• Effective and appreciated Covid-19 employee protection protocol
• Record order intake of €26bn, leading to €72bn cumulated over last three years
• Net Cash Flow above €1bn in H2, fully offsetting H1
• Strong liquidity restored above pre-crisis level
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Strong recovery and overachievement of targets in h2, notably cash generation
in €m
H2 2020
YoY change
H2 targets*
FY 2020
YoY Change
Sales
At constant scope and currencies
8,484
-3.5%
-3.5%
At least €8bn
14,654
-17.5%
-19.6%
Operating income
As % of sales
520
6.1%
-18.5%
-120bps
At least 5.5%
406
2.8%
-68.3%
-440bps
Net cash flow
1,051
n/s
At least €700m
6
n/s
* as upgraded along with the Q3 2020 sales announcement, released on October 23, 2020
2021 guidance reflects strong sales outperformance, solid operating leverage and cash generation in a context of market rebound
Based on the prudent assumption that worldwide automotive production should reach 76.6 million vehicles in 2021, up 8% year-on-year, Faurecia's full-year 2021 guidance is as follows:
Sales ≥ €16.5bn (including a negative effect of c. €610m from scope and currencies) and strong organic sales outperformance > +600bps
Operating margin of c. 7% of sales, close to pre-Covid levels
Net cash flow of c. €500m (including c. €180m of cash outflow from restructurings) and net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio < 1.5x at year-end
Back to dividend payment with €1 per share (to be proposed at next shareholders' meeting)
Capital Markets Day to be held today will present Faurecia's 'new perspectives', ahead of the upcoming change in capital structure (see separate press release issued today)
Reaffirming the Group's strategy and its key orientations, including investment in hydrogen mobility
Confirming 2022 guidance
Announcing 2025 ambition by Business Group and at Group level
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In the second half of the year, thanks to excellent preparation for production restart as well as resilience actions implemented since the beginning of the crisis, Faurecia overachieved all its financial targets. This was particularly true for cash generation, which offset the consumption of the first half and contributed to significant debt reduction. We are proud, in such a difficult year, to have further strengthened the confidence of our customers as reflected in a new record order intake of 26 billion euros.
I would like to thank all the Faurecia teams, who have done an extraordinary job, for their contribution to this successful performance, whilst strictly respecting our Covid-19 protocol.
In 2021, we will resume strong sales outperformance, be back to profitability close to pre-crisis level and generate solid cash flow that will further contribute to our deleveraging.
Our confidence in Faurecia's future prospects, which will be presented today at our Capital Markets Day, allows us to resume dividend payment in 2021, offering a fair remuneration to our shareholders.'
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Patrick Koller
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CEO of Faurecia
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FORVIA SE is one of the world leaders in designing, manufacturing, and marketing automotive equipment. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- seats (31.4%; No. 1 worldwide);
- interior car parts (18.1%; 1 worldwide): dashboards and instrument panels (No. 1 worldwide), doors and door panels, and acoustic modules;
- exhaust systems (17.7%; No. 1 worldwide);
- audiovisual and multimedia equipment (15.2%): car radios, multimedia devices, navigation systems, automatic guiding systems, location systems, safety assistance systems with CDD captor cameras, wireless communication, monitors, etc.;
- lighting equipment (13.7%);
- other (3.9%).
At the end of 2023, the group had more than 290 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (6.2%), Germany (10.9%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (29.3%), Asia (27.1%) and America (26.5%).