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Earnings Results8 November 2019SCTIndustrials

Automation
 

+

 

Robotics

Company

 

Results

 

Review

November

 

2019

Performance
 

highlights

 

for

 

the

 

year

 

to

 

31

 

August

 

2019

Reported

 

Revenue

 

of

 

$225m

 


up

 

24%

 

on

 

2018

 

with

 

a

 

5

 

Year

 

compound

 

annual

 

growth

 

rate

 

(CAGR)

 

of

 

33%.

Delivered

 

Earnings

 

Before

 

Interest,

 

Tax,

 

Depreciation

 

and

 

Amortisation

 

of

 

$20.0m

  


up

 

1%

 

on

 

2018

 

with

 

new accounting

 

standards

 

for

 

leases

 

increasing

 

EBITDA

 

by

 

$4m

 

compared

 

to

 

prior

 

year

 

treatment.

Total

 

comprehensive

 

income

 

attributable

 

to

 

members

 

of

 

$9.8m

 

pushing

 

shareholder

 

equity

 

up

 

$6.2m

 

to

 

a

 

total

 

of

 

$112m

Operating

 

cash

 

inflow

 

of

 

$0.7m

 

(vs

 

inflow

 

of

 

$1.0m

 

in

 

2018)

 

reflects

 

working

 

capital

 

required

 

to

 

fund

 

balance

 

sheet

 

expansion

 

and

 

ongoing

 

growth.

Normaclass bolt

 

on

 

acquisition,

 

previous

 

acquisition

 

earn


out

 

and

 

Dunedin

 

building

 

expansion

 

funded

 

by

 

cash

 

and

 

debt.

Earnings

 

per

 

share

 

of

 

11.3

 

cents

 

with

  

Final

 

dividend

 

at

 

4.0cents

 

and

 

full

 

year

 

dividend

 

of

 

8.0

 

cents

 

per

 

share

 

– 70%

 

payout ratio

 

(2.0

 

cents

 

lower

 

than

 

2018

 


cash

 

held

 

to

 

fund

 

working

 

capital

 

used

 

to

 

support

 

growth.

Revenue
 

Growth

 

Profile

-5,00005,00010,00015,00020,00025,000

0

20,00040,00060,00080,000

100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000200,000220,000240,000

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

FY15

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

30%

33%

19%

Revenue

5 year rev CAGR

3 year rev CAGR

Bladestop

Oct

 

16

MAR

Jan

 

15

RobotWorx

May

 

14

Somako

May

 

16

10 year rev CAGR

2H EBITDA

1H EBITDA

Alvey:

 

Apr

 

18

Transbotics:

  

Jun

 

18

EBITDA

Revenue

NPAT
 

Growth

 

Profile


1,0001,0003,0005,0007,0009,000

11,000

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

FY15

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

-

8%

9%

13%

10 year CAGR

5 year CAGR

3 year CAGR

Bladestop

Oct

 

16

MAR

Jan

 

15

RobotWorx

May

 

14

JBS

 

buys

 

50.1%

Apr

 

16

Melbourne, Australia
AUSTRALIA

Shanghai, China

ASIA

Qingdao, China

Wellington, New Zealand

Vancouver, Canada

Brisbane, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Perth, Australia

SOUTH AMERICA

Santiago, Chile

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland, New Zealand

Christchurch, New Zealand

Dunedin, New Zealand

NORTH AMERICA

Marion, Ohio

Marseille,

France

Ploemeur,

France

EUROPE

Deerlijk,

Belgium

Kürnbach,

Germany

Czech Republic

UK

Charlotte, North Carolina

OUR

 

GLOBAL PRESENCE

Revenue Analysis
Revenue

 

matrix

 

for

 

2018/19

 

Financial

 

year

By

 

Industry

 

and

 

location

 

of

 

Customer

Geographical

 

location

 

of

 

the

 

customer

New

 

Zealand

 

Australia North

 

America South

 

America

Asia

Europe

Russia

Africa

Total

Appliances

124

1091

45

Materials

 

handling

61

61

Meat

 

processing

51510

5

35

Mining

10632

54

30

Industrial

 

automation

4

21

29

54

Total

9

47

69

3

12

75

6

4

225

Revenue
 

by

 

Customer

 

Geography

 

($000’s)

0

10,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,000

New

 

Zealand

Australia

North

 

America

South

 

America

Asia

Europe

Russia

 

and

 

former

states

Africa

 

and

 

Middle

East

2018

2019

Revenue
 

by

 

Industry

 

Sector

  

($000’s)

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

Appliances

MHL

Meat

Mining

Industrial

 

Auto

2019

2018

Sector
 

Revenue

 

Breakdown

Sector Revenue

A

pril 2016

JBS acquires 50.1%

at $1.39 per share

A

ug balance date

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Accum growth

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

$m

Meat processing

5

6

6

8

8

11

39

40

45

35

30

Industrial

1

3

8

7

9

31

31

40

36

54

53

Mining

19

28

34

29

14

17

22

26

33

30

11

A

ppliances

22

16

16

17

29

14

20

26

41

45

24

Materials handling

27

61

61

Total

47

54

64

60

60

72

112

133

182

225

179

Sales to JBS

0.3

3.2

5.6

6.2

Acquisitions

RobotWor

x

MAR

Somako Bladestop

A

lve

y

May-14

Jan-1

5

May-1

6

Oct-16

Apr-18

Rocklabs

Transbotic

s

1 April 2008

Jun-18

Revenue CAGR

1 yea

r

3 year

5 yea

r

10 yea

r

Meat processing

-23%

-7%

33%

27%

Industrial

52%

16%

15%

27%

Mining

-9%

7%

16%

5%

A

ppliances

11%

31%

35%

9%

TOTAL

24%

30%

33%

19%

Revenue
 

Bridge

 

Manufacturing

  

FY17to

 

FY19

  

($000’s)

225,093

 

181,779

 

34,557

 

6,489

 

2,268

 

 ‐

 

50,000

 

100,000

 

150,000

 

200,000

 

250,000

FY18

 

rev

Asia/Europe

Americas

Australasia

FY19

 

rev

Segment
 

Results

2018

2019

change

2018

2019

change

Australasia

100,492

 

102,760

 

2,268

      

11,899

    

9,218

        

(2,681)

      

Americas

29,141

    

35,630

    

6,489

      

2,490

      

4,091

        

1,601

        

Asia

 

&

 

Europe

52,146

    

86,703

    

34,557

    

441

         

1,703

        

1,262

        

181,779

 

225,093

 

43,314

    

14,830

    

15,012

      

182

           

Unallocated (4,058)

    

(6,408)

       

10,772

    

8,604

        

Revenue

Surplus

 

after

 

Tax

Strategy
 ‐

to

 

build

 

a

 

global

 

company

 

that

 

has

 

a

 

sufficient

 

presence,

 

scale

 

and

 

technology

 

to

 

produce

 

profitable

 

growth.


Core

 

technologies

 

have

 

largely

 

been

 

developed


Focus

 

for

 

2020:


Repeat,

 

profitable,

 

sales

 

of

 

developed

 

and

 

proven

 

technology


Taking

 

Pork,

 

Poultry

 

and

 

Beef

 

developments

 

to

 

market


Growing

 

service

 

and

 

maintenance

 

revenues


Reviewing

 

all

 

areas

 

of

 

operations

 

to

 

improve

 

bottom

 

line

Strategy

 

&

 

Focus

Lamb
–Proven

 

with

 

small

 

addressable

 

market

Beef

–development

 

underway

 

will

 

be

 

prototypes

 

over

 

next

 

few

 

years.

 

Market

 

size

 

large

 

(10x

 

Lamb)

Pork

–started

 

with

 

Primal

 

cutting

 

based

 

on

 

lamb

 

Xray –

primal

 

knowhow.

 

First

 

system

 

in

 

2020.

 

Addressable

 

market

 

$200

 

– $500

 

million

 

(hundreds

 

of

 

multi

 

million

 

dollar

 

systems.Poultry

 

–proof

 

of

 

concept

 

delivered

 

with

 

first

 

commercial

 

system

 

build

 

underway.

 

Addressable

 

market

 

$20m+

 

over

 

next

 

three

 

years

 

with

 

other

 

similar

 

systems

 

to

 

follow.

 

Opportunities

 

for

 

Meat

 

Processing

 

Sector

Scott
 

Position

 

in

 

Market

few

 

competitors

Many

 

competitors

developing

developed

Scott

 

systems

 

for

 

meat

 

processors

Technology Readiness

Robo Prep
 

(robotic

 

sample

 

preparation

 

systems

 

for

 

Laboratories)

 

–System

 

technology

 

(Hardware

 

and

 

Software)

 

now

 

proven

 

with

 

multiple

 

installs

 

planned

 

for

 

2020.

 

Addressable

 

market

 

$20m

 ‐

$50m

 

per

 

annum.

Automated

 

Fire

 

Assay

–first

 

commercial

 

system

 

delivered

 

to

 

Gold

 

miner

 

in

 

Mexico.

 

Robotic

 

Refuel

– Leading

 

miners

 

trialed

 

and

 

first

 

commercial

 

order

 

taken

 

in

 

2019.

 

Addressable

 

market

 

$50

 


$100

 

million.

Opportunities

 

for

 

Mining

 

Sector

Automated
 

Guided

 

Vehicles

 

(“AGVs”)

 

–Growing

 

footprint

 

for

 

specialised

 

vehicle

 

technology.

 

(Hardware

 

and

 

Software)

 

well

 

established

 

with

 

repeat

 

bluechip customers.

 

Demand

 

for

 

AGV’s

 

growing

 

at

 

rapid

 

rate

 

particularly

 

for

 

Scott

 

in

 

North

 

America.

 

Target

 

growth

 

30%

 

plus.

Appliances

 

and

 

metal

 

forming

 

– subdued

 

growth

 

expected.

 

Focus

 

on

 

repeat

 

customers

 

where

 

we

 

offer

 

unique

 

solutions.

 

Materials

 

Handling

 

–Europe

 

subdued

 

but

 

expected

 

cross

 

selling

 

opportunities

 

into

 

North

 

America

 

to

 

lead

 

to

 

further

 

growth.

Opportunities

 

for

 

Other

 

Sectors

To
 

deliver

 

on

 

Scott’s

 

Strategy,

 

the

 

focus

 

will

 

be

 

on:


Consolidation

 

and

 

further

 

integration

 

of

 

recent

 

acquisitions

 

into

 

Scott

 

– rollout

 

of

 

best

 

practice

 

systems

 

and

 

processes.


Cross

 

Selling

 

Opportunities


Service

 

and

 

Spare

 

Parts


Research

 

&

 

Development

 

–sharper

 

focus


Meat

 

processing

 

developments

 

continuing


Bladestop – new

 

and

 

expanded

 

product

 

range

 

rollout


Mining

 

technology

 

developments


Digital

 

solutions

 

(industry

 

4.0

 

and

 

machine

 

learning/AI)

 

well

 

established

 

within

 

Scott

 

and

 

complements

 

Hardware

 

Focus

 

Areas

Scott
 

– Digital

 

Direction

1.

 

Vision

 

and

 

image

 

analysis

2.

 

Package

 

Software

 ‐

Maestro

  

(ex

 

Alvey)


TMO

 

(ex

 

Transbotics)

3.

 

IIOT

 

and

 

connectivity

 ‐

Equipment

 

reporting


Diagnostics


Maintenance

 


OEE

4.

 

Machine

 

Learning

 ‐

AI

 

/

 

convolutional

 

neural

 

networks

5.

 

Augmented

 

Reality

 

6.

 

Virtual

 

Reality

 

–for

 

Marketing

 

and

 

Training

 

Bladestop Bandsaws
Expanded

 

Bladestop product

 

range:


Development

 

of

 

Scott

 

600

 

saw

 

completed


CE

 

certification

 

and

 

specification

 

sorted


European

 

saw

 

now

 

shipping


Opportunities

 

beyond

 

“protein”

Outlook
Forward project work –approx. 7 monthsSignificant project work underwayService activity expandingGrowth will be :

Organic from existing technologiesBottom lined focused

Thank
 

you

Scott

 

capability

 

showcase

 

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