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Zaptec AS — Earnings Release 2021
Jan 28, 2022
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Earnings Release
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Q4 2021
Anders Thingbø – CEO Kurt Østrem – CFO
Zaptec by the numbers
6 sales companies
100.000+
charging stations sold
annual revenue growth 2021
market share in multiuser systems (Norway)
≈400.000
Parking spaces with infrastructure for further Zaptec Pro chargers
employees
Highlights Q4
- High revenue growth
- Strong gross margin
- EBITDA level record high, glimpse of our scaling business model
- European Electric Vehicles markets continue to grow
- Order backlog from Q3 delivered
- Significant retail agreements for Zaptec Go
- Export share continue to increase
Key numbers
| MNOK/% | Q4-21 | Q4-20 | YTD 2021 | YTD 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 193 | 79 | 489 | 220 |
| Export Share | 49% | 31% | 45% | 26% |
| Gross margin | 51% | 39% | 44% | 38% |
| Operating expenses | 521 | 19 | 128 | 53 |
| EBITDA adj. | 471 | 11 | 87 | 30 |
| EBITDA Margin (%) | 24% | 14% | 18% | 14% |
| Available liquidity | 3092 | 273 | 3092 | 273 |
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Adjusted for salary benefit and social cost on share option program of MNOK 9.4
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Including funds and available overdraft facility of 50 MNOK
EV markets Scandinavia and Switzerland
- European EV markets continue to grow Q4-21
- EV registrations in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland
- 16% increase in Q4-21 compared to Q4-20
- 53% higher in 2021 compared to 2020 -
Source: Energi og Klima. Swissinfo.ch
EV markets UK and Germany
• 300.000 EVs sold in Q4- 21 in UK and Germany, or an increase of 16% compared to Q4-20
• 73% increase in number of new registrations in 2021 compared to last year in UK and Germany
International expansion
- The export share was 49% in Q4 21 (31% in Q4 20)
- Our largest export markets were Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland
Export share
Sales companies
- In addition to Norway, there are six sales companies located in the UK, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Germany and Denmark
- Highly competent teams
- Continuous quarterly growth with increasing revenue on an annual basis
Making our charging systems compliant
Zaptec Pro for commercial charging Housing cooperatives, public parking, workplaces etc.
Zaptec Pro charging system Zaptec Portal cloud solution Charge365 smart payment
Zaptec Go for home charging Single-family home
Zaptec Go charger Zaptec mobile app Zaptec Eco Mode
Mass distribution strategy for Zaptec Go
- Zaptec Pro has a selective distribution model, dominated by professional installers
- We have entered into new wholesaler, retail and energy company distribution agreements for Zaptec Go in Scandinavia which has produced a double digit market share
- The energy company Tibber bundle Zaptec Go with value added energy services offering consumers reduced energy bills in a 100% digital experience
- Our goal is to build mass distribution in multiple channels for Zaptec Go in all markets to deliver a double digit market share in all markets, within 2024
Zaptec Pro installations
- We contracted 1485 new Pro installations (878 in Q420)
- 10.500 large buildings are now equipped with Zaptec Pro in Europe
- A typical Zaptec Pro installation is a multi-family home or an office building
- Typically 10-15% of the parking bays are equipped with a charging station. All parking bays will be prepared with Zaptec infrastructure and represent at future income for our company
Production uptime decent in Q421, but not satisfactory
- Order backlog from the third quarter delivered in Q421
- Bottlenecks in the supply chain, especially low delivery of a single source microprocessor for energy metering in both our chargers
- Microprosessor supplier opened new factory in February 2022 increasing production volumes
- Chinese lockdown policy expected to be softer
- In January 2022 our production partner Westcontrol opened its new production facility
- Zaptec has signed an additional production contract with Sanmina corporation, starting deliveries Q3-Q422
Outlook 2022
The EV market will continue to grow strongly with double digits.
We expect an improved access to components. Temporary value chain bottlenecks may postpone deliveries of EV´s and chargers.
We have contracted significant production volumes for 2022 exceeding 1 billion NOK in revenues.
Target EBITDA margin in the range of 15-20%
Q & A
Disclaimer – forward looking statements
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