>Q3 2024 sales 3.6% higher than our above-market expectation - B&S Group reported a solid Q3 2024, in our view. Sales came in 3.6% higher than our estimate, which we think was the highest in the market. In all divisions except retail, organic sales growth was either higher than expected or significantly better than forecast. Management’s tone on the business was generally positive, and the same applies to the comments about Q4 2024. We forecast 7.1% sales growth in Q4...
The B&S 3Q24 trading update surprised positively on top line performance but disappointed somewhat on costs. 3Q24 revenue was c.8% above our expectations and growth was driven by most business segments. B&S indicated that gross margin decreased in 3Q24, while we expected flat YoY gross margin. Wage costs also increased, this in line with management expectations and our own. As a consequence B&S expects FY24 EBITDA margin to be in the lower half of the 5-6% guidance. We raise our FY24 revenue est...
Springer Nature is one of the world’s leading professional publishing companies. Its highly recurring revenue base and strong market position, good FCF generation and a deleveraging balance sheet should lead to a rerating, we believe. We initiate coverage with an Outperform and a TP of €33. - ...
Springer Nature is one of the world’s leading professional publishing companies. Its highly recurring revenue base and strong market position, good FCF generation and a deleveraging balance sheet should lead to a rerating, we believe. We initiate coverage with an Outperform and a TP of €33. - ...
>Sales beat expectations in Q3 2024; gross margin under pressure - B&S Group reported net sales of € 609.1m in Q3 2024. Organic sales growth amounted to 11.8% in the quarter. Our estimates were € 588m and 7.8%, respectively. There was no consensus available, but from investors we understood that our estimates were the highest. All segment, except the retail segment, strongly outperformed our forecasts. Management added that turnover increased across all segments, whil...
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>Solid operational results show B&S Group is on track for its goals in 2024 - Following B&S Group’s H1 2024 results (19 August), we now put through some changes in our model. As a reminder, the group’s H1 2024 results were slightly better than our forecasts. Organic sales growth came in at 4.2% (ABNe: 2.6%) in H1 2024. The Personal Care and Food divisions outperformed our revenue expectations. On divisional EBITDA, we conclude that Personal Care reported strongly, an...
B&S reported solid interim results, with revenue and EBITDA slightly ahead of our and consensus expectations and net profit somewhat lower than expected due to higher finance costs. Several key divisions continued to grow strongly in 1H24 and posted healthy operating margins, underscoring B&S' ability to deal with cost inflation. Performance of the Liquor unit remained poor, with no signs of a recovery in 2Q24. But B&S has taken additional measures to improve efficiency and lower costs. Inventor...
>Decent sales and EBITDA performance, but financial leverage high in H1 2024 - B&S Group reported organic sales growth of 4.2% and sales of € 1,102.1m in H1 2024 (ABNe: 2.6% and € 1,085m). Gross profit amounted to € 166m, or a gross profit margin of 15.1% (ABNe: € 169.5m and 15.6%). Group EBITDA came in at € 52.7m, implying EBITDA profitability of 4.8% (ABNe: € 50.6m and 4.7%). Net profit to equity holders was € 13.2m, or slightly below our forecast of € 14.5m. Net de...
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>B&S Group’s H1 2024 results are due on 19 August - B&S Group is set to report H1 2024 results on 19 August at 07:00 (conference call: 10:30). We forecast organic sales growth of 2.6% to € 1,085m, gross profit of € 169.5m (margin: 15.6%), EBITDA of € 51m (margin: 4.7%), net profit of € 14.5m and net debt of € 323.5m. We assume cash flow to include some € 32m spent on acquisitions, and we forecast financial leverage of 2.7x, or slightly down compared with 2.8x at end-2...
>Group revenue and organic sales growth ahead of our forecast in Q1 2024 - B&S Group reported net sales of € 529.7m and organic sales growth of 1.2% in Q1 2024. There was no consensus available, but reported sales and organic sales growth came in slightly ahead of our forecasts of € 524.6m and 0.5%, respectively. B&S Group commented qualitatively on gross profit and costs, saying that the gross profit margin improved slightly, while staff costs remained stable in abso...
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