Technicolor remains on track to meet its full year and 2022 guidance
Paris (France), 5 November 2020 – Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; OTCQX: TCLRY) announces today its results for the third quarter of 2020.
Richard Moat, Chief Executive Officer of Technicolor, stated:
“The Group demonstrated its resilience in facing the Covid-19 crisis during the third quarter. The Group’s transformation plan has significantly improved underlying profitability and year on year cash flow generation, even though Technicolor has suffered in terms of sales during this difficult period. We therefore remain confident in meeting our 2020 and 2022 outlook, and delivering profitable growth, cash generation and value creation to our shareholders. Following the completion of our financial restructuring, Technicolor now has the appropriate financial structure, and will benefit from sufficient funding for the foreseeable future to accomplish its transformation and expansion projects.”
The Group’s activities have continued to demonstrate resilience to the Covid-19 crisis in the third quarter:
As a result of these factors, consolidated revenues for the Group were down 19.2% year to date at current rates to €2,230 million. EBITDA of €106 million was down 48% at current rate. However, free cash flow improved by €76 million year-to-date at current rate compared to the prior year primarily thanks to the performance of Connected Home.
Based on business activity for the last 9 months, and despite the challenging context, the Group is confident of achieving the outlook presented in its press release issued on July 30th, 2020, including:
Technicolor’s ongoing cultural transformation, aimed at relentlessly focusing on improving operations, profitability and cash generation, continued in the last quarter with the appointments of Christian Roberton as President of Production Services and David Holliday as President of DVD Services. Christian joined MPC in 2003, where he started as a VFX Production Manager and within 5 years became Managing Director of MPC Film; he has been a member of the Technicolor Executive Committee since 2019. David was appointed in May 2020, bringing a wealth of leadership experience to DVD Services, having spent nearly 40 years overseas in the Middle-East, Europe, Asia, S.E. Asia, Africa and South America – building, leading and restructuring mobile, fixed and broadband telecoms companies in the public and private sectors.
Key indicators from continuing operations end of September 2020
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Third Quarter |
YTD September |
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In € million |
2019 |
2020 |
At |
At |
2019 |
2020 |
At |
At |
|
Revenues from continuing |
995 |
798 |
(19.9)% |
(15.6)% |
2 760 |
2 230 |
(19.2)% |
(18.0)% |
|
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations |
100 |
53 |
(47.0)% |
(44.7)% |
203 |
106 |
(47.9)% |
(46.6)% |
|
As a % of revenues |
10.1% |
6.7% |
|
7.4% |
4.7% |
|
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Adjusted EBITA from continuing operations |
43 |
2 |
(95.0)% |
(96.6)% |
(2) |
(65) |
ns |
ns |
|
EBIT from continuing operations |
16 |
(17) |
ns |
ns |
(73) |
(212) |
ns |
ns |
|
Free Cash Flow from continuing before Tax & Financial |
(132) |
(35) |
(73.4)% |
(67.6)% |
(343) |
(278) |
+19.0% |
+18.7% |
|
Free Cash Flow from continuing operations |
(147) |
(48) |
+67.3% |
+61.5% |
(411) |
(335) |
+18.5% |
+18.1% |
9-month Group update
Outlook
Continuing Operations – post IFRS 16 |
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|
|
€m, FYE Dec post IFRS-16 |
2019a |
2020e |
2022e |
|
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations |
324 |
169 |
425 |
|
Adjusted EBITA from continuing operations |
42 |
(64) |
202 |
|
Continuing FCF before financial results and tax |
(8) |
(115)-(150) |
259 |
Management update
Board composition
Successful Completion, announced on 22 September 2020, of the final steps of the financial restructuring of the Company
Rating Agencies
Segment Review – Third Quarter 2020 Results Highlights
Third Quarter |
Change QtQ |
YTD September |
Change YoY |
|||||
Production Services |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
In € million |
||||||||
Revenues |
240 |
111 |
(53.7)% |
(51.6)% |
668 |
390 |
(41.6)% |
(41.2)% |
Adj. EBITDA |
49 |
(2) |
ns |
ns |
129 |
0 |
ns |
ns |
As a % of revenues |
+20.5% |
(1.5)% |
|
|
+19.2% |
+0.1% |
|
|
Adj. EBITA |
15 |
(24) |
ns |
ns |
33 |
(75) |
ns |
ns |
As a % of revenues |
+6.3% |
(21.1)% |
|
|
+5.0% |
(19.2)% |
|
|
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Third Quarter |
Change QtQ |
YTD September |
Change YoY |
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DVD Services |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
In € million |
||||||||
Revenues |
258 |
193 |
(25.4)% |
(22.7)% |
633 |
495 |
(21.8)% |
(21.3)% |
Adj. EBITDA |
31 |
27 |
(11.2)% |
(10.1)% |
42 |
29 |
(31.8)% |
(31.2)% |
As a % of revenues |
+11.9% |
+14.1% |
|
|
+6.7% |
+5.8% |
|
|
Adj. EBITA |
11 |
15 |
+40.2% |
+36.6% |
(20) |
(14) |
+27.6% |
+27.6% |
As a % of revenues |
+4.2% |
+7.8% |
|
|
(3.1)% |
(2.9)% |
|
|
DVD Services continued to progress its previously announced structural division-wide initiatives to adapt distribution and replication operations, and related customer contract agreements in response to continued volume reductions. Multiple successful contract renegotiations were announced in 2019, and similar efforts with other customers are ongoing. Following protracted negotiations, the Paramount replication / manufacturing contract will expire in mid-2021 and will not be renewed, while the associated distribution contract remains with Technicolor. The impact of this will be mitigated by the accelerated actions of DVD Services in respect to its business transformation plans.
Third Quarter |
September YTD |
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In million units |
2019 |
2020 |
% Change |
2019 |
2020 |
% Change |
|
Total Combined Volumes |
338.6 |
260.2 |
(23.2)% |
784.5 |
586.4 |
(25.2)% |
|
By Format |
SD-DVD |
218.8 |
189.3 |
(13.5)% |
518.0 |
409.4 |
(21.0)% |
Blu-ray™ |
103.6 |
61.5 |
(40.6)% |
221.2 |
150.0 |
(32.2)% |
|
CD |
16.2 |
9.4 |
(42.1)% |
45.3 |
27.0 |
(40.4)% |
|
By Segment |
Studio/Video |
307.3 |
240.1 |
(21.9)% |
709.8 |
537.5 |
(24.3)% |
Games |
12.1 |
7.7 |
(36.1)% |
21.2 |
14.0 |
(34.0)% |
|
Music & Software |
19.2 |
12.4 |
(35.4)% |
53.4 |
34.9 |
(34.7)% |
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Third Quarter |
Change QtQ |
YTD September |
Change YoY |
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Connected Home |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
In € million |
||||||||
Revenues |
468 |
488 |
+4.2% |
+10.6% |
1422 |
1 327 |
(6.6)% |
(4.8)% |
Adj. EBITDA |
3 |
31 |
ns |
ns |
28 |
85 |
ns |
ns |
As a % of revenues |
+0.6% |
+6.3% |
|
|
+1.9% |
+6.4% |
|
|
Adj. EBITA |
0 |
15 |
ns |
ns |
(17) |
35 |
ns |
ns |
As a % of revenues |
(0.0)% |
+3.0% |
|
|
(1.2)% |
+2.7% |
|
|
The division continues to focus on selective investments in key customers, platform-based products and partnerships that will lead to improved margins over the year.
Third Quarter |
September YTD |
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In € million |
2019 |
2020 |
% Change* |
2019 |
2020 |
% Change* |
|
Total revenues |
468 |
488 |
+10.6% |
1,422 |
1,327 |
(4.8)% |
|
By region |
North America |
209 |
282 |
+41.2% |
607 |
745 |
+23.7% |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |
98 |
92 |
(1.5)% |
358 |
246 |
(30.9)% |
|
Latin America |
64 |
45 |
(15.0)% |
226 |
157 |
(22.9)% |
|
Asia-Pacific |
98 |
69 |
(25.9)% |
231 |
179 |
(21.3)% |
|
By product |
Video |
192 |
187 |
+3.2% |
568 |
505 |
(8.7)% |
Broadband |
276 |
302 |
+15.6% |
853 |
823 |
(2.2)% |
(*) Change at constant rate
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Third Quarter |
Change QtQ |
YTD September |
Change YoY |
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Corporate & |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
2019 |
2020 |
Reported |
At constant rate |
In € million |
||||||||
Revenues |
28 |
5 |
(81.1)% |
(81.1)% |
37 |
18 |
(51.9)% |
(51.9)% |
Adj. EBITDA |
18 |
(3) |
ns |
ns |
5 |
(8) |
ns |
ns |
As a % of revenues |
+63.5% |
(58.4)% |
|
|
+12.8% |
(46.1)% |
|
|
Adj. EBITA |
18 |
(4) |
ns |
ns |
2 |
(11) |
ns |
ns |
As a % of revenues |
+62.5% |
(77.3)% |
|
|
+4.6% |
(62.4)% |
|
|
Corporate & Other recorded revenues of €5 million in the third quarter 2020, decreasing compared to last year due to a high comparison point last year with some retained patent licensing revenues. Adjusted EBITDA amounted to €(3) million and Adjusted EBITA at €(4) million.
Summary of consolidated results for the third quarter of 2020
|
Third Quarter |
YTD September |
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In € million |
2020 |
Change* |
2020 |
Change* |
|||
Revenues from continuing operations |
995 |
798 |
(19.9)% |
2 760 |
2 230 |
(19.2)% |
|
Change at constant currency (%) |
|
|
(15.6)% |
|
|
(18.0)% |
|
o/w |
Production Services |
240 |
111 |
(53.7)% |
668 |
390 |
(41.6)% |
DVD Services |
258 |
193 |
(25.4)% |
633 |
495 |
(21.8)% |
|
Connected Home |
468 |
488 |
+4.2% |
1 422 |
1 327 |
(6.6)% |
|
Corporate & Other |
28 |
5 |
(81.1)% |
37 |
18 |
(51.9)% |
|
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations |
100 |
53 |
(47.0)% |
203 |
106 |
(47.9)% |
|
Change at constant currency (%) |
|
|
(44.7)% |
|
|
(46.6)% |
|
As a % of revenues |
+10.1% |
+6.7% |
(340)bps |
+7.4% |
+4.7% |
(260)bps |
|
o/w |
Production Services |
49 |
(2) |
ns |
129 |
0 |
ns |
DVD Services |
31 |
27 |
(11.2)% |
42 |
29 |
(31.8)% |
|
Connected Home |
3 |
31 |
ns |
28 |
85 |
ns |
|
Corporate & Other |
18 |
(3) |
ns |
5 |
(8) |
ns |
|
Adjusted EBITA from continuing operations |
43 |
2 |
(95.0)% |
(2) |
(65) |
ns |
|
Change at constant currency (%) |
|
|
(96.6)% |
|
|
ns |
|
As a % of revenues |
+4.3% |
+0.3% |
(410)bps |
(0.1)% |
(2.9)% |
(290)bps |
|
Adjusted EBIT from continuing operations |
29 |
(7) |
ns |
(43) |
(96) |
ns |
|
Change at constant currency (%) |
|
|
ns |
|
|
ns |
|
As a % of revenues |
+2.9% |
(0.9)% |
(390)bps |
(1.6)% |
(4.3)% |
(270)bps |
|
EBIT from continuing operations |
16 |
(17) |
ns |
(73) |
(212) |
ns |
|
Change at constant currency (%) |
|
|
ns |
|
|
ns |
|
As a % of revenues |
+1.7% |
(2.2)% |
(380)bps |
(2.7)% |
(9.5)% |
(680)bps |
|
Financial result |
(10) |
172 |
- |
(57) |
105 |
- |
|
Income tax |
(2) |
(1) |
- |
(9) |
(5) |
- |
|
Share of profit/(loss) from associates |
0 |
0 |
- |
(1) |
0 |
- |
|
Profit/(loss) from continuing operations |
4 |
154 |
- |
(140) |
(111) |
- |
|
Profit/(loss) from discontinued operations |
(5) |
(9) |
- |
(1) |
(10) |
- |
|
Net income |
(1) |
144 |
- |
(141) |
(121) |
- |
(*) Change at current rate
An analyst audio webcast hosted by Richard Moat, CEO and Laurent Carozzi, CFO will be held today, 5 November 2020 at 7:30pm CET.
Link to the audio webcast:
http://www.technicolor.com/webcastnovember2020
The presentation slides will be made available on our website prior to the webcast.
The replay will be available at the latest by 10:30pm (CET) on November 5th, 2020
Financial calendar
FY 2020 Results |
11 March 2021 |
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1 Free cash flow defined as: Adj. EBITDA – (net capex + restructuring cash expenses + change in pension reserves + change in working capital and other assets & liabilities + cash impact of other non-current result + net financial interests + exchange result + other financial results and income tax)