At the heart of your neighbourhood Interim Results 26 weeks to 31 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
At the heart of your neighbourhood Interim Results 26 weeks to 31 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
McColl s Retail Group plc At the heart of your neighbourhood Interim Results 26 weeks to 31 May 2015 IMPORTANT NOTICE This presentation has been prepared by McColl's Retail Group plc (the " Company ") in connection with the
Interim results for the 26 week period ended 31 May 2015 2
IMPORTANT NOTICE
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James Lancaster Chief executive Jonathan Miller Chief financial officer David Thomas Chief operating officer
McColl’s executive team
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1 Good progress in a challenging market 2 Financial performance 3 Strategic development 4 Convenience market update 5 Summary
Agenda
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Solid financial performance in challenging period for sector Total revenue +3.4% to £459.3m. Adjusted EBITDA +1.9% to £16.2m. On track to achieve results in line with expectations. Interim dividend 3.4p per share. Focussed on growing our convenience store base. 25 new stores acquired and 16 newsagents converted to food and wine. Range and offer improved including food to go. Streamlining of head office and field support.
Good progress in a challenging market
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Good progress on strategic objectives
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Financial highlights
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£m unless stated
HY 2015 HY 2014 Increase/ (Decrease)
Revenue 459.3 444.2 3.4% Like for like sales (1.9)% 2.1% Operating profit before exceptional items 9.6 10.0 (4.0)% Adjusted EBITDA 16.2 15.9 1.9% Profit after tax 5.9 (3.6) Adjusted earnings per share 6.1p n/a Interim dividend per share 3.4p 1.7p Underlying net debt 35.3 36.3
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Increased revenue driving EBITDA growth
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Summary income statement £m unless stated HY 2015 HY 2014 Revenue 459.3 444.2 3.4% Like for like sales (1.9)% 2.1% Gross profit 110.0 106.4 3.4% Gross profit margin 24.0% 24.0% Administrative expenses (112.2) (108.8) 3.2% Administrative expenses/revenue 24.4% 24.4% Other operating income 11.8 12.4 13.2% Operating profit before exceptional items 9.6 10.0 4.0% Adjusted EBITDA 16.2 15.9 1.9% Adjusted EBITDA margin 3.5% 3.6%
Growth driven by store acquisitions and developments Percentage margin held Continued control of costs
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Challenging sales environment
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Current period sales growth
1.0 3.2
- 0.5
- 1.0
- 1.3
- 2.5
2.2 5.1 4.3 4.8 3.8 3.1
- 3.0
- 2.0
- 1.0
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 LFL sales growth (adjusted for 53rd week) Total sales growth (adjusted for 53rd week)
% LFL sales in premium and food and wine stores level H1 2015.
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Significant uplift in net profit
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Summary income statement £m HY 2015 HY 2014 Operating profit before exceptional items 9.6 10.0 Net exceptional items (0.6) (6.2) Operating profit 9.0 3.8 Net finance costs (1.4) (7.8) Profit before tax 7.6 (4.0) Taxation (1.7) 0.3 Profit after tax 5.9 (3.7)
Restructuring costs in current period Significant reduction in interest costs HY 2015 effective tax rate 22.6%
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Summary cash flow
Cash flow £m HY 2015 HY 2014 Adjusted EBITDA 16.2 15.9 Cash impact of exceptional items (0.6) (0.7) Change in working capital (4.7) 4.6 Operating cash flow 10.9 19.8 Net capital expenditure (10.8) (7.7) Net interest paid (1.3) (5.1) Dividend paid (7.1)
- Tax
(1.5) (0.5) Net cash generated (9.8) 6.5
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Prior year inflow from Post office contract and supply chain changes Increase reflects acquisition strategy Final dividend for 2014 paid H1 2015
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Summary balance sheet
Summary balance sheet £m unless stated HY 2015 HY 2014 Non-current assets 214.7 201.7 Current assets 93.3 97.9 Current liabilities (117.6) (129.3) Net current liabilities (24.3) (65.4) Net assets 117.2 104.9 Underlying net debt (35.3) (36.3) Underlying net debt: Adjusted EBITDA 0.9x 1.0x Return on capital employed 13.6% N/A
Liabilities impacted by timing of period end
2
Increase in asset value reflecting development strategy
(1) Adjusted EBITDA for the 53 week period ended 30th November 2014 of £37.3m
1
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Growing our convenience business
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566 496 396 284 173 175 90 151 225 333 513 600
Total store base by type
Premium convenience Food and wine Standard convenience Newsagents
November 2013 1,273 stores May 2015 1,333 stores November 2016 1 1,396 stores
(1) 2016 store numbers are targets as at financial year end (November). These are illustrative only and should not be seen as an indication of expected or actual store numbers.
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Maintained pace of expansion
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■ Convenience store expansion
strategy continues to capture market share.
■ 25 new stores acquired. ■ On track to complete 60 in financial
year.
■ Early success with small group
acquisitions.
Multiples
Store numbers 2014 2015
Tesco (Express/One Stop) 2,196 2,347 McColls 719 802 Sainsbury’s Local 585 672 Morrisons 105 153 M&S Simply Food 84 116 Checkers Express (Sandpiper Cl) 22 22 Whistlestop (SSP) 21 20 Waitrose 15 17 Other 10 10 Total 3,757 4,159 Multiples 4,159 8% Symbols 17,020 31% Forecourts 5,464 11% Independents 18,507 37%
2015 UK convenience stores: 47,929
(1) Source: Grocery Retail Structure 2015, IGD Research and William Reed Business Media Limited (as at 31 March 2015).
(1)
Co-ops 2,765 6%
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Acquisition case study
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■Acquisition of two Spar stores in Lincolnshire. ■This site averaged £22.6k per week. ■Leasehold £155k cost. ■Payback c. two years. ■Improved look and better ranges. ■Sales already achieving over £26k per week.
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New products to existing stores
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■16 newsagents converted to food and wine
format bringing total to 151.
■New small store format chilled range being
developed.
■Beers, wines and spirits into 100 newsagents at
aggressive prices. 55 completed by half year.
■Target sales £300 per week. ■Virtually no additional cost. ■Identifies further Food and Wine opportunities.
Food and Wine Project 100
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New products to existing stores
3
Focus on new kids ranges Bulk pack opportunities New E-cigarette gantry New display and ranges
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Range extension
3
■Trial extended to existing
convenience store.
■Range learnings about go to live in
premium convenience estate.
■Introduced chilled promotional ends. ■Coffee and snacking modules
installed in 100 stores.
■19 full food to go modules installed. ■Subway franchise trial agreed.
Concept store Food to go
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Recent developments
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New National Living Wage – NMW introduced in 1999, 21yr+ rate was £3.60 – NMW current rate for 21yr+ is £6.50 – NMW will increase on October 1st 2015 for 21yr+ to £6.70 (budgeted) –New NLW will increase on April 1st 2016 for 25yr+ to £7.20 – Plans to increase to £9 by 2020 – Mitigation Sunday Trading regulations 1994 (not Scotland) –Plans to relax Sunday trading hours – Devolve power to Mayors and Local councils – As per Olympics experience – Opposed by KSS, USDAW, ACS
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Growing grocery market
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50 100 150 200 250
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (1) Source: IGD Research 2015, years are to April
UK grocery forecast to grow 2.5% per annum to £201bn in 2020 from £178bn in 2015. UK grocery sales (1)
£bn
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Convenience gaining market share
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Share of total UK grocery (1)
40.4% 20.0% 21.2% 7.2% 5.0% 6.2% 34.7% 17.8% 22.0% 11.6% 8.6% 4.6%
Superstores and hypermarkets Small supermarkets Convenience Discount Online Other
2015 2020
(1) Source: IGD Research 2015
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Convenience outpacing market
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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (1) Source: IGD Research 2015 years are to April
£bn
UK convenience forecast to grow 3.2% per annum to £44bn in 2019 from £38bn in 2015. UK convenience sales (1)
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