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Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG: Ströer continues its growth path
29.03.2012 / 07:15
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Ströer continues its growth path
- Consolidated revenue up 8.6% in 2011 to EUR 577.1m
- At 6.2%, organic growth in Germany outpaces entire advertising market
- Operational EBITDA increases by 3.9% to EUR 132.3m
- Operating cash flow more than triples to EUR 95.0m
- Net debt down by 4.9% to 2.3 times operational EBITDA
- Contract portfolio strengthened by winning 12 tenders, among other
factors
- Performance study confirms high reach of Out-of-Home-Channel
Cologne, 29 March 2012 Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG continued on its growth
path in fiscal year 2011, mainly due to its strong performance in Germany.
The Group's revenue increased by 8.6% from EUR 531.3m in the prior year to
EUR 577.1m. Adjusted for increases in investments and exchange rate
effects, organic growth in the Group amounted to 4.8% (prior year: 7.5%).
Ströer's revenue growth also lifted its key performance indicator,
operational EBITDA, by 3.9% in 2011 to EUR 132.3m (prior year: EUR 127.3m).
Operational EBITDA represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization adjusted for one-time income and expense effects (such as
the cost of reorganization measures or changes in the investment
portfolio).
The operational EBITDA margin was 22.9% after 24.0% in the prior year due
to upfront costs for expanding the advertising media portfolio in Turkey.
Exchange losses of around EUR 15m reduced earnings for the period to EUR
-3.6m overall, compared with a high profit for the period of EUR 58.1m in
the prior year, which was due in particular to special effects relating to
the increase in the portfolio of investments in Ströer Kentvizyon. Adjusted
for these and similar measurement effects, profit for the period was up by
21.4% to EUR 40.3m (prior year: EUR 33.2m), confirming Ströer's strong
performance.
In 2011, the Ströer Group reduced its net debt by 4.9% to 2.3 times (prior
year: 2.5 times) operational EBITDA. This effect is primarily due to the
sharp increase in free cash flow, i.e., the difference of EUR 38.0m between
operating cash flow and investment funds (prior year: EUR -68.2m).
Operating cash flow improved in particular, more than tripling from EUR
30.3m in 2010 to EUR 95.0m.
'We are shaping the future of out-of-home advertising. Our consistently
strong performance in winning concessions gives us a firm basis to continue
driving forward quality and innovation in out-of-home advertising. We are
delivering concrete proof of this by expanding our digital activities - in
particular by rolling out our Out-of-Home-Channel network in train stations
and shopping malls - and therefore creating the third pillar in the
moving-picture market,' said Udo Müller, CEO of Ströer. 'This will allow us
to leverage growth opportunities for the future because digitalization is
setting the pace and direction of the media market and is taking
out-of-home advertising into a new and promising dimension.'
In the fiscal year, Ströer invested heavily in the quality and capacity of
its advertising media portfolio to provide additional growth potential for
out-of-home advertising. The main focus of investments here was on premium
products in Germany, such as the Out-of-Home-Channel (OC), which is the
largest digital moving-picture network with a nationwide reach installed by
Ströer in German train stations. The acquisition of ECE flatmedia GmbH, a
provider of digital marketing concepts for shopping malls, will enable
Ströer to expand its OC network to malls. In 2011, the Company also drove
forward the roll-out of Premium Billboards and significantly expanded its
advertising media capacity in Turkey. Overall, Ströer increased its
investments by 82.6% in the fiscal year to EUR 52m (prior year: EUR 28.5m).
The investments in the Out-of-Home-Channel are already bearing fruit. A
performance study published today by Ströer proves that the reach achieved
by its Out-of-Home-Channel in train stations is comparable with that of
medium-sized German television stations (VOX, kabel eins and RTL II). The
representative study credits the new digital out-of-home advertising
network with a monthly advertising media reach of 58% among the young
target group of 14 to 29-year-olds, and 41% among 14 to 49-year-olds. The
study strengthens the Out-of-Home-Channel's position in the moving-picture
market. The market research institute Enigma/GfK surveyed more than 5,000
people from October to December.
Operating segments
Ströer Germany
The largest segment, Ströer Germany, which accounts for approximately 74%
of revenue, increased its revenue by 4.2% in 2011 to EUR 427.3m (prior
year: EUR 409.9m). At 6.2%, Ströer's organic revenue growth exceeded the
increase recorded by the advertising market in 2011, which was 3.5% based
on gross advertising spending according to Nielsen Media Research.
Operational EBITDA in the domestic market climbed by 5.3% to EUR 115.3m
(prior year: EUR 109.5m), while the operational EBITDA margin rose slightly
by 0.3 percentage points to 27%. Overall, Ströer Germany generated 8.5% of
its revenue from digital advertising media in 2011. To further maximize
this potential, Ströer pooled its entire digital expertise centrally in
Ströer Digital Media GmbH in fall 2011. In addition, improved booking
figures for premium products helped the Company expand in Germany.
These results allowed Ströer to drive forward the structural growth in
out-of-home advertising in Germany. Based on gross advertising spending
calculated by Nielsen Media Research, the poster segment exceeded the EUR
1b mark for the first time. This means that the market share accounted for
by posters increased from 3.9% in the prior year to 4.2%.
Ströer Turkey
In Turkey, Ströer lifted its revenue by 29.7% to EUR 89.0m (prior year: EUR
68.6m), mainly due to the full consolidation of the segment - in September
2010, Ströer increased its stake in the Turkish company from 50% to 90%. In
Turkey, organic growth was 5.1% despite being impacted by a change in the
law on TV advertising times and a significant slowdown in economic growth
in the second half of the year. The expansion in advertising media
capacity, which should secure Ströer additional growth, also led to higher
lease expenses. As a result, operational EBITDA decreased by 7.2% to EUR
20.3m (prior year: EUR 21.9m) and the operational EBITDA margin fell to
22.8% (prior year: 31.9%).
Other segment
The Other segment, which comprises Ströer Poland's business activities and
the blowUP group's giant poster business, contributed EUR 61.4m (prior
year: EUR 52.9m) to total revenue. The segment's 16% revenue growth is due
to the contribution by News Outdoor Poland, which was acquired in 2010, and
the dynamic, mid-single-digit percentage increase in the giant poster
business in the Benelux countries and the UK. The segment's organic growth
was
-3.6% (prior year: 11.2%), reflecting the single-digit decrease in organic
revenue at Ströer Poland. However, the two companies together lifted
operational EBITDA by 37.1% to EUR 5.7m (prior year: EUR 4.1m), while the
operational EBITDA margin was up by 1.4 percentage points to 9.3% (prior
year: 7.8%). Ströer drove forward the integration of News Outdoor Poland by
reorganizing the management team in June. And as digitalization is also
reaching the giant poster business, blowUP invested mainly in giant digital
posters in the past fiscal year.
Product groups
Ströer's three product groups - billboard, street furniture and transport -
recorded substantial revenue growth in 2011. At 20.9%, the transport
product group saw the highest increase across the Group and generated
revenue of EUR 89.2m (prior year: EUR 73.8m). This positive development was
driven primarily by high-margin digital advertising media in Germany. In
the domestic market alone, revenue from the transport product group was up
by 22.1% to EUR 87.9m (prior year: EUR 72.0m).
The street furniture product group, which comprises bus and tram stop
shelters, City-Light posters and advertising columns, lifted its revenue by
12% to EUR 150.8m (prior year: EUR 134.6m). This trend was boosted
significantly by high demand from advertising companies coupled with the
expansion of capacity.
Revenue from billboards - the highest volume product group - grew by 9.9%
in 2011 to EUR 302.0m (prior year: EUR 274.7m). In Germany, the newly
launched Premium Billboard was particularly well received by advertisers.
In Turkey, billboard revenue even jumped by 39.1% to EUR 65.1m (prior year:
EUR 46.8m) thanks to high demand.
As expected, revenue in the other product group decreased by 27% to EUR
35.1m (prior year: EUR 48.1m) due to the discontinuation of certain service
activities which are not part of the core business, in particular the
purchase of additional advertising spaces from third parties previously
performed by an internal agency, which ceased in mid-2010.
Outlook
Given the prevailing uncertainty in our core markets, Ströer expects the
Group's organic growth for the first quarter of 2012 - which is generally a
quarter with a lower volume - to decline by 3 to 4%.
For fiscal year 2012, Ströer expects low to mid-single-digit organic
revenue growth, whereas the Company estimates that the business activities
in the second six months are expected to increase.
The Group's financial figures at a glance
In EUR m 2011 2010 (1)(1) Retrospectively restated due to the completion of the purchase price
Change
Revenue 577.1 531.3 8.6%
Ströer Germany 427.3 409.9 4.2%
Ströer Turkey 89.0 68.6 29.7%
Other 61.4 52.9 16.0%
Billboard 302.0 274.7 9.9%
Street furniture 150.8 134.6 12.0%
Transport 89.2 73.8 20.9%
Other 35.1 48.1 -27.0%
Organic growth (2) 4.8 7.5
Gross profit (3) 205.0 198.6 3.2%
Operational EBITDA (4) 132.3 127.3 3.9%
Operational EBITDA(4) margin 22.9 24.0
Adjusted EBIT (5) 96.3 97.4 -1.1%
Adjusted EBIT(5) margin 16.7 18.3
Adjusted profit or loss for the period (6) 40.3 33.2 21.4%
Adjusted earnings per share (EUR)(7) 0.96 0.74 29.4%
Profit or loss for the period (8) -3.6 58.1 n.d.
Earnings per share (EUR)(9) -0.08 1.34 n.d.
Investments (10) 52.0 28.5 82.6%
Free cash flow (11) 38.0 -68.2 n.d.
31 Dec 2011 31 Dec 2010 Change
Total equity and liabilities 982.6 987.1 -0.4%
Equity 273.5 294.4 -7.1%
Equity ratio 27.829.8
Net debt (12) 304.3 320.1 -4.9%
Employees (13) 1,730 1,731 -0.1%
allocation for Ströer Kentvizyon Reklam Pazarlama A.S. and Ströer City
Marketing Sp. z.o.o.(formerly News Outdoor Poland Sp. z.o.o.)
(2) Excluding exchange rate effects and effects from the
(de-)consolidation and discontinuation of operations
(3) Revenue less cost of sales
(4) Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
adjusted for exceptional items and effects from the phantom stock program
which was terminated as of the IPO
(5) Earnings before interest and taxes adjusted for exceptional items,
effects from the phantom stock program which was terminated as of the IPO,
amortization of acquired advertising
concessions and impairment losses on intangible assets
(6) Adjusted EBIT before non-controlling interest net of the financial
result adjusted for exceptional items and the normalized tax expense
(7) Adjusted profit or loss for the period net of reported non-controlling
interests divided by the number of shares outstanding after the IPO
(42,098,238)
(8) Profit or loss for the period before non-controlling interests
(9) Actual profit or loss for the period net of reported non-controlling
interests divided by the number of shares outstanding after the IPO
(42,098,238)
(10) Including cash paid for investments in property, plant and equipment
and in intangible assets but excluding cash paid for investments in
non-current financial assets and cash paid
for the acquisition of consolidated entities
(11) Cash flows from operating activities less cash flows from investing
activities
(12) Financial liabilities less derivative financial instruments and cash
(13) Headcount (full and part-time employees)
Financial figures of the segments
Ströer Germany
In EUR m Change ChangeStröer Turkey
2011 2010 in EUR m in %
Revenue 427.4 409.9 17.4 4.3%
Billboard 179.6 179.0 0.6 0.3%
Street furniture 127.2 113.6 13.6 11.9%
Transport 87.9 72.0 15.9 22.1%
Other 32.6 45.2 -12.6 -27.8%
Organic growth 6.2 4.6% 1.6% points
Operational EBITDA 115.3 109.5 5.8 5.3%
Operational EBITDA margin 27.0% 26.7% +0.3% points
In EUR m Change ChangeOther
2011 2010 in EUR m in %
Revenue 89.0 68.6 20.4 29.7%
Billboard 65.1 46.8 18.3 39.1%
Street furniture 23.0 20.5 2.5 12.3%
Transport 0.9 1.3 -0.4 -33.2%
Organic growth 3.8% 36.3% -32.5% points
Operational EBITDA 20.3 21.9 -1.6 -7.2%
Operational EBITDA margin 22.8% 31.9% -9.1% points
In EUR m Change ChangeAbout Ströer
2011 2010 in EUR m in %
Revenue 61.4 52.9 8.5 16.0%
Billboard 57.3 48.9 8.4 17.2%
Street furniture 0.5 0.5 0.0 6.5%
Transport 0.4 0.5 -0.1 -17.6%
Other 3.2 3.0 0.1 4.7%
Organic growth -3.6% 11.2%n.d
Operational EBITDA 5.7 4.1 1.5 37.1%
Operational EBITDA margin 9.3% 7.8% +1.4% points
Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG, Cologne, together with its subsidiaries,
specializes in all forms of out-of-home advertising media, from traditional
posters and advertising at bus and tram stop shelters and on vehicles,
through to sophisticated digital out-of-home advertising media. The Group
commercializes more than 280,000 advertising faces and, with consolidated
revenue of EUR 577.1m for fiscal year 2011, is one of the leading
out-of-home advertising companies in Germany, Turkey and Poland. In terms
of revenue, Ströer is one of Europe's largest providers of out-of-home
advertising.
The acquisition of ECE flatmedia GmbH has enabled the Ströer Group to
expand its digital out-of-home media portfolio to include shopping malls.
The advertising media portfolio of the Cologne-based SDAX-listed company
thus comprises digital moving-picture networks in Germany's largest train
stations, in underground and suburban railway stations and now also in the
country's largest shopping malls.
In addition, Ströer boasts a broad offering of out-of-home advertising
products that set new standards in terms of the quality, innovation and
design of advertising media and street furniture. Ströer's street furniture
has won 27 international awards. The Ströer Group has approximately 1,700
employees at over 70 locations.
For more information on the Company, please visit www.stroeer.de.
Press contact
Claudia Fasse
Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG
Director Group Communication
Ströer Allee 1 D-50999 Cologne
Telephone: 02236 / 96 45-246
Fax: 02236 / 96 45-6246
Email: cfasse(at)stroeer.de
Contact:
IR Contact:
Stefan Hütwohl
Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG
Director Group Finance and Investor Relations
Ströer Allee 1 | D-50999 Cologne, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2236 / 96 45-338
Fax: +49 (0)2236 / 96 45-6338
E-Mail: ir(at)stroeer.de
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Company: Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG
Ströer Allee 1
50999 Köln
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2236.96 45 0
Fax: +49 (0)2236.96 45 299
E-mail: info(at)stroeer.com
Internet: www.stroeer.de
ISIN: DE0007493991
WKN: 749399
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
Stuttgart
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