Robertet
After including Robertet to my “collector’s nook” a number of weeks in the past, Robertet printed 2024 outcomes 2 weeks in the past.
With 90 mn EUR Web Revenue or 43 EUR EPS, outcomes got here in just a little bit decrease than primarily based on the 6M numbers that I assumed within the publish:
The 2025 outlook was “cautiously optimistic”:
They introduced to extend the dividend to 10 EUR per share. Money move has been fairly good as properly with ~70 mn EUR free money move which they used primarily to scale back internet debt additional.
General I might say in keeping with expectations and one thing to observe, particularly if and the way tariffs will have an effect.
DCC Healthcare Disposal
Late final 12 months, DCC stunned a whole lot of traders with a strategic overview and the choice to promote each, the healthcare and expertise division.
Initially, the inventory reacted properly, solely to nowe fade again to the extent earlier than the announcement:
Every week in the past, DCC stated that regardless of the presently tough circumstances, they managed to promote the Healtcare division for a complete consideration of 1.050 mn GBP to a PE fund.
Curiously, this had no optimistic influence in any respect on the share worth. I discover that fairly stunning, as they managed to promote this at ~12x 2024 Working revenue and the inventory as such is buying and selling at ~8,8x EV/EBIT.
DCC will return many of the proceeds to shareholders after the deal closes in Q3.
Some analysts appear to have anticipated the next promoting worth, which I discover attention-grabbing given the present state of the PE business.
Personally, I do suppose that DCC seems fairly engaging at these ranges.
Eurokai 2024 outcomes
Eurokai was clearly one in all my higher performing concepts since I posted the preliminary write-up in February 2024.
This week they launched the annual report 2024, which at first sight seems fairly encouraging:
EPS went up by +60% from 2,33 to three,74 EUR per share, the dividend shall be elevated by 1,80 EUR to 2 EUR per share.
Operationally, throughout all terminals, Eurokai dealt with round +10% extra containers than in 2023.
The earnings embody a one time impact as attributable to elevated visitors, the beforehand written down terminal in Wilhelmshaven needed to be written again up once more. If I make no mistake, the impact at Eurokai Degree is round 19 mn EUR (50% of 38 mn at Eurogate) or ~1,4 EUR per share.
So at first sight, then many of the improve in earnings is principally a one time impact. I had seen some discussions estimating that the “nomralized” EPS can be solely like 2,50 EUR per share.
However not so fast. There may be extra to contemplate.
This one time optimistic impact talked about above really led to a major unfavourable one time impact as a result of “Golden Share” construction the place there’s a 15% curiosity on Native GAAP earnings at TopCo degree.
If you happen to really divide the said internet earnings by the variety of shares (pre Golden share), one would get 69,5 mn EUR/ 13,47 mn shares = 5,17 EUR per share EPS for 2024.
The distinction to the said 3,74 EUR per share, (i.e. -1,42 EU per share), is the allocation to the Golden Share.
Eurokai reveals the calculation of EPS on web page 132 of the German report:
Now on this case, it’s a pure coincidence that the 19 mn EUR is identical quantity because the optimistic one-off IFRS impact.
I might calculate the “regular” share for the Golden share as follows: (65,9-19)*0,15= 7 mn EUR or 0,53 EUR per share. This equals a 15% curiosity within the financial (IFRS) results of the Group which in the long run ought to converge with the German GAAP end result at TopCo degree.
So my normalized EPS for 2024 would look as follows:
((65,9-19)*0,85)/13,47= 3,19 EUR per share for 2024 with out the varied particular results.
I haven’t but had the time to calculate the web liquidity for Eurokai, however primarily based on the operational growth it almost certainly went up. Acknowledged liquidity which solely partially reveals the actual image went up by 30 mn EUR.
Administration (once more) guided conservative:
Clearly, the one time acquire won’t be repeated, on the opposite facet, the optimistic working results of the brand new Gemini Alliance (Hapag Lloys & Maersk) are solely kicking in from February 2025.
Understanding Eurokai, I might assume that at an operational degree, issues don’t look too unhealthy and the “normalised” results of 2024 of round 3,19 EUR could be fairly simply achieved. And sure, last EPS could be under the three,74 from 2024, however total issues appear to maneuver into the fitting route.
Regardless of the share worth improve in comparison with the preliminary write-up, the inventory continues to be ridiculously low-cost.
And within the meantime, one will get paid nonetheless round a 5,7% dividend yield for ready.