Earnings Release • Apr 4, 2024
Earnings Release
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| Informazione Regolamentata n. 20133-7-2024 |
Data/Ora Inizio Diffusione 4 Aprile 2024 22:26:05 |
Euronext Growth Milan | |
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| Societa' | ESAUTOMOTION | ||
| Identificativo Informazione Regolamentata |
: | 188578 | |
| Utenza - Referente | : | ESAUTOMOTIONN02 - Fontana | |
| Tipologia | : | 1.1 | |
| Data/Ora Ricezione | : | 4 Aprile 2024 22:26:05 | |
| Data/Ora Inizio Diffusione | : | 4 Aprile 2024 22:26:05 | |
| Oggetto | : | Annual Report 2023 | |
| Testo del comunicato |
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• REVENUES: Euro 35,661 thousand (vs. Euro 34,091 thousand), +4.6%
•EBITDA adjusted: Euro 8.482 mila (vs. Euro 8.692 mila), - 2,4%
• EBITDA: Euro 8.364 mila (vs. Euro 8.692 mila), - 3,8%
• EBITDA margin adjusted: 23,8% (vs. 25,5%), -1,7% percentage points
•EBITDA margin: 23,5% (vs. 25.5%), -2,0% percentage points
• NET PROFIT adjusted Euro 4.407 mila (vs. Euro 5.102 mila) - 13,6%
• NET PROFIT Euro 4,322 thousand (vs. Euro 5,102 thousand) - 15.3%
• NET PROFIT margin adjusted 12,4% (vs. 15,0%) - 2,6% punti percentuali
•NET PROFIT: margin 12.1% (vs. 15.0%). - 2.9 percentage points
• OPERATING CASH FLOW: Euro 1,166 mila (vs. Euro 2,899 mila) •NET FINANCIAL POSITION: (CASH POSITIVE) for Euro -3,637 thousand (vs. Euro - 10,769 thousand),
• TREASURY SHARES: 213,000
• DIVIDEND: Euro 0,05. x/share: payout ratio (of the group) 14,9%, yield 1.3%

The Board of Directors of Esautomotion S.p.A. ("Esautomotion", "ESA" or the "Company"), the operating holding company of the Esautomotion Group (the "Group") active in the sector of highprecision mechatronic components for industrial machines, today approved the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Draft Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2023.
Group revenues as of December 31, 2023 amounted to Euro 35,661 thousand, recording growth of 4.6% compared to December 31, 2022.
Comments regarding 2023:
increased costs and inefficiencies in logistics chains, (partial, delayed, incomplete deliveries, urgent transportation);
These extraordinary and unprecedented events have also increased some costs, for example the path of redesigning products so as to no longer "depend" on single suppliers which, if on the one hand improves Esautomotion's internal efficiency and reduce costs, in the year in which it is carried out requires greater costs and investments.
Esautomotion continued to focus on the usual lines of growth:

• continuation of the intense internationalization activity at a global level, in particular in China, the Iberian Peninsula, Turkey and the United States, India with the opening of two new branches.
Beside this
• The acquisition of Sangalli Servomotori srl Servomotori has strengthened our offer to the market of Numerical Controls: the most innovative applications require motors designed and produced specifically for the purpose. It also opens the market to that very wide segment of the Automation market that does not depend on Numerical Controls such as Energy and Motion.
The Group's level of "direct" exports is equal to 49% of revenues, to this value must be added the share of products sold on the domestic market and then exported by our customer machine manufacturers; this sum makes it estimated that direct and indirect exports are together equal to about 80% of revenues.
EBITDA adjusted, amounting to Euro 8,482 thousand (23.5% of Revenues), decreased by 2.4% compared to the 2022 financial statements (25.5% of Revenues), the non recurring costs are related to the advisory expenses for the acquisition of Sangalli. The slight contraction in terms of percentage of revenues is mainly due to cost increases due to the shortage of components: the company had to source from alternative channels in some cases, with increased costs and financial advances. Logistics channels have also weighed on costs. We believe that these negative factors are improving thanks to the search for alternative suppliers and components and the reduction of the shortage itself. In 2023, Esautomotion's management structure was strengthened.
The acquisition of Sangalli Servomotori srl Servomotori had a negative impact on margins and in terms of non-recurring costs for consultancy on the acquisition.
R&D remains the Group's main investment area. In particular, research and development activities continued, mainly aimed at:

These activities have allowed Esautomotion to continue the development of software and new integrated devices according to the principles of Industry 4.0, and to consolidate the performance of the products in new application sectors.
The company invested Euro 1,338 thousand in R&D, in line with previous years (3.7% of revenues)
The Consolidated Net Financial Position shows a positive cash balance of Euro 3,637 thousand compared to Euro 10,769 thousand at December 31, 2022.
During 2023, Esautomotion paid €5,428 thousand for the payment of 65% of the share capital of Sangalli Servomotori srl servomotori, and 170,000 Esautomotion shares (valued, in the negotiation, at €6.00 per share; it has also set aside (debt) € 3,500 thousand as consideration for the exercise of the purchase option on the remaining 35%.
The severe crisis in the electronic components and semiconductor market, combined with the increase in turnover, led to a significant increase in working capital (+Euro 5,598 thousand). This is mainly due to the increase in stocks of essential components and financial advances (with requests for advance payments of up to 1 year on deliveries) for some of these components. These choices have become essential in order not to penalize growth, but they are the subject of greater attention by the company's management aimed at a rapid return to normality.
In addition, the Company holds 213,000 treasury shares, equal to a value of approximately Euro 790 thousand, at the listing on March 29, 2024 (€ 3.71 each), recorded in the financial statements for Euro 562 thousand.
Shareholders' equity amounts to Euro 29,976 thousand.
Chief Executive Officer Gianni Senzolo said: "It has been a difficult year, due to the difficulties in serving customers in the absence of components, to adapt the warehouses to the situation and to where to return, this year, to efficiency in Working Capital. At the same time, we are redesigning our products to make us more and more independent of suppliers of key components. The abrupt slowdown at the end of 2023 also had a negative emotional component. For the past 12 months, we have been accelerating the commercial push, as happened in 2019 and 2020 according to the countercyclical strategy that we always activate at the first signs of a slowdown. Two branches: USA and Turkey, were opened at the end of 2023. We are ready to recover Cash Flow from working capital efficiency in 2024. The acquisition of the Sangalli Servomotori srl Company has strengthened us by expanding the range of products to other types of automation customers, as well as making us more competitive in terms of costs and innovation possibilities.

Referring to the 2023 financial statements of the FA division (CNC, servomotors, laser) of Fanuc - Japan, world leader in the CNC sector, a drop in worldwide turnover of about 24% (from 254 billion Yen to 192 billion Yen) is observed. This company (50 times larger than Esautomotion) is an excellent indicator of the growth of the entire world market. In this market context, the Esautomotion Group performed better, despite a slowdown in demand.
2023 was a special year, characterized by a double speed. Growth in the first half of the year was offset by a decrease in the second.
The main factors that characterized the second half of the year were mainly the very high inventories that our customers had set aside during the shortage period and a decline in sales on the market. The two factors combined led our numbers to absorb the growth of the first half of the year.
To remedy this situation and to improve the results for 2024, we have implemented, as early as the second half of 2023, various internal and external strategies. Internally, we have worked, alongside our managers, on the efficiency of purchasing, warehouses and logistics, also collaborating with our suppliers to return to just-in-time warehouse management (which is impossible during the shortage). The target is to efficientize cash flow and working capital.
Externally, we have pushed hard at the commercial level, with the inclusion of internal and external resources, in order to put into practice a counter-cyclical strategy that allows us, as in the past, to expand our shares in the markets where we are present and to go and take on new "macro-niches", which is possible above all thanks to the purchase of Sangalli Servomotori srl Servomotori. The two new branches (USA and Turkey) combined with an efficiency of the existing realities (Brazil, Spain, China) will allow us to be more widespread in the respective markets both from the point of view of sales and from the point of view of service, this will allow us to acquire new market shares not only abroad but also in Italy, thanks to the joint work of our sales departments.
We continue to invest in R&D in new developments in automation applications, also in light of AI, all aspects of Industry 5.0 and the evolution of Industry 4.0. We are ready with our products (both hardware and software) to be compliant with the directives that 5.0 and 4.0 require. I believe that this can give us a strong boost on the international market, which is increasingly oriented towards green solutions and an increase in energy efficiency.
We are in a particularly complex economic and financial context dominated by perceptions of strong economic and geopolitical uncertainty. The Group will continue to strive to improve its operating result by seeking to increase efficiency and make the product offering more complete and competitive, also by expanding its commercial presence. Esautomotion customers have a very strong loyalty: their market can expand or contract and in times of contraction the strategy has always been to develop markets with new customers.
As already announced in the Financial Calendar, on 14 May 2024 the unaudited figures for Operating Revenues and Net Financial Position, consolidated as at 31 March 2024, will be published.

The Board of Directors has mandated the Chairman to convene the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting for 29 April 2024, at 5.00 p.m., conventionally at the Company's Registered Office in Via della Meccanica, no. 23/1 – 41012 Carpi (MO), with the following ordinary agenda:
The Board of Directors resolved to propose to the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting the following allocation of Esautomotion S.p.A.'s net profit for the year, amounting to Euro 3,333,787.91:
This dividend will be paid in a single payment (coupon n.8) equal to € 0.05. This coupon will be paid starting from May 15, 2024 with an ex-dividend date on May 13, 2022 and a record date on May 14, 2022;
The dividend yield, calculated on the official closing price at 3 rd April 2024, was 1.3% while the payout ratio was 14.9% of the Group's consolidated profit.
For further information, please refer to the notice of call and the documentation supporting the proposed resolutions, which will be published and made available to the Company's shareholders, in compliance with the applicable legal and statutory provisions, on 12 April 2024, on the www.esautomotion.it website, in the "Investor Relations/Shareholders' Meeting" section.
With reference to the accounting data presented in this press release, it should be noted that these are data for which the statutory audit activity by the Independent Auditors has not been completed.
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The Consolidated Financial Statements and the Financial Statements will be made available to the public, in compliance with the terms provided for by law, on the website http://www.esautomotion.it.
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| PROFIT & LOSS 31-dec-23 |
31-dec-22 | Changes | ||||
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| Thousands Euro | ||||||
| Net Sales Revenues | 35.446 | 99,4% | 33.828 | 99,2% | 1.617 | 4,8% |
| Other Revenues | 215 | 0,6% | 263 | 0,8% | (48) | (18,3%) |
| TURNOVER | 35.661 | 100,0% | 34.091 | 100,0% | 1.569 | 4,6% |
| Cost of Goods Sold | (18.515) | (51,9%) | (18.517) | (54,3%) | 2 | - |
| Personnel Costs | (3.427) | (9,6%) | (2.363) | (6,9%) | (1.064) | 45,0% |
| Services | (5.068) | (14,2%) | (4.277) | (12,5%) | (790) | 18,5% |
| Other Costs | (287) | (0,8%) | (242) | (0,7%) | (45) | 18,8% |
| OPERATIVE COSTS | (27.297) | (76,5%) | (25.399) | (74,5%) | (1.898) | 7,5% |
| EBITDA | 8.364 | 23,5% | 8.692 | 25,5% | (328) | (3,8%) |
| EBITDA Adjusted | 8.482 | 23,8% | 8.692 | 25,5% | (210) | (2,4%) |
| Depreciation and Amortization | (2.325) | (6,5%) | (1.858) | (5,4%) | (468) | 25,2% |
| EBIT | 6.038 | 16,9% | 6.834 | 20,0% | (796) | (11,6%) |
| Financial Incomes (Costs) | (137) | (0,4%) | (9) | - | (128) | > 100% |
| EBT | 5.901 | 16,5% | 6.825 | 20,0% | (924) | (13,5%) |
| Tax | (1.579) | (4,4%) | (1.723) | (5,1%) | 144 | (8,4%) |
| NET PROFIT (LOSS) | 4.322 | 12,1% | 5.102 | 15,0% | (780) | (15,3%) |
| NET PROFIT (LOSS) Adjusted | 4.407 | 12,4% | 5.102 | 15,0% | (695) | (13,6%) |

| BALANCE SHEET | 31-dec-23 | 31-dec-22 | Changes | ||
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| Thousands Euro | |||||
| Goodwill | 2.949 | 98 | 2.852 | ||
| Intangible Assets | 2.337 | 1.270 | 1.067 | ||
| Tangible Assets | 2.639 | 570 | 2.070 | ||
| Rights of use | 417 | 270 | 147 | ||
| Other non current assets | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| A | Non Current Assets | 8.344 | 2.208 | 6.135 | |
| Inventory | 12.892 | 8.323 | 4.569 | ||
| Trade Credits | 11.481 | 12.008 | (527) | ||
| Accounts payable | (5.558) | (7.115) | 1.557 | ||
| OPERATING WORKING CAPITAL | 18.815 | 13.217 | 5.598 | ||
| Other current assets | 831 | 671 | 160 | ||
| Other current debts | (1.223) | (772) | (451) | ||
| B | Net Working Capital | 18.423 | 13.115 | 5.307 | |
| Severance pay | (340) | (253) | (87) | ||
| Funds for risk and charges | (87) | (87) | - | ||
| C | Total Funds | (427) | (340) | (87) | |
| D=A+B+C | Net Invested Capital | 26.339 | 14.984 | 11.356 | |
| E | Assets held for sale | - | - | - | |
| F=D+E | Total Net Invested Capital | 26.339 | 14.984 | 11.356 | |
| Share Capital | 2.000 | 2.000 | - | ||
| Accumulated profit and reserves | 27.722 | 23.741 | 3.981 | ||
| Minority interest | 254 | 12 | 242 | ||
| G | Total Equity | 29.976 | 25.753 | 4.223 | |
| Long term financial Debts | 3.868 | 112 | 3.756 | ||
| Short term financial Debts | 590 | 176 | 415 | ||
| Cash, Bank Deposits and Financial credits | (8.095) | (11.057) | 2.962 | ||
| H | Net Financial Position | (3.637) | (10.769) | 7.133 | |
| I=G+H | Total Sources | 26.339 | 14.984 | 11.356 |

| CASH FLOW STATEMENT | 31-dec-23 | 31-dec-22 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousands Euro | |||
| Net Profit (Loss) | 4.322 | 5.102 | |
| Corporate Income Taxes | 1.579 | 1.723 | |
| Financial Costs (Income) & Exchange gains (losses) | 137 | 9 | |
| Offset in working capital | 42 | 84 | |
| Provisions | 75 | (31) | |
| Depreciation | 2.050 | 1.579 | |
| Cash flow from operation before changes in NWC | 8.204 | 8.466 | |
| Changes in NWC | (5.231) | (3.960) | |
| Cash flow after changes in NWC | 2.974 | 4.506 | |
| Financial Costs paid | (17) | - | |
| Taxes paid | (1.791) | (1.607) | |
| Operating cash flow | 1.166 | 2.899 | |
| CAPEX | (6.123) | (1.393) | |
| Loan disbursement (repayment) | 4.170 | (135) | |
| Increase in capital | - | - | |
| Share Buyback | 448 | - | |
| Changes in Equity | 512 | 4 | |
| Dividends paid | (1.272) | (1.272) | |
| Financial Changes | 3.859 | (1.403) | |
| Changes in Liquidity | (1.098) | 103 | |
| Cash beginning of the year | 9.057 | 8.955 | |
| Cash at the end of the period | 7.959 | 9.057 |

| PROFIT & LOSS | 31-dec-2023 | 31-dec-2022 | Changes | |||
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| Thousands Euro | ||||||
| Revenues | 26.425 | 93,8% | 28.811 | 92,6% | (2.386) | (8,3%) |
| Change in semi-finisched and finisched products | 1.110 | 3,9% | 1.641 | 5,3% | (531) | (32,4%) |
| Other revenues and services | 624 | 2,2% | 673 | 2,2% | (49) | (7,3%) |
| Total production value | 28.159 | 100,0% | 31.125 | 100,0% | (2.966) | (9,5%) |
| Subsidiary and consumer raw materials | (16.506) | (58,6%) | (19.667) | (63,2%) | 3.161 | (16,1%) |
| Costs for Services | (3.541) | (12,6%) | (3.805) | (12,2%) | 264 | (6,9%) |
| Costs for use of third-party assets | (282) | (1,0%) | (230) | (0,7%) | (52) | 22,6% |
| Personnel costs | (3.264) | (11,6%) | (2.811) | (9,0%) | (453) | 16,1% |
| Amortization, depreciation and write-downs | (1.103) | (3,9%) | (1.087) | (3,5%) | (16) | 1,5% |
| Change in inventories of raw materials | 1.004 | 3,6% | 1.421 | 4,6% | (417) | (29,3%) |
| Other provisions | - | - | (21) | (0,1%) | 21 | (100,0%) |
| Other Costs | (237) | (0,8%) | (192) | (0,6%) | (45) | 23,4% |
| Total Production Costs | (23.929) | (85,0%) | (26.392) | (84,8%) | 2.463 | (9,3%) |
| Difference between value and production costs | 4.230 | 15,0% | 4.733 | 15,2% | (503) | (10,6%) |
| Total income and (financial) charges | 121 | 0,4% | (18) | (0,1%) | 139 | (772,2%) |
| Result before the taxes | 4.351 | 15,5% | 4.715 | 15,1% | (364) | (7,7%) |
| Taxes | (1.017) | (3,6%) | (1.159) | (3,7%) | 142 | (12,3%) |
| Profit (loss) for the year | 3.334 | 11,8% | 3.556 | 11,4% | (222) | (6,2%) |

| BALANCE SHEET | 31-dec-23 | 31-dec-22 | Changes | ||
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| Thousands Euro | |||||
| Goodwill | 52 | 57 | (5) | ||
| Intangible assets | 1.745 | 2.692 | (947) | ||
| Tangible fixed assets | 301 | 195 | 106 | ||
| Investments | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Participation in subsidiaries | 6.666 | 27 | 6.639 | ||
| Long-term loans | 174 | 171 | 3 | ||
| A | Fixed Assets | 8.939 | 3.143 | 5.796 | |
| Inventories | 8.604 | 7.031 | 1.573 | ||
| Trade Receivables | 8.752 | 11.070 | (2.318) | ||
| Trade Receivables to subsidiaries | 1.037 | 867 | 170 | ||
| Tax credits | 564 | 707 | (143) | ||
| Prepaid taxes | 202 | 150 | 52 | ||
| Other credits | 140 | 214 | (74) | ||
| Financial assets | 136 | 2.000 | (1.864) | ||
| Cash on hand | 5.251 | 7.922 | (2.671) | ||
| B | Current Assets | 24.686 | 29.961 | (5.275) | |
| C | Prepayments and accrued income | 105 | 55 | 50 | |
| D=A+B+C | TOTAL ASSETS | 33.730 | 33.159 | 571 | |
| Share Capital | 2.000 | 2.000 | - | ||
| Reserves, Retained Earnings | 21.289 | 18.198 | 3.091 | ||
| Net Profit of the year | 3.334 | 3.556 | (222) | ||
| E | Equity | 26.623 | 23.754 | 2.869 | |
| Provisions for risks and charges | 87 | 87 | - | ||
| TFR | 269 | 274 | (5) | ||
| Long Term Financial Debt | 109 | - | 109 | ||
| Short Term Financial Debt | 34 | - | 34 | ||
| Prepayment received | 109 | 44 | 65 | ||
| Trade Payable | 4.372 | 7.239 | (2.867) | ||
| Trade Payable to subsidiaries | 861 | 419 | 442 | ||
| Tax payables | 214 | 595 | (381) | ||
| Social security institutions | 190 | 155 | 35 | ||
| Other debts | 659 | 547 | 112 | ||
| F | Total Debts and Funds | 6.904 | 9.360 | (2.456) | |
| G | Accrued expenses and deferred income | 202 | 45 | 157 | |
| H=E+F | TOTAL LIABILITIES | 33.729 | 33.159 | 570 |

| CASH FLOW STATEMENT | 31-dec-23 | 31-dec-22 |
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| Thousands Euro | ||
| Net Profit (Loss) | 3.334 | 3.556 |
| Corporate Income Taxes | 1.017 | 1.159 |
| Financial Costs (Income) | (121) | 5 |
| Dividends and capital gains | - | - |
| Provisions & others | 373 | 436 |
| Depreciation | 1.073 | 1.004 |
| Cash flow from operation before changes in NWC | 5.676 | 6.160 |
| Changes in NWC | (1.529) | (3.799) |
| Cash flow after changes in NWC | 4.147 | 2.361 |
| Financial Costs paid | 115 | (5) |
| Taxes paid | (1.451) | (1.169) |
| Dividends cashed | - | - |
| (Use of funds) | (159) | (176) |
| Operating cash flow | 2.652 | 1.011 |
| CAPEX | (4.194) | (172) |
| Loan disbursement (repayment) | 143 | - |
| Increase in capital | - | - |
| Share Buyback | - | - |
| Dividends paid | (1.272) | (1.272) |
| Financial Changes | (1.129) | (1.272) |
| Changes in Liquidity | (2.671) | (433) |
| Cash beginning of the year | 7.922 | 8.354 |
| Cash at the end of the period | 5.251 | 7.922 |
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This announcement (including the information contained herein) does not constitute part of an offer to the public of financial products or a solicitation of offers to purchase financial products and an offer to sell such products will not be made in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale would be contrary to applicable law. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell financial products in the United States of America, Australia, Canada and Japan and any other jurisdiction in which such offer or sale is prohibited and may not be published or distributed, directly or indirectly, in such jurisdictions. The financial products mentioned in this press release have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended; Such products non potranno essere offerti o venduti negli Stati Uniti d'America in mancanza di registrazione o di un'esenzione dall'applicazione degli obblighi di registrazione. La documentazione relativa all'offerta non è stata/non verrà sottoposta all'approvazione della CONSOB e di Borsa Italia.
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