Ad pepper media International N.V.: Webgains achieves roughly 45 percent growth in Q4; Group passes EUR 100 million gross sales threshold in 2020 and significantly exceeds its EBITDA forecast
February 08, 2021 at 08:34 am EST
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ad pepper media International N.V.: Webgains achieves roughly 45 percent growth in Q4; Group passes EUR 100 million gross sales threshold in 2020 and significantly exceeds its EBITDA forecast
08-Feb-2021 / 14:31 CET/CEST
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ad pepper media International N.V.: Webgains achieves roughly 45 percent growth in Q4; Group passes EUR 100 million gross sales threshold in 2020 and significantly exceeds its EBITDA forecast
Nuremberg, Amsterdam, 8 February 2021
ad pepper media, one of Europe's leading performance marketing providers publishes its preliminary and unaudited results for the 2020 financial year: The Group managed for the first time to exceed the important EUR 100 million gross sales threshold with billings to customers of EUR 101,344k (2019: EUR 83,774k), thus achieving year-over-year growth of 21 percent. Group revenue climbed by 17.6 percent to EUR 25,615k (2019: EUR 21,787k). Driven by the strong growth, the Group achieved a 2020 EBITDA of EUR 6,559k (2019: EUR 3,512k) and thus an increase of 87 percent year-over-year. The ad pepper Group has therefore not only generated the best financial performance in Company history, but again significantly exceeded its own EBITDA forecast from mid-December of EUR 6,300k.
In the final quarter of 2020, the ad pepper Group achieved revenue growth of 28.2 percent and was thus able to show even more dynamic growth than in the first three quarters of the 2020 financial year. The main growth driver in the fourth quarter was once again the affiliate marketing network Webgains, which recorded an increase in revenue of 44.6 percent to EUR 4,240k (Q4 2019: EUR 2,932k). Revenue of the ad agents segment increased by 31.5 percent to EUR 2,206k (Q4 2019: EUR 1,678k), while the ad pepper segment generated EUR 1,202k (Q4 2019: EUR 1,356k). Together, this brought Group revenue to EUR 7,648k (Q4 2019: EUR 5,966k). Operating costs increased at a disproportionately low rate, and as a result, Group EBITDA amounted to EUR 2,246k in the final quarter, an increase of approximately 66 percent compared to the corresponding prior-year period (Q4 2019: EUR 1,355k). At segment level, Webgains generated EBITDA of EUR 1,639k (Q4 2019: EUR 855k), ad agents EUR 737k (Q4 2019: EUR 317k) and ad pepper EUR 152k (Q4 2019: EUR 266k).
The annual report for financial year 2020 will be published on 25 March 2021.
Key figures (unaudited) in EURk:
Q4
2020
Q4
2019
Q1-Q4
2020
Q1-Q4
2019
Gross sales
33,185
24,116
101,344
83,774
% growth
37.6
21.0
Revenue
7,648
5,966
25,615
21,787
% growth
28.2
17.6
of which ad pepper
1,202
1,356
5,331
5,505
% growth
-11.4
-3.2
of which ad agents
2,206
1,678
7,064
5,949
% growth
31.5
18.7
of which Webgains
4,240
2,932
13,220
10,333
% growth
44.6
27.9
EBITDA
2,246
1,355
6,559
3,512
of which ad pepper
152
266
1,855
2,039
of which ad agents
737
317
1,493
811
of which Webgains
1,639
855
4,701
1,859
of which admin
-282
-83
-1,490
-1,197
Liquid funds*
25,342
25,229
*including securities at fair value
For more information:
Dr Jens Körner (CEO)
ad pepper media International N.V.
+49 (0) 911 929057-0
ir@adpepper.com
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Language:
English
Company:
ad pepper media International N.V.
Frankenstrasse 150 C
90461 Nuremberg
Germany
Phone:
+49 911 9290570
Fax:
+49 911 929057-157
E-mail:
ir@adpepper.com
Internet:
www.adpeppergroup.com
ISIN:
NL0000238145
WKN:
940883
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
Ad Pepper Media International NV is a Netherlands-based Company active in the advertising and marketing sector. The Company provides online services, strategies and solutions for interactive media, direct marketing and technology. Its activities are divided into three segments: ad pepper media, Webgains and ad agents. Display, performance, e-mail, affiliate and search-engine marketing, as well as semantic targeting and ad serving product groups cover the range of its online advertising formats. In addition to a regional, national and international marketing presence, Website partners receive a number of other products and services, such as branding, traffic analysis and performance optimization, provided by Ad Pepper Media International NV and its affiliated companies. As of December 31, 2011, the Company operated 17 subsidiaries, based in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, the United States, Australia and Switzerland.
ad pepper media International N.V.: Webgains achieves roughly 45 percent growth in Q4; Group passes EUR 100 million gross sales threshold in 2020 and significantly exceeds its EBITDA forecast