Renewi — FY21 estimates raised following H1 update

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Renewi — FY21 estimates raised following H1 update

While COVID-19 has had some impact on Renewi’s markets, the extent is less than anticipated by management earlier in the year. Consequently, we are able to nudge up current year estimates (PBT up by €4m in a low base year) ahead of the H121 results. The latest strategic phase is in its early stages of implementation and management is clearly focused on delivering a significant uplift in profitability under this three-year programme.

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Renewi

FY21 estimates raised following H1 update

H120 pre-close update

Industrial support services

1 October 2020

Price

19.5p

Market cap

£156m

€1.10/£

Core group ongoing net debt
(ex-PPP/PFI finance and IFRS 16 leases, €m) at end September 2020

407

Shares in issue

800.1m

Free float

98.8%

Code

RWI

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

Euronext Amsterdam

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(16.3)

(25.9)

(35.7)

Rel (local)

(14.8)

(23.0)

(20.4)

52-week high/low

45.0p

18.1p

Business description

Renewi is a waste-to-product company with operations primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, and was formed from the merger between Shanks Group and Van Gansewinkel Group in 2017. Its activities span the collection, processing and resale of industrial, hazardous and municipal waste.

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H121 results

10 November 2020

Analyst

Toby Thorrington

+44 (0)20 3077 5721

Renewi is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

While COVID-19 has had some impact on Renewi’s markets, the extent is less than anticipated by management earlier in the year. Consequently, we are able to nudge up current year estimates (PBT up by €4m in a low base year) ahead of the H121 results. The latest strategic phase is in its early stages of implementation and management is clearly focused on delivering a significant uplift in profitability under this three-year programme.

Year end

Revenue (€m)

PBT*
(€m)

EPS*
(c)

DPS
(c)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

03/19

1,780.7

63.1

6.0

1.7

3.6

7.8

03/20

1,775.4

54.3

5.4

0.5

4.2

2.4

03/21e

1,560.4

10.6

0.9

0.0

22.9

N/A

03/22e

1,691.3

42.2

3.9

0.0

5.5

N/A

03/23e

1,754.5

66.1

6.2

0.6

3.5

2.6

Note: *PBT and EPS (fully diluted) are normalised, excluding pension net finance costs, amortisation of acquired intangibles and exceptional items. FY20 is on an IFRS 16 basis.

Further recovery in Commercial volumes

Renewi’s pre-close statement included some divisional highlights of a COVID-19 affected H121 trading period. In Commercial, both the Netherlands and Belgium have improved the rate of volume recovery y-o-y in Q2 versus Q1. In the former case, the Q2 outturn was -4% (Q1: -6%) and in the latter -10% (Q1: -24%, including -15% in June). Understandably, some mix changes have been seen – reflecting underlying sector activity – and while recyclate prices have remained weak, cost reduction and pricing actions have been taken accordingly. ATM (now part of the Mineralz & Water division) is still in the foothills of its recovery, but late-stage discussions for thermally treated soil offtake are ongoing and interest is growing in downstream graded building materials supporting investment in storage silos. In addition, indications are that order books are building for inbound contaminated soil for treatment. For the group as a whole, €10m cost savings have been achieved ytd, which appears to be ahead in run rate terms of the €15m previously targeted.

Cash flow control and estimates increased

The period-end core net debt position was €407m (€457m at the end of March); adjusting for temporary tax deferral timing effects, underlying cash flow has been broadly neutral, we believe. Deferred tax payment horizons are set to be extended in the Netherlands, so the benefit to Renewi and others is likely to go beyond FY21 now. Management remains ‘suitably cautious’ regarding the macro outlook but with trading better than guidance and extended deferred cash tax/net debt benefits, we have increased our FY21 PBT estimate by €4m ahead of the H121 results.

Valuation: Recovery potential not reflected

Latterly, Renewi’s share price has traded at the lower end of its range in FY21 to date, sitting on FY22e P/E and EV/EBITDA multiples of 5.5x and 4.1x respectively. While earnings have been affected by COVID-19 in the current year, our estimates include recovery and internal profit improvement initiatives such that FY23 earnings are expected to exceed those generated in FY19 and FY20. Successful implementation of the new strategy would return profitability back to (and possibly beyond) 2018 levels when the share price was 100p+.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

m's

2018

2018

2019

2020*

2021e

2022e

2023e

March

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

 

 

Sterling

Euros

Euros

Euros

Euros

Euros

Euros

Revenue

 

 

1,565.7

1,760.3

1,780.7

1,775.4

1,560.4

1,691.3

1,754.5

Cost of Sales

 

 

(1,276.9)

(1,419.2)

(1,470.4)

(1,467.5)

(1,295.2)

(1,399.5)

(1,447.5)

Gross Profit

 

 

288.8

341.1

310.3

307.9

265.3

291.7

307.0

EBITDA

 

 

156.9

176.3

179.7

167.1

125.5

159.1

183.0

Operating Profit (before GW and except.)

69.1

82.5

85.5

87.6

44.5

76.6

99.0

Net Interest

 

 

(14.2)

(15.0)

(14.4)

(18.5)

(19.0)

(19.5)

(18.0)

Other Finance

 

 

(5.1)

(7.1)

(8.4)

(15.7)

(14.9)

(14.9)

(14.9)

JV/Associates

 

 

2.3

2.6

0.4

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

Intangible Amortisation

 

 

(5.8)

(6.7)

(6.4)

(6.4)

(6.4)

(6.4)

(6.4)

Non-trading & exceptional items

 

 

(95.7)

(108.4)

(145.1)

(107.1)

(14.0)

(10.0)

(6.0)

Profit Before Tax (Edison norm)

 

52.1

63.0

63.1

54.3

10.6

42.2

66.1

Pension net finance costs

 

 

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.6)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

(0.2)

Profit Before Tax (Renewi norm)

 

51.5

62.3

62.5

54.1

10.4

42.0

65.9

Profit Before Tax (statutory)

 

 

(50.0)

(52.8)

(89.0)

(59.4)

(10.0)

25.6

53.5

Tax - headline

 

 

2.6

1.4

12.4

(1.1)

(2.5)

(10.1)

(15.9)

Profit After Tax (norm)

 

 

39.1

47.2

47.5

41.0

8.0

32.0

50.2

Profit After Tax

 

 

(47.4)

(51.5)

(76.6)

(60.5)

(12.6)

15.4

37.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

 

799.9

799.9

796.7

794.9

794.9

794.9

794.9

EPS - Edison norm (p/c) FD

 

 

4.9

5.9

6.0

5.4

0.9

3.9

6.2

EPS - Renewi norm (p/c) FD

 

 

4.8

5.4

6.0

5.4

0.9

3.9

6.2

EPS - (p/c)

 

 

(5.9)

(6.8)

(11.7)

(9.8)

(1.7)

1.8

4.6

Dividend per share (p/c)

 

 

3.05

3.46

1.68

0.52

0.00

0.00

0.56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Margin (%)

 

 

18.4

19.4

17.4

17.3

17.0

17.3

17.5

EBITDA Margin (%)

 

 

10.0

10.0

10.1

9.4

8.0

9.4

10.4

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

4.4

4.7

4.8

4.9

2.9

4.5

5.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

1,456.3

1,669.2

1,439.6

1,616.8

1,606.7

1,605.1

1,607.0

Intangible Assets

 

 

606.3

699.3

605.6

610.1

599.6

589.1

578.6

Tangible Assets (inc RoU assets)

 

 

623.0

710.8

629.1

790.9

791.3

800.2

812.6

Investments

 

 

227.0

259.1

204.9

215.8

215.8

215.8

215.8

Current Assets

 

 

366.2

418.0

533.3

503.3

493.3

392.3

410.0

Stocks

 

 

23.3

26.6

26.0

20.7

18.3

19.7

20.4

Debtors

 

 

279.0

318.4

456.9

288.1

267.0

283.1

292.0

Cash

 

 

63.9

73.0

50.4

194.5

208.0

89.5

97.6

Current Liabilities

 

 

(545.8)

(631.0)

(758.3)

(635.2)

(646.9)

(643.2)

(633.8)

Creditors

 

 

(532.9)

(616.3)

(639.6)

(618.4)

(630.1)

(626.4)

(617.0)

Short term borrowings

 

 

(12.9)

(14.7)

(118.7)

(16.8)

(16.8)

(16.8)

(16.8)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(894.3)

(1,019.9)

(895.1)

(1,249.6)

(1,230.4)

(1,116.1)

(1,107.4)

Long term borrowings

 

 

(489.7)

(558.9)

(483.7)

(634.9)

(634.9)

(534.9)

(534.9)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(404.6)

(461.0)

(411.4)

(614.7)

(595.5)

(581.2)

(572.5)

Net Assets

 

 

382.4

436.3

319.5

235.3

222.7

238.2

275.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

128.4

143.6

86.8

167.8

167.9

132.4

170.1

Net Interest

 

 

(16.9)

(19.1)

(17.7)

(27.0)

(25.6)

(26.1)

(24.6)

Tax

 

 

(6.7)

(7.6)

(13.2)

(10.1)

(16.5)

(2.5)

(10.1)

Net Capex

 

 

(81.2)

(92.3)

(99.4)

(73.4)

(77.3)

(87.3)

(92.3)

Acquisitions/disposals

 

 

(4.1)

(4.8)

22.7

81.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Equity Financing

 

 

0.6

0.6

(2.7)

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dividends

 

 

(24.4)

(27.6)

(27.4)

(8.6)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

 

 

(4.3)

(7.3)

(50.9)

130.3

48.5

16.4

43.1

Opening core net debt/(cash)

 

 

423.9

492.7

500.0

552.0

457.2

443.7

462.2

IFRS16 lease capital repayments

 

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

(38.5)

(35.0)

(35.0)

(35.0)

Other

 

 

(10.5)

(0.0)

(1.1)

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Closing core net debt/(cash)

 

 

438.7

500.0

552.0

457.2

443.7

462.2

454.1

Closing PPP/PFI non-recourse net debt

 

82.9

94.6

95.4

90.0

90.0

90.0

90.0

IFRS16 Lease finance

 

 

 

 

 

202.7

204.7

206.7

208.7

Source: Company, Edison Investment Research. *EPS for continuing businesses in FY20 was 5.1c and the 5.4c figure shown includes discontinued operations

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