Norcros — Record revenue and EBIT in FY22

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Norcros — Record revenue and EBIT in FY22

Strong H2 trading – especially in South Africa – causes us to raise our Norcros FY22 estimates to new record levels. Management anticipates further progress in FY23. We make only mix changes to our EBIT forecasts beyond FY22 at this stage. Ahead of the FY22 results, valuation multiples are already attractive in our view.

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Norcros

Record revenue and EBIT in FY22

FY22 year-end update

Construction & materials

21 April 2022

Price

260p

Market cap

£211m

ZAR19.2/£

Net cash* (£m) at end March 2022
*Pre-IFRS 16 basis

7

Shares in issue

80.8m

Free float

98%

Code

NXR

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(0.4)

(20.5)

(14.8)

Rel (local)

(2.8)

(19.8)

(21.1)

52-week high/low

341p

240p

Business description

Norcros is a leading supplier of showers, enclosures and trays, tiles, taps and related fittings and accessories for bathrooms, kitchens, washrooms and other commercial environments. It has operations in the UK and South Africa, with some export activity from both countries.

Next event

FY22 results announcement

9 June 2022

Analyst

Toby Thorrington

+44 (0)20 3077 5721

Norcros is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Strong H2 trading – especially in South Africa – causes us to raise our Norcros FY22 estimates to new record levels. Management anticipates further progress in FY23. We make only mix changes to our EBIT forecasts beyond FY22 at this stage. Ahead of the FY22 results, valuation multiples are already attractive in our view.

Year end

Revenue (£m)

PBT*
(£m)

EPS*
(p)

DPS
(p)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

03/20

342.0

27.1

26.1

3.1

10.0

1.2

03/21

324.2

29.0

29.1

8.2

8.9

3.2

03/22e

396.2

36.0

34.0

9.0

7.6

3.5

03/23e

409.8

36.0

34.1

9.8

7.6

3.8

Note: *PBT and EPS (fully diluted) are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptionals, pension net finance costs and change in fair value of derivatives.

Revenue growth accelerates in South Africa in H2

Compared to FY20, group revenues rose by 20.8% in FY22 on a constant FX, like-for-like basis (an uptick vs 18.4% in H122). Very strong H2 revenue growth in South Africa (+44% and +31% for the year on the same basis) drove this acceleration. UK revenues look to have been in line with our estimates, with c 15% LFL growth in H2 (slightly below in H1) or up c 14% for the year as a whole on a reported basis. We expect these patterns to reflect market share gains in South Africa arising from relatively robust supply chain management and some normalisation of UK RMI demand. We have nudged up our FY22 group revenue and EBIT estimates by 3–4%, largely to reflect South African progress. Beyond this and for the same reason, we have raised revenue expectations by similar amounts, leaving EBIT unchanged at this stage, tweaked slightly more in favour of South Africa than previously.

Low gearing, headroom for growth

Norcros ended FY22 with c £7m (pre IFRS 16) net cash. The company has put a new £130m revolving credit facility in place to the end of 2026 (with two-year extension plus a £70m accordion options) to replace a £120m facility (and £30m accordion) due to end later this year. Norcros clearly has good long-term funding visibility and plenty of headroom to accommodate M&A activity subject to opportunities arising. In other housekeeping matters, its latest DB pension scheme triennial review (March 2021 actuarial deficit c £36m) has resulted in a slightly higher annual contribution (c £3.8m vs c £3.4m pa, both CPI linked, now capped at 5%) and an onerous lease has been exited at a cash cost just above twice the £0.6m annual charge.

Valuation: Attractive multiples

After strongly outperforming the FTSE All-Share Index in 2021, Norcros’s share price has drifted down since late January and has now underperformed its broadly flat comparator by c 17% ytd in 2022. Consumer-oriented cyclical stocks have clearly fallen out of favour during this period but, with an FY23e P/E of 7.6x, EV/EBITDA (adjusted for pensions cash) of 4.6x and prospective 3.8% dividend yield, Norcros should be screening well for several investor types. Delivering management’s expectation of progress in FY23 would further enhance the attraction of the above multiples, even before considering potential M&A activity.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

£m

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022e

2023e

2024e

March

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

 

 

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Cont.

Revenue

 

 

222.1

235.9

271.2

300.1

331.0

342.0

324.2

396.2

409.8

421.9

Cost of Sales

 

 

N/A

N/A

(171.7)

(190.4)

(206.8)

(217.5)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Gross Profit

 

 

N/A

N/A

99.5

109.7

124.2

124.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

EBITDA IFRS 16

 

 

24.3

28.0

31.6

34.7

42.2

38.8

39.9

46.0

46.8

48.5

Op Profit (before SBP)

 

 

18.3

22.5

25.2

28.3

35.6

32.2

34.7

41.3

41.3

42.7

Net Interest

 

 

(1.2)

(0.9)

(0.9)

(1.1)

(1.8)

(1.6)

(1.5)

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.6)

Other financial - norm

 

 

(3.1)

(3.1)

(3.6)

(2.8)

(2.9)

(3.5)

(4.3)

(4.7)

(4.6)

(4.6)

Other financial

 

 

2.1

(0.2)

(4.2)

(4.5)

2.3

0.9

(3.0)

(0.4)

(0.4)

(0.4)

Intangible Amortisation

 

 

(0.3)

(0.9)

(1.2)

(2.2)

(3.5)

(3.7)

(3.7)

(3.7)

(3.7)

(3.7)

Exceptionals

 

 

(4.8)

(2.0)

(3.8)

(4.2)

(4.3)

(9.3)

(3.8)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

14.0

18.5

20.7

24.4

30.9

27.1

29.0

36.0

36.0

37.5

Profit Before Tax (company norm) 

 

15.8

20.4

22.9

26.3

32.6

28.8

30.6

37.7

37.6

39.1

Profit Before Tax (statutory) 

 

11.0

15.4

11.5

13.5

25.4

15.0

18.5

31.8

31.9

33.4

Tax

 

 

(3.0)

(2.4)

(3.0)

(3.6)

(6.0)

(4.1)

(3.5)

(7.9)

(7.9)

(8.3)

Other

 

 

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Profit After Tax (norm)

 

 

11.1

16.1

17.7

20.8

24.9

23.0

25.5

28.0

28.1

29.3

Profit After Tax (statutory)

 

 

8.1

13.0

8.5

9.9

19.4

10.9

15.0

23.9

24.0

25.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avge Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

59.2

60.6

61.1

68.0

80.2

80.3

80.6

80.9

81.0

81.0

Avge Number of Shares Outstanding FD (m) 

61.5

62.2

63.1

69.8

81.1

81.0

80.8

82.4

82.5

82.5

EPS FD - norm (p)

 

 

18.0

24.7

24.4

26.8

29.6

26.1

29.1

34.0

34.1

35.5

EPS FD - co norm (p)

 

 

21.1

27.7

27.8

29.5

31.7

28.2

31.1

36.1

36.0

37.4

EPS - statutory (p)

 

 

13.2

20.8

13.4

14.1

23.9

13.5

18.6

29.0

29.0

30.5

Dividend per share (p)

 

 

5.6

6.6

7.2

7.8

8.4

3.1

8.2

9.0

9.8

10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Margin (%)

 

 

N/A

N/A

36.7

36.5

37.5

36.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

EBITDA Margin (%)

 

 

10.9

11.9

11.7

11.6

12.8

11.3

12.3

11.6

11.4

11.5

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

8.2

9.5

9.3

9.4

10.8

9.4

10.7

10.4

10.1

10.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

78.3

93.4

98.8

147.9

138.0

150.8

141.2

140.9

140.7

140.3

Intangible Assets

 

 

26.9

44.7

44.8

98.9

94.9

96.5

93.6

89.9

86.2

82.5

Tangible Assets

 

 

37.6

38.2

43.0

45.0

42.3

49.6

47.6

51.1

54.6

57.8

Other Fixed Assets

 

 

13.8

10.5

11.0

4.0

0.8

4.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Current Assets

 

 

100.4

119.4

165.3

165.1

169.5

188.7

171.0

201.8

218.1

235.8

Stocks

 

 

52.2

60.1

70.3

74.9

79.5

78.9

78.1

93.4

96.6

101.5

Debtors

 

 

42.6

53.4

57.5

64.4

62.8

62.5

64.6

75.6

79.3

83.5

Cash

 

 

5.6

5.9

37.5

25.8

27.2

47.3

28.3

32.8

42.2

50.8

Current Liabilities

 

 

(60.0)

(67.6)

(105.7)

(89.8)

(85.1)

(79.2)

(104.1)

(111.8)

(114.7)

(116.0)

Creditors

 

 

(58.6)

(64.8)

(74.8)

(81.3)

(81.3)

(79.1)

(104.1)

(111.8)

(114.7)

(116.0)

Short term borrowings

 

 

(1.4)

(2.8)

(30.9)

(8.5)

(3.8)

(0.1)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(67.4)

(97.6)

(101.8)

(118.6)

(96.7)

(155.9)

(59.7)

(55.5)

(52.2)

(50.9)

Long term borrowings

 

 

(18.4)

(35.6)

(29.8)

(64.4)

(58.4)

(83.6)

(17.8)

(25.8)

(25.8)

(25.8)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(49.0)

(62.0)

(72.0)

(54.2)

(38.3)

(72.3)

(41.9)

(29.7)

(26.4)

(25.1)

Net Assets

 

 

51.3

47.6

56.6

104.6

125.7

104.4

148.4

175.4

191.9

209.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

16.2

18.5

25.5

23.5

35.3

34.8

60.0

29.3

41.8

41.6

Net Interest

 

 

(1.3)

(0.9)

(0.9)

(1.1)

(1.8)

(3.5)

(3.2)

(2.4)

(2.5)

(2.4)

Tax

 

 

(0.5)

(1.0)

(1.9)

(4.9)

(4.6)

(5.3)

(3.5)

(7.5)

(8.7)

(8.8)

Capex

 

 

(1.4)

(6.6)

(8.0)

(7.7)

(5.5)

(4.8)

(2.8)

(9.0)

(9.0)

(9.0)

Acquisitions/disposals

 

 

3.3

(23.6)

(2.7)

(59.1)

(2.1)

(9.2)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Financing

 

 

0.2

0.1

0.0

30.1

(0.9)

(0.8)

0.3

(0.8)

(0.8)

(0.8)

Dividends

 

 

(3.1)

(3.6)

(4.2)

(5.0)

(6.4)

(7.0)

0.0

(9.1)

(7.4)

(8.0)

Net Cash Flow

 

 

13.4

(17.1)

7.9

(24.2)

14.0

4.2

50.8

0.5

13.4

12.6

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

27.4

14.2

32.5

23.2

47.1

35.0

36.4

(10.5)

(7.0)

(16.4)

IFRS16 Finance leases

 

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

(3.8)

(4.3)

(4.0)

(4.0)

(4.0)

Other

 

 

(0.2)

(1.2)

1.4

0.3

(1.9)

(1.8)

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

14.2

32.5

23.2

47.1

35.0

36.4

(10.5)

(7.0)

(16.4)

(25.0)

IFRS 16 lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25.1)

(24.2)

(23.7)

(23.7)

(23.7)

Source: Company accounts, Edison Investment Research

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