3rd Quarter 2023 Business Update
8 November 2023
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Contents
- Operational Update for 3rd Quarter 2023
- Financial Update for 3rd Quarter 2023
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OPERATIONAL UPDATE FOR 3RD QUARTER 2023
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Operational Update for 3rd Quarter 2023
Business Climate
- Although inflationary pressure has begun to ease in the quarter, it remains elevated. Business cost still remain high, particularly materials and staff costs.
Vehicle Inspection Business
- The vehicles inspection business has largely been stable, except that there was lower demand for new car registrations / emission testing services as a result of low Certificate of Entitlement quota.
- VICOM has been appointed by LTA as one of the Authorised Partners for installation of Vehicle On-Board Unit (OBU) which will commence from December 2023.
Non-Vehicle Testing Business
- The demand for the non-vehicle testing business has been adversely affected by the weak manufacturing sector which is into its 12th month of decline. As a result, competition for the reduced demand has become very keen.
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FINANCIAL UPDATE
FOR
3RD QUARTER & YTD SEP 2023
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Income Statement - 3rd Quarter & YTD Sep 2023
3Q 2023 | 3Q 2022 | Fav/(Adv) | 9 mths to | 9 mths to | Fav/(Adv) | |||
30 Sep 23 | 30 Sep 22 | |||||||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | % | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | % | |
Revenue | 27,252 | 27,404 | (152) | (1) | 83,132 | 80,735 | 2,397 | 3 |
Operating Costs | (19,326) | (19,284) | (42) | - | (58,629) | (56,091) | (2,538) | (5) |
Operating Profit | 7,926 | 8,120 | (194) | (2) | 24,503 | 24,644 | (141) | (1) |
Profit after Tax | 6,658 | 6,556 | 102 | 2 | 20,804 | 19,854 | 950 | 5 |
Profit after Tax and | ||||||||
Minority Interest | 6,554 | 6,461 | 93 | 1 | 20,486 | 19,567 | 919 | 5 |
(PATMI) | ||||||||
EBITDA | 9,865 | 9,943 | (78) | (1) | 30,166 | 30,039 | 127 | - |
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Income Statement - 3rd Quarter & YTD Sep 2023
3Q 2023 versus 3Q 2022
- Revenue and Operating Profit ↓ $0.2 million respectively - Mainly from the lower business volume in the non- vehicle testing business arising from the slow-down of the manufacturing sector.
- PATMI ↑ $0.1 million - As a result of higher interest income offset by lower operating profit.
YTD Sep 2023 versus YTD Sep 2022
- Revenue ↑ $2.4 million - Contributed by higher revenue from both the vehicle inspection and the non-vehicle testing business.
- Operating Costs ↑ $2.5 million - Higher operating costs of $1.9 million as a result of inflationary pressure and higher business volume. There was a lower write-back of allowance for expected credit losses of $0.4m and lower COVID-19 Government reliefs of $0.2 million.
- Operating Profit ↓ $0.1 million - Consequently Operating Profit was lower by $0.1m. However if the lower write-back from expected credit losses of $0.4m and lower COVID-19 Government reliefs of $0.2m have been excluded, Operating Profit would have been higher by $0.5m.
- PATMI ↑ $0.9 million - As a result of higher interest income offset by lower operating profit.
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Balance Sheet
Sep 23 | Dec 22 | Fav/(Adv) | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | % | |
Cash & Cash Equivalents | 46,933 | 60,491 | (13,558) | (22.4) |
Other Current Assets | 15,864 | 13,693 | 2,171 | 15.9 |
Non-Current Assets | 123,473 | 112,781 | 10,692 | 9.5 |
Total Assets | 186,270 | 186,965 | (695) | (0.4) |
Current Liabilities | 29,834 | 30,805 | (971) | (3.2) |
Non-Current Liabilities | 31,090 | 31,029 | 61 | 0.2 |
Total Liabilities | 60,924 | 61,834 | (910) | (1.5) |
Total Equity | 125,346 | 125,131 | 215 | 0.2 |
- Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $13.6 million mainly from payments of dividends, Jalan Papan land parcel
and CAPEX, offset by cash generated from operations.
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Other Current assets increased by $2.2 million mainly from higher trade receivables.
Non-current assets increased by $10.7 million mainly from additions in CAPEX and the completion on the
acquisition of the land parcel at Jalan Papan, additional investment in Foretellix offset by depreciation.
- Total liabilities decreased by $0.9 million mainly from the decrease in trade and other payables and income tax payables.
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Cashflow
3Q 2023 | YTD Sep 2023 | |
$'000 | $'000 | |
Cash from Operating Activities | 10,632 | 21,832 |
Utilisation of Cash: | ||
Dividends to Shareholders | (9,750) | (21,522) |
CAPEX | (3,367) | (6,053) |
Jalan Papan land parcel | - | (5,264) |
Purchases of unquoted equity instruments held at FVTOCI | - | (2,355) |
Payments under lease liability | (296) | (867) |
Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash | (520) | (520) |
Total Utilisation of Cash | (13,933) | (36,581) |
Interest received | 187 | 1,200 |
Others | 5 | (9) |
Net Cash Used | (3,109) | (13,558) |
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