Treatt — Another positive half

Treatt (LSE: TET)

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420.00

2.00 (0.48%)

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Treatt — Another positive half

The last few years have seen Treatt grow at a spectacular rate, and although – as expected – the growth has moderated, it demonstrates that momentum persists in the business, and management has continued to build on prior growth despite the demanding comparatives. Revenues were up by 7% in H119, or 5% at constant currency, vs revenues up 10% in H118. The key categories of fruit and vegetables, tea and sugar-reduction continue to drive the business. Citrus remains the largest category, though at present it is witnessing some weakness due to lower raw material prices. Nevertheless, the rest of the business continues to grow, and management’s outlook for FY19 remains unchanged.

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Treatt

Another positive half

H1 trading update

Food & beverages

5 April 2019

Price

388p

Market cap

£223m

Net cash (£m) at 30 September 2018

10.1

Shares in issue

57.5m

Free float

100%

Code

TET

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(8.2)

(12.1)

(4.4)

Rel (local)

(11.0)

(18.9)

(8.5)

52-week high/low

508.0p

388.0p

Business description

Treatt provides innovative ingredient solutions from its manufacturing bases in Europe, North America and Africa, principally for the flavours and fragrance industries and multinational consumer goods companies, with particular emphasis on the beverage sector.

Next events

H119 results

7 May 2019

FY19 results

26 November 2019

Analysts

Sara Welford

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

Russell Pointon

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

Treatt is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

The last few years have seen Treatt grow at a spectacular rate, and although – as expected – the growth has moderated, it demonstrates that momentum persists in the business, and management has continued to build on prior growth despite the demanding comparatives. Revenues were up by 7% in H119, or 5% at constant currency, vs revenues up 10% in H118. The key categories of fruit and vegetables, tea and sugar-reduction continue to drive the business. Citrus remains the largest category, though at present it is witnessing some weakness due to lower raw material prices. Nevertheless, the rest of the business continues to grow, and management’s outlook for FY19 remains unchanged.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

09/17

101.3

12.8

18.5

4.8

20.9

1.2

09/18

112.2

13.8

20.3

5.1

19.1

1.3

09/19e

116.1

14.2

18.8

5.1

20.6

1.3

09/20e

120.7

14.8

19.7

5.3

19.7

1.4

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

US expansion complete, UK relocation continues

A key part of Treatt’s current strategy is to expand its capacity in order to satisfy increasing demand for its products. The expansion of its US facility was completed in March, on budget and on schedule, and is due to become fully operational by June 2019. The UK relocation project – which is more complex – was delayed by around six months compared to the original schedule as the design phase took longer than expected, but now remains on track for construction to begin during Q4 of FY19 (Q419) and occupancy to begin in Q420.

Treatt remains in the sweet spot

As expected, revenue growth has moderated over the past 18 months, as FY17 witnessed exceptional growth of 24.5%. Underlying revenue growth of 5% in H119 is more sustainable and demonstrates that the company is successfully embracing the sweet spot in flavour ingredients. Its portfolio is well-suited for the current consumer trends of clean labels and more natural, better-for-you products, without compromising on taste. The fact that organic revenue growth of 5% was achieved, despite pressure on citrus pricing due to raw materials weakness, demonstrates the strength of Treatt’s portfolio.

Valuation: Attractive ingredients play

We value Treatt using a DCF model, which indicates a fair value of 510p (unchanged). Treatt trades at 19.7x FY20e P/E and 13.4x FY20e EV/EBITDA. On both P/E and EV/EBITDA it trades at a c 20% discount to its peer group. We note that although hedging is in place to mitigate any FX impact on the P&L, in the shorter term the weakening dollar will lead to a negative FX impact on the H1 results.

Valuation

We illustrate Treatt’s relative valuation versus its ingredients peer group in Exhibit 1 below. Treatt trades at a discount to its peer group on both a P/E and EV/EBITDA basis. We believe some discount is justified to reflect its small size and because some of its products are relatively ‘upstream’ in the ingredients spectrum, particularly the bulk ingredients that are sold to other ingredients companies.

Exhibit 1: Comparative valuation

Market cap (m)

P/E (x)

EV/EBITDA (x)

Dividend yield (%)

2019e

2020e

2019e

2020e

2019e

2020e

Givaudan

CHF 22,931

27.5

25.4

19.4

18.1

2.5

2.7

IFF

$14,061

20.8

18.7

15.7

14.3

2.1

2.2

Symrise

CHF 11,100

32.5

28.3

17.6

15.8

1.2

1.4

Chr Hansen

DKK 84,296

43.4

38.4

28.6

25.7

1.7

1.9

Kerry

€ 17,082

24.8

22.8

18.1

16.8

0.8

0.9

Ingredion

$6,286

13.3

12.4

8.1

7.7

2.6

2.7

Peer group average

27.0

24.3

17.9

16.4

1.8

2.0

Treatt

223.1

20.6

19.7

15.8

13.4

1.3

1.4

Premium/(discount) to peer group (%)

(23.9%)

(19.0%)

(11.6%)

(18.6%)

(27.6%)

(29.8%)

Source: Refinitiv, Edison Investment Research. Note: Prices as of 4 April 2019.

Our DCF-derived fair value is unchanged at 510p as our forecasts are unchanged. Our longer-term sales growth forecast remains at 5.0% pa, falling to 2% growth in perpetuity. Our DCF is calculated based on a WACC of 6.8% (encompassing a beta of 0.8, an equity risk premium of 5.0% and a borrowing spread of 5.0%) and a terminal growth rate of 2%.

Exhibit 2: Financial summary

£000s

2016

2017

2018

2019e

2020e

2021e

Year end 30 September

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

88,040

101,250

112,163

116,089

120,732

125,562

Cost of Sales

(67,639)

(75,985)

(84,407)

(88,058)

(91,339)

(94,867)

Gross Profit

20,401

25,265

27,756

28,031

29,394

30,695

EBITDA

 

 

11,604

15,049

16,627

15,837

18,617

19,437

Operating Profit (before amort., except and sbp.)

 

 

10,257

13,650

15,108

14,135

14,946

15,686

Intangible Amortisation

(142)

(137)

(124)

0

0

0

Share based payments

(566)

(966)

(1,040)

(1,096)

(1,144)

(1,207)

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

Operating Profit

9,549

12,547

13,944

13,039

13,802

14,480

Net Interest

(703)

(851)

(1,302)

49

(135)

(70)

Exceptionals

(553)

0

(1,105)

0

0

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

9,554

12,799

13,806

14,184

14,811

15,616

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

8,293

11,696

11,537

13,088

13,667

14,410

Profit Before Tax (company)

 

 

8,846

11,696

12,642

13,088

13,667

14,410

Tax

(2,144)

(3,129)

(2,284)

(3,337)

(3,485)

(3,675)

Profit After Tax (norm)

7,410

9,670

11,522

10,846

11,326

11,942

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

6,149

8,567

9,253

9,750

10,182

10,735

Discontinued operations

2,976

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

51.9

52.2

56.8

57.5

57.5

57.5

EPS - normalised (p)

 

 

14.3

18.5

20.3

18.8

19.7

20.7

EPS - normalised & fully diluted (p)

 

 

14.1

17.9

19.8

18.6

19.4

20.5

EPS - (IFRS) (p)

 

 

11.8

16.4

21.5

17.0

17.7

18.7

Dividend per share (p)

51.9

52.2

56.8

57.5

57.5

57.5

Gross Margin (%)

23.2

25.0

24.7

24.1

24.3

24.4

EBITDA Margin (%)

13.2

14.9

14.8

13.6

15.4

15.5

Operating Margin (before GW and except.) (%)

11.7

13.5

13.5

12.2

12.4

12.5

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

16,161

19,532

21,863

43,321

54,462

49,094

Intangible Assets

3,364

3,331

752

752

752

752

Tangible Assets

11,361

14,821

20,038

41,496

52,637

47,269

Investments

1,436

1,380

1,073

1,073

1,073

1,073

Current Assets

 

 

54,435

68,230

102,401

102,706

105,039

107,446

Stocks

29,990

42,878

39,642

40,797

42,188

43,624

Debtors

17,853

19,973

28,828

29,605

30,548

31,518

Cash

6,588

4,748

32,304

32,304

32,304

32,304

Other

4

631

1,627

0

0

0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(16,388)

(27,003)

(35,781)

(40,268)

(43,818)

(36,081)

Creditors

(15,834)

(19,266)

(16,479)

(16,611)

(16,672)

(16,711)

Short term borrowings

(487)

(7,680)

(19,244)

(23,656)

(27,146)

(19,370)

Provisions

(67)

(57)

(58)

0

0

0

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(17,021)

(14,281)

(6,858)

(16,485)

(18,030)

(13,942)

Long term borrowings

(7,755)

(7,293)

(3,001)

(11,828)

(13,573)

(9,685)

Other long term liabilities

(9,266)

(6,988)

(3,857)

(4,657)

(4,457)

(4,257)

Net Assets

 

 

37,187

46,478

81,625

89,275

97,654

106,518

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

10,804

4,683

3,580

15,004

16,130

16,854

Net Interest

(703)

(913)

(609)

49

(135)

(70)

Tax

(2,022)

(2,822)

(2,978)

(3,337)

(3,485)

(3,675)

Capex

(679)

(5,111)

(6,190)

(23,161)

(14,811)

1,617

Acquisitions/disposals

(861)

(1,667)

8,357

1,100

0

0

Financing

280

270

21,090

0

0

0

Dividends

(2,095)

(3,025)

(2,876)

(2,895)

(2,933)

(3,062)

Net Cash Flow

4,724

(8,585)

20,374

(13,240)

(5,234)

11,664

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

6,155

1,654

10,225

(10,059)

3,180

8,414

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

(223)

14

(90)

1

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

1,654

10,225

(10,059)

3,180

8,414

(3,249)

Source: Edison Investment Research, Treatt data

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