Quarterly Report • May 8, 2018
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1st quarter of 2018
€ million
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| New orders | 574.9 | 403.2 |
| Unit sales (units) | 48,458 | 37,153 |
| Revenue | 414.5 | 352.5 |
| EBITDA | 40.9 | 38.7 |
| EBITDA before exceptional items | 40.9 | 28.7 |
| EBIT | 21.7 | 17.6 |
| EBIT before exceptional items | 21.7 | 7.6 |
| EBIT margin (%) | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| EBIT margin before exceptional items (%) | 5.2 | 2.2 |
| Net income | 18.2 | 15.4 |
| Earnings per share (€) | 0.15 | 0.13 |
| Total assets | 1,258.0 | 1,101.0 |
| Non-current assets | 533.6 | 469.5 |
| Equity | 616.4 | 507.2 |
| Equity ratio (%) | 49.0 | 46.1 |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 10.1 | 56.2 |
| Free cash flow1) | –9.1 | 39.7 |
| Net financial position2) | 88.9 | 70.0 |
| Working capital3) | 260.0 | 197.1 |
| Working capital ratio (average, %)4) | 13.9 | 16.5 |
| Capital expenditure (excl. capitalisation of R&D, after deducting grants) |
13.7 | 8.6 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 19.2 | 21.1 |
| Research and development expenditure (after deducting grants) |
18.7 | 16.5 |
| thereof capitalised | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Employees (number at 31 Mar) | 4,245 | 3,675 |
1) Free cash flow: cash flow from operating and investing activities less interest expense. 2) Net financial position: cash and cash equivalents less current and non-current interest-bearing financial debt.
3) Working capital: inventories plus trade receivables less trade payables.
4) Working capital ratio (average, %): average working capital at the four quarterly reporting dates divided by revenue for the previous twelve months.
| € million | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | |
| New orders | ||
| DEUTZ Compact Engines | 492.9 | 326.3 |
| DEUTZ Customised Solutions | 76.7 | 76.9 |
| Other | 5.3 | – |
| Total | 574.9 | 403.2 |
| Unit sales (units) | ||
| DEUTZ Compact Engines | 44,563 | 35,321 |
| DEUTZ Customised Solutions | 1,762 | 1,832 |
| Other | 2,133 | – |
| Total | 48,458 | 37,153 |
| Revenue |
| Total | 414.5 | 352.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 4.8 | – |
| DEUTZ Customised Solutions | 57.7 | 58.4 |
| DEUTZ Compact Engines | 352.0 | 294.1 |
| Total | 21.7 | 7.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Other | –3.0 | –0.3 |
| DEUTZ Customised Solutions | 7.7 | 6.4 |
| DEUTZ Compact Engines | 17.0 | 1.5 |
"2018 has got off to a very good start from an operational perspective," says Dr Frank Hiller, Chairman of the DEUTZ Board of Management. "And DEUTZ has made successful progress from a strategic standpoint too. The recent presentation of our first off-highway hybrid concept at the Intermat trade fair in Paris was a milestone in this regard. Our E-DEUTZ strategy launched in 2017 is really beginning to take off now."
€ million
Exceptionally high volume of new orders DEUTZ received significantly more orders in the first quarter of 2018 than in the equivalent period of the prior year. This was attributable not only to the favourable business environment but also, in particular, to a change in customers' ordering patterns. In the light of the strong demand and the introduction of emissions standard EU Stage V in the coming year, customers have been placing their orders early to be sure of securing delivery.
As at 31 March 2018, orders on hand stood at €427.5 million, which was 79.0 per cent higher than a year earlier (31 March 2017: €238.8 million).
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2017 2018 574.9 399.8 382.7 1,556.5 574.9 370.8 403.2 +42,6%
Unit sales up by nearly one third Unit sales at DEUTZ rose by 30.4 per cent year on year in the first three months of 2018. The total included 2,133 electric motors sold by the Torqeedo brand in the reporting quarter. Unit sales in our largest market, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), climbed by 26.5 per cent year on year to 33,035 engines. Sales of engines rose by 44.6 per cent to 11,252 units sold in the Americas and increased by 28.5 per cent to 4,171 engines in the Asia-Pacific region.
€ million (2017 figures)
Sharp rise in revenue All regions contributed to the strong increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2018. However, the breakdown by application segment presented a mixed picture: whereas revenue rose in most application segments, as well as in the service business, there was a significant decline in the Automotive application segment. This is because we did not develop engines for the on-highway emissions standard Euro 6 in Europe and because business is increasingly shifting to China as planned. Revenue in the Stationary Equipment application segment fell just short of the prior-year level.
€ million
€ million (2017 figures)
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 414.5 | 352.5 | 17.6 |
| –335.5 | –290.9 | 15.3 |
| –22.9 | –23.2 | –1.3 |
| –34.4 | –28.7 | 19.9 |
| 4.9 | 13.5 | –63.7 |
| –5.4 | –4.9 | 10.2 |
| 0.5 | –0.7 | –171.4 |
| 21.7 | 17.6 | 23.3 |
| – | 10.0 | –100.0 |
| 21.7 | 7.6 | 185.5 |
| –0.6 | –0.8 | –25.0 |
| –2.9 | –1.4 | 107.1 |
| 18.2 | 15.4 | 18.2 |
Operating profit before depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA before exceptional items) advanced by €12.2 million to €40.9 million in the first quarter of 2018 (Q1 2017: €28.7 million) on the back of the much higher volume of business. The EBITDA margin (before exceptional items) improved from 8.1 per cent in the prior-year quarter to 9.9 per cent. Operating profit after depreciation and amortisation (EBIT before exceptional items) came to €21.7 million (Q1 2017: €7.6 million). This steep increase of €14.1 million was attributable to economies of scale resulting from the encouraging growth in the volume of business. Consequently, there was a sharp rise in the EBIT margin (before exceptional items) to 5.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2018 (Q1 2017: 2.2 per cent).
No exceptional items were recorded in the reporting quarter. This stood in contrast to the first quarter of 2017, when the disposal of the building lease of our subsidiary Ad. Strüver KG for a plot of land that was no longer being used for production purposes resulted in an exceptional item that added €10.0 million to income.
The increase in the cost of sales to €335.5 million was primarily attributable to the higher production volume and the associated rise in the cost of materials and in staff costs. The economies of scale resulted in a substantial improvement in the gross margin1) from 17.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2017 to 19.1 per cent in the reporting quarter.
1) Gross margin: ratio of revenue less cost of sales to revenue (excluding amortisation relating to capitalised development expenditure).
Other operating income declined by €8.6 million year on year to €4.9 million. This decrease was attributable to the positive impact in the first quarter of 2017 of the exceptional item relating to the sale of the building lease of our subsidiary Ad. Strüver KG.
Net income was up by €2.8 million on the prior-year period to €18.2 million due to the increase in operating profit (EBIT). This resulted in earnings per share of €0.15 (Q1 2017: €0.13).
Significant expansion of business in the DCE segment New orders, unit sales and revenue all rose significantly on the prioryear period in the DEUTZ Compact Engines (DCE) segment. Operating profit in the segment increased to €17.0 million (Q1 2017: €1.5 million) in the first quarter of 2018, primarily because of the much higher volume of business.
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | Change (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| New orders (€ million) | 492.9 | 326.3 | 51.1 |
| Unit sales (units) | 44,563 | 35,321 | 26.2 |
| Revenue (€ million) | 352.0 | 294.1 | 19.7 |
| EBIT (€ million) | 17.0 | 1.5 | >100.0 |
Business performance largely on a par with Q1 2017 In the DEUTZ Customised Solutions (DCS) segment, new orders, unit sales and revenue in the reporting period either matched or fell just short of the prior-year level. Operating profit for the segment came to €7.7 million in the first quarter of 2018, up by €1.3 million on the first quarter of the previous year. The biggest factor in this improved performance was the increase in the proportion of earnings generated by the high-margin service business.
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | Change (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| New orders (€ million) | 76.7 | 76.9 | –0.3 |
| Unit sales (units) | 1,762 | 1,832 | –3.8 |
| Revenue (€ million) | 57.7 | 58.4 | –1.2 |
| EBIT (€ million) | 7.7 | 6.4 | 20.3 |
€ million (2017 figures)
In the period under review, the Other segment reported an operating loss of €3.0 million, a deterioration of €2.7 million compared with the first quarter of 2017. This decline was mainly due to the negative impact on earnings of the €3.5 million loss reported by Torqeedo. Torqeedo has been included in the consolidated financial statements of DEUTZ AG since the fourth quarter of 2017.
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | Change (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| New orders (€ million) | 5.3 | – | – |
| Unit sales (units) | 2,133 | – | – |
| Revenue (€ million) | 4.8 | – | – |
| EBIT (€ million) | –3.0 | –0.3 | – |
| € million | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | Change (%) |
|
| Cash flow from operating activities |
10.1 | 56.2 | –82.0 |
| Cash flow from investing activities |
–18.6 | –15.6 | –19.2 |
| Cash flow from financing activities |
–5.9 | –6.2 | 4.8 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents |
–14.4 | 34.4 | –141.9 |
| Free cash flow1) from continuing operations |
–9.1 | 39.7 | –122.9 |
| Net financial position2) at 31 Mar/31 Dec |
88.9 | 98.2 | –9.5 |
1) Free cash flow: cash flow from operating activities, before payment of compensation for vested company pension rights, and from investing activities less interest expense (continuing operations).
2) Net financial position: cash and cash equivalents less current and non-current interest-bearing financial debt.
Despite the higher volume of business, cash flow from operating activities decreased significantly in comparison with the first quarter of 2017. This was primarily due to the sharp increase in working capital in the first quarter of 2018. By contrast, net cash used for investing activities was slightly above the level reported in the first quarter of the prior year because of the increase in capital spending on property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Free cash flow decreased due to the steep decline in net cash provided by operating activities. Looking at the past twelve months, however, free cash flow remained in positive territory at €33.7 million.
The change in cash flow described above caused cash and cash equivalents and the net financial position1) to contract in the first three months of 2018.
| € million |
|---|
| ----------- |
| Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | (%) | |
| Non-current assets | 603.9 | 603.4 | – |
| Current assets | 653.7 | 609.3 | 7.0 |
| Assets classified as held for sale |
0.4 | 0.4 | – |
| Total assets | 1,258.0 | 1,213.1 | 4.0 |
| Equity | 616.4 | 599.2 | 3.0 |
| Non-current liabilities | 236.5 | 240.4 | –1.6 |
| Current liabilities | 405.1 | 373.5 | 9.0 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 1,258.0 | 1,213.1 | 4.0 |
| Working capital 1) at 31 Mar/31 Dec (€ million) |
260.0 | 222.2 | 17.0 |
| Working capital ratio at 31 Mar/31 Dec |
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| (balance sheet date, %) | 16.9 | 15.0 | – |
| Working capital ratio at 31 Mar/31 Dec |
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| (average, %) | 13.9 | 13.4 | – |
| Equity ratio2) at 31 Mar/31 Dec (%) |
49.0 | 49.4 | – |
1) Working capital: inventories plus trade receivables less trade payables.
2) Equity ratio: equity/total equity and liabilities.
The higher volumes of production and revenue resulted in a sharp increase in inventories and trade receivables. Consequently, working capital2) rose by €62.9 million to €260.0 million as at 31 March 2018 despite the increase in trade payables, which was also attributable to the greater volume of business.
R&D spending higher than in the prior year Research and development expenditure after reimbursements totalled €18.7 million in the first three months of 2018, up by 13.3 per cent on the first quarter of 2017. The expansion of our product range was the main reason for this planned increase.
2) Inventories plus trade receivables less trade payables. 1) Net financial position: cash and cash equivalents less current and non-current interest-bearing financial debt.
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | Change (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| R&D expenditure (after deducting grants, € million) |
18.7 | 16.5 | 13.3 |
| thereof DCE (€ million) | 16.3 | 16.0 | 1.9 |
| thereof DCS (€ million) | 1.0 | 0.5 | 100.0 |
| thereof Other (€ million) | 1.4 | – | – |
| R&D ratio (as a percentage of revenue) |
4.5 | 4.7 | – |
More employees in the DEUTZ Group The number of employees working for the DEUTZ Group increased by 570, or 15.5 per cent, compared with 31 March 2017. 211 of these new employees resulted from the acquisition of Torqeedo and DEUTZ Italy (formerly IML Motori S.r.l.). The growth in the volume of business was also a factor. The number of contract workers stood at 491, an increase of 173 on the figure for 31 March 2017.
| 31 Mar 2018 |
31 Mar 2017 |
Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2,428 | 2,193 | 10.7 |
| 451 | 414 | 8.9 |
| 258 | 215 | 20.0 |
| 3,137 | 2,822 | 11.2 |
| 1,108 | 853 | 29.9 |
| 4,245 | 3,675 | 15.5 |
In the course of the review, initiated by the DEUTZ AG Board of Management, of the strategic options for the joint venture DEUTZ (Dalian) Engine Co., Ltd., headquartered in Dalian, China, the audit firm engaged to conduct the review notified DEUTZ AG after the balance sheet date of the suspicion that various carrying amounts on the joint venture's balance sheet needed to be adjusted downward. Preliminary estimates reveal the need for an adjustment that could lead to possible writedowns in the DEUTZ Group's consolidated financial statements in the order of €16 million to €32 million. The carrying amounts in question predominantly relate to transactions carried out in 2011 to 2013. DEUTZ Dalian is accounted for under the equity method in the DEUTZ Group's consolidated financial statements. The final results of this review are not yet available.
DEUTZ Dalian's operational revenue grew by 22 per cent in the first quarter of 2018 to reach €91.6 million (up by 29 per cent in local currency), while profits rose by €2.7 million to €1.0 million.
Forecast confirmed In 2018, DEUTZ's engine business will benefit from the robust global economy and positive unit sales trends in key application segments. Our European customers are bringing forward their spending this year ahead of the switch to the new emissions standard in the European Union on 1 January 2019 (EU Stage V). This is likely to have a positive impact on our unit sales in the current year, which we predict will rise by a low five-digit number of engines.
We anticipate a marked rise in revenue for 2018 overall. This increase will be fuelled by the DCE segment, whereas we expect the DCS segment's revenue to hold steady. Subject to the final outcome of the review of our joint venture DEUTZ Dalian, we are retaining our forecast of a moderate increase in the EBIT margin (before exceptional items) in comparison with 2017.
This management report includes certain statements about future events and developments, together with disclosures and estimates provided by the Company. Such forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may mean that the actual performances, developments and results in the Company or those in sectors important to the Company are significantly different (especially from a negative point of view) from those expressly or implicitly assumed in these statements. The Board of Management cannot therefore make any guarantees with regard to the forward-looking statements made in this management report.
| € million | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | |
| Revenue | 414.5 | 352.5 |
| Cost of sales | –335.5 | –290.9 |
| Research and development costs | –22.9 | –23.2 |
| Selling expenses | –23.3 | –18.5 |
| General and administrative expenses | –11.1 | –10.2 |
| Other operating income | 4.9 | 13.5 |
| Other operating expenses | –5.4 | –4.9 |
| Profit/loss on equity-accounted investments | 0.5 | –0.7 |
| EBIT | 21.7 | 17.6 |
| thereof exceptional items | – | 10.0 |
| thereof operating profit (EBIT before exceptional items) | 21.7 | 7.6 |
| Interest expenses, net | –0.6 | –0.8 |
| thereof finance costs | –0.7 | –0.9 |
| Net income before income taxes | 21.1 | 16.8 |
| Income taxes | –2.9 | –1.4 |
| Net income | 18.2 | 15.4 |
| thereof attributable to shareholders of DEUTZ AG | 18.2 | 15.4 |
| thereof attributable to non-controlling interests | – | – |
| Earnings per share (basic/diluted, €) | 0.15 | 0.13 |
€ million
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| Net income | 18.2 | 15.4 |
| Amounts that will not be reclassified to the income statement in the future | –0.5 | 1.3 |
| Remeasurements of defined benefit plans | –0.5 | 1.3 |
| Amounts that will be reclassified to the income statement in the future if specific conditions are met |
–0.5 | 0.7 |
| Currency translation differences | –0.5 | –0.3 |
| thereof profit/loss on equity-accounted investments | 0.2 | –0.2 |
| Effective portion of change in fair value from cash flow hedges | – | 0.9 |
| Change in fair value of available-for-sale financial instruments | – | 0.1 |
| Other comprehensive income, net of tax | –1.0 | 2.0 |
| Comprehensive income | 17.2 | 17.4 |
| thereof attributable to shareholders of DEUTZ AG | 17.2 | 17.4 |
| thereof attributable to non-controlling interests | – | – |
| € million | ||
|---|---|---|
| Assets | 31 Mar 2018 |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 275.0 | 273.4 |
| Intangible assets | 210.3 | 213.2 |
| Equity-accounted investments | 41.6 | 40.8 |
| Other financial assets | 6.8 | |
| Non-current assets (before deferred tax assets) 533.6 |
534.2 | |
| Deferred tax assets | 70.3 | 69.2 |
| Non-current assets | 603.9 | 603.4 |
| Inventories | 317.4 | 287.0 |
| Trade receivables | 165.6 | 142.7 |
| Other receivables and assets | 41.4 | 35.8 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 129.3 | 143.8 |
| Current assets | 653.7 | 609.3 |
| Non-current assets classified as held for sale | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Total assets | 1,258.0 | 1,213.1 |
| Equity and liabilities | ||
| Issued capital | 309.0 | 309.0 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 28.8 | 28.8 |
| Other reserves | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| Retained earnings and accumulated income | 267.1 | 249.4 |
| Equity attributable to shareholders of DEUTZ AG | 616.2 | 599.0 |
| Non-controlling interests | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Equity | 616.4 | 599.2 |
| Provisions for pensions and other post-retirement benefits | 160.4 | 162.9 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Other provisions | 38.8 | 36.2 |
| Financial debt | 24.3 | 28.1 |
| Other liabilities | 12.8 | 13.0 |
| Non-current liabilities | 236.5 | 240.4 |
| Provisions for pensions and other post-retirement benefits | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Provision for current income taxes | 17.7 | 18.3 |
| Other provisions | 65.5 | 58.4 |
| Financial debt | 16.1 | 17.5 |
| Trade payables | 223.0 | 207.5 |
| Other liabilities | 69.3 | 58.3 |
| Current liabilities | 405.1 | 373.5 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 1,258.0 | 1,213.1 |
| € million | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1–3/2018 | 1–3/2017 | |
| EBIT | 21.7 | 17.6 |
| Income taxes paid | –3.5 | –2.0 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of non-current assets | 19.2 | 21.1 |
| Profit/loss on equity-accounted investments | –0.5 | 0.7 |
| Other non-cash income and expenses | – | 0.1 |
| Change in working capital | –39.9 | 9.7 |
| Change in inventories | –32.4 | –1.9 |
| Change in trade receivables | –23.8 | –22.7 |
| Change in trade payables | 16.3 | 34.3 |
| Change in other receivables and other current assets | –6.7 | 6.3 |
| Change in provisions and other liabilities (excluding financial liabilities) | 19.8 | 2.7 |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 10.1 | 56.2 |
| Capital expenditure on intangible assets, property, plant and equipment | –18.6 | –16.0 |
| Proceeds from the sale of non-current assets | – | 0.4 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | –18.6 | –15.6 |
| Interest income | 0.1 | – |
| Interest expense | –0.7 | –0.9 |
| Repayment of capital contributions to non-controlling interests | – | –1.3 |
| Repayments of loans | –5.3 | –4.0 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | –5.9 | –6.2 |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 10.1 | 56.2 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | –18.6 | –15.6 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | –5.9 | –6.2 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents | –14.4 | 34.4 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at 1 Jan | 143.8 | 91.8 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents | –14.4 | 34.4 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents related to exchange rates | –0.1 | 0.1 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at 31 Mar | 129.3 | 126.3 |
2018
| 2 August 2018 | Interim report for the first half of 2018 Conference call with analysts and investors |
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| 8 November 2018 | Interim management statement for the first to third quarter of 2018 Conference call with analysts and investors |
Ottostrasse 1 51149 Cologne (Porz-Eil), Germany
Telephone +49 (0)221 822 24 91 Fax +49 (0)221 822 15 24 91 Email [email protected] Website www.deutz.com
| Telephone +49 (0)221 822 24 93 | |
|---|---|
| Fax | +49 (0)221 822 15 24 93 |
| [email protected] | |
| Website | www.deutz.com |
Published by DEUTZ AG 51057 Cologne, Germany
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This interim management statement is also available in German. It is only available in digital form. This interim management statement was published on 2 May 2018.
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