Analyst conference call on the interim results January to June 2021
Hamburg, 12 August 2021
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Agenda
01 At a glance
Dr. Roland Lappin, CFO
02 Financial performance 1-6│2021
Dr. Roland Lappin, CFO
03 Guidance 2021
Dr. Roland Lappin, CFO
04 Questions & answers
Dr. Roland Lappin, CFO
12 August 2021 Analyst conference on the interim results January to June 2021
Agenda
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At a glance
Favourable EBIT development in line with full-year guidance
Accelerate growth in transport volume and revenue; ROCE in line with medium-term target
Major achievements
Key figures for 1-6│2021
- HHLA kept production running despite pandemic-related restrictions
- Automation of block storage at CTB to boost efficiency continued
- Negotiations with CSPL on strategic minority shareholding in Container Terminal Tollerort
- Dividend payment of 45 cents per class A share with majority opting for scrip dividend
Market environment
- Persisting imbalances in trade flows due to a lack of empty containers and shipping space as a result of catch-up effects
- Delays in sailing schedules led to high pressure on terminals and hinterland transport systems
Results
- Container throughput growth still masked by the loss of a Far East service in in previous year whereas container transport grew strongly
- EBIT benefited from increase in storage fees and strong development of transport volumes
- ROCE in line with the medium- and long-term target of 8.5 %
Throughput
3,369k TEU
+ 0.7 %
Revenue
- 695.1 m
- 13.2 %
EBIT margin
12.0 %
+ 4.0 pp
ROCE
8.7 %
- 3.5 pp
Transport
832k TEU
-
16.0 %
EBIT - 83.8 m
- 70.4 %
Profit after tax and minorities
- 34.9 m
- 226.9 %
Operating cash flow
- 142.4 m
- 5.1 %
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Financial performance
Strong EBIT rise mainly supported by temporary increase in storage fees
Container Volume recovery burdened by service loss in 2020; growth mainly driven by Far East volumes
Container throughput in thousand TEU
+0.7%
Revenue
in € million
+11.4%
| Container throughput up by 0.7 % |
(Hamburg: +0.5 %; Internationals: +3.4 %) | |
| Moderate increase in volumes with the Far East |
3,345 3,369
363.4
404.9
offset pandemic-related declines and the loss |
of a Far East service in Q2 2020 |
Average revenue per TEU + 10.6 % y-o-y |
mainly attributable to |
− advantageous modal split with |
high share of hinterland volumes |
− higher storage fees due to longer dwell times |
1H20 1H21
OpEx
in € million
+4.6%
326.5 341.6
1H20 1H21
1H20 1H21
EBIT and EBIT margin in € million
+72.1%
63.4
36.8
10.1% | 15.6% |
1H20 1H21
as a result of ongoing delays in shipping | |
schedules caused by pandemic-related | |
delays in ship departures and the blockade | |
of the Suez Canal in March | |
OpEx increased moderately by 4.6% due to | |
- | higher staff and material costs |
- | provisions for the restructuring measures |
- first-time consolidation of PLT Italy | |
EBIT increased strongly due to improved | |
revenue quality |
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Financial performance
Accelerated volume development even surpassed by EBIT growth
Intermodal Double-digit EBIT margin at a remarkable level
Container transport | Revenue | ||||||||||||||
in thousand TEU | in € million | +13.3% | |||||||||||||
+16.0% | |||||||||||||||
832 | 252.9 | ||||||||||||||
223.2 | |||||||||||||||
718 | |||||||||||||||
| Strong rise in transport volumes more |
pronounced in rail transport than road | |
transportation (+ 19.3% vs. + 3.4 %) | |
| Rail share up to 81.4 % (+2.2 pp) |
| Volume growth was broadly diversified |
| Revenue increased significantly but lagged |
behind volume growth as average revenue | |
per TEU fell due to a change in structure of |
1H20 1H21
1H20 1H21
cargo flows |
OpEx up strongly driven by higher personnel |
OpEx
in € million
+9.6%
188.7 206.8
EBIT and EBIT margin in € million
34.5
+33.4%
46.0
expenses due to increased staff base | |
| EBIT grew by 33.4 % against the backdrop |
of the positive volume and revenue | |
development | |
| Favourable EBIT margin of 18.2 % (+2.7 pp) |
1H20 1H21
15.5% | 18.2% |
1H20 1H21
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