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Results Third Quarter 2003. Martin De Prycker President & CEO November 6, 2003. Operational results Q3 2003 and YTD 2003. Results per quarter. in € mio. Overall comments Q3 2003. Comparable sales growing 6.2% at unchanged €/$ vs Q3 2002 Nominal sales flat vs Q3 2003
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Results Third Quarter 2003 Martin De Prycker President & CEO November 6, 2003
Results per quarter in € mio
Overall comments Q3 2003 • Comparable sales growing 6.2% at unchanged €/$ vs Q3 2002 • Nominal sales flat vs Q3 2003 • Weak orders and sales in July and August but strong retake in September, continuing in October • Book-to-bill ratio at 1.01 lower than Q3 2002, because of long term contracts in ATC and defense in Q3 2002 • EBITA at 6.9%, slightly lower than Q3 2002 (7.2%), mainly caused by • 5.4 € Mio, due to dollar and pegged currencies decline • Lower gross profit from 44% to 42% because of unfavorable product mix and higher relative indirect manufacturing cost • Partially compensated by increasing efficiency • Net income 6.7 € mio vs 5.9 € mio, including 0.7 € mio for transaction on Machine Vision and lower taxes 0.6 € mio
BarcoProjection (1) in € mio
BarcoProjection (2) • Sales • Increased sales vs Q3 2002 with 3% nominal • Successes • In Media market confirmed (both Europe and US), although at a lower margin • In Control Rooms: sales in Asia are picking up again • Concerns • In Simulation: market remains weak mainly in civil aviation at level of Q2 2003 • Orders • Strong book-to-bill ratio at 1.14 with especially good orders in • Control Rooms: Broadcast (US, Japan) / Traffic & Surveillance worldwide • Events: confirms market leadership both in Europe and US • Presentation: successes in project solutions (Las Vegas) • Strong order book basis for strong Q4 • EBITA • Gross profit margin weaker at 42% vs 44% previous quarter, because of unfavorable product mix, resulting in a weaker EBITA of 5.4 % • Transition of manufacturing of large volume LED walls to China by Q1 2004 will allow us to reduce cost and be $ insensitive • Acquisition status • Leyard acquisition completed in September
BarcoProjection (3) • New products introduced • Media: Hi-res LED wall (3 mm pitch) / LCD panel (40 inch) • Events: world record light output projector (XLM) • Events & Media: MiPIX - modular light/video blocks • Simulation: Trace / Gemini – prepackaged solutions
Evolution in Media product offering • Initial (2002) product offering was identical to events, with too high cost with unnecessary features for media • Early 2003, introduction of S-lite dedicated product with 30% cost reduction versus first product • Early 2004, cost down version under design for manufacturing in China with another 30% cost reduction
BarcoView (1) in € mio
BarcoView (2) • Sales • Total sales YTD increased with 26% vs YTD 2002 • Improved sales volume vs Q2 2003 in medical, both in US and Europe • ATC and Defense & Security: good sales volume vs Q3 2002 (+ 34%), but somewhat lower than Q2 2003 • Orders • Orders in Defense & Security and ATC remain low, but increased commercial activities are expected to result in an increased order level in Q4 • Orders in medical remain at high level, but move to shorter term, getting us to reduce our delivery times • Good orders for Avionics and expected good sales in Q4 • EBITA • Good profit margin of 10.5% • New products introduced • Coronis 3MP Duralight with extended lifetime for medical applications
BarcoVision (1) in € mio
BarcoVision (2) • Sales & Orders • Machine Vision no longer included • Weaker sales volume in textile business as we are in the middle of the low period in this cyclical business • EBITA • Profit margin remains high at 12.4%, despite lower volumes • Machine Vision • The sale of Machine Vision has a non operating result of 0.7 € mio
Barco Manufacturing Services (1) in € mio
Barco Manufacturing Services (2) • Sales & Orders • Weaker sales/orders than Q2 2003 • EBITA • Indirect manufacturing cost not reduced in line with manufacturing volumes, resulting in a slightly positive result (1.9%), weaker than previous quarter • Reorganization • Electronic sub-assembly will be streamlined from 4 locations in Belgium and 1 in the Czech Republic to 1 in Belgium for small series and 1 in the Czech Republic for larger series • Restructuring cost will be taken as a special charge in Q4 and is anticipated around 2.5 € mio, equal to the saving to be realized per year
Geographical breakdown of sales Q2 2003 Q3 2003
Expectations Q4 2003 • Target orders: 175 - 190 € million, at least 18% higher than Q4 2002 at constant exchange rates • Target sales: 173 - 183 € million, comparable with Q4 2002 at constant exchange rates • Target EBITA: between 23 and 29 € million, before the one time restructuring charge of Barco Manufacturing Services of 2.5 € million • Discussions with partner for dotrix continue • Anticipated tax rate 2003 is 27%