (y-o-y)
- 1008 employees
- Up 46 in the quarter
- An increase of 77 in the past 12 months
- Adapting to the changing market within oil / gas
- Successful takeover of Capgemini's Trondheim office
- Important new contracts in both Norway and Sweden
Revenues and number of employees
MNOK and number
Operational Review
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Important customers in all sectors
New mobile tool improves road safety
- Vadis: Tool for control of vehicles in use by Norwegian Public Roads Administration
- Enables 50% more controls
- Calculations prove that on average, two lives will be saved each year
- Bouvet as a supplier have contributed with analysis, design, mobility, systems development, testing and integration
Proximity to the business within oil and gas
February 24, 2015 Interim presentation 4th quarter 2014
Agreement with The National Procurement Services in Sweden
- In Sweden, central framework agreements are used for the purchase of consulting services throughout the public sector
- Bouvet has signed framework agreement in one region and is now also awarded framework agreements in the other four regions
- May provide a solid base for growth for Bouvet in Sweden
Enthusiastic and competent employees
- 1008 employees at the end of the fourth quarter
- 46 new employees in Q4'14
- 77 new employees in the past 12 months
- Average number of employees in the quarter up 7.2 percent from Q4'13
- Excellent results from employee satisfaction survey
- 91 % said that all things considered, Bouvet is a great place to work
Number of employees end of quarter
Annual growth in number of employees Percentage
Financial Review
Key figures
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Three months ending |
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Twelve months ending |
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| MNOK |
31.12.2014 |
31.12.2013 |
Change |
31.12.2014 |
31.12.2013 |
Change |
| Operating revenue |
313.2 |
298.3 |
5.0% |
1,132.6 |
1,112.8 |
1.8 % |
| Operating profit (EBIT) |
19.3 |
27.2 |
-29.0% |
79.2 |
95.1 |
-16.8 % |
| EBIT margin |
6.2 % |
9.1 % |
|
7.0 % |
8.5 % |
|
| Ordinary profit before tax |
20.4 |
27.9 |
-26.8 % |
81.6 |
97.1 |
-16.0 % |
| Profit for the period |
13.7 |
20.0 |
-31.6 % |
57.0 |
69.8 |
-18.4 % |
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|
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|
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| EPS (fully diluted) |
1.29 |
1.92 |
-32.8 % |
5.39 |
6.67 |
-19.3 % |
| Net cash flow operations |
61.6 |
92.8 |
-33.6 % |
52.3 |
99.4 |
-47.4 % |
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|
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| Equity ratio |
34.3 % |
35.9 % |
|
34.3 % |
35.9 % |
|
| Cash and cash equivalents |
118.6 |
169.2 |
-29.9 % |
118.6 |
169.2 |
-29.9 % |
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| Number of employees (end of period) |
1,008 |
931 |
8.3 % |
1,008 |
931 |
8.3 % |
| Number of employees (average) |
995 |
928 |
7.2 % |
958 |
908 |
5.5 % |
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Top line growth
- Revenues increased by 5.0 percent y-o-y
- Revenues from own consultants increased by 4.9 percent to NOK 264.8 million
- Revenues from sub-contracted consultants reduced by 13.4 percent to NOK 29.2 million
- Other revenues increased by 58.2 percent to NOK 19.2 million
- Billing rate decreased 5.5 percentage points from Q4'13
- Prices for group hourly services increased 2.6 percent from Q4'13
Revenue split (quarterly figures) MNOK
Revenue split (12 months rolling average) MNOK
Reduced earnings
- Operating profit decreased y-o-y in Q4'14
- EBIT margin of 6.2 percent compared to 9.1 percent in Q4'13
- Operating expenses increased by 8.4 percent compared to Q4'13
- Other operating expenses increased 7.9 percent
- 62 workdays in Q4'14 equivalent to Q4'13
EBIT and EBIT margin
MNOK and Percent
EBIT and EBIT margin (12 months rolling) MNOK and Percent
Cash flow
- Cash flow from operations
- Positive NOK 61.6 million in Q4'14, down from NOK positive 92.8 million in Q4'13
- Rolling 12 months
- Operational cash flow over the last 12 months was NOK 52.3 million
- Cash flow from investing activities
- Negative NOK 16.4 million compared to negative NOK 3.5 million in Q4'13
Cash flow from operations (per quarter) MNOK
Cash flow from operations (LTM)
Outlook
Outlook
- Digitization will be vital in order to increase productivity in Scandinavia
- Bouvet's high competence and knowledge of customers' business will be requested
Shareholders as at 23.02.2014
| Investor |
Number of shares |
% of total |
| VARNER KAPITAL AS |
1 070 000 |
10,44 % |
| STENSHAGEN INVEST AS |
824 992 |
8,05 % |
| MP PENSJON PK |
669 904 |
6,54 % |
| HURUM SVERRE FINN |
506 584 |
4,94 % |
| KLP AKSJE NORGE VPF |
435 313 |
4,25 % |
| KOMMUNAL LANDSPENSJONSKASSE |
302 569 |
2,95 % |
| VEVLEN GÅRD AS |
300 000 |
2,93 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET HANDELSBANKEN |
298 915 |
2,92 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET DNB NORDIC TECHNO |
298 659 |
2,91 % |
| STUBØ ERIK |
236 084 |
2,30 % |
| STOREBRAND NORGE I |
230 948 |
2,25 % |
| J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. LONDON |
227 945 |
2,22 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET EIKA NORGE |
213 952 |
2,09 % |
| TELENOR PENSJONSKASSE |
186 800 |
1,82 % |
| DYVI INVEST AS |
150 000 |
1,46 % |
| STOREBRAND VEKST |
142 749 |
1,39 % |
| VOLLE ANDERS |
125 908 |
1,23 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET DNB NORDEN (III) |
125 406 |
1,22 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET DNB SMB |
103 903 |
1,01 % |
| SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN AB |
88 852 |
0,87 % |
Number of shares held by the 20 largest shareholders |
6 539 483 |
63,80 % |
Appendix
Client development
- Existing clients*
- Revenues from existing clients decreased 9.7 % from Q4'13
- Accounted for 86.0 percent of revenues in Q4'14
- New customers**
corresponding quarter last year
– Customer won over the past year generated revenues of NOK 44.0 million in Q4'14
* Existing customers defined as customers that were invoiced in the corresponding quarter last year ** New customers defined as customers won since end of
Revenues customer split MNOK
Customer and project mix
- Project mix
- Variable contracts account for 96.2 percent of total revenues
- Client portfolio
- The 10 largest customers represent 37.3 percent of total revenues – down from 50.7 percent in Q4'13
- The 20 largest customers represent 51.2 percent of total revenues – down from 64.3 percent in Q4'13
- The largest customer represents less than 15 percent
Variably priced contracts share of revenues Percentage
10 largest customers share of revenues Percentage