Investor Presentation • May 15, 2024
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Earnings Call Q1 2024
May 15, 2024
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Strong revenue growth in Q1 2024 despite a normalization of seasonality in the Financial Technologies segment and planned lower Q1 revenue in the Security Technologies segment

Forecast 2024 unchanged with revenue between €220 million and €240 million and adjusted EBITDA between €80 million and €90 million

Further decrease of leverage ratio to ~0.65x, high financial reserves available for future growth initiatives with cash and cash equivalents of €56 million

Adjusted pro forma
EBIT
Adjusted pro forma EBITDA
Note: For definitions and detailed explanations of the alternative performance measures, please refer to page 94 onwards of our Annual Report 2023 and page 13 onwards of our quarterly statement Q1 2024
9.9 10.2
+3%
10.9 11.4
+4%
Q1 2023 Q1 2024






(# of bikes facilitated in percent of year's volume)







| (€ thousand) |
Financial Technologies |
Security Technologies |
Central Functions and Consolidation |
BKHT Group |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 |
forma Pro Q1 2023 |
Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
Q1 2024 |
forma Pro Q1 2023 |
|
| Revenue | 32 366 , |
25 145 , |
7 258 , |
8 293 , |
- | 1 | 39 624 , |
33 439 , |
| Revenue growth |
28 7% |
(12 5%) |
18 5% |
|||||
| Gross Profit |
21 275 , |
16 421 , |
5 239 , |
6 245 , |
105 | 89 | 26 619 , |
22 755 , |
| Gross Profit Margin |
65 7% |
65 3% |
72 2% |
75 3% |
67 2% |
68 1% |
||
| Adjusted EBITDA |
12 045 , |
10 648 , |
518 | 1 603 , |
(1 202) , |
(1 333) , |
11 361 , |
10 918 , |
| Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
37 2% |
42 3% |
7 1% |
19 3% |
28 7% |
32 7% |
||
| Adjusted EBIT |
11 311 , |
10 032 , |
142 | 1 267 , |
(1 232) , |
(1 364) , |
10 221 , |
9 934 , |
| Adjusted EBIT Margin |
34 9% |
39 9% |
2 0% |
15 3% |
25 8% |
29 7% |
Total cash and cash equivalents of €56 million as per end of March 2024



Available financing capacity allows for future growth through new acquisitions

Conservative leverage ratio of ~0.65x adj. proforma EBITDA 2023 (target value of ~2.5x)

High balance sheet quality underlining resilience of our business


Another record Q1 for Bikeleasing in terms of revenue and earnings

# of corporate customers grew to ~62k with ~3.4 million employees #

# of facilitated bikes with ~27k slightly below the previous year, due to a normalization of seasonality (unusually mild Jan/Feb 23 paired with higher order backlog due to longer, covid-fueled order times)
(# bikes facilitated)









(€ million) Revenue 12.5% below first quarter 2023 due to planned upgrades and capacity increase in the main production facility with 2 weeks downtime

EMEA region strong with increase in orders received and revenue totaling €5.5 million which is an increase of +€1.6 million to Q1 of 2023

Americas with €1.5 million in revenue not on same level as previous year, mainly due to a large solitary project that contributed more than €1.0 million in Q1 of 2023.

Quarterly revenue


Facility and equipment upgrades are scheduled in 2024 and 2025 to achieve end to end capacity increase of 50% while reducing cost due to higher automatization

New soldering equipment as inline system concept was installed in March 2024, resulting in an increase of output by 30%

Handling system of PCB (loading, SMD, assembly and soldering) was updated to an inline system for quality improvement and reduction of SMD rework by 60%




Revenue
(2023: €187m | +18% to +29%)
(2023: €62m | +29% to +45%)


Note: For additional details please see the ad-hoc announcements dated June 6, 2023 and March 22, 2024; Figures for 2021 include adjustment for decrease in earnings due to value step up.


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