Fugro Full-Year Results 2018

Published

25 Feb 2019 7:00 AM CET

Location

Leidschendam, the Netherlands

Strong revenue growth and EBIT improvement

  • Revenue growth of 19.2% on comparable basis, driven by Fugro’s key markets oil and gas, offshore wind and infrastructure. All divisions showed growth, in particular Marine.

  • EBIT turned positive thanks to significantly improved profitability of the early cyclical marine site characterisation activities.

  • Seabed results impacted by specific project execution issues in the fourth quarter.

  • Break-even cash flow excluding the impact of higher working capital given the strong revenue growth.

  • Net debt/EBITDA of 2.2, well within covenant requirement.

  • Double digit year-on-year comparable backlog growth thanks to strong order intake in the fourth quarter.

  • Outlook 2019: Continued revenue growth, further improvement of EBIT margin and positive cash flow from operating activities after investments.

  • To implement ‘Path to Profitable Growth’ strategy, Fugro will simplify its top management structure.

Key figures (x EUR million)FY 2018FY 2017
Revenue1,650.01,497.4
comparable growth*19.2%(13.2%)
EBITDA (excluding exceptional items**)117.8100.8
EBIT (excluding exceptional items**)13.1(32.1)
EBIT margin (excluding exceptional items**)0.8%(2.1%)
Net result(51.1)(159.9)
Backlog next 12 months1,041.5927.8
- comparable growth*11.6%(7.3%)
Cash flow from operating activities after investments(33.4)(50.5)
Net debt/EBITDA2.21.9

Refer to annual report 2017 for definition of EBITDA for covenant purposes.

* Corrected for currency effect (of around - 4% on revenues and +1% on backlog) and for portfolio changes related to the divestment of the marine construction and installation activities in 2017

** Onerous contract provisions, restructuring cost, impairment losses, and other exceptional items totalling EUR 4.3 million compared to EUR 19.6 million in 2017 (EBIT impact)

Mark Heine, CEO: “The year 2018 marks a turning point in our results. With our market leading positions, we have benefited from the gradual recovery of the oil and gas market and the ongoing expansion of offshore wind, which were the key drivers behind the sharp growth and improving prices in early cyclical marine site characterisation activities. This resulted in a strong increase in revenue and profitability, partly offset by disappointing results in Seabed and lagging profitability of our late cyclical marine asset integrity services.

Our updated strategy ‘Path to Profitable Growth’ is the basis for further improvement of our profitability by capturing the upturn in energy and infrastructure, differentiating by integrated digital solutions and leveraging our core expertise in new growth markets. We continue to look for divestment opportunities of our non-core assets. To accelerate strategy implementation and further increase efficiencies we have decided to simplify the top structure by introducing a regional model with four regions, directly reporting to the Board of Management. In addition, an executive leadership team will be established which comprises, besides the Board of Management, the Regional Group Directors and several functional directors. This enhances alignment in our organisation and creates more focus on our strategic and operational priorities.”

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