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WashTec AG — Interim / Quarterly Report 2020
Oct 27, 2020
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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Financial Statement Q3 | October 27, 2020
Dr. Ralf Koeppe | CEO Dr. Kerstin Reden | CFO
Car wash data from January to September 2020
WashTecs' SmartCare – the first digital carwash machine
Remote connectivity and diagnostics
Individual control of all settings: pricing, chemical dosing or washing programs
Wash program configuration simple and perfectly adaptable to the wash business.
Intelligent control: For maximum wash quality, speed and revenue
Customizable
WashTecs' SmartSite – remote mangement of wash sites
Ongoing structure optimization driven by WashTecs' Performance Program
- Headcount reduction from 1874 (end of year 2019) to 1767 (end of Q3 2020)
- Engineering Excellence initiatives intensified starting Q4
Year-to-date September 2020 – Financial Highlights
Revenue
€ 269.3 m down 13%
EBIT
€ 12.5 m down 38 %
FCF € 25.1 m up > 100 %
Outlook FY 2020
- Maintained in view of the continuing fragile economic environment
- Revenue decline between 15% and 20%
- EBIT margin of 3-5%
- A second global lockdown is not taken into account
Results significantly impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
Successfully managed turnaround in NA and Asia/Pacific
Third quarter again impacted by COVID-19 crisis, but to a lesser extent than Q2 in € million
Currency fluctuations result in a 1.1% headwind for the third quarter Year-to-date FX impact was minor
Quarterly view Year-to-date revenue development
Year-to-date (September)
Revenue shortfall due to lower machine sales; Chemical business stable
Quarterly view (Q3)
COVID-19 still impacts machines sales; Chemicals flat
Year-to-date (September) – unconsolidated basis
Europe business impacted the most by COVID-19 pandemic, in particular France, Spain, Austria, the Nordics as well as export business to Eastern Europe
Revenue by Segment
Quarterly view (Q3)
Europe continues to be impacted by pandemic, but to a lesser extent than in Q2. US business in Q3 hit by lower machine sales to Key Accounts
Revenue by Segment
Year-to-date income statement September 2020
| 9m 2019 | 9m 2020 | Λ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group revenue | 309.1 | 269.3 | $-12.9%$ |
| Cost of materials | $-133.9$ | $-116.0$ | $-13.4%$ |
| in % | 43.3% | $-43.1%$ | |
| Operating expenses (excl. FX) | $-157.9$ | $-142.3$ | -9.9% |
| Other income / expenses | 3.0 | 1.5 | $-50.0%$ |
| EBIT | 20.3 | 12.5 | $-38.4%$ |
| EBIT margin | 6.6% | 4.6% | $-2.0\%$ |
| Financial result | $-0.4$ | $-0.6$ | 50.0% |
| Tax | $-8.3$ | $-4.5$ | $-45.8%$ |
| Net income | 11.6 | 7.4 | $-36.1%$ |
| EPS | 0.87 | 0.55 | $-36.8%$ |
Solid EBIT performance in Q3 with an EBIT margin of 7.8%
in € million
In % of revenue: 1.9% 4.0% 7.8 %
In % of revenue: 6.6% 4.6%
Year-to-date (September) – unconsolidated basis
EBIT by region - turnaround in NA and APAC partly offsets shortfall in Europe
Quarterly view (Q3) – unconsolidated basis
EBIT improvement vs. Q2 in all three regions
Year-to-date (September)
Compared to PY, Group cash position improved due to lower trade receivables, less Capex expenditure and suspension of dividend
| 9m 2019 | 9m 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross cashflow | 18.4 | 14.8 | $-19.6%$ |
| Change in working capital | $-12.8$ | 6.6 | >100% |
| Change of other current assets/liabilities | 0.0 | 6.3 | >100% |
| Cashflow from operating activities | 5.6 | 27.7 | >100% |
| Cashflow from investing activities | $-6.1$ | $-2.6$ | -57.4% |
| FCF | $-0.5$ | 25.1 | >100% |
| Cashflow from financing activities | $-39.8$ | $-6.6$ | >100 % |
| Change of cash position (incl. FX) | $-40.9$ | 17.7 | >100% |
| Dec-19 | 9m 2020 | Δ | |
| Cash and cash equivalent | 12.4 | 15.4 | 3.0 |
| Bank liabilities | $-47.1$ | $-32.4$ | 14.7 |
| $-34.7$ | $-17.0$ | 17.7 |
Reduction of NOWC due to lower revenue levels, equity ratio up
Outlook 2020
In view of the limited visibility and the current resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we maintain our outlook statement for the full year 2020 in line with the half year report.
WashTec expects revenue to decline by 15 – 20% compared to PY and an EBIT margin between 3 - 5%. Current expectation is a decrease towards the lower end of the percentage range.
| October 27, 2020 | Publication of Q3 Statement |
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| November 16-18, 2020 | Eigenkapital Forum Online |