DGAP-News: exceet Group SCA: Financial Result First Half-Year 2020
DGAP-News: exceet Group SCA
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Financial Result First Half-Year 2020
Grevenmacher, 6 August 2020 - Despite the deteriorating business environment, exceet achieved sales in Q2 2020 of EUR 11.1 million, up 5.6% versus one year ago and a total of EUR 24.9 million for the first half-year 2020, up 10.8% compared to the corresponding period last year (H1 2019: EUR 22.4 million). Excluding the positive foreign exchange impact of EUR 1.0 million in the first half of this year, exceet realized organic top line growth on a like-for-like basis of 6.4%. Group EBITDA1) reached EUR 1.7 million in Q2 2020 (+46.8% versus Q2 2019) and EUR 4.8 million for the entire reporting period (+47.5% versus H1 2019). Net profit amounted to EUR 3.1 million for the period from January to June 2020, marking a significant swing from the corresponding period in 2019 (minus EUR 0.3 million). Already in the first quarter, exceet took various adaptive measures to prepare the Group's businesses for the looming intensification of the Corona crisis. These measures included the protection of the production processes by securing the supply chains and raising inventory levels, but also intensifying the personal safety of employees, customers and suppliers by suspending travelling and face-to-face meetings as well as the introduction of home office work for certain members of the staff. All alignments were realized quickly and cost-efficiently. 1) See note 16 "Alternative Performance Measures (APM)" Pages 23 - 26 While exceet's Q1 2020 financial performance was characterized by strong customer demand, specifically in the Healthcare segment, the shock-like loss of visibility due to Corona - as of April 2020 - prompted customers to act increasingly cautious. Until May 2020, exceet's businesses performed satisfactorily, but from June 2020 onwards, customer reticence became clearly noticeable. Healthcare Segment After an exceptionally strong performance of the segment in Q1 2020, driven by high onetime order volumes from individual customers, pushing the EBITDA margin above 33%, the business calmed down in Q2 2020 due to the continued Corona crisis and its extensive impacts on the economy. While the segment showed a satisfying business progression until May 2020, the final month of the quarter was damped by a lack of new orders and lagging delivery schedules from customers. Technologically, the Corona adaption measures introduced at the location in Küssnacht caused slight delays in the further development of the Ultra HDI technology. The extension and modernization of the production, as well as the optimization of processes which are going to be finished in Q3 2020, puts the segment into a favorable position to benefit from an expected renewed increase in volumes. Software (including IoT) Segment 1) See note 16 "Alternative Performance Measures (APM)" Pages 23 - 26 Outlook Within exceet's Software (including IoT) business, individual long-term projects with customers continue according to plan. The rollout of "exceet connect", the new flagship product suite of this segment, is lagging behind due to the current lack of possible presentation events, cancellation of fairs and limited possibilities of individual face-to-face presentations with potential customers. Nevertheless, the management is confident to catch-up some of the business in the fourth quarter provided that present conditions continue to improve. Based on this positive expectation, but with at the same time lower margins from hardware sales, the Software and IoT business in total is expected to deliver a slightly deteriorated margin performance. Overall, the major single issue among economic observers is the question whether there will be a second wave of the Corona disease severely enough to trigger another round of broad shutdowns. At least short term, the high level of uncertainty most probably will linger on, making exceet's customers act extremely cautious. Therefore, the management has adjusted its expectation from a mid-single digit top line growth for the entire year to a sales progression, which will be flat versus 2019 without foreign exchange impacts. exceet's overall EBITDA margin, which is historically leveraged by the Group's top line performance, is expected to see a minor impact out of pressure on gross margin and potential additional costs in relation to the new technologies in the Healthcare and Software (incl. IoT) segments. The large cash position held in Switzerland, which had a significant impact on the net result in past quarters, will lose this impact in the future due to the pay-out of a second special distribution to exceet's shareholders. 1) See note 16 "Alternative Performance Measures (APM)" Pages 23 - 26 and Company Presentation at Please contact for further information: Email: [email protected] ISIN LU0472835155 (Public Shares), Regulated Market, Prime Standard, Frankfurt/Main exceet will announce nine months results 2020 on 5 November 2020 About exceet Additional features: File: Financial Result First Half-Year 2020, Annex
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Language: | English |
Company: | exceet Group SCA |
17, rue de Flaxweiler | |
6776 Grevenmacher | |
Luxemburg | |
Phone: | +352 2838 4720 |
Fax: | +352 2838 4729 |
E-mail: | [email protected] |
Internet: | www.exceet.com |
ISIN: | LU0472835155, LU0472839819 |
WKN: | A0YF5P, A1BFHT |
Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
EQS News ID: | 1112443 |
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