EMIS Group — Strengthening the core

EMIS Group (AIM: EMIS)

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EMIS Group — Strengthening the core

EMIS Group’s recent restructuring enabled it to report FY17 adjusted profits in line with forecasts, despite revenues below our expectations. The company’s immediate focus is on strengthening its core business, both in the wake of the recent customer support issue, but also to ensure it can maintain its market-leading position in the UK primary care market. Lower revenue growth and increased costs to support near-term projects reduce our earnings forecasts for FY18 and FY19. Management is working on detailed plans for growth, which it expects to share later this year.

Katherine Thompson

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Katherine Thompson

Director

TMT

EMIS Group

Strengthening the core

FY17 results

Software & comp services

19 March 2018

Price

825p

Market cap

£522m

Net cash (£m) at end FY17

14.0

Shares in issue

63.3m

Free float

98%

Code

EMIS

Primary exchange

AIM

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

13.0

(16.5)

(6.0)

Rel (local)

14.6

(13.3)

(4.3)

52-week high/low

1,017p

705p

Business description

EMIS is a clinical software supplier to the primary care market in the UK (supplying over 50% of UK GP practices), a software supplier to UK pharmacies, and through several acquisitions also supplies specialist and acute care software.

Next events

H118 trading update

July 2018

Analysts

Katherine Thompson

+44 (0)20 3077 5730

Dan Ridsdale

+44 (0)20 3077 5729

EMIS Group is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

EMIS Group’s recent restructuring enabled it to report FY17 adjusted profits in line with forecasts, despite revenues below our expectations. The company’s immediate focus is on strengthening its core business, both in the wake of the recent customer support issue, but also to ensure it can maintain its market-leading position in the UK primary care market. Lower revenue growth and increased costs to support near-term projects reduce our earnings forecasts for FY18 and FY19. Management is working on detailed plans for growth, which it expects to share later this year.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

Dil EPS*
(p)

EMIS adj. dil. EPS** (p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/17

160.4

35.2

43.1

47.0

25.8

19.2

3.1

12/18e

165.7

36.7

45.0

46.5

26.8

18.3

3.2

12/19e

171.6

39.8

48.7

48.4

27.8

16.9

3.4

12/20e

178.5

42.9

53.1

53.2

29.0

15.5

3.5

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments. **EMIS adjusted EPS – cash accounts for development costs and excludes exceptional items and amortisation of acquired intangibles.

Slower revenue growth partially offset by cost-cutting

Group revenues grew 1.0% y-o-y (2.8% below our forecast), while adjusted operating profit declined 3.5%. Excluding the investment in Patient, adjusted profit grew 5% y-o-y, benefiting from cost reductions from the now completed reorganisation programme. Net cash of £14m at year-end was ahead of our £7m forecast due to lower working capital consumption. The one-off £11.2m cost to fix the previously announced customer support issue exceeded our £9m estimate.

Focused on three short-term projects

The company continues to work with NHS Digital to resolve the customer support issue. In addition, it is focused on ensuring that the primary care business is included on IT Futures, the next GP framework agreement for England. This is the largest business stream within the group so it is crucial that EMIS software is selected. To support the requirements of IT Futures and changing models of patient care, the company is upgrading EMIS Web.

Estimate changes and valuation

We have revised our forecasts to reflect lower revenue growth and a reduced operating cost base in FY17, as well as increased costs to strengthen the primary care support function in FY18. Our adjusted EPS forecast is reduced by 4.6% in FY18 and 11.3% in FY19 and we introduce a forecast for 9.9% EPS growth in FY20. Since confirmation that no other issues have been uncovered, the stock is up 14%. EMIS is now trading on 18.3x FY18e EPS, at a 15% discount to its peer group median. Although EMIS is more profitable than its peers, the forecast decline in earnings in FY18 is weighing on the valuation. Evidence of earnings growth resumption will be key to share price upside – in the shorter term, this could include positive news on the Scottish and English primary care procurements, and in the longer term, evidence that the investment in Patient is paying off. Strong cash generation underpins the 3% dividend yield.

Review of FY17 results

Exhibit 1: FY17 results highlights

£000s

FY16a

FY17e

FY17a

Difference

y-o-y

Revenues

158,712

164,955

160,354

-2.8%

1.0%

Normalised operating profit

38,897

36,562

34,895

-4.6%

-10.3%

Reported operating profit

23,539

14,844

10,640

-28.3%

-54.8%

EMIS adjusted* operating profit

38,753

37,275

37,406

0.4%

-3.5%

Normalised EPS - p

49.4

45.7

43.1

-5.7%

-12.9%

Reported EPS - p

30.4

18.2

12.8

-29.6%

-57.9%

EMIS adjusted* EPS - p

49.2

46.8

47.0

0.5%

-4.4%

Net cash/(debt)

(430)

7,162

13,991

95.3%

N/A

Source: EMIS, Edison Investment Research. Note:*EMIS adjusted profitability measures – cash accounts for development costs and excludes exceptional items and amortisation of acquired intangibles

Exhibit 2: Divisional results

£m

FY16a

FY17e

FY17a

Difference

y-o-y

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

Primary, Community & Acute Care

120.6

122.2

117.6

-3.8%

-2.5%

Community Pharmacy

21.4

22.3

21.9

-1.9%

2.2%

Specialist & Care

14.2

17.2

18.0

4.9%

27.0%

Patient

2.6

3.3

2.9

-12.6%

12.7%

Total

158.7

165.0

160.4

-2.8%

1.0%

Adjusted operating profit

 

 

 

 

 

Primary, Community & Acute Care

33.8

35.4

34.9

-1.3%

3.3%

Community Pharmacy

4.9

5.7

5.6

-0.5%

15.4%

Specialist & Care

0.2

-0.1

0.1

247.2%

-34.7%

Patient

1.5

-2.0

-1.9

6.8%

-225.6%

Central costs

-1.6

-1.7

-1.4

16.0%

-14.3%

Total adjusted operating profit

38.8

37.3

37.4

0.4%

-3.5%

Reported operating profit

 

 

 

 

 

Primary, Community & Acute Care

23.4

10.2

9.5

-6.9%

-59.5%

Community Pharmacy

6.1

4.8

4.8

-0.5%

-21.9%

Specialist & Care

-5.8

-0.8

-0.7

-2.3%

-87.4%

Patient

1.5

-1.7

-1.5

-13.8%

-198.8%

Central costs

-1.6

-1.7

-1.4

-16.0%

-14.3%

Total reported operating profit

23.5

14.8

10.6

-28.3%

-54.8%

Adjusted operating margin

 

 

 

 

 

Primary, Community & Acute Care

28.0%

29.0%

29.7%

0.7%

1.6%

Community Pharmacy

22.8%

25.3%

25.7%

0.4%

2.9%

Specialist & Care

1.5%

-0.6%

0.8%

1.3%

-0.7%

Patient

58.2%

-60.8%

-64.9%

-4.0%

-123.0%

Total adjusted operating margin

24.4%

22.6%

23.3%

0.7%

-1.1%

Source: EMIS, Edison Investment Research

EMIS reported FY17 revenues that were 2.8% below our forecast; however, it managed to report adjusted operating profit and adjusted EPS marginally above our forecast. FY17 revenues included a £0.9 contribution from Intrelate (acquired in December FY16) – excluding this, organic growth was 0.5%. On a reported operating profit and EPS basis, we note that the exceptional charge taken for the customer support issue was £11.2m, above our £9m forecast. The company closed the year with net cash of £14.0m, ahead of our £7.2m forecast mainly due to lower working capital consumption.

At a divisional level:

Primary, Community and Acute Care: revenues were 3.8% lower than we forecast, showing a 2.5% decline y-o-y, with some of the shortfall from the Acute business and the majority due to a lower level of discretionary spending within Primary Care (including hosting). The company managed to reduce the cost base such that adjusted operating profit was only 1.3% lower than we forecast and grew 3.3% y-o-y, resulting in the adjusted operating margin gaining 1.6pp over the year. On a reported basis, the cost-cutting partially offset the higher than expected charge for the customer support issue.

Community Pharmacy: revenues were 1.9% lower than our forecast, showing 2.2% growth y-o-y. The delayed roll-out to the Lloyds estate was the main reason for the shortfall. Adjusted operating profit was only 0.5% below our forecast, resulting in a higher than expected margin and year-on-year growth of 15.4%.

Specialist & Care: revenues were 4.9% ahead of our forecast, with year-on-year growth of 27% reflecting the implementation of screening contracts that were won in 2016. Despite contract start-up costs, cost reductions in other areas resulted in adjusted operating profit turning positive for the year, compared to our forecast for a small loss.

Patient: revenues were below our forecast, but a slightly lower level of costs resulted in a smaller than expected adjusted operating loss.

Central costs: these were reduced by 14% y-o-y.

Near-term priorities

The company is focused on strengthening its core business and enhancing its software to ensure it can meet the evolving needs of the NHS, with three near-term projects underway.

GPSoC to become IT Futures

Within Primary Care, by far the largest customer is NHS England, with EMIS Web being used by 4,197 English GP practices (82% of the total number of practices it supports in the UK). We estimate that this business generates c 40% of the group’s revenues. The software is available to practices via the GP System of Choice (GPSoC) framework, which is centrally funded by the NHS. The current framework has been extended until the end of 2018 while a new framework, called IT Futures, is developed. EMIS expects the procurement process to start later this year and conclude in H119. This is likely to mean that the current framework will need to be extended further until the new framework is available.

Clearly it is crucial that EMIS is selected as a vendor on the IT Futures framework agreement. The company is currently in communication with NHS Digital to ascertain the technical requirements for the new framework. This is likely to include increased flexibility, interoperability and modularity, in order to support the many emerging care pathways. The move to keep patients out of hospital as far as possible while reducing the pressure on primary care is likely to mean greater use of community care (eg district nurses, specialist clinics, pharmacists) and self-care.

Our forecasts include English practices under the current framework and make no assumptions on the value per practice under IT Futures nor any changes in market share.

Upgrade EMIS Web

To support the IT Futures framework, the company is working on upgrading EMIS Web to ensure it can support all necessary technical requirements. The company has a new CTO in place who is leading this project. Ideally, the new software will evolve with new modules introduced on a regular basis, rather than the “big-bang” approach of upgrading the software in one go.

Resolve customer support issue

Management continues to work towards resolution of the customer support issue that was discovered in January.1 The company has reviewed working procedures across the group and is confident that no such issue exists in any other parts of the group. It has reviewed the Primary Care support function and the historic reports to NHS Digital. As a result, it estimates that the problem arose when the current GPSoC framework was implemented in 2014. The company will now need to resolve the backlog of reported software issues as well as pay penalties to NHS Digital for not meeting the relevant SLAs. Management had initially estimated this cost at high single-digit millions (we had factored in a charge of £9m) but, on further examination, has now taken a charge of £11.2m. In addition, management has decided to strengthen the support and development functions to ensure better customer support and software maintenance, and expects this to add an incremental £3m to the cost base in FY18 and £2m in FY19. We had previously added £2m to our cost base for FY18 and FY19 for this reason, so this implies an additional cost of £1m in FY18. NHS Digital is currently validating the company’s findings and in due course will decide on the level of penalties that EMIS must pay.

Business update and outlook

Primary, Community and Acute Care (PCA) – cost base reduced

The Primary Care business grew its market share by 1% to 56%. We note that this is likely to reduce from FY19 as the 195 Welsh practices moves away (see Loss of Welsh GP business – January 2018). Assuming market share remains at FY17 levels in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we forecast a UK market share of 53.9% by the end of FY20, which would still represent market leadership. The company is involved in the Scottish procurement, where it currently supports 519 practices with a legacy version of EMIS software (ie pre-EMIS Web). The current contract is of a similar size to Wales (c £2m) – if selected there is scope for EMIS to earn more than this, but it will depend on the final decision on the software specification.

The business was recently accredited by NHS Digital to deliver its Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) to dispensing doctors. EMIS Health will be able to offer this service to existing customers and could also target other practices that are not currently using EMIS Web.

EMIS Health continues to grow the network of partners that use EMIS Web, and has just added its 101st partner.

Egton deployed Wi-Fi at more than 1,000 practices during 2017. It has developed a digitisation service (in pilot), where paper documents are scanned, helping surgeries to become paperless.

The Community Care business grew market share by 1% to 17% and has moved into a number two market position, behind TPP. The company expects further growth from this business in FY18 with the ultimate target of moving into the number one position.

The Acute business saw a better performance in H2 than H1, with revenues up h-o-h and costs down over the same period. The division is focused on its best-of-breed software solutions for A&E and hospital pharmacy – in both areas it holds the number two position and gained share in both areas during the year. The EU will be rolling out the final phase of the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) in February 2019, which will require medicines to be tracked from manufacturer to patient. The Acute business is investing in its hospital pharmacy software to ensure it meets the requirements of FMD. It has also rolled-out a Child Protection module for the Symphony A&E product.

Community Pharmacy (CP) – software upgrade on track

The CP business maintained its market share at 37%, which makes it joint market leader alongside Cegedim. The roll-out of the upgraded ProScript Connect software to direct customers is well underway and should be complete by the end of 2018. The Celesio roll-out to the AAH Pharmaceuticals independent estate is also underway and should be substantially complete by the end of 2018. The roll-out to the Lloyds estate (which will take market share close to 50%) has been delayed, while the customer completes another major IT project.

The business is keen to grow the use of EMIS Web by pharmacies, particularly to support Patient Group Directions – these are delegated small procedures such as flu jabs or travel vaccinations. This would enable pharmacists to look up patient information before carrying out procedures, as well as recording them in EMIS Web so that GPs are aware of treatment given to patients outside the surgery.

Specialist & Care – return to profitability

EMIS Health Specialist marginally reduced its market share from 77% to 76% over the year. The government had previously procured another software provider for its national screening programme, but this procurement appears to have been postponed. This should mean it is business as usual for the Specialist business for the time being.

EMIS Care increased its share of the outsourced diabetic eye screening market to 26%, from 18% a year ago. Several multi-year contracts that were won in 2016 were fully implemented in 2017.

Patient – making good progress

The business has completed the update of its patient.info website – it is now mobile responsive and can support multiple content formats, including short-form video content. Monthly active users averaged 15 million through 2017. The business has also completed development of the Patient Access 2.0 app – this is waiting for final approval from NHS Digital before expected launch in H218. The business will continue to invest in building its digital healthcare marketplace through the course of FY18.

Changes to forecasts

We have revised our forecasts to reflect the following:

Revenues: we have revised our forecasts to reflect the lower level of revenues generated in FY17 as well as the loss of the Welsh GP practices starting in FY19.

Adjusted operating profit: we have reflected the lower cost base after cost reductions made in FY17. We have added an additional £1m in cost in FY18 to strengthen customer support activities (we had previously increased the cost base by £2m). The company guided to FY18 adjusted operating profit at a similar level to FY17.

Adjusted EPS: overall, these changes result in a 4.6% cut to FY18 EPS (1.2% decline y-o-y) and an 11.3% cut to FY19 EPS (+8.3% y-o-y). We introduce a forecast for EPS growth of 9.0% in FY20.

Net cash: we have reflected payment of the exceptional charge for the customer support issue in FY18.

Exhibit 3: Changes to forecasts

£'000s

FY18e

FY19e

FY20e

Old

New

Change

y-o-y

Old

New

Change

y-o-y

New

y-o-y

Revenues

173,684

165,748

-4.6%

3.4%

183,534

171,567

-6.5%

3.5%

178,455

4.0%

Normalised operating profit

37,790

36,200

-4.2%

3.7%

42,366

39,230

-7.4%

8.4%

42,263

7.7%

Reported operating profit

30,072

28,482

-5.3%

167.7%

34,648

31,512

-9.1%

10.6%

34,784

10.4%

EMIS adjusted operating profit

38,795

37,156

-4.2%

-0.7%

43,377

39,028

-10.0%

5.0%

42,304

8.4%

Normalised EPS (p)

47.1

45.0

-4.6%

4.4%

53.0

48.7

-8.0%

8.3%

53.1

9.0%

Reported EPS (p)

37.5

35.3

-5.8%

175.7%

43.3

39.0

-9.9%

10.7%

43.6

11.7%

EMIS adjusted EPS (p)

48.7

46.5

-4.6%

-1.2%

54.6

48.4

-11.3%

4.1%

53.2

9.9%

Net cash/(debt)

13,314

17,682

32.8%

26.4%

31,686

32,072

1.2%

81.4%

49,049

52.9%

Source: Edison Investment Research

Valuation

EMIS is trading at a discount to its peer group on all multiples and is forecast to generate a dividend yield at the top end of the range. It is at the top end of the peer group in terms of profitability. However, it is at the bottom of the range in terms of revenue growth and, with the costs of remedying the customer support issue factored in, it is forecast to see a small decline in adjusted earnings in FY18 before returning to growth in FY19. In our view, evidence that earnings are returning to growth will be key to closing this discount. Management’s growth plans, due later this year, should outline how the company expects to grow revenues in the longer term.

Exhibit 4: Peer group valuation metrics

 

EV/Sales (x)

P/E (x)

EV/EBIT (x)

EV/EBITDA (x)

Dividend yield (%)

2017

2018e

2019e

2017

2018e

2019e

2017

2018e

2019e

2017

2018e

2019e

2017

2018e

2019e

EMIS

3.3

3.2

3.1

19.2

18.3

16.9

15.3

14.8

13.6

10.9

10.6

10.2

3.1

3.2

3.4

EMIS (cash R&D)

17.5

17.8

17.1

14.3

14.4

13.7

 

AllScripts

2.4

2.0

1.9

22.0

17.7

15.2

16.4

15.1

13.8

11.7

10.0

9.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

athenahealth

4.9

4.4

4.0

58.7

38.7

32.4

34.0

26.8

23.9

19.6

17.1

14.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

Cegedim

1.8

1.7

1.6

23.9

17.9

14.5

26.4

18.5

14.5

11.3

9.7

8.4

0.0

1.2

1.9

Cerner

4.0

3.7

3.4

26.1

23.6

21.0

17.7

17.4

15.5

12.4

11.6

10.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

Craneware

10.0

8.7

7.7

50.8

43.9

38.4

35.2

30.3

26.6

32.5

27.9

24.5

1.1

1.2

1.2

CompuGroup

4.8

3.8

3.9

55.1

19.5

19.0

31.1

18.7

18.6

21.5

15.1

14.9

0.0

1.0

1.0

Nexus

3.4

3.1

2.9

43.5

31.4

26.0

30.8

23.8

19.5

17.3

14.5

12.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

Quality Systems

1.6

1.6

1.5

19.6

17.4

15.6

38.9

11.4

10.9

10.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Average

4.1

3.6

3.3

37.5

26.3

22.8

28.8

21.5

18.9

17.2

14.6

13.2

0.2

0.5

0.6

Median

3.7

3.4

3.1

34.8

21.5

20.0

30.9

18.7

18.6

14.8

13.1

11.6

0.0

0.3

0.4

Source: Edison Investment Research, Bloomberg (as at 15 March)

Exhibit 5: Peer group financial performance

 

Market cap

EBIT margin

EBITDA margin

Rev growth

EPS growth

m

2017

2018e

2019e

2017

2018e

2019e

2017

2018e

2019e

2017

2018e

2019e

EMIS

£522

21.8%

21.8%

22.9%

30.7%

30.5%

30.6%

1.0%

3.4%

3.5%

-12.9%

4.4%

8.3%

EMIS (cash R&D)

23.3%

22.4%

22.7%

-4.4%

-1.2%

9.9%

AllScripts

$2,463

14.7%

13.2%

13.7%

20.7%

19.8%

20.3%

16.5%

21.6%

5.4%

12.7%

24.0%

16.4%

athenahealth

$5,839

14.3%

16.4%

16.7%

24.8%

25.8%

27.0%

12.7%

10.9%

10.4%

30.5%

51.5%

19.6%

Cegedim

€ 567

6.7%

9.0%

10.8%

15.5%

17.1%

18.8%

3.7%

6.2%

5.3%

-288%

33.6%

23.4%

Cerner

$20,634

22.4%

21.1%

21.8%

32.0%

31.6%

32.1%

7.2%

7.7%

8.6%

3.5%

10.5%

12.1%

Craneware

£523

28.5%

28.7%

28.9%

30.9%

31.2%

31.3%

16.6%

15.3%

13.5%

8.7%

15.7%

14.2%

CompuGroup

€2,433

15.3%

20.4%

20.8%

22.1%

25.2%

25.9%

4.0%

24.9%

-1.4%

-12.6%

183%

2.7%

Nexus

€424

11.2%

13.0%

14.8%

19.9%

21.4%

23.0%

11.2%

10.8%

7.6%

17.9%

38.7%

20.9%

Quality Systems

$839

4.2%

12.2%

N/A

14.1%

14.5%

14.5%

3.8%

2.3%

5.0%

-17.9%

12.8%

11.2%

Average

14.7%

16.7%

18.2%

22.5%

23.3%

24.1%

9.5%

12.5%

6.8%

6.1%

48.0%

13.9%

Median

14.5%

14.8%

16.7%

21.4%

23.3%

24.4%

9.2%

10.9%

6.5%

6.1%

28.8%

15.3%

Source: Edison Investment Research, Bloomberg (as at 15 March)

Exhibit 6: Financial summary

£'000s

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018e

2019e

2019e

Year end 31 December

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

137,639

155,898

158,712

160,354

165,748

171,567

178,455

Cost of Sales

(12,782)

(12,955)

(14,151)

(14,674)

(14,984)

(15,784)

(16,668)

Gross Profit

124,857

142,943

144,561

145,680

150,765

155,783

161,788

EBITDA

 

 

47,645

51,964

52,288

49,222

50,562

52,532

55,901

Operating Profit (before amort. of acq. intang, SBP and except.)

34,787

37,123

38,897

34,895

36,200

39,230

42,263

EMIS adjusted operating profit

 

 

32,639

36,553

38,753

37,406

37,156

39,028

42,304

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(6,269)

(6,509)

(6,639)

(6,717)

(6,718)

(6,718)

(6,479)

Exceptionals

873

(18,500)

(6,714)

(16,988)

0

0

0

Share-based payments

(270)

(684)

(473)

(550)

(1,000)

(1,000)

(1,000)

Operating Profit

29,121

11,430

25,071

10,640

28,482

31,512

34,784

Net Interest

(543)

(449)

(237)

(299)

(50)

0

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

34,206

36,625

39,159

35,192

36,746

39,826

42,859

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

28,540

10,932

25,333

10,937

29,028

32,108

35,380

Tax

(5,719)

(5,558)

(5,208)

(2,074)

(5,806)

(6,422)

(6,722)

Profit After Tax (norm)

27,617

29,801

32,175

27,989

29,397

31,861

34,715

Profit After Tax (FRS3)

22,821

5,374

20,125

8,863

23,222

25,686

28,658

Ave. Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

62.8

62.7

62.8

62.9

62.9

62.9

62.9

EPS - normalised & diluted (p)

 

 

42.8

46.0

49.4

43.1

45.0

48.7

53.1

EPS - EMIS adjusted & diluted (p)

 

 

39.4

45.1

49.2

47.0

46.5

48.4

53.2

EPS - FRS 3 (p)

 

 

35.3

7.2

30.4

12.8

35.3

39.0

43.6

Dividend (p)

18.4

21.2

23.4

25.8

26.8

27.8

29.0

Gross Margin (%)

90.7%

91.7%

91.1%

90.8%

91.0%

90.8%

90.7%

EBITDA Margin (%)

34.6%

33.3%

32.9%

30.7%

30.5%

30.6%

31.3%

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

25.3%

23.8%

24.5%

21.8%

21.8%

22.9%

23.7%

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

166,415

143,546

133,292

122,979

114,899

107,879

100,762

Intangible Assets

139,397

121,383

110,953

100,844

91,764

83,844

75,927

Tangible Assets

24,313

22,032

22,187

22,037

23,037

23,937

24,737

Other fixed assets

2,705

131

152

98

98

98

98

Current Assets

 

 

37,221

39,800

46,088

56,900

60,639

76,479

95,173

Stocks

1,550

1,206

1,815

1,633

1,633

1,633

1,633

Debtors

28,732

33,893

39,970

40,148

41,324

42,774

44,492

Cash

6,939

4,701

4,303

13,991

17,682

32,072

49,049

Current Liabilities

 

 

(67,665)

(63,819)

(56,158)

(65,131)

(55,758)

(57,715)

(60,032)

Creditors

(54,763)

(51,960)

(51,425)

(65,131)

(55,758)

(57,715)

(60,032)

Short term borrowings

(12,902)

(11,859)

(4,733)

0

0

0

0

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(21,063)

(12,481)

(9,080)

(6,734)

(5,190)

(3,647)

(2,226)

Long term borrowings

(5,854)

(1,951)

0

0

0

0

0

Other long term liabilities

(15,209)

(10,530)

(9,080)

(6,734)

(5,190)

(3,647)

(2,226)

Net Assets

 

 

114,908

107,046

114,142

108,014

114,589

122,996

133,677

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

44,856

42,711

43,657

48,834

40,013

53,039

56,500

Net Interest

(445)

(422)

(324)

(356)

50

100

100

Tax

(5,247)

(6,896)

(7,655)

(8,139)

(6,221)

(7,965)

(8,143)

Capex

(15,161)

(14,058)

(12,084)

(11,342)

(13,000)

(13,000)

(13,000)

Acquisitions/disposals

(9,959)

(4,587)

(1,790)

329

0

0

0

Financing

(1,578)

492

881

571

(500)

(500)

(500)

Dividends

(10,792)

(14,532)

(14,006)

(15,476)

(16,651)

(17,284)

(17,980)

Net Cash Flow

1,674

2,708

8,679

14,421

3,691

14,389

16,977

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

13,491

11,817

9,109

430

(13,991)

(17,682)

(32,072)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

11,817

9,109

430

(13,991)

(17,682)

(32,072)

(49,049)

Source: EMIS, Edison Investment Research

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