Melrose Industries — Crystallisation of the 2020 Employee Share Plan

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Melrose Industries — Crystallisation of the 2020 Employee Share Plan

The crystallisation of the employee plan highlights the value created through the GKN acquisition, benefiting from the strong performance from the restructuring programme and current positive trends in the aerospace sector. The impact of the scheme on our forecasts will be limited, having already assumed the full value the scheme would accrue. There are no changes to our valuation of 654p per share as set out in our previous note.

David Larkam

Written by

David Larkam

Analyst, Industrials

Industrials

Melrose Industries

Crystallisation of the 2020 Employee Share Plan

LTIP maturity

Aerospace and defence

3 June 2024

Price

621p

Market cap

£8bn

Net debt (£m) at 31 December 2023

572

Shares in issue

1,329m

Free float

99%

Code

MRO

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(2.5)

(3.0)

30.6

Rel (local)

(4.4)

(10.6)

17.6

52-week high/low

678p

447p

Business description

Melrose Industries is a focused aerospace group with activities in engine components and structures, operating in both metallic and composite materials. The group has significant risk reward sharing partnership investments on multiple engine programmes.

Next events

Interim results

September 2023

Analysts

David Larkam

+44 (0)20 3077 5700

Melrose Industries is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

The crystallisation of the employee plan highlights the value created through the GKN acquisition, benefiting from the strong performance from the restructuring programme and current positive trends in the aerospace sector. The impact of the scheme on our forecasts will be limited, having already assumed the full value the scheme would accrue. There are no changes to our valuation of 654p per share as set out in our previous note.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*

(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/22

2,954

89

4.1

2.3

151.5

0.4

12/23

3,350

331

19.5

5.0

31.8

0.8

12/24e

3,677

452

26.8

6.7

23.2

1.1

12/25e

4,028

566

34.5

9.3

18.0

1.5

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

Scheme achieves full payout

The 2020 long-term incentive plan (LTIP) matured on 31 May. The scheme provided for 7.5% of the value created, adjusted for cost of capital, to be ascribed to executive and senior management. The scheme has attained the full payout to the limit put in place.

Payout in cash rather than shares

The payout is due in shares, with 28.8m shares transferred to the recipients. However, the tax and PAYE liabilities are to be settled by the company in cash rather than issuing shares and selling on the market (to then be bought back through the current £500m repurchase scheme). This will reduce the number of shares issued by 29.2m. The initial cash cost will be £158.1m, with smaller elements over the following two years to reflect deferred shares to Peter Dilnot, CEO, as part of the potential clawback set out in the scheme.

Valuation: Minimal impact on forecasts

The impact of the scheme on our forecasts will be limited, having already assumed the full value the scheme would accrue. The decision to use the company cash will reduce the level of dilution. Share dilution will be c 2% lower than our expectations although the additional debt will carry finance costs, reducing our forecast PBT by 1.5%. We estimate an overall benefit of c 0.5% to EPS for the full year (ie FY25). Our net debt figure increases by £158m, still well within facilities, assisted by the strong cash generation of the group. Our new forecasts are: FY24 PBT of £452m from £456m (-0.8%) and EPS of 26.8p from 26.7p (+0.2%); and FY25 PBT of £566m from £575m (-1.6%) and EPS of 34.5p from 34.3p (+0.6%). Our net debt forecast increases from £1.1bn to £1.3bn in FY24. There are no changes to our valuation set out in our previous note.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

£m

2022

2023

2024e

2025e

Year to December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

INCOME STATEMENT

Revenue

 

2,954

3,350

3,677

4,028

EBITDA

 

292

532

699

839

Operating profit (before amort. and excepts.)

147

390

537

669

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(260)

(260)

(260)

(260)

Exceptionals

(157)

(73)

(50)

(10)

Reported operating profit

(270)

57

227

399

Net Interest

(58)

(59)

(84)

(103)

Exceptionals

0

(6)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

89

331

452

566

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

(328)

(8)

142

296

Reported tax

99

9

(28)

(59)

Profit After Tax (norm)

69

268

357

447

Profit After Tax (reported)

(229)

1

114

237

Minority interests

(5)

0

0

0

Discontinued operations

(80)

(1,020)

0

0

Net income (normalised)

64

268

357

447

Net income (reported)

(314)

(1,019)

114

237

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

1,406

1,349

1,335

1,296

EPS - normalised (p)

 

4.1

19.5

26.8

34.5

EPS - normalised fully diluted (p)

 

4.1

19.1

26.8

34.4

EPS - basic reported (p)

 

(16.6)

(75.5)

8.5

18.3

Dividend (p)

2.3

5.0

6.7

9.3

Revenue growth (%)

8.5

16.6

15.6

11.4

Gross Margin (%)

14.3

35.0

36.0

37.0

EBITDA Margin (%)

9.9

15.9

19.0

20.8

Normalised Operating Margin

5.0

11.6

14.6

16.6

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

11,114

5,611

5,400

5,191

Intangible Assets

6,882

3,397

3,137

2,877

Tangible Assets

2,599

777

826

877

Investments & other

1,633

1,437

1,437

1,437

Current Assets

2,873

1,318

1,414

1,489

Stocks

1,025

510

550

581

Debtors

1,426

713

769

813

Cash & cash equivalents

355

58

58

58

Other

67

37

37

37

Current Liabilities

2,978

1,533

1,653

1,706

Creditors

2,347

1,179

1,271

1,344

Tax and social security

141

20

20

20

Short term borrowings

63

54

54

54

Other

427

280

308

288

Long Term Liabilities

3,841

1,829

1,479

1,056

Long term borrowings

1,433

576

1,286

1,180

Other long term liabilities

2,408

1,253

193

(124)

Net Assets

7,168

3,567

3,681

3,918

Minority interests

39

0

0

0

Shareholders' equity

7,129

3,567

3,681

3,918

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

292

532

699

839

Working capital

(148)

(146)

(98)

(88)

Exceptional & other

(83)

(159)

(305)

(135)

Tax

(8)

17

(85)

(107)

Net operating cash flow

53

244

210

510

Capex

(31)

(93)

(211)

(221)

Acquisitions/disposals

(7)

0

0

0

Net interest

(82)

(65)

(70)

(84)

Equity financing

0

(93)

(565)

0

Dividends

(77)

(81)

(74)

(98)

Other

Net Cash Flow

(144)

(88)

(710)

106

Opening net debt/(cash)

343

487

572

1,282

Closing net debt/(cash)

487

572

1,282

1,176

Source: Edison Investment Research


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