TOUAX : Q1 2017 revenue: ?77.5 million; Increase in leasing revenue; Temporary drop in sales revenue
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
PRESS RELEASE - Paris, 15 May 2017
TOUAX
YOUR OPERATIONAL LEASING SOLUTION
REVENUE FOR Q1 2017
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* Q1 2017 revenue: ?77.5 million
* Increase in leasing revenue
* Temporary drop in sales revenue
* Acquisition of a majority interest in the fleet of railcars taken over
from GE Rail
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Revenue by type
(Unaudited consolidated data, ? thousands) Q1 2017 Q1 2016 Variation
Leasing revenue (1) 55,374 53,380 +3.7%
Sales of equipment 22,157 34,273 -35.4 %
Including sales to clients 16,034 24,357 -34.2 %
Including sales to investors 6,124 9,916 -38.3 %
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Consolidated revenue 77,531 87,653 -11.6 %
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(1) Leasing revenue includes ancillary services.
Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2017 amounted to ?77.5 million (-
11.6%) compared with ?87.7 million in the first quarter of 2016 (-16.9% like-
for-like and at constant exchange rates) due to a temporary fall in sales of
equipment partly offset by an increase in the leasing business.
Leasing revenue amounted to ?55.4 million up by 3.7% (-3.8% like-for-like and at
constant exchange rates) due to increases in the Freight Railcars and River
Barges businesses in particular.
Revenue from sales of equipment amounted to ?22.2 million, down by 35.4%. This
decrease resulted from lower volumes of syndications in the Shipping Containers
business, and, as expected, of fewer sales of new modular buildings and used
shipping containers.
The Group acquired a majority interest in the legal entity that bought the fleet
from GE Rail at the end of 2015 and is therefore fully consolidated as from
1(st) January 2017. The Freight Railcars business became the Group's main
business in terms of capital employed, ahead of, in order of importance, the
Modular Buildings, River Barges and Shipping Containers businesses.
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GROUP'S 4 DIVISIONS
Revenue by division
(Unaudited consolidated data, ? thousands) Q1 2017 Q1 2016 Variation
Leasing revenue (1) 11,929 9,102 +31.1%
Sales of equipment 595 174 +241.1 %
Including sales to clients 431 174
Including sales to investors 164
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Freight railcars 12,524 9,276 +35 %
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Leasing revenue (1) 16,899 17,451 -3.2%
Sales of equipment 8,077 13,751 -41.3 %
Including sales to clients 8,077 13,751
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Modular buildings 24,976 31,202 -20 %
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Leasing revenue (1) 3,699 3,090 +19.7%
Sales of equipment 6 918
Including sales to clients 6 918
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River barges 3,705 4,008 -7.5 %
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Leasing revenue (1) 22,824 23,828 -4.2 %
Sales of equipment 13,480 19,429 -30.6 %
Including sales to clients 7,520 9,513
Including sales to investors 5,960 9,916
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Shipping containers 36 304 43,257 -16.1 %
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Miscellaneous and unallocated 21 (90)
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Consolidated revenue 77,531 87,653 -11.6 %
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(1) Leasing revenue includes ancillary services.
Freight Railcars: Revenue from the Freight Railcars Division increased by 35% to
?12.5 million with the acquisition of a majority interest in the fleet taken
over from GE Rail which was fully consolidated in the Group's accounts. Like-
for-like and at constant exchange rates, the division's leasing business
remained stable. Sales of railcars in Q1 2017 merely amounted to the sale of a
few used railcars.
The Group manages a diversified range of about 10,800 railcars freight railcars:
intermodal railcars (transport of containers and swap bodies), car-carrier
railcars, coil carriers (transport of steel coils), sliding-wall wagons
(transport of palletized products) and hopper railcars and powder railcars for
transporting heavy goods (cement, cereals etc.). TOUAX RAIL mainly offers its
leasing services in Europe via offices in Ireland (Western Europe Region)
completed by a network of agents covering the whole of Europe including the
United Kingdom, as well as in Asia in partnership with a leading local player.
Modular buildings: The revenue of the Modular Buildings division decreased by
20% to ?25 million compared to Q1 2016. Sales of equipment fell to ?8.1 million
as anticipated, due to the slowdown in the sales market for refugees in Germany.
In view of the increase of utilization rates and/or leasing rates in France and
Poland in particular, pure leasing revenue (excluding ancillary services) was up
by 3%. The leasing revenue amounted ?16.9 million, slightly down due to lower
ancillary services in Germany.
River Barges: The revenue of the River Barges Division amounted to ?3.7 million,
down 7.5% due to the lack of sales in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the
first quarter of 2016. The leasing business increased by 19.7% with good
business on the Rhine, which partly offset the fall in sales.
Shipping containers: The division's revenue was down 16.1% at ?36.3 million
compared to ?43.3 million in Q1 2016 (-18.9% in constant dollars). This decline
was mainly due to lower volumes of sales of used containers to our customers as
well as of fewer syndications compared to Q1 2016. The leasing business was down
slightly at ?22.8 million due to the decline in prices recorded last year. The
utilization rate at the end of March 2017 was over 95%. The sharp increase in
utilization rates and especially in leasing rates since the start of the year
enables us to anticipate a positive impact on future revenue and for investors
in equipment.
OUTLOOK
The outlook for the divisions remains the same with the leasing market improving
for Freight Railcars and still well oriented for the Modular Buildings business,
which was marked by the start of the recovery in France driven by infrastructure
projects of the Greater Paris. Business is improving for the River Barges
Division in Europe and South America, and there are again sharp increases in
leasing prices for Shipping Containers.
Sales revenue should rise during 2017 in view of the expected increase in
freight railcars syndications to third-party investors.
In 2017, the Group will continue to implement a positive free cash flow strategy
for stabilising its own assets and increasing its assets under management for
third parties. As stated previously, the Group is continuing its strategic
thinking on optimizing the allocation of its capital and its detailed review of
its portfolio of assets and businesses. This may lead to the sale of some
assets, eventually significant, in the short or medium term.
UPCOMING EVENTS
* 21 June 2017: Combined shareholders meeting (Hôtel Hilton La
Défense - CNIT)
* 31 August 2017: Revenue and income at 30 June 2017
* 1(st) September 2017: Conference call
* 4 September 2017: Presentation to financial investors
TOUAX Group leases out tangible assets (shipping-containers, modular buildings,
freight railcars and river barges) on a daily basis to more than 5 000 customers
throughout the world, for its own account and on behalf of third party
investors. With almost ?1.8 billion under management, TOUAX is one of the
European leaders in the operational leasing of this type of equipment.
TOUAX is listed in Paris on NYSE EURONEXT - Euronext Paris Compartment C (Code
ISIN FR0000033003) and on the CAC® Small and CAC® Mid & Small indexes and in
EnterNext PEA-PME.
For more information: www.touax.com
Contacts:
TOUAX
Fabrice & Raphaël Walewski
Managing partners
touax(at)touax.com
Tel: +33 (0)1 46 96 18 00
ACTIFIN
Ghislaine GASPARETTO
ggasparetto(at)actifin.fr
Tel: +33 (0)1 55 88 11 11
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