13.01.2016,
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9-month report
Group revenue of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG was steady in the first nine months
of the 2015|16 financial year at EUR 1,908.0 million (Q1-Q3 prior year: EUR
1,914.4 million). While profit for the period, at EUR 108.8 million in the
first three quarters, was still off 12.5% year-on-year, EBIT in the third
quarter was already up 7.2% from one year earlier.
As AGRANA Chief Executive Officer
Johann Marihart explains, "the first nine
months of the financial year continued to be characterised by difficult
conditions in the sugar market. Although selling prices did not fall further,
they remained low, weighing on revenue and earnings. Nonetheless, we were
already able to bring the Sugar segment's EBIT back into positive territory
from the second quarter, and for the full year as well Sugar EBIT should be at
least neutral or slightly above, as a result of higher sales volumes. In the
Starch segment we achieved a strong improvement in profitability from the
prior-year period thanks especially to higher ethanol prices. Our third
segment, Fruit, is also showing a solid overall business performance, driven by
a positive trend in the fruit preparations division and despite lower results
in the fruit juice concentrate division. These results once again prove the
effectiveness of our strategy of diversification into three pillars for
balancing out the effects of fluctuating business conditions across the
segments."
Net financial items of the AGRANA Group in the first three quarters of
2015|16 amounted to a net expense of EUR 16.3 million (Q1-Q3 prior year: net
expense of EUR 12.7 million); the year-on-year difference resulted primarily
from net currency translation losses (Q1-Q3 prior year: net translation gains).
After an income tax expense of EUR 21.6 million, corresponding to a tax rate of
approximately 23.4% (Q1-Q3 prior year: 27.3%), profit for the period was EUR
70.8 million (Q1-Q3 prior year: EUR 81.2 million). Earnings per share
attributable to AGRANA shareholders were EUR 4.97 (Q1-Q3 prior year: EUR 5.39).
Net debt as of 30 November 2015 was EUR 449.0 million (28 February 2015: EUR
330.3 million). Total assets saw a minor increase to EUR 2.44 billion compared
with 28 February 2015, and the equity ratio was steady at 49.7%. The gearing
ratio rose to 37.0% as of the quarterly balance sheet date (28 February 2015:
27.7%).
AGRANA consolidated financial results for first three quarters of 2015|16
(1 March to 30 November 2015)*
EUR million, except %
Q1-3 2015|16 Q1-3 2014|15
Revenue 1,908.0 1,914.4
EBITDA** 154.1 168.2
Operating profit before exceptional items*** 90.8 108.0
Share of results of equity-accounted joint ventures 19.7 20.1
Exceptional items (1.7) (3.7)
Operating profit (EBIT) 108.8 124.4
EBIT margin 5.7% 6.5%
Net financial items (16.3) (12.7)
Income tax (21.6) (30.5)
Profit for the period 70.8 81.2
Investment**** 78.8 62.5
Q3 2015|16 Q3 2014|15
Revenue 644.5 629.2
EBITDA** 61.0 55.0
Operating profit before exceptional items*** 32.8 29.8
Share of results of equity-accounted joint ventures 7.7 7.2
Exceptional items (0.4) 0.4
Operating profit (EBIT) 40.1 37.4
EBIT margin 6.2% 5.9%
Net financial items (5.1) (4.6)
Income tax (8.0) (11.8)
Profit for the period 26.9 21.0
Investment**** 38.0 23.9
*All prior-year data have been restated under IAS 8 **EBITDA represents
operating profit before exceptional items, results of equity-accounted joint
ventures, and operating depreciation and amortisation ***Operating profit
before exceptional items and results of equity-accounted joint ventures
****Investment represents purchases of property, plant and equipment and
intangible assets, excluding goodwill
Sugar segment
EUR million, except %
Q1-3 2015|16 Q1-3 2014|15 Revenue 540.5 563.4
Operating profit (EBIT) 10.4 29.0
EBIT margin 1.9% 5.2%
Q3 2015|16 Q3 2014|15
Revenue 195.5 185.3
Operating profit (EBIT) 4.0 0.9
EBIT margin 2.1% 0.5%
Sugar segment revenue in the first three quarters of 2015|16 declined
slightly, easing by 4.1% year-on-year to EUR 540.5 million. Lower sugar selling
prices were partly offset by higher sales volumes of quota sugar, especially to
industrial customers. As expected amid the pressure on sugar prices, the
segment's EBIT of EUR 10.4 million came in significantly below the year-ago
result. However, EBIT improved in the third quarter, reflecting primarily the
year-on-year reduction in raw sugar costs and the higher sales quantities.
Starch segment
EUR million, except %
Q1-3 2015|16 Q1-3 2014|15 Revenue 544.0 535.4
Operating profit (EBIT) 52.9 45.6
EBIT margin 9.7% 8.5%
Q3 2015|16 Q3 2014|15
Revenue 191.3 184.2
Operating profit (EBIT) 21.8 20.4
EBIT margin 11.4% 11.1%
Revenue in the Starch segment in the first nine months of 2015|16 was EUR
544.0 million, or 1.6% above the value for the prior-year comparative period.
Among other areas, the revenue growth was achieved in the bioethanol business,
which benefited from higher selling prices, and in wet starch derivatives,
thanks to higher sales volumes. EBIT of EUR 52.9 million significantly
surpassed the year- earlier amount, by 16.0%. This operating profit growth was
driven above all by the improved prices of ethanol; also, average raw material
costs for the Starch segment as a whole eased slightly year-on-year.
Fruit segment
EUR million, except %
Q1-3 2015|16 Q1-3 2014|15 Revenue 823.5 815.6
Operating profit (EBIT) 45.5 49.8
EBIT margin 5.5% 6.1%
Q3 2015|16 Q3 2014|15
Revenue 257.7 259.7
Operating profit (EBIT) 14.3 16.1
EBIT margin 5.6% 6.2%
Fruit segment revenue in the first three quarters of 2015|16 was EUR 823.5
million, in line with the good year-earlier period. In the fruit preparations
business the revenue growth of almost 9% resulted from increased sales volumes
and prices. The fruit juice concentrate business, on the other hand, was
impacted by the low apple juice concentrate prices from the 2014 harvest and
registered a revenue decrease of about 20% year-on-year. This also made itself
felt in EBIT for the segment as a whole, which declined by 8.6% from one year
earlier to EUR 45.5 million despite a significant improvement in fruit
preparations EBIT.
Outlook AGRANA continues to expect Group revenue to remain steady in the
2015|16 financial year. For operating profit (EBIT) the Group is projecting
slight growth year-on-year in view of a combination of increased price
expectations for bioethanol, lower raw material prices and an at least neutral
earnings result in the Sugar segment. In the 2015|16 financial year the AGRANA
Group's total investment will be about EUR 112 million, thus exceeding
depreciation of just under EUR 90 million.
About AGRANA AGRANA converts agricultural raw materials into high-quality
foods and numerous industrial intermediate products. About 9,000 employees at
more than 50 production sites worldwide generate annual Group sales of around
EUR 2.5 billion. Established in 1988, the company today is the leading sugar
producer in Central and Eastern Europe, and its Starch segment is both a major
European manufacturer of specialty products and the largest producer of
bioethanol in Austria. AGRANA is also the world market leader in fruit
preparations and Europe's largest maker of fruit juice concentrates.
This announcement is available in German and English at www.agrana.com.
end of announcement euro adhoc
company: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1
A-1020 Wien
phone: +43-1-21137-0
FAX: +43-1-21137-12926
mail: info.ab@agrana.com
WWW: www.agrana.com
sector: Food
ISIN: AT0000603709
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