2020 Results
28 October 2020
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Index:
- Results Highlights
- Business Review
- Financial Review
- Final Remarks & Outlook
2020 at a glance
Robust results, challenging environment due to COVID-19
Ensuring
distribution
o Revenues +4.0% | |||
o Economic Sales +0.7% | |||
Cost | MANAGING | New needs, | o EBIT +1.0% |
COVID-19 | |||
management | o Adj. EBIT -1.9% | ||
IMPACTS | new services | ||
o Net Profit -4.5% |
Protecting our people
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Managing COVID-19 impacts: Ensuring distribution
A different playing field
Most | Lockdowns | ||
activities | and human | E-commerce | Business |
declared | mobility | boom | Intelligence |
essential | restrictions |
Omni-channel | Opportunity to | Service of | |
ordering, | |||
Proximity retail | provide a high- | growing | |
flexibility in | |||
gaining SoM | quality | importance for | |
operations, key | |||
distribution | our clients | ||
to operate | |||
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Managing COVID-19 impacts: New needs, new services
Supporting our clients
Tobacco
Convenience
Pharma
Nacex
- Building up security stocks close to points of sale
- Widening product portfolios accessible to end-consumers during lockdowns
- Direct-to-patientclinical trials
- Home delivery - chronic disease treatments
- Contactless delivery
- Lockers and dropping points Nacex.shop
Books
- Home delivery of the on-demand printing purchases
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Managing COVID-19 impacts: Protecting our people
Increased focus on health & safety
• Ensuring health and wellbeing, preventing
Employees, | contagion | |
collaborators, their | ||
families, our | • | Smart working policy implemented |
communities | • | Maintaining activity during pandemic |
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Managing COVID-19 impacts: Cost management
Facing a new reality
Health and safety: new
protocols, extra expenses
Optimization program to offset
the current environment
Restructuring of severely
damaged activities
Network/transport routes
reorganization
Digitalisation, from a solid base
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Delivering on our goal
Four building blocks
High quality added-value
service
Expanding business base
Our goal:
Sustainable long term
value creation
Efficiency improvement
Robust cash flow profile
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Business Review
Business Review
Robust results, challenging environment due to COVID-19
262(7)
(14)16257
Adj.EBIT | Inventories' | COVID-19 | Regular | Adj. EBIT |
FY 2019 | valuation | impact | operations | FY 2020 |
differential |
All data in M€, unless otherwise stated
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Business Review
Iberia
Estimated | |||||
+0.6% | COVID-19 impact: | ||||
-11M€ | |||||
3,176 | +0.7% | ||||
(0.4)% | |||||
585 | 120 | ||||
Revenues | Ec. Sales | Adj. EBIT | |||
ECONOMIC SALES | |||||
Tobacco & | Transport: | Other | |||
related: | businesses: | ||||
+0.6% | |||||
+2.9% | +0.1% | ||||
Total operating costs:
(0.9)%
All data in M€, unless otherwise stated
o Tobacco distribution:
- Volumes* down 3.8%, affected by cross-border/ inbound tourism sales drop
- No relevant impact of inventories' valuation
- Convenience distribution:
- Wider portfolio, points-of-sale open during lockdowns, average ticket sale up
- New clients in petrol station channel
- Transport:
- Long distance and Parcel impacted by general economy
- Courier growing in selective e-commerce
- Pharma:
- Acceleration capture of new clients
- Launch of new services during pandemic
- Cigarettes + RYO & Others (1gr./1 HTU = 1 cigarette)
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Business Review
France
Estimated
+4.6%COVID-19 impact: -3M€
4,256
(5.0)%
(16.7)%
264
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Revenues Ec. Sales | Adj. EBIT |
ECONOMIC SALES
Tobacco & | Other | |
related: | businesses: | |
(1.3)% | (21.5)% | |
Total operating costs:
+0.6%
o Tobacco distribution:
- Volumes* down 3.1% due to retail selling price increases
- Inventories' valuation impact: negative in FY2020
- Convenience distribution to tobacconists:
- Closure of HORECA activity at "café tabac"
- Very positive performance of e-transactionso Convenience distribution to other channels
- Closure of points-of-sale during lockdown
All data in M€, unless otherwise stated
* Cigarettes + RYO & Others (1gr./1 HTU = 1 cigarette)
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Business Review
Italy
Estimated
+6.9%COVID-19 impact: no significant
3,167
+6.3%
o Tobacco distribution:
− | Volumes* , similar to FY2019 |
− | Value added services |
304
+11.9%
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− Inventories' valuation impact: slightly below |
FY2019 |
Revenues | Ec. Sales | Adj. EBIT |
ECONOMIC SALES
Tobacco & related: +6.3%
Total operating costs:
(4.1)%
o Solid growth in Next Generation Products and related value-added services
- Convenience distribution:
- RYO paper, exclusive-compulsory sale through tobacconist channel
- Other convenience (FMCG) sales growing, new purchasing habits: proximity sales trend
All data in M€, unless otherwise stated
* Cigarettes + RYO & Others (1gr./1 HTU = 1 cigarette)
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Financial Review
Positive activity performance
REVENUES
+4.0%
10,148 | 10,559 | o Main activities grew Revenues except Long distance, Parcel |
transport and Publications, in Spain, Convenience in France | ||
FY 2019 | FY 2020 |
EC. SALES
+0.7%
o Positive performance in Spain and Italy offset France decline
1,149 | 1,157 | o Tobacco tariffs updated by track & trace services in all |
regions at year end, uneven timing of activation | ||
FY 2019 FY 2020 | ||
All data in M€, unless otherwise stated |
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Significant cost management, resilient operating results
ADJ. EBIT
(1.9)%
262 257
FY 2019 FY 2020
o Total operating costs up by 1.4%
o New/increased costs due to COVID-19, some others reduced
o Efficiency measures, savings' program
262(7)
(14) | 16 | 257 |
EBIT
1.0%
204 206
FY 2019 FY 2020
- Similar restructuring cost: 12M€
o Higher capital gains (8M€ vs. 3M€)
o Provision reversal 5M€ vs. positive impairment result 2M€
Adj.EBIT | Inventories' | COVID-19 | Regular | Adj. EBIT |
FY 2019 | valuation | impact | operations | FY 2020 |
differential |
All data in M€, unless otherwise stated
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Limited impact in Net profit
(4.5)%
2 | (1) | (8) |
165 | ||
157
Net profit | EBIT | Financial | Taxes | Net profit |
FY 2019 | results | FY 2020 |
o Financial income up: same interest rate on higher average cash position
o Financial expenses up: first year accounting IFRS 16
- Consolidated tax rate up: end of previous years' deductions
All data in M€, unless otherwise stated
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Annual evolution of cash position
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OC 19 | NV 19 | DC 19 | EN 20 | FB 20 | MZ 20 | AB 20 | MY 20 | JN 20 | JL 20 | AG 20 | SP 20 |
- Seasonality driving cash position to its peak towards year end
o Better than expected, temporary change in tax payment cycle in France and Italy (COVID-19)
o Treasury agreement with majority shareholder: temporary uplift of limit
o Dividend payments during FY2020: 156M€
MINIMUM AVERAGE MAXIMUM
M€ | Mínimum | Average | Maximum |
Cash | 537 | 2,285 | 4,784 |
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Investing in differentiation and high-quality services
M€ | 2020 | 2019 | % |
IT investments (technology) | 18 | 25 | (30,6)% |
Infrastructure | 9 | 18 | (48.6)% |
Maintenance | 6 | 8 | (15.8)% |
Total investments | 33 | 50 | (34.6)% |
o > 50% dedicated to technology
- Investment calendar maintained despite COVID-19o Track & Trace investments already completed
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Cash generation
M€ | 2020 | 2019 | Change |
EBITDA | 340 | 310 | +30 |
Restructuring & Other Payments | (16) | (12) | (4) |
Rental payments | (34) | 0 | (34) |
Financial Results | 15 | 14 | +1 |
Normalised Taxes | (72) | (68) | (4) |
Capex | (27) | (49) | +22 |
Normalised Free Cash Flow | 207 | 195 | +12 |
WC Variation | 611 | 39 | 572 |
Cut off effect on Taxes | (51) | 62 | (113) |
Free Cash Flow | 767 | 296 | +471 |
- EBITDA growth, IFRS 16 impact (comparable down 0.9%)
- Lower capex and higher interest received off-set increased restructuring and normalised taxes o Temporary WC effect
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Dividend Policy
Flexibility to reflect activity performance
o Despite a challenging FY2020, the Board intends to propose distributing the same total dividends as in FY2019
- Dividend proposal FY2020 of 156M€
o Total dividend proposal will represent 99.7% pay out over FY2020 Net Income
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Dividend Policy
Pay out consistently above 90% of Net Profit
Total dividends paid since IPO: c. 820M€
149M€
139M€
119M€
98M€
156M€ 156M€
FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020
PAY OUT RATIO
>90% | >90% | >90% | >95% | >95% | >99% |
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Share Price performance
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90
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70
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LOGISTA | IBEX | IBEX MEDIUM CAP | IBEX TOP DIVIDEND | ||||
LOGISTA | IBEX | IBEX MEDIUM CAP | IBEX TOP DIVIDEND | ||||
-18.3% | -27.3% | -17.0% | -31.8% |
o Logista's performance in line with mid-cap companies in Spain, outperforming IBEX Top dividend and IBEX35
- Significant impact from COVID-19
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Financial Review: Conclusions
Shareholders'
remuneration via
dividend
Robust Economic Cash Flow profile
Highly resilient business model
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Closing remarks and outlook
2020 improvements in ESG agenda
A-List CDP | 42% women | FTSE4Good |
on Board of | ||
4th year | constituent | |
directors | ||
Manifesto for a | Supporting | Smart working |
local initiatives, | ||
sustainable | policy | |
post-COVID | ||
reconstruction | implementation | |
recovery | ||
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2020 a positive year in a challenging environment
Ensuring
distribution
o Revenues +4.0% | |||
o Economic Sales +0.7% | |||
Cost | MANAGING | o EBIT +1.0% | |
New needs, | |||
COVID-19 | o Adj. EBIT -1.9% | ||
management | |||
IMPACTS | new services | ||
o Net Profit -4.5% |
Protecting our people
o Solid set of results under extremely adverse circumstances
- Successful business model: customer centric, flexible, asset-light
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Outlook 2021
Adj. EBIT expected to grow mid-single digit
- Solid performance since COVID-19 crisis started suggests a mid-single digit Adjusted EBIT growth rate in FY2021
o However, the uncertainties regarding the impact on the economy of our main markets and measures to face it may negatively impact the activity
o The outlook will be reviewed quarterly
o The dividend will be a priority in any scenario
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Appendix
Tobacco Volumes Evolution
Relatively good volume performance across geographies
Million units | % Y-o-Y Change | ||||||
1 Oct. 2019 - 30 | 1 Oct. 2018 - 30 | 1 Oct. 2017 - 30 | 1 Oct. 2019 - 30 | 1 Oct. 2018 - 30 | |||
Sept. 2020 | Sept. 2019 | Sept. 2018 | Sept. 2020 | Sept. 2019 | |||
TOTAL | |||||||
Cigarettes | 143,469 | 151,106 | 155,821 | (5.1)% | (3.0)% | ||
RYO/MYO | 27,309 | 23,218 | 21,106 | +17.6% | +10.0% | ||
Cigars | 3,855 | 4,017 | 4,028 | (4.0)% | (0.3)% | ||
SPAIN | |||||||
Cigarettes | 41,675 | 44,484 | 44,247 | -6.3% | +0.5% | ||
RYO/MYO | 7,779 | 7,068 | 6,443 | +10.1% | +9.7% | ||
Cigars | 1,765 | 1,876 | 1,929 | (5.9)% | (2.7)% | ||
PORTUGAL | |||||||
Cigarettes | 2,479 | 2,473 | 2,351 | +0.2% | +5.2% | ||
RYO/MYO | 119 | 105 | 104 | +13.4% | +1.0% | ||
Cigars | |||||||
FRANCE | |||||||
Cigarettes | 36,719 | 38,926 | 41,637 | (5.7)% | (6.5)% | ||
RYO/MYO | 8,755 | 8,000 | 8,468 | 9.4% | (5.5)% | ||
Cigars | 1,196 | 1,236 | 1,246 | (3.3)% | (0.8)% | ||
ITALY | |||||||
Cigarettes | 62,595 | 65,222 | 67,587 | (4.0)% | (3.5)% | ||
RYO/MYO | 10,655 | 8,045 | 6,091 | +32.4% | +32.1% | ||
Cigars | 894 | 905 | 854 | (1.2)% | +6.0% |
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Revenues Evolution
By segment and activity
M€ | 2020 | 2019 | % |
Iberia | 3,176 | 3,157 | +0.6% |
Tobacco & Related | 2,774 | 2,754 | +0.7% |
Transport Services | 385 | 386 | (0.1)% |
Other Businesses | 163 | 152 | +7.0% |
Adjustments | (147) | (134) | (9.2)% |
France | 4,256 | 4,069 | +4.9% |
Tobacco & Related | 4,111 | 3,892 | +5.6% |
Other Businesses | 154 | 187 | (17.9)% |
Adjustments | (9) | (9) | +2.4% |
Italy | 3,167 | 2,962 | +6.9% |
Tobacco & Related | 3,167 | 2,962 | +6.9% |
Corporate & Others | (39) | (40) | +1.9% |
Total Revenues | 10,559 | 10,148 | +4.0% |
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Economic Sales Evolution
By segment and activity
M€ | 2020 | 2019 | % |
Iberia | 585 | 582 | +0.7% |
Tobacco & Related | 286 | 278 | +2.9% |
Transport Services | 272 | 270 | +0.6% |
Other Businesses | 87 | 86 | +0.1% |
Adjustments | (59) | (53) | (11.1)% |
France | 264 | 278 | (5.0)% |
Tobacco & Related | 230 | 233 | (1.3)% |
Other Businesses | 41 | 52 | (21.5)% |
Adjustments | (7) | (7) | +6.8% |
Italy | 304 | 286 | +6.3% |
Tobacco & Related | 304 | 286 | +6.3% |
Corporate & Others | 3 | 4 | (9.5)% |
Total Economic Sales | 1,157 | 1,149 | +0.7% |
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Adjusted EBIT Evolution
By segment
M€ | 2020 | 2019 | % |
Iberia | 120 | 120 | -0.4% |
France | 62 | 74 | (16.7)% |
Italy | 91 | 81 | +11.9% |
Corporate & Others | (15) | (14) | (13.1)% |
Total Adjusted EBIT | 257 | 262 | (1.9)% |
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Income Statement
M€ | 2020 | 2019 | % |
Revenues | 10,559 | 10,148 | 4.0% |
Economic Sales | 1,157 | 1,149 | 0.7% |
(-) Operating Costs of Logistic Networks | (750) | (736) | (1.9)% |
(-) Sales and Marketing Operating Expenses | (66) | (69) | 5.3% |
(-) Research and G&A Operating Expenses | (85) | (82) | (3.0)% |
Total Operating Costs | (900) | (887) | (1.4)% |
Adjusted EBIT | 257 | 262 | (1.9)% |
Margin % | 22.2% | 22.8% | (60) p.b. |
(-) Restructuring Cost | (12) | (11) | (2.0)% |
(-) Amort. of Assets Logista France | (52) | (52) | 0.0% |
(-) Net Loss on Disposal and Impairments | 13 | 4.8 | 162.4% |
(-) Equity Method and Others | 1 | 1.2 | (29.6)% |
Operating Profit | 206 | 204.3 | 1.0% |
(+) Financial Income | 17 | 15.0 | 15.2% |
(-) Financial Expenses | (5) | (2.2) | (125.4)% |
Profit Before Taxes | 219 | 217.1 | 0.7% |
(-) Corporation Tax | (61) | (52.3) | (16.7)% |
Effective Tax Rate | 27.9% | 24.1% | (380) p.b. |
(+/-) Other Income / (Expenses) | 0 | 0.0 | n.r. |
(-) Minority Interests | (0) | (0.1) | (199.3)% |
Net Profit | 157 | 164.6 | (4.5)% |
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Balance Sheet
M€ | 2020 | 2019 |
PP&E and other Fixed Assets | 373 | 229 |
Net Long Term Financial Assets | 19 | 18 |
Net Goodwill | 921 | 921 |
Other Intangible Assets | 408 | 457 |
Deferred Tax Assets | 19 | 19 |
Net Inventory | 1,294 | 1,283 |
Net Receivables | 1,986 | 1,946 |
Cash & Cash Equivalents | 2,827 | 2,211 |
Total Assets | 7,847 | 7,084 |
Group Equity | 514 | 519 |
Minority interests | 2 | 2 |
Non Current Liabilities | 168 | 44 |
Deferred Tax Liabilities | 254 | 265 |
Short Term Financial Debt | 77 | 38 |
Short Term Provisions | 13 | 12 |
Trade and Other Payables | 6,819 | 6,205 |
Total Liabilities | 7,847 | 7,084 |
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Alternative Performance Measures (1/6)
o Economic Sales: equals Gross Profit and is used without distinction by the Management to refer to the figure resulting of subtracting Procurements to the Revenue figure
Management believes that gross profit is a meaningful measure of the fee revenue we generate from performing our distribution services and provides a useful comparative measure to investors to assess our financial performance on an on-going basis
M€ | 2020 | 2019 |
Revenue | 10,559 | 10,148 |
Procurements | (9,402) | (8,999) |
Gross Profit | 1,157 | 1,149 |
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Alternative Performance Measures (2/6)
o Adjusted Operating Profit (Adjusted EBIT): This item is calculated, fundamentally, discounting from the Operating Profit those costs that are not directly related to the revenue obtained by the Group in each period, facilitating the performance of Group's the operating costs and margins
The Adjusted Operating Profit (Adjusted EBIT) is the main indicator used by the Group's Management to analyse and measure the progress of the business
M€ | 2019 | 2019 |
Adjusted Operating Profit | 257 | 262 |
(-) Restructuring Costs | (12) | (11) |
(-) Amortization of Assets Logista | (52) | (52) |
France | ||
(+/-) Net Loss of Disposals and | 12 | 5 |
Impairment of Non-Current Assets | ||
(+/-) Share of Results of Companies | 1 | 1 |
and Other | ||
Profit from Operations | 206 | 204 |
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Alternative Performance Measures (3/6)
o Adjusted Operating Profit margin over Economic Sales: calculated as Adjusted Operating Profit divided by Economic Sales (or indistinctly, Gross Profit)
This ratio is the main indicator used by the Group's Managements to analyse and measure the performance of the profitability obtained by the Group's typical activity in a period
M€ | 2020 | 2019 | % |
Economic Sales | 1,157 | 1,149 | 0.7% |
Adjusted Operating Profit | 257 | 262 | (1.9)% |
Margin over Economic Sales | 22.2% | 22.8% | (60) b.p. |
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Alternative Performance Measures (4/6)
o Operating costs: this term is composed of logistics networks costs, commercial expenses, research expenses and head offices expenses that are directly related to the revenue obtained by the Group in each period
It is the main figure used by the Group's Management to analyse and measure the performance of the costs structure. It does not include restructuring costs and amortization of assets derived from the Logista France acquisition, as they are not directly related to the revenues obtained by the Group in each period
Reconciliation with Annual Accounts:
M€ | 2020 | 2019 |
Logistics network costs | 807 | 799 |
Commercial expenses | 66 | 70 |
Research expenses | 3 | 3 |
Head office expenses | 88 | 79 |
(-) Restructuring costs | (12) | (11) |
(-) Amortization of Assets Logista France | (52) | (52) |
Operating Costs or Expenses in | 890 | 887 |
management accounts | ||
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Alternative Performance Measures (5/6)
o Non-recurringexpenses: refers to those expenses that, although they might occur in more than one period, do not have a continuity in time (as opposed to operating expenses) and only affect the accounts in a specific moment
This magnitude helps the Group's Management to analyse and measure the performance of the Group's activity in each period
o Recurring operating expenses: this term refers to those expenses occurring continuously and sustaining the Group's activity. They are estimated from the total operating costs less the non-recurring costs defined in the previous point
This magnitude helps the Group's Management to analyse and measure the performance of efficiency in the activities carried out by the Group
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Alternative Performance Measures (6/6)
o Restructuring costs: are the costs incurred by the Group to increase the operating, administrative or commercial efficiency in our company, including the costs related to the reorganization, dismissals and closures or transfers of warehouses or other facilities
o Non-recurringresults: refers to the results of the year that do not have a continuity during the year and affect the accounts in a specific moment. It is included in the Operating Profit
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