DIGIA OYJ
Financial Statement Bulletin
A strong close to a year of growth: October-December net sales rise by 20.8% and operating profit improves by 111.4%
October-
· Net sales:
· EBITA operating profit
· Operating profit:
· Earnings per share:
January-
· Net sales:
· EBITA operating profit
· Operating profit:
· Earnings per share:
· Return on investment: 13.5 (10.6) per cent
· Equity ratio: 47.2 (54.9) per cent
· Digia's Board of Directors proposes the payment of a dividend of
· Profit guidance for 2020: Digia's net sales will grow and operating profit (EBITA) will improve compared to 2019.
Unless otherwise stated, the comparison figures provided in parentheses refer to the corresponding period of the previous year. Going forward, in addition to operating profit (EBIT), Digia will also report its operating profit (EBITA), which is operating profit before amortisation of acquisition costs. From now on, Digia's profitability-related financial target and profit guidance will be based on operating profit (EBITA).
Digia's new strategy and financial objectives for 2020-2022
In the strategy period 2020-2022, Digia seeks annual net sales growth exceeding 10% including organic growth and acquisitions. The target level of profitability improvement is an EBITA margin of 10 per cent by the end of the strategy period.
Digia's new strategy for 2020-2022, Next Level, is the next logical step in the company's growth journey. In the strategy, we place particular emphasis on the potential of data utilisation in our customers' services and business processes. For more information, see the stock exchange release published on
GROUP
| 10-12/ | 10-12/ | Change | 1-12/ | 1-12/ | Change % | |
| 2019 | 2018 | % | 2019 | 2018 | ||
| Net sales | 37,680 | 31,181 | 20.8 % | 131,824 | 112,122 | 17.6 % |
| Operating profit before | 3,469 | 1,663 | 108.6 | 11,003 | 7,283 | 51.1 % |
| amortisation of acquisition | % | |||||
| costs (EBITA) | ||||||
| - as a % of net sales | 9.2 % | 5.3 % | 8.3 % | 6.5 % | ||
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 3,001 | 1,419 | 111.4 | 9,648 | 6,494 | 48.6 % |
| % | ||||||
| - as a % of net sales | 8.0 % | 4.6 % | 7.3 % | 5.8 % | ||
| Result for the period | 2,236 | 1,157 | 93.3 % | 7,090 | 4,704 | 50.7 % |
| - as a % of net sales | 5.9 % | 3.7 % | 5.4 % | 4.2 % | ||
| Return on equity, % | 14.0 % | 10.2 % | ||||
| Return on investment, % | 13.5 % | 10.6 % | ||||
| Cash flow from operations | 12,294 | 3,602 | ||||
| Interest-bearing net liabilities | 22,616 | 12,707 | 78.0 % | |||
| Gearing, % | 42.5 % | 26.6 % | ||||
| Equity ratio, % | 47.2 % | 54.9 % | ||||
| Number of personnel at period | 1,266 | 1,091 | 16.0 % | |||
| -end | ||||||
| Average personnel | 1,270 | 1,090 | 16.5 % | 1,186 | 1,069 | 11.0 % |
| Shareholder's equity | 53,190 | 47,782 | 11.3 % | |||
| Balance sheet total | 114,116 | 88,104 | 29.5 % | |||
| Earnings per share | 0.08 | 0.04 | 94.0 % | 0.27 | 0.18 | 51.3 % |
Digia has adopted IFRS 16 Leases retrospectively as from
PRESIDENT & CEO
"I am pleased with the improvement in Digia's performance and profitable growth in the 2019 fiscal year. In line with our objectives, Digia's net sales experienced extremely vigorous growth in the last quarter, with strong growth being seen throughout the 2019 fiscal year. At the same time, both our operating profit and operating margin improved significantly in both the last quarter and the entire 2019 fiscal year. These results show that we are on the right path in implementing our strategy.
In the fourth quarter, our net sales rose to almost
Both the service and maintenance business and the project business saw good growth. Services and maintenance accounted for about 62 per cent of full-year net sales and the project business for about 38 per cent.
In addition to net sales growth, I am also very satisfied with the development of our operating profit. Fourth-quarter operating profit (EBIT) totalled
Digia's overall offering has been proven to work, as all five of our service areas increased their net sales both in the fourth quarter and during the year as a whole. Particularly strong growth was seen in Microsoft business systems, integrations and API (that is, application programme interfaces), and analytics. The growing need for cloud integration and API management solutions and, in the analytics business, knowledge-based management and data warehouse expertise was also evident in demand. The smart utilisation of data in business is both a strengthening trend and a key success factor for Digia.
Digital solutions have become an increasingly critical aspect of our customers' core business. One clear indication of this is our customers' growing need for round-the-clock (24/7) monitoring of business processes. For example, the number of customers using Digia Iiris - which is part of our monitoring service offering - doubled during 2019, while the number of measurement points also increased significantly. Digia Iiris extends monitoring to cover not only technical functionality but also processes relating to the customer experience. Digia Iiris utilises both commercial technologies and our own product development. This solution is used by companies such as HSL, for whom Digia Iris provides an operational view and visibility of the monitored systems, including 24/7 fault management.
Customer experience is a decisive factor in, for example, the customer loyalty app we provide for
Skilled personnel who are committed to the objectives of our customers form the cornerstone of our operations. During 2019 the number of Digia employees rose by 175 to an average of 1,186. During the year, we encapsulated the cultural principles that support both personal and business growth at Digia: learning, sharing, courage and professional pride.
Digia's strength lies in its broad-ranging and profound technological expertise combined with an encouraging and evolving workplace culture. During the fiscal year, we continued to develop our culture and profound expertise through training programmes and by supporting job rotation opportunities and a variety of different ways of sharing knowledge. We also continued our Effective Manager leadership programme, which has received excellent feedback. I was also delighted to see that we scored our highest ever results in the Pulse survey, which measures the smoothness of cooperation.
We believe in a world in which value is created in ecosystems through smart data management."
PROFIT GUIDANCE FOR 2020
Profit guidance for 2020: Digia's net sales will grow and operating profit (EBITA) will improve compared to 2019.
BRIEFING INVITATION
Digia will hold a briefing for analysts on Friday
The material and presentation for the event will be available from
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ANNUAL REPORT 2019
The Board of Directors' report and the financial statements for 2019 will be published as part of the Annual Report.
FURTHER INFORMATION
President & CEO
DISTRIBUTION
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