Mr Price Group Limited · JSE:MRP

Mr Price — H1 FY2016 Earnings Presentation

34 slides from Mr Price's earnings presentation, September 2015

  1. Slide 1: Interim Results Presentation September 2015

    Interim Results Presentation September 2015

  2. Slide 2: Highlights

    Highlights group! 1

  3. Slide 3: Macroeconomic environment

     GDP growth weakened in Q2 to 1.2% y/y & -1.3% q/q  Weak & volatile currency  CPI within targeted range (4.6% in Sep 15), but under pressure  Market growth in credit granted remains muted at 4-5%  Consumer confidence picked up, particularly in mid-high earners (now net positive). Q3 15 business

  4. Slide 4: Highlights summary

    Page  Demanding sales base in the prior year 7  MRPG sales growth higher than the market 7  Positive results in core RSA market 4  Africa - long term potential, short term pain 8  Responded rapidly to trade & generated a profit wedge 9,11  5 of 6 trading divisions delivered double digit profit

  5. Slide 5: Group Income Statement

    Group Income Statement R’m 2015 2014 % change Retail sales & other income (RSOI) 8 983 8 228 9.2% Cost of sales 5 194 4 663 11.4% Selling expenses1 1 815 1 761 3.1% Administrative expenses1 529 562 (5.9%) Profit from operating activities2 1 445 1 242 16.3% Net finance income 47 38 22.2% Profit befor

  6. Slide 6: Earnings per share and payout ratio

    Cents 2015 2014 % change Earnings per share Basic 426.2 370.5 15.0% Headline 427.6 371.1 15.2% Diluted headline 406.8 349.0 16.6%  Weighted average share price up 16.6% & number of shares up 1.6%  Share options outstanding 16.6% lower Dividend per share 248.0 211.5 17.3% 65 62.4 62.7 63.0 63.1  O

  7. Slide 7: Retail sales and other income

    R'm 2015 2014 % change RSA - bricks 7 738 7 147 8.3% - online 63 45 41.8% Non-RSA - bricks - corporate owned 698 633 10.2% - franchise 54 49 8.8% - online 5 9 (40.3%) Retail sales (comp growth 4.0%) 8 558 7 883 8.6% Financial services (page 20) 410 336 22.2% Other1 15 9 63.8% Other income 425 345 23

  8. Slide 8: Sales growth

    15 6 10 8.3 4.0 3.9 9.4 Space growth % 4.3 8 8.9 8.6 4 Growth % y/y 8.3 10 7.8 7.4 7.9 7.5 7.4 5.5 9.6% 5.6 6 9.0 % Mix 2 4.1 4 5 5.8 7.1% 5.4 4.8 Price 0 2 3.0 0 1.4 (2) 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Q1 Q2 H1  Unit growth  RSP inflation  Weighted average space growth  Group Group Total Total Tota

  9. Slide 9: Non-SA sales contribution and Nigeria

    Non-SA sales contribution % Nigeria ZAR Stores Sales growth Opened Total  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Circular Namibia 39.5 (0.1%) 0 37 Jun 15: restricted certain importers from Botswana 21.8 8.2% 1 21 accessing FX market to pay for goods  Subsequently restricted processing of Nigeria 11.5 27.9%

  10. Slide 10: Continued Improvement In Operating Margin

    Continued Improvement In Operating Margin 2014 15.1%  Operating profit / RSOI Other  Analysis of Financial Services & other income 0.1% income per page 6. Excludes cellular as included in GP Gross 40.1%*  Merchandise GP% refer page 10 (1.2%) profit (PY 41.4%)  Cellular GP% refer page 22  Employ

  11. Slide 11: Cotton price, oil price & currency movements

    Cotton price, oil price & currency movements 120 14 13.51 Cotton & oil price 97.35 13 100 ZAR/USD 12.08 11.54 12 80 11 73.38 69.35 68.74 60 10 55.79 48.88 40 9 Sep-13 Mar-14 Sep-14 Mar-15 Sep-15 Oil ($/barrel)  Cotton Cotton (US cents/pound)  ($c/pound) ZAR/USD Oil ($/barrel)  ZAR/USD  Rand 17%

  12. Slide 12: Operating margin and profit wedge

     MRPG identified as 1 of 6 JSE ‘thriving’ companies  MRPG has increased operating profit in 29 successive between 1997 & 2013.* Common characteristics: reporting periods - agility - constantly innovating, speed & flexibility, able  29 year CAGR in annual HEPS 23.3% & Dividends 25.0% to dictate ow

  13. Slide 13: Financial Position

    Financial Position September March September R’m 2015 2015 2014 Non-current assets Property, plant & equipment 1 083 838 770 Intangible assets 368 328 290 Other non-current assets 153 198 185 Current assets Inventories 1 887 1 741 1 654 Trade & other receivables 2 037 1 874 1 771 Reinsurance assets

  14. Slide 14: PPE & Intangibles

    PPE & Intangibles R’m Total PPE Intangibles R’m 2015 2014 Opening 1 166 838 328 IT 42 23 Additions 399 337 62 New DC 188 22 Disposals & impairments (7) (3) (4) Stores 107 97 Depreciation & amortisation (107) (89) (18) 337 142 Closing 1 451 1 083 368 H2 forecast capex 816 - Space worked per format 7.

  15. Slide 15: ERP system implementation and distribution centre

    ERP system implementation  Merchandise planning - replenishment live in 3 divisions - full suite in mrpSport in May 16  ERP - installed Oracle V14.1 - data cleanse in progress (mrpSport completed) - fundamentals (masterdata) operational in Apr 16  Business intelligence - production & development

  16. Slide 16: Hammarsdale Distribution Centre

    Hammarsdale Distribution Centre €smr pricegrouplimited

  17. Slide 17: Inventories and current liabilities

    Gross inventories Current liabilities 2 200 3 000 +14.6% +9.8% 2 028 2 796 1 877 2 633 2 547 1 800 1 769 +8.0% 2 500 +6.2% R’m R’m 1 400 2 000 1 000 1 500 Sep 14 Mar 15 Sep 15 Sep 14 Mar 15 Sep 15  Earlier ownership due to higher FOB purchases  Trade payables up 14.5%, in line with inventories  I

  18. Slide 18: Cash Generated & Capital Allocation

    Cash Generated & Capital Allocation Cashflow movements (R'm) Capital allocation 1 800 March 2015 2 764 22% 1 600 Share schemes Cash generated from Acquired 1.97m shares at average 372 1 284 price of R224.71. Sold R71m operations 1 400 23% Interest received 235 1 200 399 Taxation (432) 1 000 R’m 80%

  19. Slide 19: Segmental & Divisional Review

    Segmental & Divisional Review

  20. Slide 20: Apparel and Home segment results

    R'm 2015 2014 % change Retail sales & other income Contribution to increase in sales Apparel 6 616 6 007 10.1% Home 2 293 2 150 6.6% Miladys (0.7)% Sheet Street 4.8 % Operating profit Apparel 1 194 1 052 13.4% mrpHome 14.3 % Home 334 270 23.5% mrp 72.4 % mrpSport 9.2 % 20 35 000 Sales density R/m2 O

  21. Slide 21: Financial services and cellular revenue

    R'm 2015 2014 % change Credit - interest & charges 192 174 10.4% Insurance 100 86 16.1% Cellular 118 76 55.9% - Commission 1 1 - Airtime sales 69 65 - mrpMobile (cellular MVNO) 48 10 Total revenue 410 336 22.1% Building a more diversified business 450 5 year revenue CAGR: 29.4% 160 R133m R410m Total

  22. Slide 22: Credit performance and National Credit Act

    Credit Continued improvement in performance of book 10 30 9.3  Cash sales 81.4% of total, credit 18.6%  Gross trade receivables up 7.8% to R1.9bn 25  Active accounts up 2.6% to 1.4m Impairment provision / Net bad debt %  Excellent collections performance Cash & credit sales growth % 8 7.3  NCR

  23. Slide 23: Insurance and Cellular

    Insurance  Good sales growth, but now being impacted by slowdown in new account growth  Introduced new insurance products in Oct 15  Tested sales to cash customers - improving processes before scaling  Credit life customer protection plan benefit is not compulsory: - represents 6% of insurance i

  24. Slide 24: mrp division results

    2015 2014 % change Retail sales1 R5 071m R4 582m 10.7% Comparable sales 5.1% 15.1% Unit sales 67.4m 65.9m 2.2% RSP inflation (Price: 3.4%, Mix: 4.8%) 8.2% 10.3% Weighted average space growth 7.5% 8.1% Trading density R37 975m-2 R36 104m-2 5.2%  11 new stores opened (ROGA2 104%) & 10 expanded (ROGA

  25. Slide 25: H&M and Cotton On store impact

    Cotton On H&M 1 3  Opened 4 500m2 store in V&A Waterfront on 17 Oct 15 Same grade store sales growth* (% change) Adjacent stores  Adjacent stores  Same grade stores  Same grade stores   Not negatively impacting mrp sales growth: - 3 weeks preceeding opening 11% - 3 weeks post opening 26% +  P

  26. Slide 26: Store technology and omni-channel initiatives

    mrpEmpower Store refresh  Leveraging mobile technology to improve in  Touch screen POS rollout underway store processes  Bandwidth increase to support technology  Visual merchandising, communication, KPI based initiatives dashboard, customer feedback Mobile POS Tap n Go  Reduced queues & transa

  27. Slide 27: Australia test stores

     Opened 2 test stores in Melbourne, Australia in Oct 15 - Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, Corner Swanston & LaTrobe Street, Melbourne (1 050m2) - Eastland Shopping Centre, Maroondah Highway, Ringwood, Melbourne (850m2)  Evaluate trade & business model in Q1 16 & firm up rollout strategy

  28. Slide 28: mrpSport division results

    2015 2014 % change Retail sales R560m R497m 12.6% Comparable sales 3.6% 3.4% Unit sales 5.7m 5.2m 9.5% RSP inflation (Price: 1.8%, Mix: 1.0%) 2.8% 7.8% Weighted average space growth 7.0% 10.8% Trading density R21 382m-2 R20 342m-2 5.1%  3 stores opened. Exited 1 276m2 unproductive space (ROGA 84.2%

  29. Slide 29: Miladys division results

    2015 2014 % change Retail sales R654m R659m (0.8%) Comparable sales (1.7%) 0.0% Unit sales 4.0m 4.3m (5.4%) RSP inflation (Price: 6.7%, Mix: -1.4%) 5.3% 2.7% Weighted average space growth 1.4% (1.3%) Trading density R22 748m-2 R22 547m-2 0.9%  Impacted by low credit growth (56% of sales) & tough tr

  30. Slide 30: mrpHome division results

    2015 2014 % change Retail sales R1 567m R1 474m 6.3% Comparable sales 3.4% 7.6% Unit sales 18.0m 18.4m (2.0%) RSP inflation (Price: 6.5%, Mix: 2.0%) 8.5% 16.9% Weighted average space growth (2.1%) 2.3% Trading density R23 828m-2 R21 831m-2 9.1%  Opened 3 stores, expanded 4  Exited 8 500m2 unproduc

  31. Slide 31: Sheet Street division results

    2015 2014 % change Retail sales R653m R621m 5.2% Comparable sales 3.1% 1.5% Unit sales 8.5m 8.5m 0.8% RSP inflation (Price: 3.1%, Mix: 1.2%) 4.3% 5.5% Weighted average space growth 1.5% 2.2% Trading density R27 571m-2 R26 804m-2 2.9%  Opened 5 new stores, ROGA 67%  Sales growth continues to reflec

  32. Slide 32: Outlook

     Economic situation in RSA unlikely to improve in short term: - inflation expected to breach 6% in Q1 16 - interest rates expected to increase by 100bpts in 2016 - poor employment & wage increase prospects, including the public sector - possible further currency weakness  H2 sales base still high,

  33. Slide 33: Thank You

    Thank You  Forthcoming market communication - 24 November 2015 Interim results conference call (3pm) - 15 January 2016 Q3 trading update release on SENS - 18 January 2016 Q3 trading update conference call Contact priscilla.leroux@Barclays.com or dial South Africa: 0800 994050 United Kingdom: 0800 0

  34. Slide 34: About Mr Price Group

    About Mr Price Group  A high growth, omni-channel, fashion-value retailer  Targeting younger customers in the mid to upper LSM categories  Retailing predominantly own branded merchandise  81% of sales are for cash  1 166 stores & online channels offering full product assortments  29 year CAGR

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