Renewi — On track for FY expectations

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Renewi — On track for FY expectations

A Q3 update reaffirmed Renewi’s existing FY21 expectations, with an underlying mix modestly more in favour of Commercial activities offsetting a slower than planned ramp up of thermally treated soil shipments. Cash generation appears to have been very good in Q3 and, despite some outflow in Q4, the year-end net debt position could well be below our current projection. This reassuring update confirms the resilience of waste stream activities with full-year and strategic aspirations maintained.

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Renewi

On track for FY expectations

Q3 update

1 February 2021

Price

40.7p

Market cap

£326m

€1.13/£

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

323

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

0.6

89.5

10.0

Rel (local)

3.7

64.0

25.5

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.

Next events

FY21 end

March 2021

Analyst

Toby Thorrington

+44 (0)20 3077 5721

Renewi is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

A Q3 update reaffirmed Renewi’s existing FY21 expectations, with an underlying mix modestly more in favour of Commercial activities offsetting a slower than planned ramp up of thermally treated soil shipments. Cash generation appears to have been very good in Q3 and, despite some outflow in Q4, the year-end net debt position could well be below our current projection. This reassuring update confirms the resilience of waste stream activities with full-year and strategic aspirations maintained.

Industrial support services

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

7.6

3.7

03/20

1,775.4

54.3

5.4

0.5

9.1

1.1

03/21e

1,587.1

22.2

2.0

0.0

22.6

N/A

03/22e

1,691.3

46.4

4.3

0.0

10.6

N/A

03/23e

1,754.5

69.8

6.6

0.6

7.0

1.2

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

Commercial remains firm, soil shipments pending

In Q3, Commercial waste volumes improved slightly year-on-year in both of Renewi’s main trading countries, with the Netherlands tracking at 98% of Q320 levels (100bp higher than Q2 and 400bp above Q1) while the Belgian equivalent was 92% (up from 91% and 76% respectively). We note that lockdowns towards the period end had a marginal effect on this outturn; nevertheless, these figures show the collection and processing of waste streams has been resilient during 2020. Higher than anticipated recyclate prices will have also benefited secondary income streams. We believe strong construction and bulky waste activity is the primary driver behind better relative performance in the Netherlands. In Mineralz & Waste, thermally treated soil production has not yet ramped up to anticipated levels; we assume this to be due to storage capacity constraints as permitting activity for post treatment soil placement is below expectations. Otherwise, this division appears well placed to deliver the activity uplift outlined previously once the permit process gains momentum.

Positive cash flow performance

A further €58m reduction in core net debt (ex IFRS 16 leases) to €323m over the quarter, aided by working capital control. While management flags a higher-than-expected year-end position (partly a result of placing thermally treated soil, which is a business cost), our initial impression is this is likely to be below the €424m that we currently project. Renewi is committed to delivering a significant earnings uplift over the next three years and remains confident the strategy is in place to achieve this. Our estimates are unchanged.

Valuation: On a recovery footing

Renewi’s share price has recovered well from lows at the end of September (the H121 trading period end) and is now just off its three-month high. On our existing estimates, the near-term rating on trough earnings (FY21) has become inflated but the P/E and EV/EBITDA return to 7.0x and 4.4x just over two years out (FY23).

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

1,587.1

1,691.3

1,754.5

Cost of Sales

 

 

(1,276.9)

(1,419.2)

(1,470.4)

(1,467.5)

(1,317.3)

(1,399.6)

(1,447.5)

Gross Profit

 

 

288.8

341.1

310.3

307.9

269.8

291.7

307.0

EBITDA

 

 

156.9

176.3

179.7

167.1

133.3

159.0

182.9

Operating Profit (before GW and except.)

 

69.1

82.5

85.5

87.6

52.3

76.5

98.9

Net Interest

 

 

(14.2)

(15.0)

(14.4)

(18.5)

(18.5)

(18.0)

(17.0)

Other Finance

 

 

(5.1)

(7.1)

(8.4)

(15.7)

(12.1)

(12.1)

(12.1)

JV/Associates

 

 

2.3

2.6

0.4

0.9

0.5

0.0

0.0

Intangible Amortisation

 

 

(5.8)

(6.7)

(6.4)

(6.4)

(3.4)

(3.4)

(3.4)

Non Trading & Exceptional Items

 

 

(95.7)

(108.4)

(145.1)

(107.1)

(17.2)

(10.0)

(6.0)

Profit Before Tax (Edison norm)

 

 

52.1

63.0

63.1

54.3

22.2

46.4

69.8

Pension net finance costs

 

 

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.6)

(0.2)

0.2

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (Renewi norm)

 

 

51.5

62.3

62.5

54.1

22.4

46.4

69.8

Profit Before Tax (statutory)

 

 

(50.0)

(52.8)

(89.0)

(59.4)

1.8

33.0

60.4

Tax - headline

 

 

2.6

1.4

12.4

(1.1)

(2.6)

(11.1)

(16.8)

Profit After Tax (norm)

 

 

39.1

47.2

47.5

41.0

16.8

35.3

53.1

Profit After Tax

 

 

(47.4)

(51.5)

(76.6)

(60.5)

(0.8)

21.9

43.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

 

799.9

799.9

796.7

794.9

795.2

795.2

795.2

EPS - Edison norm (p/c) FD

 

 

4.9

5.9

6.0

5.4

2.0

4.3

6.6

EPS - Renewi norm (p/c) FD

 

 

4.8

5.4

6.0

5.4

2.1

4.3

6.6

EPS - (p/c)

 

 

(5.9)

(6.8)

(11.7)

(9.8)

(0.2)

2.7

5.4

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

8.4

9.4

10.4

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

 

4.4

4.7

4.8

4.9

3.3

4.5

5.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

1,456.3

1,669.2

1,439.6

1,616.8

1,577.4

1,578.8

1,583.7

Intangible Assets

 

 

606.3

699.3

605.6

610.1

607.3

599.8

592.3

Tangible Assets (inc RoU assets)

 

 

623.0

710.8

629.1

790.9

777.4

786.3

798.7

Investments

 

 

227.0

259.1

204.9

215.8

192.7

192.7

192.7

Current Assets

 

 

366.2

418.0

533.3

503.3

392.2

399.7

425.0

Stocks

 

 

23.3

26.6

26.0

20.7

18.6

19.7

20.4

Debtors

 

 

279.0

318.4

456.9

288.1

280.1

294.0

303.2

Cash

 

 

63.9

73.0

50.4

194.5

93.5

86.0

101.4

Current Liabilities

 

 

(545.8)

(631.0)

(758.3)

(635.2)

(598.0)

(611.8)

(624.5)

Creditors

 

 

(532.9)

(616.3)

(639.6)

(618.4)

(584.3)

(598.1)

(610.8)

Short term borrowings

 

 

(12.9)

(14.7)

(118.7)

(16.8)

(13.7)

(13.7)

(13.7)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(894.3)

(1,019.9)

(895.1)

(1,249.6)

(1,149.3)

(1,122.5)

(1,096.3)

Long term borrowings

 

 

(489.7)

(558.9)

(483.7)

(634.9)

(503.7)

(503.7)

(503.7)

Other long term liabilities

 

 

(404.6)

(461.0)

(411.4)

(614.7)

(645.6)

(618.8)

(592.6)

Net Assets

 

 

382.4

436.3

319.5

235.3

222.4

244.2

287.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

128.4

143.6

86.8

167.8

171.8

144.6

177.2

Net Interest

 

 

(16.9)

(19.1)

(17.7)

(27.0)

(24.9)

(24.4)

(23.4)

Tax

 

 

(6.7)

(7.6)

(13.2)

(10.1)

(10.5)

(5.4)

(11.1)

Net Capex

 

 

(81.2)

(92.3)

(99.4)

(73.4)

(74.9)

(87.3)

(92.3)

Acquisitions/disposals

 

 

(4.1)

(4.8)

22.7

81.0

2.2

0.0

0.0

Equity Financing

 

 

0.6

0.6

(2.7)

0.6

(0.1)

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

63.6

27.4

50.4

Opening core net debt/(cash)

 

 

423.9

492.7

500.0

552.0

457.2

423.9

431.4

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

4.7

0.0

0.0

Closing core net debt/(cash)

 

 

438.7

500.0

552.0

457.2

423.9

431.4

416.0

Closing PPP/PFI non-recourse net debt

 

82.9

94.6

95.4

90.0

84.2

84.2

84.2

IFRS16 Lease finance

 

 

 

 

 

202.7

215.1

219.6

224.1

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

Source: Sourec

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