DGAP-News: QSC reiterates guidance for full fiscal 2013 on heels of good quarter
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QSC reiterates guidance for full fiscal 2013 on heels of good quarter
11.11.2013 / 07:30
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QSC reiterates guidance for full fiscal 2013 on heels of good quarter
- New orders total EUR 44.7 million in third quarter of 2013
- EBITDA margin reaches 17 % on revenues of EUR 113.8 million
- Strong order intake necessitates higher capital expenditures
- Free cash flow stands at EUR 6.5 million in third quarter of 2013
Cologne, November 11, 2013. During the current fiscal year, QSC has been
benefiting from its evolution into an integrated ICT provider and has been
growing its revenues significantly, especially in IT Outsourcing and IT
Consulting business. On the other hand, revenues in conventional TC
business are declining as a result of market and regulatory effects; the
heightened regulation since December 1, 2012, alone, has resulted in
revenue shortfalls of between EUR 7 and EUR 8 million and an EBITDA burden
of nearly one million euros each quarter in 2013.
Sustained growth in ICT business
QSC generated revenues of EUR 113.8 million in the third quarter of 2013,
compared to EUR 120.5 million for the same quarter the year before. After
nine months, this metric aggregates to EUR 340.3 million, in contrast to
EUR 353.2 million for the same period one year earlier; growth in operating
business is being offset by a regulatory-induced revenue shortfall of
nearly EUR 23 million. ICT business in Direct Sales with larger
enterprises, in particular, has developed on a positive note during the
current fiscal year, with revenues rising by EUR 15.8 million in the first
nine months of 2013 to EUR 153.3 million. Outsourcing, Consulting and
Networking business have benefited from the sustained high level of new
orders: During the third quarter of 2013, alone, QSC won contracts totaling
EUR 44.7 million.
At the beginning of these contracts, which run for a term of at least 3 to
5 years, QSC has to make non-recurring investments in connecting these new
customers to its own infrastructure. For this reason, too, capital
expenditures in the third quarter of 2013 rose to EUR 16.4 million, by
comparison with EUR 9.8 million the year before. Moreover, responding to
the sustained high level of new orders, QSC had already modernized the
storage capacities at its own data centers ahead of schedule in the summer
of 2013. In spite of higher investments, though, the company was able to
increase free cash flow from EUR 5.9 million for the comparable quarter one
year earlier to EUR 6.5 million in the third quarter of 2013; after nine
months, this metric stands at EUR 18.1 million, by comparison with EUR 18.2
million the year before.
Investing in future growth
In addition to investments in tangible assets, QSC also invested in future
growth during the third quarter of 2013, first and foremost in ICT
professionals and innovations. The workforce has risen by 236 since
September 30, 2012, to a total of 1,664 people. The presentation of the
QSC-Box at the International Radio Exhibition (IFA) in Berlin in September
2013 showed the kinds of opportunities that can be opened up through the
combination of IT and TC know-how. Yet these kinds of investments in future
growth have hardly any impact on QSC's strong profitability: Solely as a
result of regulatory effects, though, EBITDA amounted to EUR 19.4 million
in the third quarter of 2013, in contrast to EUR 20.4 million for the same
quarter one year earlier, while the EBITDA margin continued to stand at 17
percent. On a 9-month comparison basis, EBITDA grew to EUR 57.4 million
from EUR 56.0 million for the same period one year earlier.
Consolidated net income of EUR 15.0 million after nine months
Following the merger of INFO AG with QSC in August 2013 and the resulting
decision to operate jointly under the QSC brand name in the future, it was
necessary for QSC to make non-recurring write-downs on the INFO AG brand in
the third quarter of 2013. Overall, depreciation expense therefore rose to
EUR 13.8 million, as opposed to EUR 13.0 million in the third quarter of
2012. At EUR 5.5 million, operating profit, or EBIT, was down from the
previous year's level of EUR 7.4 million. However, after nine months, the
company's EBIT of EUR 18.4 million is up from the previous year's level of
EUR 16.4 million, as is consolidated net income: This metric stands at EUR
15.0 million, in contrast to EUR 12.4 million for the first nine months of
2012.
Given this development, QSC is reiterating the guidance it had announced in
early March 2013 for the full fiscal year: The company anticipates an
EBITDA margin of at least 17 percent and a free cash flow in the amount of
at least EUR 24 million on revenues of at least EUR 450 million.
In EUR million Q3 2013 Q3 2012 9M 2013 9M 2012Notes:
Total revenues 113.8 120.5 340.3 353.2
Revenues, Direct Sales (ICT) 52.4 49.5 153.3 137.5
Revenues, Indirect Sales (ICT/TC) 30.9 32.1 92.1 89.7
Revenues, Resellers (TC) 30.5 38.9 94.8 125.9
EBITDA 19.4 20.4 57.4 56.0
EBIT 5.5 7.4 18.4 16.4
Consolidated net income 4.7 7.3 15.0 12.4
Earnings per share (in EUR) 0.04 0.06 0.12 0.09
Free cash flow 6.5 5.9 18.1 18.2
Capital expenditures 16.4 9.8 34.8 29.4
Workforce 1,664 1,428
The 9-month report is available for download at
www.qsc.de/en/qsc-ag/investor-relations.html. This corporate news contains
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on
current expectations and forecasts of future events by the management of
QSC AG. Due to risks or mistaken assumptions, actual results may deviate
substantially from those made in such forward-looking statements.
Queries to:
QSC AG
Arne Thull
Head of Investor Relations
Phone: +49 221 669-8724
Fax: +49 221 669-8009
E-mail: invest(at)qsc.de
Internet: www.qsc.de
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Company: QSC AG
Mathias-Brüggen-Straße 55
50829 Köln
Germany
Phone: +49-221-6698-724
Fax: +49-221-6698-009
E-mail: invest(at)qsc.de
Internet: www.qsc.de
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