Earnings Release • May 15, 2014
Earnings Release
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Dear Stockholders:
Following the strong year 2013, we are very pleased to be able to report about very positive development for the fi rst quarter 2014 too! Thanks to good sales growth and excellent development of earnings, the NEXUS-team has started on an outstanding good note into the new year.
With a sales increase of 12% and an increase in the result before taxes of 13%, we have been able to continue our development of increasing sales with simultaneously increasing profi ts.
This is a result, which is not to be taken for granted following the strong growth fi gures of the last quarters. We can be very satisfi ed that our customers are expressing a strong demand especially for new
NEXUS-products. The fact that we have substantially enhanced and rejuvenated our product presentation over the past months has been helpful in this respect. We have done this organizationally as well as via acquisitions. Today, NEXUS is considered a decisive supplier not only with its core product "NEXUS / HIS", but also has market-leading diagnostic modules at the same time, which can be marketed within NEXUS / HIS or independent of it. We also provide complete solutions for senior citizen homes and rehabilitation institutions with very new and innovative products.
Highlights Q1 - 2014 Company developments
The comprehensive portfolio of the NEXUS-group is a great advantage for our customers. With it, we supply solutions from one course and consequently a high degree of technological and commercial security as a responsible company. This is an advantage appreciated a lot due to the continually increasing complexity of informatics in the healthcare system.
Consequently, the fi rst quarter was focused on new product launches, which contain the complete replacement of an HIS-system and numerous sub-modules.
The new product launches were concentrated on the very successfully started NEXUS / RIS, NEXUS / PACS and NEXUS / PDMS. In addition, we were able to introduce the new patient management system into a hospital and launch additional NEXUS / APPS on the market.
NEXUS is focusing strongly on innovations and further developments in its current phase. We are strongly convinced that our market demands more and improved solutions from us and that we have the chance to lay the foundation for growth in the coming years.
We also used the fi rst quarter to rework our service processes fundamentally. We have to make service processes leaner and shape customer targeting more directly. Together with customers, we have the goal of achieving measurable results already in the third quarter.
In addition to product project and service activities, we have also been able to achieve impressive sales results. We received orders from a total of 53 hospitals, rehabilitation institutions and senior citizen homes. This included two orders for complete hospitals, where we will install NEXUS/HIS.
The number of incoming orders greatly increased in radiology. Ten new customers, including the Curagita Group in Hamburg among others, decided in favor of the new NEXUS / RIS. In the diagnostic area, we have been able to conclude a provisional agreement with the Israeli MOH and are currently in the test phase. Numerous new customers have selected the NEXUS APP solution in the area of senior citizen homes and nursing institutions. agreement with the Israeli MOH and are currently in the test phase.
Dear stockholders, NEXUS is on a very promising path, and we are proud that our products and services are being received positively on the market. Our organization is very stable today, and we can continually work on improving our processes. Our service and sales processes are current the focus of such optimizations. Numerous new customers have selected the NEXUS APP solution in the Dear stockholders, NEXUS is on a very promising path, and we are proud that our products and services are being received positively on the market. Our organization is very stable today, and we can continually work on improving our processes. Our
However, our company, which has become very large in the meantime, is presented challenges and risks at the same time, to which we have to dedicate ourselves intensively to ensure the successful development of the NEXUS-group in the long term.
We are looking forward to these challenges and would like to thank you, dear stockholders, for your trust.
Warm regards
| Key Figures | 03/31/2014 | 03/31/2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEUR | % | KEUR | |
| Sales | 18,596 | 12.0 | 16,604 |
| Sales HC-Software | 16,652 | 14.8 | 14,509 |
| Sales HC-Service | 1,944 | -7.2 | 2,095 |
| Sales National | 10,054 | 6.1 | 9,479 |
| Sales International | 8,542 | 19.9 | 7,125 |
| Result of the period before tax | 1,878 | 13.0 | 1,662 |
| Result of the period | 1,806 | 6.1 | 1,702 |
| EBITDA | 3,460 | 6.8 | 3,240 |
| Result per Share | 0,13 | 8.3 | 0,12 |
| Investments in intangible and tangible assets | 1,874 | 44.3 | 1,299 |
| Depreciation | 1,648 | 2.2 | 1,612 |
| Liquidity | 29,952 | 15.2 | 25,992 |
| Cash Flow from operative activities | 8,164 | 79.5 | 4,547 |
| Employees (31 March) | 654 | 13.1 | 578 |
The decisive growth impulses came from the area of Healthcare Software. Sales in this segment increased from KEUR 14,509 to KEUR 16,652 (+14.8%). On the other hand, the Healthcare Service segment could not maintain its level of the previous year. Sales decreases in this area by 7.2% from KEUR 2,095 to KEUR 1,944.
The countries with the highest volume of sales were Switzerland, France and Austria. We were able to increase sales in Germany by 6.1% to KEUR 10,054 (Q1 2013: KEUR 9,479). The different growth rates in the regions are especially due to billing procedures, but also to the consolidation of the new subsidiary syseca AG, Lucerne in the first quarter. Exchange rate fluctuations compared to 2013 were not significant, because the average exchange rate of the Swiss franc as of 31 March 2014 at CHF 1.22 only differs slightly from the rate on 31 December 2013 (CHF 1.23).
We have continued the sustainable positive sales and result development of many years of the NEXUS-group in the first quarter 2014!
The result before taxes improved by 13.0% to KEUR 1,878 (Q1 2013: KEUR 1,662).
The result before taxes and interest (EBIT) amounted to KEUR 1,812 following KEUR 1,628 (Q1 2013) and consequently increased by approx. 11.0%. Cost increases beyond growth are especially in the area of other operational expenditures for integrating companies.
The EBITDA increased by approx. +6.8% to KEUR 3.460 in the fi rst quarter following KEUR 3,240. One-time effects and expenses for company integrations are represented in their complete amount in the operating result.
Our operative cash fl ow was very strong at KEUR 8,164 in Q1 2014 and considerably surpassed the high value of the previous year of KEUR 4,547 (+79.5%). The high pay-in transactions from the further increased maintenance revenues as well as stable development of receivables have made this development possible.
As a result, liquid funds including securities increased by KEUR 6,148 to KEUR 29,952 in the fi rst quarter (31 Dec. 2013: KEUR 23,804).
Investments in tangible and intangible assets were made in the amount of KEUR 1,874 in the fi rst quarter (Q1 2013: KEUR 1,299).
The balance sheet total increased from KEUR 101,966 to KEUR 108,541 compared to 31 December 2013. There are no essential bank liabilities. Intangible assets, goodwill and balanced-out deferred taxes add up to a total of KEUR 50,438 following KEUR 50,667 (31 Dec. 2013). Receivables from customers decreased from KEUR 19,320 to KEUR 18,406 compared to 31 December 2013.
Sales by region
NEXUS-group employed a total of 654 people as of 31 March 2014 (Q1 2013: 578 employees). The great majority of the employees (600: Q1 2013: 517) work in the Healthcare Software segment. The Healthcare Service segment employed 54 people (Q3 2013: 61).
| 01/01/ - 03/31/14 |
01/01/ - 03/31/13 |
∆ IN % |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | ||
| Germany | 10,054 | 9,479 | 6.1 |
| Switzerland | 6,742 | 5,709 | 18.1 |
| Austria | 511 | 383 | 33.4 |
| Rest of world / USA | 1,289 | 1,033 | 25.0 |
| Total | 18,596 | 16,604 | 12.0 |
| 01/01/ - 03/31/14 |
01/01/ - 03/31/13 |
∆ IN % |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | ||
| Healthcare Software | 16,652 | 14,509 | 14.8 |
| Healthcare Service | 1,944 | 2,095 | -7.2 |
| Total | 18,596 | 16,604 | 12.0 |
Clinical solutions
∙ Nursing management
∙ Psychiatry
∙ Rehabilitation
Medical and nursing solutions
∙ Maternity
Intigrated clinical data model
∙ OP ∙ Angiography
∙ Anesthesia ∙ Neurology
∙ Pathology ∙ Sonography
∙ Bed planning
Please refer to the explanations in the annual report of 31 December 2013 for information about the essential chances and risks in the development of NEXUS-group. There have been no essential changes in the meantime.
We were again able to finish the first quarter 2014 very successfully and consequently continue our unabated positive development of the last year. A sales increase of 12% and an increase in the result before taxes of 13% as well as our strong operative cash flow of approx. €8.2 million are very pleasing results. Although we already had outstanding increase rates in the previous years, we are still able to improve our figures continually.
This also applies for the future. We have substantial opportunities, of which we have to take advantage to be able to continue this development. Our new products, the entry into new markets, new cooperative ventures and new company acquisitions: these topics provide great potential, but also challenges to which we have to dedicate ourselves with tremendous intensity. We will have to prove during the next periods that we can continue to improve and expand our revenue picture in spite of these considerable investments.
The director's holders of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board are as follows on 31 March 2014 in comparison to the previous year: See table
This interim report from the NEXUS Group as of 31 March 2014 has been prepared in keeping with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as they are to be applied in the EU. The interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee (IFRIC) have been taken into account.
The regulations of IAS 34 were observed in the interim report of 31 March 2014. This refers to a summarized report, which does not contain all information of an IFRS Group Financial Statement, and consequently this report should be read in connection with the Appendix of the Group Financial Statement 2013. The same accounting and valuation methods were used in the Group Financial Statement for the business year 2013.
The report has not been audited.
| Numbers of stock owned |
Numbers of options |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Superviory Board | |||
| Dr. jur. Hans-Joachim König | 101.239 Vorjahr (101.239) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Prof. Dr. Alexander Pocsay | 121.500 Vorjahr (121.500) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Erwin Hauser | 15.000 Vorjahr (15.000) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Diplom-oec. Matthias Gaebler | 0 Vorjahr (0) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) Wolf gang Dörflinger |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krystek | 0 Vorjahr (0) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Executive Board | |||
| Dr. Ingo Behrendt, Dipl. Inf. Wiss. (MBA) |
112.000 Vorjahr (169.000) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Ralf Heilig Dipl. Betriebswirt (FH), (MBA) |
135.350 Vorjahr (135.350) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
| Edgar Kuner Dipl.-Ingenieur |
248.051 Vorjahr (248.051) |
0 Vorjahr (0) |
|
16/05/14 Annual Stockholders Meeting 2014
18/08/14 Semi-Annual Report 2014
NEXUS shares started the year 2014 with an initial listing of €10.75. The price of NEXUS shares increased further and rose to €12.84 on 28 February. The highest price in the 1st quarter was reached on 11 March at €12.85. This was also the highest price in the history of NEXUS shares. Following a consolidation phase, a price of €12.65 was reached on 25 March upon publication of the annual report. Between March and May, there was a price adjustment to approx. €11.00 again, which could not be interrupted sustainably even by the announcement of the invitation to the annual stockholders meeting at the beginning of April with the proposal to pay a dividend of €0.12 per share.
| Group statement of income and accumulated earnings | 31/03/2014 | 31/03/2013 |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| Revenue | 18,596 | 16,604 |
| Development work capitalized | 1,238 | 1,265 |
| Other operating income | 139 | 438 |
| Cost of materials including purchased services | 3,518 | 3,589 |
| Personnel costs | 10,587 | 9,425 |
| Depreciation | 1,648 | 1,612 |
| Other operating expenses | 2,408 | 2,059 |
| Operating profit | 1,812 | 1,628 |
| Results from investments valuated at eqity | 0 | 1 |
| Finance carried forward | 68 | 76 |
| Finance Expenses | 2 | 43 |
| Profit before tax | 1,878 | 1,662 |
| Income tax | 72 | -40 |
| Consolidated surplus | 1,806 | 1,702 |
| of the consolidated surface, accounted to: - Stockholders of NEXUS AG - Minority interests |
1,979 -173 |
1,843 -141 |
| Consolidated surplus per share | ||
| Weighted average of issued shares in circulation (in thousands) | 15,064 | 15,064 |
| - simple | 0.13 | 0.12 |
| - diluted | 0.13 | 0.12 |
| 31/03/2014 | 31/03/2013 | |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| Consolidated result | 1,806 | 1,702 |
| Actuarial profits and losses (after taxes on profit) | -16 | -14 |
| Currency conversion differences | 112 | 356 |
| Market value changes from assets available for sale (after taxes on profit) | 0 | -1 |
| Other comprehensive income after taxes | 96 | 341 |
| Overall Result of the Period | 1,902 | 2,043 |
| Of the overall result of period, accounted to: | ||
| - Stockholders of NEXUS AG | 2,075 | 2,184 |
| - Minority interests | -173 | -141 |
| Assets | 03/31/2014 | 12/31/2013 |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| Long-Term Assets | ||
| Goodwill | 25,781 | 25,721 |
| Other intangible assets | 23,492 | 23,813 |
| Fixed assets | 2,350 | 1,864 |
| Shares in companies valuated at equity | 43 | 43 |
| Credited deferred taxes | 3,738 | 3,697 |
| Other financial assets | 303 | 84 |
| Total of long-term assets | 55,707 | 55,222 |
| Short-term assets | ||
| Inventories | 371 | 283 |
| Trade receivables and other receivables | 18,406 | 19,320 |
| Receivables from tax on profits | 544 | 404 |
| Other non-financial assets | 2,583 | 1,436 |
| Other financial assets | 978 | 1,497 |
| Short-term financial assets | 8,142 | 8,142 |
| Cash and balance in bank | 21,810 | 15,662 |
| Total of Short-Term Assets | 52,834 | 46,744 |
| Total Assets | 108,541 | 101,966 |
| Liabilities | 03/31/2014 | 12/31/2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | ||
| Capital and accruals | |||
| Authorized capital | 15.105 | 15.105 | |
| Capital reserves | 25.780 | 25.780 | |
| Profit carried forward | 33.387 | 25.787 | |
| Consolidated annual surplus | 1.979 | 7.601 | |
| Other cumulated Group result | -992 | -1.088 | |
| Own shares | -290 | -290 | |
| Equity capital attributable to stockholders of the parent company |
74.969 | 72.895 | |
| Shares of non-controlling partners | -699 | -526 | |
| Sum of equity capital | 74.270 | 72.369 | |
| Long-term debts | |||
| Pension obligations | 3.383 | 3.371 | |
| Debited deferred taxes | 2.573 | 2.564 | |
| Financial liabilities | 24 | 43 | |
| Other financial assets | 2.538 | 2.754 | |
| Total of long-term debts | 8.518 | 8.732 | |
| Short-term debts | |||
| Deferments | 831 | 916 | |
| Financial liabilities | 53 | 152 | |
| Trade accounts payable | 4.306 | 4.011 | |
| Profit tax liabilities | 638 | 754 | |
| Revenue adjustment | 9.543 | 4.344 | |
| Other non-financial debts | 6.288 | 6.462 | |
| Other financial debts | 4.094 | 4.226 | |
| Sum of short-term debts | 25.753 | 20.865 | |
| Total assets | 108.541 | 101.966 |
| 2014 | 2013 | |
|---|---|---|
| KEUR | KEUR | |
| 1. Cash flow from current business transactions | ||
| Group annual result before tax on income | 1,878 | 1,662 |
| Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets and plant, equipment and other fixed assets | 1,648 | 1,612 |
| Other expenses/income with impact on expenses/revenue | 96 | 39 |
| Increase / decrease in inventories | -87 | 128 |
| Profit / loss from loss of assets | 4 | 0 |
| Increase / decrease in trade receivables and other assets that cannot be allocated to investing or financing activities |
-197 | -1,434 |
| Increase / decrease in provisions in other comprehensive income | -137 | -725 |
| Increase / decrease in provisions | 4,901 | 3,194 |
| Increase / decrease in trade payables and other liabilities that cannot be allocated to investing or financing activities |
-2 | -1 |
| Paid interest | 83 | 90 |
| Received interest | -39 | -21 |
| Payments made for taxes on profit | 3 | 3 |
| Income taxes received | 8,168 | 4,547 |
| 2. Cash Flow from Investment Activities | ||
| Payments for investments in intangible and fixed assets | -1,874 | -1,299 |
| -1,874 | -1,299 | |
| 3. Cash Flow from Financing Activities | ||
| Off payments for the repayment / short-term depts | 0 | -268 |
| 0 | -268 | |
| 4. Amount of cash and cash equivalents at end of period | ||
| Cash relevant changes in cash and cash equivalents (sum of 1 + 2 + 3) | 6,290 | 2,980 |
| Change in currency conversion adjustment | 15,467 | 12,521 |
| 21,757 | 15,501 | |
| 5. Composition of cash and cash equivalents | ||
| Liquid Funds | 21,810 | 15,618 |
| Bank liabilities due on demand | -53 | -117 |
| 21,757 | 15,501 |
| Group Equity Change Statement |
Authorized capital KEUR |
Capital reserves KEUR |
Equity capital diference from currency conversion KEUR |
Reserve for financial Instruments KEUR |
Pensions provision KEUR |
Profit carried forward KEUR |
deficit / profit Consolidated KEUR |
Own Shares KEUR |
Equity cap , attributable to stock of parent KEUR |
Minority interest KEUR |
Equity Total equity KEUR |
Authorized capital KEUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated equity as of 01/01/2012 |
15.105 | 25.757 | 1.076 | -310 | -1.627 | 22.398 | 6.128 | -296 | 68.231 | -118 | 68.113 | 6.353 |
| Transfer of 2012 consolidated loss to consolidated loss carry-forward |
6.128 | -6.128 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total of the result entered directly into equity capital |
-356 | -1 | -14 | 3 | -368 | -368 | ||||||
| Overall Result 03/31/2013 | 0 | 0 | -356 | -1 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -368 | 0 | -368 | |
| Consolidated net income 2012 | 1.843 | 1.843 | -93 | 1.750 | ||||||||
| Overall Result of period | 0 | 0 | -356 | -1 | -14 | 0 | 1.843 | 3 | 1.475 | -93 | 1.382 | |
| Consolidated equity as of 03/31/2012 |
15.105 | 25.757 | 720 | -311 | -1.641 | 28.526 | 1.843 | -293 | 69.706 | -211 | 69.495 | 6.353 |
| Consolidated equity as of 01/01/2014 |
15.105 | 25.780 | 504 | 0 | -1.592 | 25.787 | 7.601 | -290 | 72.895 | -526 | 72.369 | 6.353 |
| Profit before tax 2013 entered directly in accumulated deficit |
7.601 | -7.601 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total of the result entered directly into equity capital |
-16 | -16 | 0 | -16 | ||||||||
| Deffered taxes entered in other comprehensive income |
11 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Currency differences | 101 | 101 | 101 | |||||||||
| Overall Result of the Period |
0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | -5 | 7.601 | -7.601 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 96 | |
| Consolidated net income 2013 | 1.979 | 1.979 | -173 | 2.152 | ||||||||
| Overall Result of period | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | -5 | 7.601 | 1.979 | 0 | 2.075 | -173 | 2.248 | |
| Consolidated equity as of 03/31/2013 |
15.105 | 25.780 | 605 | 0 | -1.597 | 33.387 | 1.979 | -290 | 74.969 | -699 | 74.270 | 6.353 |
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To the best of our knowledge, and in accordance with the applicable reporting principles for interim financial reporting, the interim consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group, and the interim management report of the group includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the group, together with a description of the principal opportunities and risks associated with the expected development of the group for the remaining months of the financial year.
Villingen-Schwenningen, May 15th, 2014
NEXUS AG Executive Board
NEXUS AG, Auf der Steig 6, D-78052 Villingen-Schwenningen Telefon +49 (0)7721 8482 -0, Fax +49 (0)7721 8482-888 www.nexus-ag.de, [email protected]
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