Q3
2021
January - September 2021 Results
October 28, 2021
Results January - September 2021 | 1 |
Key takeaways
Strong organic growth underpinning our operational and financial performance
with all key metrics on trackto meet the 2021 outlook
Consistent and sustainable organic
growth
+6.5% new PoPs vs. 9M 2020 mostly due to BTS
acceleration
2,278 site actions in 9M 2021 with c.€10Mn associated annualized lease efficiencies
2021-2025 efficiency plan on track
Cellnex to roll out mobile coverage on metro lines
16 and 17 of Grand Paris Express (1)
Strong financial performance (2)
Revenues (3) €1,760Mn, +53% vs. 9M 2020
Adjusted EBITDA (4) €1,334Mn, +59% vs. 9M 2020
RLFCF (5) €660Mn, +52% vs. 9M 2020
With interest rates and inflation highly correlated, inflation linked revenues offer a natural hedge
Negligible impact from rising energy prices due to
hedging and pass-through mechanisms
Steady progress on ESG
Upgrade to 'A' from 'BBB' by MSCI, standing out as
sector leader in Corporate Governance
Improvement to 4.4 out of 5 by FTSE4Good and consolidating our position among the top 5 companies in the Mobile Telecom subsector (6)
Steady progress on environmental initiatives such
as the Zero Emissions Rural Site (ZERS) (7)
Reinforcing financial flexibility | All M&A closings on track | |
Polkomtel and Hivory deals closed on time | 2021 outlook confirmed (11) | |
New bond issuances of c.€1,850Mn taking | ||
advantage of favourable rates environment to | Already working on new opportunities to invest the | We are on trackon all fronts and all metrics are |
proceeds of the divestment requested by the FCA (10) | ||
increase average debt maturity whilst maintaining | ||
that would reinforce Cellnex's industrial profile and | aligned with 2025 financial outlook (medium term | |
our average cost of debt | (8) | |
guidance) | ||
the capacity to adapt to customer needs | ||
A wide array of funding options available (9) | ||
All integration processes on track | ||
(1) Please see slide 6 for more information; (2) Hivory transaction (closed end of October) has not contributed to the financials in the quarter
- Revenues correspond to Operating Income excluding Advances to customers (following the same methodology as in note 18a in our Interim Consolidated Financial Statements ended 30 June 2021)
- Adjusted EBITDA is an alternative performance measure ("APM") as defined in the guidelines issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority on October 5, 2015 on alternative performance measures (the "ESMA Guidelines"). Please see slide 24 for certain information on the limitations of APMs; (5) Recurring Leveraged Free Cash Flow ("RLFCF") is an APM. Please see slide 24 for certain information on the limitations of APMs ; (6) Please see slide 16 for more details; (7) Please see slide 15 for more information (8) Please see slide 13 for more information; (9) Please see slide 20 for more information; (10) With a view that both Capex and Adjusted EBITDA would remain unaffected on a consolidated run rate basis; (11) Trending to the upper range of the guidance if Hivory deal consolidated from Oct 1st 2021
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2021 outlook
On trackto meet the 2021 outlook (1)
RLFCF (€Mn)
Adjusted EBITDA (€Mn)
+c.70% | +c.65%E | ||||||||
+c.45% | +c.55% | vs. Q3 2020 | FY21E vs. FY20 | ||||||
vs. Q2 2020 | 531 | ||||||||
vs. Q1 2020 | |||||||||
+c.50% | 422 | +c.60% | +c.60%E | ||||||
+c.40% | 381 | vs. Q3 2020 | |||||||
vs. Q2 2020 | FY21E vs. FY20 | ||||||||
vs. Q1 2020 | |||||||||
266 | |||||||||
180 | 214 | ||||||||
Q1 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q4 2021 | ||
Q1 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q4 2021E | ||
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Already | |
Change of | ✓ closed | ||||
perimeter (2) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
- Trending to the upper range of the guidance if Hivory deal consolidated from Oct 1st 2021
- Arqiva, NOS, CKH Austria, Ireland and Denmark already closed in 2020; CKH UK expected to be closed in 2022
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Status of integration processes
All integration processes on track
Project | Omtel | Bouygues | Arqiva | NOS | CKH IE | CKH AT | CKH DK | CKH SW | Play | Deutsche | CKH IT | Cyfrowy | SFR | CKH UK |
FTTT | Telekom | Polsat | ||||||||||||
Closing | H1 22E | |||||||||||||
ON TRACK | ||||||||||||||
Pre-closing | Integration Assessment |
Transition (3 months) | Take Control |
Optimization | (7 months) | Industrial Model | Integration Plan |
87% 96% 55% 17% 5%
78% | 66% | 77% | 57% | 11% | 16% | 4% | 3% |
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Tireless and consistent strategy execution
Leading independent TowerCo in Europe with up to c.130k sites, of which up to c.20k to be deployed
through BTS programs
Significant footprint expansion | Strong targeted growth, highly contracted | ||||
Guidance 2025 (€Mn) | |||||
Up to | (2) | 5,177 Sites | Revenues | 4,100 - 4,300 | +c.21% |
c.130k | 1,881 Sites | CAGR 20-25 | |||
sites | (c.85% contracted) | ||||
15,027 Sites (1) | |||||
2,428 Sites | Adjusted EBITDA | 3,300 - 3,500 | +c.24% | ||
CAGR 20-25 | |||||
20,390 Sites | |||||
4,310 Sites | RLFCF | 2,000 - 2,200 | +c.28% | ||
26,823 Sites (2) | CAGR 20-25 | ||||
4,920 Sites | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA Guidance 2025 (1) (3)
6,571 Sites | 6,146 Sites |
Countries with more than 1 | ||
anchor tenant | c.5% | c.10% |
Countries with 1 anchor | ||
c.9% | ||
tenant | ||
11,107 Sites | c.80% from | c.30% | |||||||
25,673Sites | |||||||||
Cellnex vs. Peers | x18 | 215 | countries with | €3.3Bn - | c.16% | ||||
sovereign rating of | €3.5Bn | ||||||||
('000 sites) | 82 | 130 (2) | |||||||
7 | 22 | 34 | at least A | ||||||
40 | |||||||||
c.15% | |||||||||
Cellnex | Inwit | SBA | CCO | Vanatge | Cellnex | AmT | c.15% | ||
(1) Including transactions not yet closed (CKH UK) | (3) Management estimate; including progress on BTS programs and 3rd party tenants |
(2) Before the disposal of 3,200 rooftops requested by the FCA |
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