Q4 & FY 2023 Financial Results
14 March 2024
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Highlights
Financial Performance
- Record-highquarterly GGR in Q4'23 at €581m coupled with a sound 27% online GGR contribution
- FY'23 recurring EBITDA at €745m exceeding our latest outlook for the year
- Strong cash position & limited leverage with Net Debt/LTM EBITDA at 0.23x
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Total 2023 Shareholders Remuneration €1.85 per share: Dividend: €1.60 (€1.00 interim already paid - €0.60 to be paid) & Capital
Return: €0.25 (to be paid)
Operational Progress
- Eurojackpot launch in March '24 aiming to boost our retail lottery proposition towards best international standards
- Highly welcomed revamp of our draw-basedgames portfolio (Tzoker & Lotto) continues to improve engagement
- TIPSTERS: the 1st innovative digital sports betting community introduced by a gaming company in Greece, with the ambition to upgrade the retail experience and strengthen the image of our stores as entertainment destination
- Opaponline.gr (our iLottery platform) significantly up in FY'23 by 41% YoY, underlining successful digitalization steps
FY'24 outlook: GGR €2,150m - 2,200m & EBITDA €750m - 770m & bulk of net profit distributed as cash dividends
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Q4 & FY 2023 Financial Review
Pavel Mucha,
Chief Financial Officer
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Q4 2023 Overview
Retail recovery & robust online growth
Revenues (GGR)
+7,5%
581 | • | Retail GGR grew by 2.2% y-o-y | ||||||||
541 | ||||||||||
positively affected by the | ||||||||||
124 | 156 | normalization in payout rates in | ||||||||
sports betting | ||||||||||
417 | 426 | • | Online recorded significant | |||||||
increase (+25.2% y-o-y) aided by | ||||||||||
Q4 2022 | Δ | Q4 2023 | ||||||||
product enhancements and | ||||||||||
Retail | Online | commercial initiatives | ||||||||
Gross Profit (from gaming operations)1
EBITDA | |||
+3,7% | |||
• -3.1% YoY on a comparable | |||
basis excluding one-off items | |||
203 | 210 | • Q4'23 EBITDA margin at high | |
levels of 36% - Adjusted EBITDA | |||
margin at a solid 34% | |||
Q4 2022 | Δ | Q4 2023 |
Net Profit
+5,5%
224236
Q4 2022 | Δ | Q4 2023 |
- Higher y-o-y on the back of higher activity, but outpaced by GGR
- Healthy Gross profit margin at 41%
-67,2% | ||
307 | ||
101 | ||
Q4 2022 | Δ | Q4 2023 |
- -13.9%YoY on a comparable basis excluding one-offitems
- Solid Net profit margin at 17%
1 GGR-GGRcontribution-Agents'commission-other Direct Costs
Amounts in €m
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FY 2023 Overview
Strong revenue growth coupled with solid profitability margins
Revenues (GGR)
+7,7%
1.9392.088
450531
1.4891.557
FY 2022 | Δ | FY 2023 | |||
Retail | Online | ||||
EBITDA | |||||
• Retail GGR benefited from solid | -0,8% | • On a l-f-lbasis (excluding one-off | |||
items) €745m in FY'23, broadly | |||||
fast games performance | |||||
stable YoY | |||||
• Online aided by robust casino | • Solid EBITDA Margin at 35% | ||||
performance | |||||
736 | 730 | despite increased Opex to support | |||
growth initiatives | |||||
• | 2024e GGR Outlook2: | • | 2024e Ebitda Outlook2: | ||
€2,150m- €2,200m | |||||
FY 2022 | Δ | FY 2023 | €750m-€770m | ||
Gross Profit (from gaming operations)1
Net Profit
+6,7%
• | Closely following revenues trend | ||
799 | 852 | • | Gross profit margin at 41% |
FY 2022 | Δ | FY 2023 |
-31,1% | |||
• | |||
592 | 408 | • | |
FY 2022 | Δ | FY 2023 |
€439m on a l-f-l basis excluding one-off items in FY'23
Net profit margin at c.20% - Adjusted Net Profit margin 21%
- GGR-GGRcontribution-Agents'commission-other Direct Costs
- Assuming no changes in regulatory regime or taxation and stable macro environment
Amounts in €m | 6 |
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Key Quarterly Financials 2020-2023
Strong performance reflected across key metrics
Revenues (GGR) | EBITDA recurring | Net Profit recurring | ||
581 | ||||
499 | 541527498 | |||
499 | ||||
470 | 457442 | 481 | ||
391 | 396 | |||
328 | ||||
231 | ||||
180 | 174 | |||
Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 | ||||
2 0 2 0 | 2 0 2 1 | 2 0 2 2 | 2 0 2 3 |
204 | ||||
198 | 197 | 198 | ||
174173 | 175 | 178172 | ||
170 | ||||
142 | ||||
105 | ||||
86 | ||||
60 | ||||
49 | ||||
23 | ||||
Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 | ||||
2 0 2 0 | 2 0 2 1 | 2 0 2 2 | 2 0 2 3 |
127 | |||
119 | 118 | ||
110 | |||
102 | 107104 | ||
94 96 | |||
86 | |||
69 | |||
53 | |||
36 | |||
18 | |||
-5 | -3 | ||
Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 | |||
2 0 2 0 | 2 0 2 1 | 2 0 2 2 | 2 0 2 3 |
Quarterly GGR | Last 4Qs rolling avg. | |
Quarterly EBITDA | Last 4Qs rolling avg. | Quarterly Net Profit | Last 4Qs rolling avg. | |||||||||
Amounts in €m, excluding one-off items in EBITDA and Net Profit | 7 |
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Revenues (GGR)
FY - Q4 2023 GGR analysis
FYQ4
+7,7% | +7,5% |
2.088 | ||||||||||||||||
1.939 | ||||||||||||||||
581 | ||||||||||||||||
541 | ||||||||||||||||
252 | +26,2% | |||||||||||||||
200 | 76 | +25,7% | ||||||||||||||
345 | +8,2% | 61 | ||||||||||||||
318 | 96 | +3.0% | ||||||||||||||
93 | ||||||||||||||||
108 | 116 | +7,4% | 30 | |||||||||||||
32 | -5,2% | |||||||||||||||
604 | 646 | +6,9% | 161 | 181 | +12,4% | |||||||||||
709 | 730 | +2,9% | 194 | 198 | +1,9% | |||||||||||
FY 2022 | FY 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Q4 2022 | Q4 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Online Casino | Online Casino | VLTs | ||||||||||||||
VLTs | ||||||||||||||||
Instant & Passives | Instant & Passives | Betting | ||||||||||||||
Betting | Numerical Lotteries | |||||||||||||||
Numerical Lotteries | ||||||||||||||||
Amounts in €m
Last 4 quarters GGR breakdown per product & channel
Online Casino | Numerical Lotteries | Online | ||||
13% | ||||||
34% | 73% | |||||
VLTs | 13% | 27% | ||||
35% | 27% | 73% | ||||
12% | ||||||
36% | 24% | 76% | ||||
10% | 36% | |||||
Q1'23 | ||||||
24% 76% | ||||||
17% | 16% | |||||
17% | ||||||
16% | Q2'23 | |||||
32% | 6% | Q3'23 | ||||
6% | ||||||
30% | 5% | |||||
30% | 5% | Q4'23 | ||||
Betting | 31% | Instant & | ||||
Passives
(lottery game)
- Numerical lotteries: +1.9% on the back of solid Tzoker performance & strong early signs of revamped Lotto, while KINO continues trending upwards
- Betting: +12.4% aided by PowerSpin and Virtuals strong growth and the normalization in sports
Q4 | betting payout |
- VLTs: +3.0% boosted by promotional activities, increased walk-ins and spending
- Instant & Passives: -5.2% with both Laiko & Scratch under pressure
- Online Casino: +25.7% building on the success of previous quarters
Retail
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EBITDA bridge
Higher variable costs due to
Higher Opex to support increased
operations and new product
149
736
revenue increase
46 24 24
initiatives
5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 30 |
2 | ||||||
24.6 refer to one-off HCC fine
730
EBITDA | GGR | GGR | Agents' | Other Direct | Other | Income | Other | Share of | Payroll | Marketing | Other | EBITDA |
FY'22 | contribution | Commissions | costs | Operating | related to the | Operating | profit of | expenses | expenses | operating | FY'23 | |
Income | concession | Costs | associates | expenses | ||||||||
extension |
Amounts in €m | Δ in | 9 |
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Profitability (recurring figures)
FY - Q4 EBITDA* | FY - Q4 Net Profit** | |
-3.1% | |||||||||
-0.2% | |||||||||
38,5% | |||||||||
37,7% | |||||||||
35,7% | |||||||||
34,0% | |||||||||
746745
204 | 198 | |||||||
Q4 2022 | Q4 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | |||||
EBITDA | EBITDA Margin on GGR | |||||||
*Excl. one-off expenses of €14.9m in FY'23 and expenses of €10.2m in FY'22 (income of €12.6m in Q4'23 and expenses of €1.3m in Q4'22)
Solid margins and operating profitability assisted by record top line growth
45,0%
40,0%
35,0%
30,0%
25,0%
20,0%
15,0%
10,0%
5,0%
0,0%
-13.9% | +0.7% | ||||||||||
480 | 23,6% | 22,5% | 25,0% | ||||||||
430 | 21,0% | ||||||||||
380 | 18,9% | 20,0% | |||||||||
330 | |||||||||||
280 | 15,0% | ||||||||||
230 | 436 | 439 | |||||||||
180 | 10,0% | ||||||||||
130 | |||||||||||
80 | 127 | 5,0% | |||||||||
110 | |||||||||||
30 | |||||||||||
-20 | |||||||||||
0,0% | |||||||||||
Q4 2022 | Q4 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Net Profit Net Profit Margin on GGR
**Excl. one-off expenses of €30.9m in FY'23 and income of €156.3m in FY'22 (expenses of €9.1m in Q4'23 and income of €179.1m in Q4'22)
Healthy margins and profitability despite increased costs
Amounts in €m | 10 |
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