oliko millainen @alwar omasta mielestäsi, mutta on tänään kiirettä aamulla, Harvia, Revinio ja Sampo, joissa kaikissa isot paukut, Revenio pienin…
31 MAR 2021 18:00 CEST
COMPANY NAME
SES IMAGOTAG
ISN
FR0010282822
MARKET
Euronext
SYMBOL
SESL
- FY Sales at +17% at €290m
- EBITDA quadrupled to €16m
- Net result: strong FY improvement (-€7m vs. -€13m in 2019) and positive in H2
- Recovery in cash-flow in H2 (€88m in FY reserves and positive net cash position at +€3m)
- Expected strong growth in 2021 (>30%)
| €m | 2020 | 2019 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 290.3 | 247.6 | 17% |
| EBITDA | 16.0 | 4.0 | +300% |
| % of Sales | 5% | 1.6% | +3.4 pts |
| Net result | (7.6) | (13.1) | -42% |
| % of Sales | -3% | -5% | +2 pts |
Thierry Gadou, Chairman and CEO of SES-imagotag Group commented: “ 2020 was a year of stark contrasts. Due to the pandemic, the first half of the year saw virtually no growth and numerous projects put on hold. The second half saw a sharp rebound in both Sales (+35%) and Orders (+36%). For 2020, Sales were €290m, up +17%, approaching the average annual growth of the last ten years (+20%). This was thanks in large part to strong growth in Germany, Northern Europe, the US, and Asia. Order entries reached a new record of € 455m in FY2020, up +35% compared to 2019, and were in line with the trend we had announced pre-COVID-19.
Another positive feature of the H2 performance was the sharp improvement in profitability, be it gross margin, EBITDA, or net result. This reflects the three drivers behind our business model and VUSION strategic plan: 1) continued improvement in OpEx ratio, 2) increased share of revenue generated by Cloud, services and new high Value-Add solutions (excl. ESLs), and 3) improvement in production and purchasing efficiency. Seen in its entirety and despite the impact of the crisis in H1, 2020 saw a dramatic improvement in profitability thanks to the recovery in H2.
In 2020, we also stepped up our ESG initiatives. Logistics-related CO2 emissions were cut by 60% and we accelerated the implementation of “Second Life”, an eco-friendly version of VUSION which provides maximum sustainability, reparability, and recyclability, consistent with the circular economy principle. “Second Life” is vital to us achieving our goal of drastically reducing the carbon footprint of our IoT solutions (+30% increase in waste collection and recycling in 2020).
During the pandemic, our first priority was and has been to ensure the safety and health of our teams around the world. Preventative measures and remote-working protocols were swiftly implemented and strictly enforced. I would like to pay tribute once again to our teams and to thank them for their tenacity and commitment to serving our clients throughout the pandemic.”
2020 Activity
| Sales (€m) | 2020 | 2019 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe & MEA | 206.7 | 211.7 | -2% |
| France | 46.6 | 67.4 | -31% |
| EMEA | 160.1 | 144.3 | +11% |
| Asia & Americas | 83.6 | 35.8 | +134% |
| Total Sales | 290.3 | 247.5 | +17% |
Sales in 2020 were €290m, an increase of +17% thanks to strong growth in the US and Asia. Sales outside of Europe (+133%) now represent more than a quarter of the overall total. Activity in the entire Europe region was down only -2%. There was a marked contrast between France and southern Europe, the region most seriously affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and the rest of Europe. The rebound in activity in H2 was much stronger outside of France and southern Europe, with Sales up +41%, more than offsetting the 19% fall in the First Half. As a result, the Group posted an annual Sales increase of +11% for the EMEA region (ex-France).
Activity in the other main regions, Asia, and Americas, was strong; Sales were €83.6m in 2020, an increase of +133% compared with 2019, representing nearly 29% of total Group Sales.
Growth in high Value-Add solutions revenue
Group activities include on the one hand, production and sale of a range of Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) and associated materials (fixtures, wireless access points, accessories), representing 87% of the Group sales and on the other hand software, and high Value-Add solutions and services. In 2020, for the first time ever, these solutions represented 13% of sales. Growth in these activities was strong in 2020 and even higher than the growth seen in ESLs, a further testament to the Group’s resilience during the pandemic.
Whereas 75% of the labels sold constitute new installations, they also provide a source of recurring revenue generated from an existing installed base, leading to revenue generated from restocking, extending coverage, maintenance and upgrading. This further spend by existing customers grew from 25% of total ESL sales in 2019 to 27% in 2020. This increase in sales to existing customers in 2020 (+22%) is in line with the Group’s growth of previous years, and was greater than sales of newly installed equipment (+8%) mainly because the number of new installations was affected by Covid-19.
Sales also include software licenses, subscriptions to the V:Cloud platform, maintenance contracts, integration services, specific project development and project management services. This category now includes two major solutions which were also launched at the end of 2020: V:Ads (in store digital marketing) and V:Captana (shelf monitoring and stockout detection using AI and miniaturized wireless cameras). Together, these accounted for a little under 10% of Group Sales in 2018 and accounted for 13% in 2020. The Group aims to continue to increase this ratio. Thanks to the higher profitability of these solutions and services, this more favorable mix has enabled the Group to increase its variable cost margin ratio in 2020 and, other things being equal, should continue to do so for the years to come.
Record order entries
Order entries reached €455m, up +35% compared to 2019 and back in line with the pre-COVID trend.
2020 Financial Results
| €m | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 290.3 | 247.6 | +17% |
| Variable Costs Margin | 63.2 | 50.5 | +25% |
| % of Sales | 21.8% | 20.4% | +1.4 pt |
| Opex | (47.2) | (46.5) | +2% |
| EBITDA | 16.0 | 4.0 | +300% |
| % of Sales | 5% | 1.6% | +3.4 pts |
| Depreciation | (18.9) | (13.8) | +37% |
| Current EBIT | (2.9) | (9.8) | -70% |
| % of Sales | -1% | -4% | +3 pts |
| Non-recurring / non-cash items | (2.1) | (4.8) | -56% |
| EBIT | (5.0) | (14.6) | -66% |
| % of Sales | -2% | -6% | +4 pts |
| Financial Income / (Loss) | (3.8) | (2.3) | +66% |
| Tax | 1.2 | 3.8 | -69% |
| Net Income / (Loss) | (7.6) | (13.1) | -42% |
| % of Sales | -3% | -5% | +2 pts |
The variable cost margin (VCM) reached €63.2m vs. €50.5m in 2019, an increase of +25%, while the VCM ratio reached 21.7% compared with 20.4% in 2019 thanks to the overall improvement in profit margin on products delivered over the year. This was also a result of the constant efforts of the R&D and purchasing teams to reduce production costs. The figures also reflect the higher proportion of high Value-Add solutions and services in the mix, and a positive improvement in exchange rate conditions.
Current operating expenses were €47.2m, which represented a moderate increase of just +2% compared to 2019 (€46.5m). This was thanks to a control of recruitments, a reduction in outsourcing, an access to government furlough schemes and a lower travel costs during the pandemic. Other operating costs increased by €1.6m in particular as a result of increased IT costs driven by the strong growth in client use of the Group’s Cloud services.
Group EBITDA was €16m in 2020, a fourfold increase on 2019 (€4m). This increase both in value terms and as a percentage of Sales (5.5% in 2020 vs 1.6% in 2019) was mainly a result of the improvement in variable costs margin and the Group’s ability to maintain good costs discipline even as sales increased.
Non-recurrent and non-financial items came to €2.1m and consisted mainly of amortization of assets from past acquisitions, non-cash cost of Group employee share performance plans (IFRS 2) amounting to €0.7m, and a €0.9m charge to cover assets destroyed in a fire in one of the Group warehouses in Germany. A reimbursement for the full amount is expected but was not able to be confirmed in time for inclusion in the 2020 accounts.
The Group recorded a net loss for 2020 of €7.6m against a loss of €13.1m in 2019. The loss in 2020 is mainly due to the Covid related decline in activity in H1. Sales growth combined with productivity gains and assisted by a more favorable Euro USD exchange rate, enabled the Group to record a net profit of 2.1 million euros in H2.
Improvement in cash-flow and net cash
The Group ended the 2020 year with a positive cash balance before IFRS16. This positive balance of €88.6m will now allow the Group to start 2021 with a solid financial position, after a H1 2020 temporarily impacted by the global health crisis.
During the year, the Group took advantage of a €30m credit line from the French Government’s PGE Covid-19 loan scheme, fully underwritten by partner banks.
After taking into account both new debt and repayment of old debt, net cash consumption was €13.5m, mainly due to the high H2 growth and the increased inventory. To comply with our CSR policy and also due to the soaring air freight costs resulting from Covid, the Group decided to ship the majority of its products by sea. While this resulted in a significant reduction in transportation costs and CO2 emissions, it increased the holding period for inventory by around six weeks.
| €m | 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EBITDA | 13.4 | 1.7 | |
| Capex | (29.5) | (36.2) | |
| Change in Working Capital | 6.4 | 41.2 | |
| Operational Cash-Flow | (9.7) | 6.7 | |
| Financial Result | (3.8) | (2.3) | |
| Tax | (0.6) | ||
| Others | (0.6) | (0.4) | |
| Cash-Flow | (13.5) | 0.4 | |
| Capital Increase | 34.3 | ||
| Change in Net Debt | (13,5) | 34.7 | |
| Net Cash / (Debt) | 3.8 | 17.3 | |
| Cash | 88.6 | 73.1 | |
| Debt (before impact of IFRS 16) | (84.8) | (55.8) | |
| Debt (after impact of IFRS 16) | (89.0) | (76.5) | |
| Change in cash / (Debt) before IFRS 16 | (13.5) |
Innovation
In 2020, the Group launched a large number of innovative new products in response to a number of issues that retailers had experienced over a long period of time: automatic stockout detection, efficient shelf replenishment, curbside pickup order preparation, planogram compliance, better customer data, ability to find products in store, in-aisle digital communications and footfall monetization. The pandemic slowed the introduction of certain of these product innovations, but at the same time, it increased demand and anticipation for them. The resulting take-up of these innovative new products and services played a key role in the return to strong growth in H2.
Another important area of innovation for the Group in 2020 was making digital/IoT technologies simpler, more secure and cheaper to use in a retail context. One concrete example of this is putting the Cloud at the retailer’s service to eliminate the need for in-store servers and proprietary low energy infrastructure, both of which are costly to install and maintain. On these two counts, SES-imagotag has taken a decisive lead on the competition. The roll out of Cloud-enabled services has been accelerated, and there are now nearly 4,000 stores which are entirely managed on the Cloud. More than twice as many are connected to the SES-imagotag Cloud for some functions.
Thanks to our partnerships with such leading global providers as Cisco-Meraki, HP-Aruba, Huawei, Mist, Lancom, SES-imagotag has made considerable progress in integrating low energy communication protocols into the Wi-Fi access points to eliminate unnecessary infrastructure. Currently, there are thousands of stores which are able to connect or will soon be able to connect using Wi-Fi infrastructure ( infra-less) alone. This is a very important step forward for SES-imagotag’s customers, and also a key differentiation point of the VUSION platform.
Perspectives
On the one hand, we begin 2021 with a necessary note of caution. The pandemic continues to impact the global economy, while industry is having to contend with a shortage of semi-conductors and electronic components worldwide. On the other hand, though we have strong confidence that there is light at the end of the tunnel and a reinforced determination of retailers around the globe to accelerate their digital transformation thanks to our solutions.
Our order book and pipeline are at record highs. This gives us confidence to reaffirm our expectation that the group will deliver on the objectives of our revised VUSION strategic plan, i.e., to achieve Annual Sales of around €400m in 2021 and around €800m by 2023 - one year later than planned pre-Covid. With this in mind, the Group expects to increase the ratio of EBITDA to sales over 15% in 2023.
The current supply bottlenecks for semi-conductors and other electronic components are not expected to jeopardize that objective. Therefore, Q1 growth is in line with the full year sales target of €400m, with order entries exceeding €100m. However, the current tension on the components market will for sure remain a key matter of attention over the coming months.
Next financial press release: Q1 2021 Sales on April 28, 2021
About SES-imagotag and the VUSION Retail IoT platform
SES-imagotag is a fast-growing retail tech company, listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange, with revenues around €250 million. The company is the world leader in smart digital labels and IoT solutions for physical retail, serving over 300 large retailers around the world in Europe, Asia and America.
SES-imagotag has developed the VUSION Retail IOT technology platform to help retailers transform their physical stores into high value digital assets, more automated, data-driven, and connected in real-time to suppliers and consumers. VUSION improves pricing agility, accuracy and integrity; enables omni channel synchronization of prices, product information and marketing content; and increases the productivity of shelf replenishment and in-store picking for online orders. VUSION improves employee satisfaction by freeing up time from cumbersome low value-added tasks and allowing them to focus on customer service and merchandizing tasks. VUSION connects shelves to the cloud, providing real-time accurate information on product availability and location, allowing for reduced inventory, out-of-stock and waste, as well as improved on-shelf availability and merchandizing compliance. VUSION empowers consumers with better product, nutritional and traceability information at the shelf and enables a frictionless in-store shopping experience with features such as product search, pathfinding and cashier-less scan & pay features.
SES-imagotag is listed in compartment B of the Euronext™ Paris
Ticker: SESL - ISIN code: FR0010282822 - Reuters: SESL.PA - Bloomberg: SES
Contact
Shan - Investor Relations & Financial Communications
Sarah Levy-Quentin - Tel: +33 (0)1 44 50 03 84 / sesimagotag@shan.fr
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Mikä olisi kivampi kuin Joulukuinen Keskon diili ja hyvät näkymät? Olisko Walmart Canada mitään?
ACTUS-0-68560-ses-imagotag_walmart_ca_pr_final.pdf (165,9 Kt)
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The Group will deploy the VUSION Retail IoT Cloud platform in 328 Walmart
Canada stores over two years
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Olisipa aika hauska tietää miten paljon liikevaihtoa tuollainen 328 kauppaa Walmartilla tekee.
Samalla oli kiva huomata, että FY 2020 lopulta raportoitiin muhkea tilauskanta (kuten yllä olevassa viestissä ja tämä taisi sitten tulla siihen päälle).
Sales growth combined with productivity gains and assisted by a more favorable Euro USD exchange rate, enabled the Group to record a net profit of 2.1 million euros in H2.
Positiivinen H2 toloksen osalta! H1 oli välillä kaikki seis!
Tää on Alwar hyvä ketju meidän olla kahdestaan :D, täällä voi varmasti kommentoida, että 26 euron avausostos 11.12 muistaakseni on nyt yli 49 €/osake! ihan ok!
Omistan myöskin Ses-imagotagia. Parasta on, että tuo ei ole mitään hypetysfirmaa vaan nousu on tullut viime kuukausina liiketoiminnan kehityksen myötä ja kaikkien kaikkiaan kyseessä varsin mielenkiintoinen toimiala.
Onnittelut myös sulle! Oot ymmärtääkseni onnistuneesti lisäillyt myös tätä ajoittain.
Mä itse “pelannut” tän huonosti mahdollisuuksiin nähden, kun oon kevennellyt matkan varrella.
Ettei mee ihan OT… Ses esitteli eilen ensimmäisen 4-värisen ESL-hintalapun.
Tervetuloa ketjuun, ei tässä paljon kahdestaan oo voinut hypettää! Nyt meitä on jo kolme!
@Alwar joo ekaan isompaan nousuun itsekin vähn kevensin, mutta otin dipistä takas, oikeastaan tei nyt kaksi lisäystä 45 kurssissa fy2020 tiedotteesta ja tänään vähän isompi pompsi Walmart tiedotteeseen.
Katoin, että hommat edistyy ja h2 saatiin voitolliseksi. Tilauskantaa on jotain 455 milj. Ja siihen Walmart päälle, niin se on varmaan tuplasti liikevaihtoon nähden kohta…
Samalla ns saas osuus kasvaa suhteellisesti, eli nää asennuksethan on vaan frontti ja alla on se helmi, eli vusion cloud!
Sieltähän se oikea raha varmaan tulee, vaikka oletettavasti price tag kustannuksia saadaankin alennettua.
Kiitos poijjaat hyvästä dialogista yhtiön ketjussa. Itse löysin tämän ketjun ja yhtiön vasta Viljo sinun hehkutettuasi Walmart-sopparia ja tänään tulikin hyvä entrypaikka, kun suuromistaja myi omiaan lisätäkseen markkinoilla olevien osakkeiden määrää:
BOE Smart Retail HK, the holding company controlled by BOE and the majority shareholder of SES-imagotag, has sold 1.3 million SES-imagotag SA ordinary shares on April 8, 2021. Following the sale, BOE Smart Retail HK now holds 60.2% of the total capital of SES-imagotag.
The transaction was carried out under an accelerated book building procedure with institutional investors at a price of €44 per share.
The sole purpose of the transaction was to increase the available liquidity in SES-imagotag shares and open up its capital to new investors. As a result, the SES-imagotag free float has gone up by 34%, from 24% to 32%.
BOE Smart Retail HK will remain the majority shareholder of SES-imagotag and BOE will remain a strategic, technological, industrial, and commercial partner of the Group.
BOE has reaffirmed today also its commitment to the Group and its intention to remain a long-term shareholder of SES-imagotag.
BOE Smart Retail HK has informed SES-imagotag that it does not intend to make any further disposals of SES-imagotag shares for a 90-day period following settlement, subject to certain customary exceptions.
ollos hyvä, täällä ollaan puoli salaisesti juteltu joulukuusta lähtien ostin silloin posari + Kesko diiliin!
Mielestäni varsin positiivinen uutinen, että kiinalaisomistus laskee. En ole tänään lisännyt, mutta seuraan tilannetta.
https://www.elcorp.com/nos-analyses-financieres/ses-imagotag,56
Tuolta muuten voi lukea yhden analyytikon kommentteja ja analyyseja yhtiöön liittyen. Toki ovat ranskaksi, mutta voin laittaa jotain tiivistelmää jossain vaiheessa
Yhtiön eilisestä lehdistötiedottesta:
SES-imagotag, (Euronext: SESL, FR0010282822) the global leader in Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) and digital solutions for physical retail, today announces entering a strategic partnership with Hornbach, a leading DIY and home improvement German chain. The main focus of this collaboration will be to enable the implementation of Captana in their stores, the new leading-edge camera-based shelf monitoring, product recognition and out-of-shelf detection solution from SES-imagotag. Thanks to Captana, Hornbach will benefit from best-in-class optical product recognition through its computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning features. This revolutionary solution focuses on providing a simple and cost-effective answer to manage small parts inventory, one of the biggest current pain points for DIY retailers. As Captana will go live in Hornbach stores, shoppers will be able to scan unidentified products with a custom-made camera device and automatically recognize the exact SKU name, location and price. The German retailer will notably implement this solution in its Kitchen and Bath aisles, corresponding to hundreds of different items.
Huomenna myös pörssin sulkeutumisen jälkeen q1 tulos
Tilauskanta 0.5 mrd. Q1 uusia tilauksia yli 100 miljoonaa (jopa ilman Walmartia).
Kasvu jatkuu, komponenttipula ei vaikuta lv-tavoitteeseen.
https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/534675
StrongPoint has today signed a new agreement with Coop
Norge, to supply and install Pricer Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL).
The agreement means that StrongPoint will be the only provider supplying ESL to
Coop Norge from January 2021 until December 2022. The estimated value of the
agreement is NOK 140 million, excluding the cost of installation and future
technical support.
Onko tuo StrongPoint kenellekään täällä tuttu, @viljo @Mr_Wonderful @Alwar? Tuli vain vastaan tämä ja tulin tietoiseksi yrityksen olemassaolosta. Näemmä jakaa osinkoa ja kehitys viimeisillä kvartaaleilla on ollut kovaa.
Ses kurssi nousussa ennen osaria. Tänään pitäisi tulla päivitystä jossain vaiheessa. Klo aika ei tiedossa mulla.
Onkin vaan tarkemmat H1 tiedot.
Break even saavutettu ja miljoona tulosta, q3 voidaan kärsiä komponenttien huonosta saatavuudesta, mutta ennätyksellisen hyvä tilauskanta tukee ja 2022 vauhti kiihtyy ja tuloskin skaalautunee koon kasvaessa ja kun pilvihommia myydään korkealla katteella yhä useammalle asiakkaalle!
Value-Added Solutions (VAS)
Growth for the first half of the year was strong for innovative solutions (exclusive of ESLs), at €27.5m
(13.3% of sales). This growth was particularly driven by revenues from cloud-computing and services.
The successful launch of Captana —a computer vision and artificial intelligence solution for shelf
monitoring and automatic out-of-shelf detection— has confirmed the strong demand for this type of
solution and the technological superiority of its eponymous subsidiary Captana (formerly Findbox,
acquired in Germany in 2017). In just a few short months, dozens of retailers (in Europe and the United
States) have tested the solution and begun operational installations in stores.
. Especially noteworthy were the massive orders
received in Germany from several of the region’s largest retailers. + tähän päälle Walmart Canada!
En ihan tajua miksi tuossa pdf on joku july päivämäärä, mutta siinä on tuloksesta tietoa joka on uutta milestäni. Ennakkoon oli annettu liikevaihto ja tilauskanta.
Ai hitto kun olisi jou Inderesin analyytikko mulle avaamassa tuota casea, että miten kivasti se skaalautuu ja milloin on mikäkin p/e mutta onpahan nyt ainakin joulukuusta tuplattu…