27/07/2023 17:53 |
IMPRESA - SGPS, S.A. informs on First Half 2023 Results |
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RESULTS 1ST HALF 23 IMPRESA - Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, S.A. Share Capital: €84,000,000 Head Office: Rua Calvet de Magalhães, n.º 242, 2770-022 Paço de Arcos NIPC 502 437 464 Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon CONTENTS 1. HALF-YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS 3 1.1. IMPRESA Brands 4 2. CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS 5 2.1. Income Statement 5 2.2. Indebtedness 6 3. SEGMENTS 7 3.1. Television 7 3.2. Publishing 9 3.3. Other 10 4. IMPRESA GROUP SECURITIES 11 4.1. IMPRESA Shares 11 4.2. SIC Bonds 11 5. IMPRESA MERIT 12 6. OUTLOOK 13 FIRST HALF 2023 RESULTS SIC and Expresso consolidate their leadership • Publishing segment revenues grew 13.8% • Despite an increase in staff costs, with a focus on lower salaries, to address the effect of inflation, operating costs were reduced by 1.1% • Impresa's EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs reached €3.3m • SIC maintained audience leadership with a share of 15.8% and has been the most watched channel for 53 months • Expresso celebrated its 50th anniversary, recorded the best result in paid digital circulation and it was honoured with the Order of Liberty 1. HALF-YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS The IMPRESA Group's total revenues reached €86m, compared to €88.2m in the same period of the previous year. Publishing segment revenues grew by 13.8% to €12m, with an impact on EBITDA, which increased by 43.4%. Operating costs decreased by 1.1%, with the optimisation of the management of the television programming grid having contributed to this decrease. The Group's EBITDA exceeded €2.9m, compared to €4.2m in the first half of 2022. EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs reached €3.3m, representing a decrease of 22.1%. IMPRESA recorded a net loss of €4m, a decrease of €1.9m compared to the same period of the previous year. Net remunerated debt increased 3.6% year-on-year to €145.2m. 03 1.1. IMPRESA Brands • SIC has been audience leader for 53 consecutive months, registering an average share of 15.8%, in terms of consolidated data, in the first half of 2023, in the universe of generalist channels. • SIC generalist and thematic channels closed the first half of 2023 with a leading position in the commercial targets - A/B C D 15/54 and A/B C D 25/54. • SIC Notícias was the leading information channel in the target group composed of the upper classes and the most active audience (ABC 25/54), with a share of 3.7%. • The Expresso continues to be the best • SIC represented 50% of the market share selling newspaper in Portugal, with an of advertising investment among the average of 95 thousand copies sold, generalist channels, between January and according to data from the APCT, with June 2023. reference to the period covering January to March 2023. • Vale Tudo em Direto and Isto é Gozar com Quem Trabalha were the most • The focus on digital formats allowed watched programmes of the first half of Expresso to achieve its best paid digital 2023. circulation result between January and March 2023, with an average of 52,000 • In the top 20 programmes with the copies sold per edition. highest audience (without football), 11 are from SIC. • In March, the Clube Expresso was launched, which includes virtual • Opto's Praxx series won silver in the conversations with readers on a wide "Streaming" category of the New York range of topics, visits to the Newsroom and Festivals TV & Film Awards, as well as the exclusive newsletters, with a view to distinction in the "Best Cinematography in attracting and retaining digital subscribers, a TV Series or Telefilm" category of the as well as creating a closer and stronger AIP Cinema Awards. relationship with subscribers. • The Impresa Group launched 13 new Podcasts in the first half of the year, which quickly won over listeners. Among the podcasts with the highest volume of downloads during the semester, the following stand out: Programa Cujo Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer (2.6m), Expresso da Manhã (1.4m), Eixo do Mal (1.2m), Isto É Gozar Com Quem Trabalha (1.2m) and A Noite da Má Língua (0.7m). 04 FIRST HALF 2023 RESULTS 2. CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS 2.1. Income Statement (values in M€) 1st Half 23 1st Half 22 var % Total Revenues 86.0 88.2 -2.5% Television 73.4 77.0 -4.8% Publishing 12.0 10.6 13.8% Infoportugal 0.7 0.6 5.5% Intersegments & Others -0.1 -0.1 -36.9% Operating Costs (1) 83.1 84.0 -1.1% Total EBITDA 2.9 4.2 -31.6% EBITDA Margin 3.3% 4.7% Television 3.5 5.1 -31.6% Publishing 0.6 0.4 43.4% Infoportugal & Others -1.2 -1.3 7.6% Total EBITDA (2) 3.3 4.2 -22.1% EBITDA Margin (2) 3.8% 4.8% Depreciation 2.2 2.4 -9.1% EBIT 0.7 1.8 -62.6% EBIT Margin 0.8% 2.0% Financial Results -5.0 -4.2 -18.3% Provisions 0.2 0.2 0.0% Res. Bef Taxes & Minorities -4.5 -2.6 -71.4% Income Tax (IRC)(-) -0.5 -0.5 1.1% Net Profit -4.0 -2.2 -86.7% Notes: EBITDA = Operating Results + Amortisation and Depreciation + Provisions + Impairment in non-current assets. (1) Does not consider Amortisation and Depreciation, Provisions and Impairment Losses on non-current assets. (2) EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs. 05 In the first half of 2023, IMPRESA reached Due to the current financing structure, the consolidated revenues of €86m, a decrease financial results reflect a reduced impact of 2.5% relative to the first six months of 2022. when compared to the increase of the key interest rates. Operating costs, without considering amortisation, depreciation, provisions and Net income for the first half of 2023 was a impairment losses on non-current assets, fell negative €4m. by 1.1%. Consolidated EBITDA came to a positive €2.9m, a decrease of 31.6% compared to the value reached in the first half of 2022. 2.2. Indebtedness (values in M€) 1st Half 23 1st Half 22 var % Net Debt (M€) 145.2 140.2 3.6% With regards to indebtedness figures, there was a 3.6% increase in net debt, having closed the first half of 2023 at €145.2m. 06 FIRST HALF 2023 RESULTS 3. SEGMENTS 3.1. Television (values in M€) 1st Half 23 1st Half 22 var % Revenues 73.4 77.0 -4.8% Operating Costs (1) 69.9 71.9 -2.9% EBITDA 3.5 5.1 -31.6% EBITDA Margin (%) 4.7% 6.6% EBITDA (2) 3.9 5.1 -23.9% EBITDA Margin (2) (%) 5.3% 6.6% Notes: EBITDA = Operating Results + Amortisation and Depreciation + Provisions + Impairment in non-current assets. (1) Does not consider Amortisation and Depreciation, Provisions and Impairment Losses on non-current assets. (2) EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs. SIC achieved total revenues of €73.4m in the first half of 2023, compared to €77m in the SIC's EBITDA, adjusted for restructuring same period of 2022. costs, reached €3.9m Operating costs decreased by 2.9%, due to the optimisation of the management of the television programming grid. 07 Audiences SIC ended the first half of 2023 as audience SIC generalist and thematic channels ended leader in the universe of generalist channels, the first half of 2023 with a market share of having reached an average share of 15.8% in 19.7%. terms of consolidated data. In the commercial targets – A/B C D 15/54 and A/B C D 25/54 – SIC also conquered the leading position in the In the commercial targets (A/B C D 15/54 universe of generalist channels, with shares and A/B C D 25/54), SIC's universe of of 12.7% and 12.3%, respectively. channels was the most watched with a share of 17.3% and 17.1%, respectively. In addition to leadership in the daily total, SIC maintained the first position in prime time and Subscription channels reached a market reached, in the universe of generalist share of 3.9%. channels, an average share of 18.5%, in terms of consolidated data. SIC Notícias achieved a market share of 2.1%, SIC Mulher of 1.1%, SIC Caras of The good performance of the various fiction 0.3%, SIC Radical and SIC K of 0.2%. products that SIC broadcast in prime time contributed to this result, namely the soap SIC Notícias was the leading information operas Sangue Oculto, Flor Sem Tempo, Por channel in the target group composed of the Ti, Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, Um Lugar upper classes and the most active audience ao Sol and Pantanal, as well as weekend (ABC 25/54), with a share of 3.7%. entertainment, with the programmes Terra Nossa, Tabu, All You Need is Love, Isto é SIC Mulher ended the first half of 2023 with Gozar Com Quem Trabalha, Vale Tudo, Os the best result ever in the GfK panel (since Traidores and Salve-se Quem Puder. March 2012) and climbing to the 10th position of the most watched channels in the In the first six months of 2023, SIC continued universe of subscription channels. to lead in the mornings, with a share of 16.3%. In the afternoon period, SIC ended the first In terms of digital formats, the SIC brand half of 2023 with a share of 14.4% and, in late achieved its third best half-yearly result night, the channel conquered the audience's ever, with an average monthly reach of preference with a share of 15.1%. close to 3.2 million Unique Visitors from January to June 2023. In terms of information, Primeiro Jornal and Jornal da Noite remained unbeatable, with a leading position on all seven days of the It should be noted that the value achieved week. This success is also attributed to the by SIC appears as the second highest different items broadcast, such as Opinião de monthly average in the ranking of media Luís Marques Mendes, O Polígrafo SIC, with the greatest digital reach in Portugal, Guerra Fria and Essencial. according to netAudience data. 08 FIRST HALF 2023 RESULTS 3.2. Publishing (values in M€) 1st Half 23 1st Half 22 var % Total Revenues 12.0 10.6 13.8% Operating Costs (1) 11.4 10.1 12.6% EBITDA 0.6 0.4 43.4% EBITDA Margin (%) 5.3% 4.2% EBITDA (2) 0.6 0.4 43.3% EBITDA Margin (2) (%) 5.3% 4.2% Notes: EBITDA = Operating Results + Amortisation and Depreciation + Provisions + Impairment in non-current assets. (1) Does not consider Amortisation and Depreciation, Provisions and Impairment Losses on non-current assets. (2) EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs. Impresa Publishing registered total revenues of €12m, which represents an increase of Impresa Publishing recorded a positive 13.8% in relation to the first half of 2022. EBITDA of €0.6m, an increase of 43.4% and €0.2m more than the figure recorded in the Regarding costs, there was an increase of same period of 2022. 12.6%. This figure is mainly explained by the increase in the price of paper and the organisation of events in the context of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Expresso, which also made an important contribution to the increase in revenues for this segment. 09 3.3. Other (values in M€) 1st Half 23 1st Half 22 var % Total Revenues 0.6 0.6 1.5% Infoportugal 0.7 0.6 5.5% Intersegments & Others -0.1 -0.1 -36.9% Operating Costs (1) 1.8 1.9 -4.9% EBITDA -1.2 -1.3 7.6% EBITDA (2) Notes: -1.2 -1.3 6.9% EBITDA = Operating Results + Amortisation and Depreciation + Provisions + Impairment in non-current assets. (1) Does not consider Amortisation and Depreciation, Provisions and Impairment Losses on non-current assets. 09 (2) EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs Infoportugal achieved operating revenues of In terms of consolidated results, the EBITDA €0.7m, representing an increase of 5.5% of this segment was negative, of the value of relative to the first half of 2022. €1.2m. 10 FIRST HALF 2023 RESULTS 4. IMPRESA GROUP SECURITIES 4.1. IMPRESA Shares Evolution of the IMPRESA share price and the PSI Index in the 1st Half of 2023 35% Impresa PSI 25% Percentage Variation 15% 5% -5% 1-jan 1-fev 1-mar 1-abr 1-mai 1-jun Data: Euronext The first half of 2023 saw a positive outcome The IMPRESA share ended the month of for most global stock markets, despite falls in June up 4.90% compared to the end of February and May, marked by the banking 2022. The shares closed the first half of sector crisis and the risk of a US Treasury 2023 with a price of €0.1605/share. default. The European Stoxx 600 ended June down 8.72% and the Euro Stoxx Media index, Transaction volumes registered a decrease which tracks the media sector in Europe, of 38% year-on-year, reflecting an average surged 9.10%, compared to the close of 2022. of 104,100 shares traded per session, The Portuguese PSI index rose 3.39%. compared to the average of around 167,100 shares per session between January and June 2022. 4.2. SIC Bonds SIC 2021-2025 Bonds, admitted to trading on the regulated market (Euronext Lisbon) on 11 June 2021, fluctuated between 99% and 100.25% during the first half of 2023, and ended June trading at par (100%). 11 5. IMPRESA MERIT The IMPRESA brands continue to gain the Isto é Gozar com Quem Trabalha won in the confidence of the public and to be distinguished Best Generalist TV Programme category in the for their quality and social contribution. Culture Section of the NIT Awards. According to the Digital News Report 2023, prepared by Reuters Institute and Oxford University, SIC Notícias and the Expresso EXPRESSO remain in the top national media organisations whose news content the Portuguese trust the At the conference commemorating the 50th most, with a score of 78% and 77%, anniversary of Expresso, the President of respectively. The same study reveals that both the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo are among the brands with the greatest weekly de Sousa, honoured the Expresso reach online and offline, with SIC (including newspaper with the Order of Liberty SIC Notícias) leading the top. emphasising that "we need to recreate democracy and Expresso has a role to play SIC and Expresso are also on the list of the therein as it did 50 years ago". "100 Most Valuable Portuguese Brands", according to the OnStrategy study that analyses Similarly to SIC, Expresso was another of the Reputation, Strength and Brand Energy, in Impresa Group brands that won the Consumer addition to Financial Appraisal. In the first half of Choice Award, the Five Stars Award and the 2023, the following recognitions are also Marketeer Award, in the “Press - Media” noteworthy: category SIC The Expresso feature story "Filhos únicos da Terra" won in the Press category of the The channels of the SIC universe won the "Children's Rights in the News" Journalism "Consumer Choice" distinction again in 2023, Awards. and SIC was once again recognised with the Reputation Award, attributed by the OnStrategy IMPRESA FOR SUSTAINABILITY Consultancy. It was also attributed the Marketeer Award in the "TV - Media" category and the Five The Impresa Group Star Generalist Channel Award, along with SIC stood out as the No. 1 Notícias, which conquered the Information Group in the sector in Channel Award. ESG Responsibility, The Corações com Coroa Association attributed according to the two SIC feature stories, "A Roupa dos Brancos analysis of Merco, the Mortos" and "Mínimo Garantido", with the first ex reference monitor for aequo award. Ibero-America, which released the ranking of S SEMEST the 100 most responsible companies. The Reportagem Especial "As Lágrimas Não Se Fazem Ouvir" won the First Prize in the SIC's Grande Reportagem, "A Roupa dos Television category of the "Children's Rights in Brancos Mortos" and Expresso's work "Dois the News" Journalism Awards. metros, 60 kilos e 'o mesmo feio'" received the 1st Prize in their respective categories at The World Media Festivals Television & the Sustainability Awards of the Mestre Corporate Media Awards distinguished SIC's Casais e Ceiia Foundation. soap opera, Sangue Oculto, with the Silver Medal in the Soap Opera category. 12 6. OUTLOOK At a time of transformation at various levels in the media sector, Impresa continues to differentiate itself by the quality of its content and the innovative and dedicated vision of its teams. This recipe is reflected in audience preference and in the commercial value of the brands, with SIC and SIC Notícias being leaders among the commercial targets. The focus on quality has ensured the first place of SIC and Expresso, year after year, even in more uncertain macroeconomic environments. In this sense, the Group will continue to focus on implementing the Strategic Plan, following consumer trends, producing the best content and ensuring the level of rigour and credibility for which it is recognised and which is essential for the proper functioning of democracy. For the second half of 2023, Impresa is focused on revenue growth in the various business sectors currently covered by the Group, which go beyond publishing and television, incorporating areas undergoing major expansion such as streaming, branded content and audio. The development of ongoing projects to accelerate the implementation of the digital strategy will continue, with emphasis on the streaming area, which represents a transversal focus on the media sector and for which Impresa is particularly capable and well positioned in relation to national competition, due to its pioneering commitment to Opto and the FAST channels. The diversification of revenue sources, stimulated also by internal innovation initiatives, should be complemented and balanced with careful monitoring of costs, aiming at sustained improvement of the operating margin and reduction of net debt. As it did 50 years ago, with the foundation of Expresso, and 30 years ago with its venture into the first private television channel, the Impresa Group will continue to innovate and reinvent itself to be where its audience is. Paço de Arcos, 27 July 2023 On behalf of the Board of Directors Cristina Barroso Paulo Miguel dos Reis Management Control and Commercial Operations Director Representative for Market Relations 13 |