Nutreco trading update Q3 2014
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* Revenue Q3 2014 ? 1,428.9 million; a decrease of 4.1% from Q3 2013 of which
-2.2% was due to foreign exchange effects
* Animal Nutrition revenues increased by 2.3% to ? 454.9 million. Organic
volume effect was +3.2% due to higher sales in mature markets, growth
geographies and young animal feed
* Fish Feed revenues of ? 639.4 million are 8.2% lower than last year driven
by a 5.8% decrease in organic volumes mainly due to significantly lower
salmon feed sales to Marine Harvest in Norway. The sales volume growth of
fish feed for other species was 5.4%
* Compound Feed & Meat Iberia revenues decreased by 4.4% to ? 334.6 million.
Organic volume growth was 3.3%. Good progress has been made in increasing
sales to customers across various channels
* Termination of ? 100 million share buy-back programme
* Outlook: Based on current trading conditions and barring any unforeseen
circumstances, Nutreco confirms its outlook: full year 2014 EBITA before
exceptional items from continuing operations to be at least equal to last
year (2013: ? 256.3 million)
Knut Nesse, CEO Nutreco: "The performance in the third quarter is in line with
our expectations and reflects organic volume growth in animal nutrition, higher
non-salmonid fish feed volumes and volume growth in Iberia. I am very pleased
with the appointment of Samson Li as new Managing Director for our Asia business
unit. I am confident that he will lead the acceleration of our growth in Asia.
Our Animal Nutrition segment had positive volume growth and improved margins
supported by globally branded nutritional solutions. These developments were
driven by good performances in both growth geographies and mature markets, as
well as certain product categories such as young animal feed.
Our Fish Feed segment had negative volume growth mostly due to lower sales in
Norway as a result of lower volumes to Marine Harvest, as anticipated. Our non-
salmonid feed volumes grew strongly with a solid contribution from Ecuador. We
have a global brand and produce feed in 16 countries for over 60 species. Our
Norwegian business represents approximately 10% of total Nutreco operating
profit. Norway will always be important from an innovation perspective with the
firm intention to be the market leader in salmonid feed. More than 70% of Fish
Feed production takes place outside of Norway and we expect this volume to grow
further. The volume share in revenues of fish feed for non-salmonid species is
now 41% compared with 37% in the same quarter last year. The potential of feed
for shrimp, tilapia and other non-salmonid species will continue as fish farming
practices improve. This will encourage further demand for higher quality fish
feed which we offer due to our leveraging of the innovations already developed
for salmon feed.
The Compound Feed & Meat Iberia segment is making good progress in replacing
Mercadona poultry volumes with alternative customers. We have successfully
replaced approximately 75% of these volumes. In the third quarter year on year
we have also seen overall volumes improving, reversing the trend experienced in
the first half of the year.
Based on the business developments in the third quarter I am confident we will
achieve a full year EBITA before exceptional items of at least equal to last
year, as we indicated at our half year results".
Q3 Revenue
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|(? x million) Q3 2014 Q3 2013 % YTD Q3 2014 YTD Q3 2013 %|
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|Animal Nutrition 454.9 444.6 2.3 1,339.2 1,351.6 -0.9|
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|Fish Feed 639.4 696.1 -8.2 1,567.7 1,467.0 6.9|
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|Compound Feed & Meat Iberia 334.6 349.8 -4.4 982.0 1,070.6 -8.3|
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|Revenue (third parties) 1,428.9 1,490.5 -4.1 3,888.9 3.889.2 0.0|
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Q3 Revenue analysis
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|(% change versus prior year) Organic volume Price Acquisition FX Total|
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|Animal Nutrition 3.2 0.9 -0.1 -1.7 2.3|
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|Fish Feed -5.8 1.2 - -3.6 -8.2|
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|Compound Feed & Meat Iberia 3.3 -7.7 - - -4.4|
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|Nutreco -1.0 -1.0 0.0 -2.2 -4.1|
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Operational developments
The revenue in the third quarter amounted to ? 1,428.9 million, a decrease of
4.1% compared to last year (Q3 2013: ? 1,490.5 million). The volume effect
accounted for -1.0%. The price effect was -1.0%. The exchange rate effect was
-2.2% and relates to the weakening of the Norwegian krone and Canadian dollar
versus the euro.
Animal Nutrition
Revenue for the Animal Nutrition segment in the third quarter amounted to ?
454.9 million, an increase of 2.3% compared to last year (Q3 2013: ? 444.6
million). The volume effect was 3.2%, driven by positive performances in Canada,
Brazil, Europe and young animal feed. The price effect was 0.9%. The acquisition
effect was -0.1% due to a small divestment in Canada. The foreign exchange rate
effect was -1.7%. The operating result was higher than the same quarter last
year.
Fish Feed
The revenue in Fish Feed decreased by 8.2% to ? 639.4 million compared to last
year (Q3 2013: ? 696.1 million). The volume effect was -5.8%, mostly due to
-10.1% lower demand for salmonid feed. The lower demand was mainly in Norway due
to lower volumes to Marine Harvest as anticipated and also compared to the
previous strong quarter a year ago. This was partially offset by 5.4% growth in
non-salmonid feed, with growth in Ecuador, Japan, southern Europe, and Vietnam.
The price effect was 1.2%. The foreign exchange rate effect was -3.6%.
The volume share in revenues of fish feed for non-salmonid species is now 41%
compared with 37% in the same quarter last year. The operating result in Q3 was
slightly lower than the same quarter of 2013. This was mostly due to lower sales
in Norway and China, offset by good performance in almost all other geographies.
Compound Feed & Meat Iberia
Revenue for the Compound Feed & Meat Iberia segment in the third quarter
amounted to ? 334.6 million, a decrease of 4.4% compared to last year (Q3 2013:
? 349.8 million). The volume effect was 3.3%, with good progress made in
increasing sales to customers across various channels. This compensated
substantially for lower volumes to Mercadona due to disengagement process. The
year-to-date volumes in tonnes to Mercadona were 28% lower than the last
comparable 9 month period before the start of the disengagement process. We have
successfully replaced approximately 75% of these volumes. The price effect was
-7.7% caused by lower raw material prices. The operating result was slightly
lower than the same quarter last year due to overall market pricing
circumstances.
Outlook full year 2014
Based on current trading conditions and barring any unforeseen circumstances we
expect EBITA before exceptional items for continuing operations for the full
year 2014 to be at least equal to last year (2013: ? 256.3 million), which is a
confirmation of our half year outlook. Due to seasonality of the business, the
majority of Nutreco's result is generated in the second half of the year.
Termination of ? 100 million share buy-back programme
Nutreco announces that, in view of the developments announced today, it has
terminated the share buy-back programme of ? 100 million which commenced on 26
August 2014. Pursuant to this programme, that with the purpose of optimising the
efficiency of the balance sheet and enhancing future earnings per share, Nutreco
purchased 1,680,553 of its ordinary shares at an average price of ? 29.25 per
share, for a total consideration of ? 49.2 million.
Nutreco currently holds 4.4% of its ordinary shares. The issued share capital
per today amounts to 70,237,364 ordinary shares.
Agenda
Nutreco will continue to execute our strategy with a focus on:
* A higher value-added portfolio of nutritional solutions
* Driving operational excellence in mature markets
* Growth geographies Latin America, Russia, Asia and Africa
* Sustainability
Calendar
5 February 2015 Full year results
26 March 2015 Annual General Meeting of shareholders
The full press releases in English and Dutch are attached in the pdfs below.
Nutreco trading update Q3 2014 NL:
http://hugin.info/133565/R/1863998/654103.pdf
Nutreco trading update Q3 2014:
http://hugin.info/133565/R/1863998/654102.pdf
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