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Elders — FY2018 Earnings Presentation

40 slides from Elders's earnings presentation, Nov 12, 2018

  1. Slide 1: 2018 Full Year Financial Results Presentation

    Monday, 12 November 2018 2018 Full Year Financial Results Presentation Attached is the presentation of the financial results for the 12 month period ended 30 September 2018. Peter Hastings Company Secretary 1

  2. Slide 2: Elders Limited 2018 Year End Results Presentation

    Elders Limited 2018 Year End Results Presentation 12 November 2018

  3. Slide 3: Disclaimer and important information

    Disclaimer and important information Forward looking statements Non-IFRS information This presentation is prepared for informational purposes only. It contains This presentation refers to and discusses underlying profit to enable analysis forward looking statements that are subject to risk factors a

  4. Slide 4: FY18 Year in Review

    FY18 Year in Review Strong performance for the year  Lost time injuries decreased to 5 from 6, LTIFR down from 1.5 to 1.2  Underlying net profit after tax of $63.7m, up $5.3m  Underlying EBITDA of $79.0m, up $4.3m  Underlying EBIT of $74.6m, up $3.6m  Operating cash outflow of $12.1m for the ye

  5. Slide 5: FY18 Priorities

    FY18 Priorities Delivering our promises to stakeholders Safety Operational Key Efficiency Performance Performance Relationships and Growth  Lost time injuries reduced to 5  $79.0m underlying EBITDA, up  Continued to work with retail key  Continued to drive branch efficiency from 6, target is zer

  6. Slide 6: Year End Financial Performance

    Year End Financial Performance Change $ million FY18 FY17 $m % Sales revenue 1,613.3 30.8 2% 1,582.5 Underlying EBITDA 79.0 4.3 6% 74.8 Underlying EBIT 74.6 3.6 5% 71.0 Underlying profit after tax 63.7 5.3 9% 58.4 Statutory profit after tax 71.6 44.4 38% 116.0 Net debt 173.4 78.1 82% 95.3 Operating

  7. Slide 7: Performance by Product

    Performance by Product Continued strong performance in Retail despite dry conditions, offset by impact of 16% decline in cattle prices Underlying profit movement $ million Product margin 1.4 0.1 3.4 1.8 3.2 13.8 14.5 1.7 58.4 63.7 FY17 Retail Agency Real Estate Financial Feed and Digital and Costs I

  8. Slide 8: Performance by Geography

    Performance by Geography Geographic diversification with Southern Australia outperformance offsetting Northern Australia Underlying profit movement $ million 1.1 1.0 0.0 1.7 5.3 6.9 63.7 58.4 Northern Southern Western Corporate and Interest, FY18 FY17 International Australia Australia Australia unal

  9. Slide 9: Capital Employed

    Capital Employed Return on capital remains above 20% target  Underlying return on capital for the year was 24.2%: Underlying Return on Capital 1 o Retail continues to perform strongly with incremental improvement year on year o Livestock impacted by 16% decline in cattle prices 28.6% 24.2% o Contin

  10. Slide 10: Operating Cash Flow

    Operating Cash Flow Strong profitability and increased Retail working capital Operating cash outflow of $12.1 million Cash flow Working capital movements reflected: $ million  Strong EBITDA  Higher Retail debtors driven by strong 59.4 sales late in the season and delay of 81.0 receipts, while dry

  11. Slide 11: Net Debt

    Net Debt Increased investment and Retail activity driving higher balance Net Debt  Net debt at balance date was $173 million compared to $95 million at September 2017, with increased activity around year end and delayed debtor receipts of $30 million which were received in the first week of October

  12. Slide 12: FY19 Outlook

    FY19 Outlook Average winter cropping season and balanced growth from acquisitions and organic activity Retail Products  A reduced summer cropping planting is anticipated in the first half of FY19 with continued dry conditions impacting demand for fertiliser and crop protection products  Average wi

  13. Slide 13: Strategic Priorities to 2020

    Strategic Priorities to 2020

  14. Slide 14: Eight Point Plan: 3 years to FY20 goal

    Eight Point Plan: 3 years to FY20 goal To deliver 5 – 10% quality growth per annum through the cycles EBIT FY17 to FY20 Livestock price Other market Organic (50%) Acquisition (50%) Cost (0%) FY20 FY17 normalisation movements  Livestock prices expected to ease post FY17  Market share gains achieved

  15. Slide 15: Balanced growth plan to FY20

    Balanced growth plan to FY20 Organic Acquisition Maintain Cost 50% 50%  Drive continuous business  Continue to evaluate strategically  Invest in resourcing to identify, improvement aligned opportunities to expand integrate and support both our business organic and acquisition growth  Capture gro

  16. Slide 16: Strategic Gaps

    Strategic Gaps Stable platform geared for the next wave of growth, including 20 new branches by 2020 Key gaps in market, geographical, product and service areas to be filled through organic growth and acquisition, with 20 new branches by 2020 Retail  Increased market share and presence in high valu

  17. Slide 17: Appendix

    APPENDIX ‘ pa.

  18. Slide 18: Appendix

    Appendix  Appendix 1: FY18 Results Additional Information  Appendix 2: Business Model  Appendix 3: Market Forces

  19. Slide 19: FY18 Results Additional Information

    FY18 RESULTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  20. Slide 20: Business Segmentation

    Business Segmentation Average Northern Southern Western Int’l Digital & $ million FY18 Margin Working Australia Australia Australia Geographies Technical Capital Retail Products Farm Supplies and Fertiliser 148.5 175.3 Agency Services Livestock, Wool, and Grain 119.3 33.8 Farmland, Residential, Prop

  21. Slide 21: Business Performance by Product

    Business Performance by Product Margin by product FY18 FY17 $ million 11%  Retail: Improved on last year, despite a dry winter (3%) 148.5 cropping season, from acquisition activity in 134.0 horticulture and organic growth across Southern 119.3 122.6 Australia 5% 9%  Agency: Downside attributable t

  22. Slide 22: Business Performance by Geography

    Business Performance by Geography Margin by geography $ million FY18 FY17 9%  Northern Australia: Unfavourable conditions impacting sales across most products, offset by (1%) 159.9 acquisition growth in horticulture and continued 146.6 growth in the Killara feedlot 130.1 130.9 8%  Southern Austral

  23. Slide 23: Business Model

    BUSINESS MODEL

  24. Slide 24: Elders Limited

    Elders Limited Australia’s largest listed rural services and products supplier, operating since 1839 Mark Allison Chief Executive Officer  Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Elders • Australia’s largest listed full service rural and Managing since May 2014 services and products suppli

  25. Slide 25: Business Model

    Business Model Digital and technical Feed and processing Retail products Agency services Real estate services Financial services services services Farm supplies Livestock Farmland Agri-finance Fee for service Killara Feedlot Fertiliser Wool Residential Insurance Auctions plus (50%) Elders Indonesia2

  26. Slide 26: Points of Presence

    Points of Presence  Over 450 points of presence in Australia and overseas including full service branches, real estate and insurance franchises  Key produce areas covered through our footprint  Targeted expansion of footprint through recruitment and acquisition

  27. Slide 27: Business Division: Retail Services

    Business Division Retail Services Business description Retail Services margin ($m) Elders is one of Australia’s leading suppliers of rural farm inputs including seeds, fertilisers, agricultural chemicals, animal health products and general rural merchandise. We also provide professional production a

  28. Slide 28: Business Division: Agency Services

    Business Division Agency Services Business description Elders provides a range of marketing options for livestock, wool, and grain. Agency Services margin ($m) - Livestock: our livestock agents and employees operate across Australia conducting on-farm sales to third parties, regular physical and onl

  29. Slide 29: Business Division: Real Estate Services

    Business Division Real Estate Services Business description Real Estate Services margin ($m) Elders’ real estate services include company owned rural agency services primarily involved in the marketing of farms, stations and lifestyle estates. It also includes a network of residential real estate ag

  30. Slide 30: Business Division: Financial Services

    Business Division Financial Services Business description Financial Services margin ($m) Elders distributes a wide range of banking, insurance and financial planning products through its Australian network. We work together with a number of third parties to enable us to deliver these products; Rural

  31. Slide 31: Business Division: Feed and Processing Services

    Business Division Feed and Processing Services Business description Feed and Processing Services margin ($m) In Australia, Elders operates Killara Feedlot, a beef cattle feedlot near Tamworth in New South Wales. Elders imports, processes and distributes premium Australian meat in China and Indonesia

  32. Slide 32: Strong group financials

    Strong group financials Sales ($m) Gross margin ($m) 1,491 1,583 1,613 338 355 1,276 285 305 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 Underlying EBIT ($m) Operating cashflow ($m) 71 75 56 82 39 49 (5) (12) FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 1 Includes equity accounted profits.

  33. Slide 33: Driving improved shareholder returns and sound capital management

    Driving improved shareholder returns and sound capital management Underlying EPS (cps) Dividends per share (cps) 7.5 51 55 18 48 33 7.5 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY15 FY16 FY17 1 FY18 2 Average working capital balance ($m) Average net debt balance ($m) 237 161 122 135 137 223 212 216 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 F

  34. Slide 34: Profit Sensitivity

    Profit Sensitivity Underlying EBITDA $(10m) $(7.5m) $(5m) $(2.5m) EBITDA +$2.5m +$5m +$7.5m +$10m Sheep price -$20 -$10 +$10 +$20 Cattle price -$100 -$50 +$50 +$100 Sheep volume -1m head -500k head +500k head +1m head Cattle volume -200k head -100k head +100k head +200k head Retail sales -$50m -$25m

  35. Slide 35: Market Forces

    MARKET FORCES

  36. Slide 36: Cattle

    Cattle Australian Cattle herd  The herd is in destocking phase due to drought conditions in Million heads Queensland and New South Wales, with a 1% decline in the cattle herd forecast for 2018-19. 30  Total cattle slaughterings are forecast to increase 5% in 2018- 28 19, however this will be offse

  37. Slide 37: Sheep and Wool

    Sheep and Wool National Sheep flock Shorn wool production NTLI and EMI Million heads Thousand tonnes greasy Ac/kg cwt & Ac/kg clean 74 350 -6% +17.3% -3% 750 2,000 72 700 1,800 70 650 +15.5% 1,600 68 300 600 1,400 66 550 1,200 64 500 1,000 62 250 450 800 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019f 2014 2015 2016

  38. Slide 38: Cropping

    Cropping -10% Planted Area 2016-17 Thousand hectares 2017-18  In 2018-19 the planted area for winter crops has decreased by 12%, in 12.2 12.2 response to adverse seasonal conditions. Total production is also expected 2018-19f 11.0 +2% to fall by 12%. 4.8  In 2018-19 the cotton planted area is expe

  39. Slide 39: Horticulture

    Horticulture Other Gross Value of Horticulture Production  The gross value of horticulture production is projected to Grapes $ billion increase to $11.4bn in 2018-19, underpinned by seasonal Vegetables conditions and favourable domestic and export demands. Fruit & Nuts  The gross value of Australi

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