Woolworths Group Ltd · ASX:WOW

Woolworths — FY2018 Earnings Presentation

47 slides from Woolworths's earnings presentation, Aug 20, 2018

  1. Slide 1: Company Results Full Year 2018

    For personal use only Company Results FULL YEAR 2018

  2. Slide 2: Contents

    CONTENTS For personal use only KEY HIGHLIGHTS AND PROGRESS 3 Brad Banducci FINANCIAL RESULTS 7 David Marr BUSINESS UPDATE 16 OUTLOOK 41 Brad Banducci Woolworths Group Limited ABN 88 000 014 675 WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 2

  3. Slide 3: Key Highlights

    Key Highlights For personal use only • Customer 1st Team 1st Culture delivering further improvements across Voice of Customer, Voice of Team and Voice of Supplier scores • Strong sales and EBIT growth driven by Australian Food with Group sales from continuing operations up 3.4%, and EBIT up 9.5% des

  4. Slide 4: Woolworths Group FY18 priorities

    Woolworths Group FY18 priorities For personal use only 6 CUSTOMER 1ST Create competitive TEAM 1ST CULTURE advantage across Woolworths Group CONNECTED, PERSONALISED AND CONVENIENT 5 SHOPPING EXPERIENCES Create differentiated TRANSFORM EVOLVE CREATE VALUE customer propositions 2 AUS AND 3 OUR DRINKS 4

  5. Slide 5: Progress against our key priorities

    Progress against our key priorities For personal use only Customer 1st Team 1st Connected, personalised Transforming Australian culture and convenient shopping and New Zealand Food experiences • Australian Food continued improvement in • New Purpose, Ways-of-Working and • Pick up available at >2,900

  6. Slide 6: Contents

    CONTENTS For personal use only KEY HIGHLIGHTS AND PROGRESS 3 Brad Banducci FINANCIAL RESULTS 7 David Marr Group financial results 8 Key balance sheet metrics 10 Cash flow summary 11 Capital expenditure 12 Capital management 13 Impact of new lease standard 14 BUSINESS UPDATE 16 OUTLOOK 41 Brad Banduc

  7. Slide 7: Financial Results

    For personal use only Financial Results WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 7

  8. Slide 8: FY18 results – strong earnings leading to improved returns

    FY18 results – strong earnings leading to improved returns For personal use only CONTINUING OPERATIONS TOTAL GROUP Change Change Sales 56.7bn 3.4% 61.5bn 1.9% EBIT 2,548m 9.5% 2,743m 3.8% NPAT attributable to Woolworths 1,605m 12.9% 1,724m 12.5% Group shareholders Earnings per share (basic) 123.4¢ 1

  9. Slide 9: Strong Group EBIT improvement underpinned by Australian Food

    Strong Group EBIT improvement underpinned by Australian Food For personal use only $m FY18 FY17 Change Continuing operations Australian Food 1,757 1,603 9.6% Endeavour Drinks 516 503 2.8% New Zealand Food 262 292 (10.4)% New Zealand Food (NZD) 284 309 (8.2)% BIG W (110) (151) (26.9)% Hotels 259 233

  10. Slide 10: Key balance sheet metrics continuing to improve

    Key balance sheet metrics continuing to improve For personal use only AVERAGE INVENTORY DAYS ROFE Days Percentage Continuing operations Continuing operations Group Continuing operations – lease-adjusted 41.3 40.8 40.4 40.0 39.9 24.1 22.3 39.3 39.0 38.3 37.6 13.1 14.0 36.0 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY

  11. Slide 11: Cash realisation and free cash flow remain strong

    Cash realisation and free cash flow remain strong For personal use only CASH FLOW SUMMARY $m FY18 FY17 Change Operating activities before interest and tax 3,775 4,024 (6.2)% Interest and tax (845) (902) (6.4)% Operating activities 2,930 3,122 (6.1)% Investing activities (1,510) (1,431) 5.5% Free cas

  12. Slide 12: Operating capex at low end of FY18 forecast

    Operating capex at low end of FY18 forecast and driven by planned investments in Renewals, IT and Digital For personal use only $m FY18 FY17 Continuing operations Operating capex 1,691 1,583 Property development 245 258 Gross capex 1,936 1,841 Property sales (90) (273) Net capex 1,846 1,568 Disconti

  13. Slide 13: Disciplined capital management reflecting improved financial performance

    Disciplined capital management reflecting improved financial performance For personal use only Interim Final Special Payout ratio (ex special) - RHS Dividend reinvestment plan: Announced in February that % Cents 120 72 110 DRP discount of 1.5% will not apply to FY18 final dividend 70 100 10 or for f

  14. Slide 14: Preliminary impact of new lease accounting standard

    Preliminary impact of new lease accounting standard For personal use only • AASB 16 brings majority of leases onto balance sheet. The The actual impact of applying the Group will initially apply AASB 16 on 1 July 2019 standard in FY20 will depend on: • Well advanced for full implementation of standa

  15. Slide 15: Contents

    CONTENTS For personal use only KEY HIGHLIGHTS AND PROGRESS 3 Brad Banducci FINANCIAL RESULTS 7 David Marr BUSINESS UPDATE 16 Australian Food 17 Endeavour Drinks 26 New Zealand Food 30 BIG W 33 Hotels 38 OUTLOOK 41 Brad Banducci WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 15

  16. Slide 16: Business Update

    For personal use only Business Update WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 16

  17. Slide 17: For personal use only

    For personal use only WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 17

  18. Slide 18: Australian Food

    Australian Food For personal use only FY18 FY17 CHANGE Sales ($m) 37,379 35,836 4.3% EBITDA ($m) 2,430 2,221 9.4% EBIT 1,757 1,603 9.6% Gross margin (%) 29.1 28.5 63bps Cost of doing business (%) 24.4 24.0 41bps EBIT to sales (%) 4.7 4.5 23bps Sales per square metre ($) 16,435 15,974 2.9% ROFE (%) 1

  19. Slide 19: Australian Food FY18 priorities

    Australian Food FY18 priorities For personal use only 6 CUSTOMER 1ST TEAM 1ST CULTURE Scale-up the future ACCELERATE RENEWAL AND EXTEND 5 APPROACH TO ONLINE AND METRO Extend core PRICES I TRUST CONSISTENTLY FAMOUS customer offer 2 ON PRODUCTS 3 GREAT SHOPPING 4 FOR FRESH I WANT EXPERIENCE Excel on t

  20. Slide 20: Progress highlights

    Progress highlights For personal use only • Overall Customer Satisfaction (including Online) in June increasing 4pts to 81% and June store-controllable Create the future VOC of 84%, up 4pts from the prior year • 80 Renewals (including 11 new stores) and 54 Upgrades. Opened net 7 new Woolworths super

  21. Slide 21: Customer highlights

    Customer highlights For personal use only OVERALL SATISFACTION – STORE & ONLINE STORE-CONTROLLABLE VOC % customers satisfied, 6 or 7 out of 7 % customers satisfied, 6 or 7 out of 7 +4 +4 90 90 81 84 77 80 0 0 June-17 June-18 June-17 June-18 EASE OF PICK UP FRUIT & VEGETABLES PRODUCT AVAILABILITY % c

  22. Slide 22: Sales highlights

    Sales highlights For personal use only AUSTRALIAN FOOD SALES COMP TRANSACTION GROWTH (% year on year) (% year on year) 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.6 Q1 Q2 Q3* Q4* 5.1 FY18 4.7 4.2 3.1 COMP ITEMS PER BASKET GROWTH (% year on year) Q1 Q2 Q3* Q4* 1.4 FY18 0.6 1.0 0.0 Comp Q1 Q2 Q3* Q4* Sales (%) 4.9 5.0 4.0* 3.1* FY

  23. Slide 23: Renewal highlights

    Renewal highlights RENEWAL PROGRESS For personal use only FY18 was the second year of our Renewal program, with a third of our fleet now complete 177 139 Renewals Upgrades completed since completed since program launch program launch Marrickville Metro and Plumpton were the latest steps in our progr

  24. Slide 24: WooliesX highlights

    WooliesX highlights For personal use only eCom business grew by 30% Invested in new in FY18 driven by strong digital and data growth in Pick up talent at 407 Elizabeth Street Improved our eCom VOC Customer Hub (+6pts) and NPS (+15pts): brought in-house Significant improvement in Pick to deliver cons

  25. Slide 25: Australian Food FY19 priorities

    Australian Food FY19 priorities For personal use only 6 Customer 1st Brand,Team and Culture Innovate our customer and team experience Connected, Personalised and 5 Ultra Convenient Shopping Experiences Differentiate core Good Prices Engaging Famous for customer offer 2 and Localised 3 Store 4 Fresh

  26. Slide 26: For personal use only

    For personal use only WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 26

  27. Slide 27: Endeavour Drinks

    Endeavour Drinks For personal use only FY18 FY17 Change Sales ($m) 8,271 7,913 4.5% EBITDA ($m) 603 588 2.7% EBIT ($m) 516 503 2.8% Gross margin (%) 23.1 23.1 2bps Cost of doing business (%) 16.9 16.7 13bps EBIT to sales (%) 6.2 6.4 (11)bps Sales per square metre ($) 18,155 17,917 1.3% ROFE (%) 17.1

  28. Slide 28: BWS highlights

    BWS highlights For personal use only FY18 HIGHLIGHTS FY19 FOCUS 18 18 net new store openings Continued innovation and rollout of bringing total store network 1,316 store format renewals program stores across the store network Improving convenience proposition Completion of Marrickville to customers

  29. Slide 29: Dan Murphy's highlights

    Dan Murphy’s highlights For personal use only FY18 HIGHLIGHTS FY19 FOCUS Record high of 3m My Dan Launched new Improving Localised Increase 73 for VOC NPS Murphy’s Website platform convenience via ranging in knowledgeable score members 30 May 2018 Delivery and Pick stores service in stores up propos

  30. Slide 30: For personal use only

    For personal use only WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 30

  31. Slide 31: New Zealand Food

    New Zealand Food For personal use only FY18 FY17 Change Sales ($m) 6,396 6,188 3.4% EBITDA ($m) 411 427 (3.6)% EBIT ($m) 284 309 (8.2)% Gross margin (%) 24.2 24.2 (1)bps Cost of doing business (%) 19.7 19.2 56bps EBIT to sales (%) 4.4 5.0 (56)bps Sales per square metre ($) 15,531 15,046 3.2% ROFE (%

  32. Slide 32: New Zealand Food highlights

    New Zealand Food highlights For personal use only FY18 HIGHLIGHTS FY19 FOCUS Stronger core sales Accelerating double- momentum digit online growth Build Customer 1st Bring new brand Team 1st Culture platform to life 3.4% Comparable sales growth Fruit & Vegetables focus Low prices and Fresh, healthy

  33. Slide 33: For personal use only

    For personal use only WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 33

  34. Slide 34: BIG W

    BIG W For personal use only FY18 FY17 Change Sales ($m) 3,566 3,542 0.7% LBITDA ($m) (30) (72) (57.3)% LBIT ($m) (110) (151) (26.9)% Gross margin (%) 31.7 31.3 43 bps Cost of doing business (%) 34.8 35.6 (74) bps LBIT to sales (%) (3.1) (4.2) 117bps Sales per square metre ($) 3,369 3,345 0.7% ROFE (

  35. Slide 35: BIG W highlights

    BIG W highlights For personal use only FY18 HIGHLIGHTS FY19 FOCUS • 81% of customers satisfied with their Embed our brand Purpose into 1 in-store experience in June our ways of working • Prices now down on over 4,500 key value lines 2 Continue to focus on regaining customer trust • Rollout of 13 Cus

  36. Slide 36: BIG W FY19 priorities

    BIG W FY19 priorities For personal use only WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 36

  37. Slide 37: BIG W Purpose

    BIG W Purpose For personal use only A team and customer-first culture requires alignment around a common purpose In FY19, the focus will be on engaging and unifying the team around the purpose Making purpose real for our team is defining three pillars: REAL SOLUTIONS Making the experience simple and

  38. Slide 38: For personal use only

    For personal use only WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 38

  39. Slide 39: ALH Hotels

    ALH Hotels For personal use only FY18 FY17 Change Sales ($m) 1,612 1,553 3.7% EBIT ($m) 259 233 11.1% Gross margin (%) 84.2 83.1 107 bps Cost of doing business (%) 68.1 68.1 - EBIT to sales (%) 16.1 15.0 107 bps WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 39

  40. Slide 40: Contents

    CONTENTS For personal use only KEY HIGHLIGHTS AND PROGRESS 3 Brad Banducci FINANCIAL RESULTS 7 David Marr BUSINESS UPDATE 16 OUTLOOK 41 Brad Banducci FY19 priorities 41 Outlook 42 WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 40

  41. Slide 41: Woolworths Group FY19 priorities

    Woolworths Group FY19 priorities For personal use only 6 Customer 1st Build growth Team 1st Culture platforms for the future Connected, Personalised and Convenient 5 Shopping Experiences Create Differentiate our Accelerate Innovation in our Unlock Value in differentiation in all 2 Food Customer 3 4

  42. Slide 42: Outlook

    Outlook For personal use only • We remain energised by the many opportunities to continue to transform our business • In Australian Food, comparable sales in the first seven weeks of Q1’19 slowed to 1.3% as customers adjusted to the phasing-out of single-use plastic bags, a competitor continuity pro

  43. Slide 43: Woolworths Group Purpose and Ways-of-Working

    Woolworths Group Purpose and Ways-of-Working Our Ways-of- For personal use only Working Our How we work Purpose Why we exist Our Values Who we are WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 43

  44. Slide 44: Thank you

    For personal use only Thank you WOOLWORTHS GROUP RESULTS FY18 44

  45. Slide 45: Glossary

    Glossary For personal use only Cash realisation ratio Operating cash flow as a percentage of group net profit after tax before depreciation and amortisation Comparable sales Measure of sales which excludes stores that have been opened or closed in the last 12 months and demonstrable impact on existi

  46. Slide 46: Glossary

    Glossary For personal use only Other non-IFRS measures used in describing the business performance include: • Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) • Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and rent (EBITDAR) • Cash flow from operating activities bef

  47. Slide 47: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer For personal use only This presentation contains summary information about Woolworths Group Limited (Woolworths Group) and its activities current as at the date of this presentation. It should be read in conjunction with Woolworths’ other periodic and continuous disclosure announcements f

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