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Zaptec AS — Earnings Release 2020
Nov 13, 2020
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Earnings Release
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Q3 2020
Anders Thingbø – CEO Kurt Østrem – CFO
Highlights Q3 2020
- Revenue growth continues despite negative effects from Covid19
- Gross margin temporary lower
- Operating cost as a share of revenues has been reduced
- EBITDA on par with Q3-2019
- Strong cash generation
- New sales of electric vehicles in Europe recovering
- Technology development with Apollo product launch in Q1-21 on schedule
Key revenue figures development
| Q3 2020 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNOK | Q3 2020 - |
Q3 2019 - |
Change | |
| Total | 48,6 | 38,7 | 25,6 % | |
| Norway | 34,6 | 34,8 | -1 % | |
| International | 14 | 3,9 | 259 % | |
| Sept. | ||||
| MNOK | sep.20 | sep.19 | Change | |
| Total | 24,2 | 16,6 | 45,8 % | |
| Norway | 19 | 15 | 26,7 % | |
| International | 5,2 | 1,6 | 225,0 % | |
| Per sept. | ||||
| MNOK | 2020 Per sept |
2019 Per sept |
Change | |
| Total | 140,7 | 110,1 | 27,8 % | |
| Norway | 105,3 | 99,7 | 5,6 % | |
| International | 35,4 | 10,4 | 240,4 % |
Market share stable in Norway
Largest export markets are Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland
September the strongest contributor to revenues in Q3 2020
Key profitability figures development
| Q3 - 2020 |
Q3 - 2019 |
Change | Per sept. 2020 | Per sept 2019 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 34% | 44% | -10% | 37% | 45% | -8% |
| Operating cost | 12 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 31 | 4 |
| EBITDA | 5,5 | 5,6 | -0,1 | 18,7 | 18,4 | 0,3 |
| Product mix | ||||||
| Pro | 85% | 95% | 86% | 95% | ||
| Home | 15% | 5% | 14% | 5% |
- Gross margin has a temporary reduction in 2020 due to higher demand than expected of ZAPTEC Home which for 2020 has a relatively low gross margin.
- ZAPTEC Home will be replaced by Apollo, a new offering for Single Family Homes, with lower production cost in Q1 2021
- ZAPTEC Pro largest contributor to profitability
EV markets took a U-turn from Q2 to Q3
New Car Sales, Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)
ZAPTEC offers world leading technology to assist Europe in reaching its CO2 emission targets for cars
EU: Specific emission targets for car manufacturers with penalty payments for excess emissions and super credits for producing EVs
Forward looking statements
- Our guiding for revenue growth is 25-30% in 2020
- Our guiding for annual revenue growth is 35-50% for the next 3 years
- Our guiding for EBITDA margin is 20% in 2023
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