Verkkokauppa.com Oyj

Half year Report, January-June 2021

Growth continued with record high second quarter operating profit

16 July 2021 | Panu Porkka, CEO, Verkkokauppa.com Oyj

January-June 2021 result presentation

Business review

  • Development in Q2 and H1 2021
  • Key financials

Strategic overview

  • Strategic cornerstones
  • Trust as a one of our competitive edges
  • Business outlook for 2021 and financial targets
  • Key takeaways

2

Solid Q2

Sales

  • On-linesales continued to grow, +15.1% y-on-y
  • Robust B2B sales with increase of +38.4%
  • Good performance in several evolving categories like Sports, Home & Lighting and BBQ & Cooking
  • Export sales declined -2.2% due to continuing COVID-19 impact on travel restrictions
  • Our sales excluding export, grew 7.3%, with 5.7% market growth (GFK

data per April-May 2021)

Profitability

  • Sales mix having a positive impact on margin, strong sales increase in evolving categories with higher margins
  • Operating profit increased by 0.8 million euros totaling 5.1 million euros (4.4)
  • Verkkokauppa.com's Board of Directors has decided today to pay third

3 dividend instalment of 0.058 euros per share on 27 July

In Q2/2021, on-line sales1) grew by +15.1%

Our revenue growth exceeded market growth3)

EUR million

Y-on-y +6.1% in Q2 2021

200

176

150

125

134

123 130.5

129

100

50

0

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2020

2021

Robust growth in B2B sales, +38.4% y-on-y

EUR million

35.0

28.5

27.9

30.8

30.0

25.5

22.6

25.0

20.2

20.0

15.0

10.0

5.0

-

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

4

15.7.2021

2021

2021

Online sales1) grew by +15.1% y-on-y

EUR million

106.4

100.0

80.3

67.7 77.9

68.6

75.0

60.4

50.0

25.0

-

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Fixed cost2) to revenue ratio, targeting below 10% by 2025

11.6 % 11.5 %

12.6 % 12.6 %

12.0 %

11.0 %

11.0 %

Target <10%

10.0 %

  1. %
  1. %
  1. %
  1. %
  1. %

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

  1. Without Export
  2. Excluding advisory costs related to listing
  3. GFK April-May market data, market growth 5.7%

Q2/2021: 32nd consecutive growth quarter

EUR million

4-6/

4-6/

Change, %

1-6/

1-6/

Change, %

FY 2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

Revenue

130.5

123.1

6.1%

264.5

248.3

6.5%

553.6

Gross profit

22.4

21.4

4.8%

44.2

40.8

8.2%

88.4

Gross margin, %

17.2%

17.4%

16.7%

16.4%

16.0%

Personnel expenses

-9.4

-8.4

11.5%

-18.4

-17.0

8.2%

-35.6

Other operating expenses

-7.1

-7.5

-5.6%

-13.4

-13.8

-2.4%

-64.4

Operating profit

5.1

4.4

17.3%

10.3

7.8

32.6%

19.6

Operating margin, %

3.9%

3.5%

3.9%

3.1%

3.5%

Comparable operating profit

5.1

4.8

5.9%

10.3

8.6

20.1%

20.4

Comparable operating

3.9%

3.9%

3.9%

3.5%

3.7%

margin, %

5

Net profit

3.8

3.3

14.9%

7.6

5.7

33.0%

14.6

  • 32nd consecutive growth quarter
  • 6th consecutive quarter with profit improvement, increase of EUR +0.8 million in EBIT
  • Quarterly growing dividend of
    EUR 0.058 per share

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