Naspers Limited
Detailed financials for the six months ended September 2019
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Naspers today
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Sustainable leadership positions
#1 in South Africa
$109bn
Market capitalisation1 | #1 in South Africa | #1 in South Africa |
Largest Consumer Internet Company in Europe
1Source: Bloomberg, priced at 30 September 2019.
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Bringing world-class online shopping and food delivery to SA
GeneralFashion
#1ecommerce retailer in South Africa
Solid performance from the 1P business
Mr D grew orders by 111%and GMV by 105%YoY2
Food delivery | Logistics |
- Numbers in brackets representyear-on-year growth in local currency.
- KPI's for the six months ended September 2019.
GMV (US$m)1
40% (51%) | |
1H FY19 | 1H FY20 |
Trading loss (US$m)1
(23) | (22) |
4% (25%) |
1H FY19 | 1H FY20 |
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Media transitioning into digital
SA's leadingmedia Group
Reaching 18.2maverage monthly unique browsers across its digital platforms
8 out of every 10newspapers/magazines consumed by adults in SA are Media24 publications
Netwerk24 is the largest paywall news sitein SA with
+55k subscribers
Revenue (US$m)1 | Trading profit/(loss) (US$m) |
-18%(-5%) | +US$14m | ||
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170 | 139 | (10) | |
1H FY19 | 1H FY20 | 1H FY19 | 1H FY20 |
1Numbers in brackets represent year-on-year growth in local currency.
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Helping SA entrepreneurs build great tech businesses
R1.4bn over 3 years
Foundry's first
investment was a 27%
minority stake in
SweepSouth
A South Africa focused tech business funding initiative that helps talented and ambitious technology entrepreneurs develop and grow businesses that improve people's lives.
Pipeline growing
steadily
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Summary of Financials
Revenue1,2 | Trading profit 1,2 | Core headline earnings1 |
11% (20%)
6% (9%)
8% (10%) |
9.2
10.2
1.81.9
1.7 | ||||
1.5 | ||||
1H FY19 | 1H FY20 |
1H FY19 | 1H FY20 |
1H FY19 | 1H FY20 |
- All figures presented are from continuing operations and reported in US$bn.
- Results reported on aneconomic-interest basis, i.e. equity-accounted investments are proportionately consolidated. Numbers in brackets represent year-on-year growth in local currency, excluding M&A.
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Composition of the Naspers Group
Revenue | EBITDA | Trading profit | ||||||
1H FY19 | 1H FY20 | 1H FY19 | 1H FY20 | 1H FY19 | 1H FY20 | |||
Prosus Group | 8 881 | 9 925 | 2 043 | 2 327 | 1 835 | 1 918 | ||
Takealot | 135 | 169 | (21) | (16) | (23) | (22) | ||
Media | 170 | 139 | (5) | 7 | (10) | 4 | ||
Corporate and other | 2 | 10 | (28) | (2) | (14) | (4) | ||
Economic interest | ||||||||
9 188 | 10 243 | 1 989 | 2 316 | 1 788 | 1 896 | |||
Less: Equity-accounted investments1 | (7 676) | (8 513) | (2 100) | (2 458) | (1 911) | (2 098) | ||
Consolidated | 1 512 | 1 730 | (111) | (142) | (123) | (202) | ||
1Includes the associates and joint ventures of the Naspers and Prosus Group
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Core headline earnings reconciliation
US$m | 1HFY19 | 1HFY20 |
Headline earnings from continuing operations | 2 732 | 1 425 |
Equity-settledshare-based payment expenses | 236 | 275 |
Amortisation of other intangible assets | 126 | 173 |
Retention option expense | 4 | 8 |
Reversal of tax1 | - | 138 |
Transaction-related costs | 7 | 85 |
Fair-value adjustments and currency translation differences | (1 559) | (440) |
Core headline earnings from continuing operations | 1 546 | 1 664 |
1Tax related to Securities Transfer Tax (STT) payable on cancelation of the M ordinary shares pursuant to the listing of Prosus.
Note: Reported headline earnings and core headline earnings from discontinued operations amounted to US$34m and US$118m respectively for 1HFY19.
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Prosus vs Naspers core headline earnings reconciliation
US$m | Naspers | Prosus | Difference |
Headline earnings from continuing operations | 1 425 | 1 614 | (189) |
Equity-settledshare-based payment expenses | 275 | 281 | (6) |
Amortisation of other intangible assets | 173 | 170 | 3 |
Retention option expense | 8 | 8 | - |
Reversal of tax1 | 138 | - | 138 |
Transaction-related costs | 85 | 79 | 6 |
Fair-value adjustments and currency translation differences | (440) | (439) | (1) |
Core headline earnings from continuing operations | 1 664 | 1 713 | (49) |
1Tax relates to Securities Transfer Tax (STT) payable on cancelation of the M ordinary shares pursuant to the listing of Prosus.
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Net cash profile
Net Cash of US$5.9bnat 30 September 2019
440
3 247
Naspers cash
Prosus cash
Prosus interst bearing debt
8 672
Note: Naspers and Prosus cash includes short-term investments and overdraft
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Current assets and liabilities
Current assets (US$m) | FY19 | 1HFY20 |
Inventory | 209 | 205 |
Trade receivables | 172 | 182 |
Other receivables and loans | 518 | 644 |
Derivative financial instruments | 4 | 4 |
Cash/short-term cash investments | 9 582 | 9 120 |
Assets held for sale | 67 | 21 |
Total | 10 552 | 10 176 |
Current liabilities (US$m) | FY19 | 1HFY20 |
Current portion of long-term debt | 23 | 1 068 |
Trade payables | 287 | 279 |
Accrued expenses & other current liabilities | 1 258 | 1 269 |
Derivative financial liabilities | 3 | 2 |
Bank overdraft | 8 | 8 |
Liabilities held for sale | 2 | 12 |
Total | 1 581 | 2 638 |
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Glossary
- | EBITDA: | Earnings before interest tax, depreciation and amortization | - | M&A: | Mergers and acquisitions |
- | FCF: | Free cash flow | - | SA: | South Africa |
- | FX: | Foreign exchange | - | TP: | Trading profit / (loss) |
- | GMV: | Gross merchandise value | - | YoY: | Year-on-year |
- | IFRS: | International Financial Reporting Standards | - | 1P: | First-party |
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Naspers Group portfolio
74% | 96% | 85% |
Organogram depicts effective percentage holdings in major entities at 30 September 2019.
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Prosus Group portfolio
Ecommerce
Classifieds | Payments & | Food delivery | Etail | Travel | Ventures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fintech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100%1 | 99% | 81% | 80% | 5% | 24% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100% | 22% | 55%3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100% | 21% | 22% | 21% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80%2 | 21% | 39% | 44% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36% | 99% | 12% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12% | 99% | 17% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69% | 72% | 12% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- OLX owns 50% of operations in Brazil and 66% of Indonesia.
- 80% effective interest in Letgo Global B.V (previously Ambatana Holdings); Letgo Global B.V holds 100% in letgo USA B.V.
- Movile holds 67% of iFood.
Organogram depicts Prosus' effective percentage holdings in major entities at 30 September 2019
Social & internet platforms
31%
28%
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Contact us
Eoin Ryan
(Head of Investor Relations)
InvestorRelations@Naspers.com
https://www.naspers.com/
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