G8 Education Limited · ASX:GEM
G8 Education — Investor Presentation (August 2025)
33 slides from G8 Education's investor presentation, Aug 26, 2025
Slide 1: ASX Announcement
ASX Announcement G8 Education Limited (ASX:GEM) 26 August 2025 The Manager Market Announcements Office ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 Dear Sir / Madam I enclose the Investor Presentation for the half year ended 30 June 2025 for G8 Education Limited, which includes a trading update and
Slide 2: 2025 Half Year Results Presentation
G8 EDUCATION LIMITED 2025 Half Year Results Presentation UPDATE IMAGE 26 August 2025 G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results 1
Slide 3: Disclaimer & Non-IFRS Information
DISCLAIMER & NON-IFRS INFORMATION The material in this presentation has been prepared by G8 Education Limited (G8)(ASX:GEM) and is general background information about G8’s activities current as at the date of this presentation. The presentation does not purport to be complete and should be read in
Slide 4: 3
3
Slide 5: Agenda
AGENDA SUMMARY AND PROGRESS Pejman Okhovat FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Steven Becker CURRENT TRADING AND OUTLOOK Pejman Okhovat QUESTIONS Pejman Okhovat and Steven Becker APPENDIX G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results | 4
Slide 6: Summary and Progress
SUMMARY AND PROGRESS G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results | 5
Slide 7: Everything in our world starts with children
EVERYTHING IN OUR WORLD STARTS WITH CHILDREN We are driven by our purpose in “To nurture the greatness in every child to grow, thrive and learn” G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results | 6
Slide 8: Child Safety – Victoria Incident
CHILD SAFETY – VICTORIA INCIDENT We would like to acknowledge the profound impact the situation in Victoria has had on our community. The allegations are deeply upsetting, and our hearts go out to the children and families affected. Please know that the safety and wellbeing of every child in our car
Slide 9: Key Messages
KEY MESSAGES ”Enhancing our core” has resulted in improved business operations, and financial performance has been managed well in a tough market POSITIVE TREND IN BALANCED SCORECARD STEADY PERFORMANCE IN TOUGH MARKET STRONG BALANCE SHEET • Continued to see positive momentum in our • Moderate earnin
Slide 10: Financial Overview
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Achieved moderate earnings improvement despite challenging trading conditions OPERATING REPORTED GROUP OCCUPANCY Excludes non-trading1 items and includes lease interest expense Statutory All references to occupancy include all centres Revenue % change vs pcp Revenue % change vs pc
Slide 11: Environmental, Social and Governance Highlights
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS Enabling a future built on inclusion and sustainability for our entire stakeholder community Focus on Safety Network Quality Team Engagement Emissions Refreshed Accountability and 94%4 of centres are “meeting” or 4% above sector benchmark and 5% 5% red
Slide 12: Balanced Scorecard
BALANCED SCORECARD Delivered strong progress across most core strategic priorities, although occupancy remains a challenge Strategic focus area Measure CY25 H1 (Actual) Progress CY24 H1 to CY25 H1 Team Team Team retention 79% 3% pts Family NPS 51 4 pts Experience % of centres meeting or Quality exce
Slide 13: Team
TEAM Embedding new core values is strengthening G8 culture and driving improvements in employee retention and engagement ATTRACTING TEAM RETAINING TEAM GROWING OUR OWN TALENT • Effective recruitment strategies have contributed • Successfully launched in May updated • Sector leading professional deve
Slide 14: Family Experience
FAMILY EXPERIENCE Family sentiment remains positive, supported by continued improvement in NPS NPS FREQUENCY1 FAMILIES – NEW AND EXISTING • Targeted focus on key drivers of family experience • Frequency has flattened vs pcp impacted by • Enquiries have remained at the same level as pcp has continual
Slide 15: Quality, Education and Inclusion
QUALITY, EDUCATION AND INCLUSION Continuing to strengthen educational programs, quality, inclusion, and teacher proficiency QUALITY EDUCATION INCLUSION • Efforts continued to focus on converting 'working • Launched the initial phase of the family value • Inclusion and behaviour guidance policy suite
Slide 16: Occupancy Performance
OCCUPANCY PERFORMANCE Occupancy has been challenged in a tough macro environment OCCUPANCY Group Occupancy 80.0% 2024 2025 • Occupancy for CY25 H1 was 64.5%, 3.7% pts below CY24 H1 75.0% • The occupancy gap vs pcp widened during H1 impacted by the following: 70.0% • Macro factors whilst slowly impro
Slide 17: Operating Model
OPERATING MODEL We continue to enhance our core operations through strategic initiatives OPERATING MODEL IMPROVEMENTS Performance monitoring systems • New property and safety systems being embedded to strengthen data-driven decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and enhance support across
Slide 18: Financial Sustainability
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY Building financial sustainability through earnings improvement and strong balance sheet CAPITAL ALLOCATION COST MANAGEMENT NETWORK OPTIMISATION • Operating cash flow remains robust, supported by • Cost base has been strategically and effectively • CY25 H1 network optimisatio
Slide 19: Financial Performance
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results | 18
Slide 20: Group Performance
GROUP PERFORMANCE Modest earnings improvement underpinned by cost management Operating and statutory NPAT grow modestly in a tough market: $m CY25H1 CY24H1 Change • Revenue was lower vs pcp as a result of lower occupancy and divestments Group operating revenue 464.7 481.7 (3.5%) • Effective cost man
Slide 21: Centre Performance
CENTRE PERFORMANCE Consistency in core operations of our centres delivering improved centre EBIT margin • Centre performance delivered a slight improvement in centre margin of 0.3%pt Centre performance vs pcp driven by: $m CY25 H1 CY24 H1 Change • Revenue was lower than pcp mainly due to lower occup
Slide 22: Current Trading and Outlook
CURRENT TRADING AND OUTLOOK UPDATE IMAGE G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results | 21
Slide 23: Child Safety and Protection
CHILD SAFETY AND PROTECTION Safety, first and always At G8 Education, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of governance and social responsibility. Child safety is embedded into every aspect of our leadership, values and operations. We are continuously reviewing and strengthening our
Slide 24: Learning from Victorian Situation
LEARNING FROM VICTORIAN SITUATION Our commitment to future improvement G8 Education is committed to continuous improvement in its policies and processes and as previously announced, will be taking the following actions: 1. We will accelerate the rollout of CCTV to all of our centres. 2. Following th
Slide 25: Current Trading and Outlook
CURRENT TRADING AND OUTLOOK Sector softness remains; we are focused on maximising our opportunities in H2 leading to a more optimistic CY26 TRADING UPDATE OUTLOOK • Group ‘spot’ occupancy 67.0%, 5.9% pts lower than pcp and 65.0% YTD 4.1% pts lower The sector is currently operating within a challengi
Slide 26: Questions
QUESTIONS G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results | 25
Slide 27: Appendix
APPENDIX UPDATE IMAGE G8 Education | 2025 Half Year Results | 26
Slide 28: Financial Statements
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Consolidated Income Statement Total centres and centre team members $m CY25 H1 CY24 H1 % change Continuing operations Revenue 464.6 480.4 (3.3%) Other income 0.8 2.9 (72.4%) Total 465.4 483.3 (3.7%) Expenses Employment costs (285.3) (301.7) (5.4%) Property, utilities and mainten
Slide 29: Financial Statements
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Balance Sheet Gearing ratio $m 30 June 2025 31 December 2024 $m 30 June 2025 31 December 2024 ASSETS Current assets Non-current borrowings 140.0 114.0 Cash and cash equivalents 37.8 47.7 Cash and cash equivalents 37.8 47.7 Trade and other receivables 19.1 20.7 Government funding
Slide 30: Cash Flow and Cash Flow Allocation
CASH FLOW CASH FLOW ALLOCATION Cash flow Operating cash flow Strong cash $54m conversion1 $m CY25 H1 CY24 H1 % change Buy- 139% Cash flows from operating activities backs Receipts from customers (inclusive of GST) 472.0 487.0 (3.1%) Capital related outflows Dividend payment Payments to suppliers and
Slide 31: Fundamentals Supporting Demand Growth
FUNDAMENTALS SUPPORTING DEMAND GROWTH Female participation continues to increase Net migration trending higher Net supply growth trending at historical rates Persons, Seasonally adjusted (%) Year on Year Supply Change By Quarter Males, Seasonally adjusted (%) 4.5% Females, Seasonally adjusted (%) 4.
Slide 32: Macro Dynamic Influencing Affordability
MACRO DYNAMIC INFLUENCING AFFORDABILITY CPI trending downwards Cash rate remains high Unemployment remains low 5.0% 9.0% 8.00% 4.5% 8.0% 4.0% 7.00% 7.0% 3.5% 6.00% 6.0% 3.0% 5.00% 5.0% 2.5% 4.00% 4.0% 2.0% 3.00% 3.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.00% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 1.00% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00% Jul-22 Jan-22 Apr-22 Apr-24 Ju
Slide 33: Government Reforms
GOVERNMENT REFORMS Government remains committed to establishing a universal early learning and care system and to strengthening child safety Building a universal, affordable ECEC system Strengthening child safety 1. Three-day guarantee 1. Enacted changes • From January 2026, all children will be ent