EQS-News: CANCOM: CANCOM Group starts the 2024 financial year with significant growth

CANCOM: CANCOM Group starts the 2024 financial year with significant growth

• Group revenue rises significantly by 38.7 percent to €440.6 million
• Operating cash flow around €100 million higher than in the same quarter of the previous year and thus at a historic record high of €+56.3 million in the first quarter
• Executive Board confirms forecast for the financial year

Munich, Germany, 14 May 2024 – The CANCOM Group has started the 2024 financial year with significant growth at Group level. Revenue increased by 38.7 percent to € 440.6 million in the first quarter of 2024 (previous year: €317.7 million). Gross profit increased disproportionately, rising by 46.2% to €171.0 million (previous year: €117.0 million). EBITDA was also up significantly at €30.4 million (previous year: €24.1 million) and EBITA at €16.9 million (previous year: €13.5 million). The “International” segment, which accounts for the majority of the CANCOM Austria Group's contribution, performed particularly well.

“CANCOM has made a good start to the year: in the first quarter we have seen the restraint that is the result of the weak economic development and the reluctance of public sector clients to place orders, particularly in Germany,” says Rüdiger Rath, CEO of CANCOM SE, summarising the first quarter. “In our major international market, the development was extremely positive thanks to the contribution of the CANCOM Austria Group and demand for our strategic focus areas, especially Security & Networking and AI, remains strong.”

Operating cash flow improved significantly At €+56.3 million, cash flow from operating activities was significantly higher than the previous year's figure of €-43.6 million and improved accordingly by around €100 million. Significantly lower trade receivables and a substantial reduction in inventories were responsible for the significant improvement.

Business segment International remains strong, business segment Germany under pressure as expected With revenue of €147.7 million (previous year: €9.8 million), the business segment International performed extremely well, primarily due to the contribution of the CANCOM Austria Group. With a segment EBITDA of €12.3 million (previous year: €1.9 million), the EBITDA margin in the first quarter was 8.3 percent. As a result of the restraint shown by small and medium-sized SME customers and public-sector clients, particularly at the beginning of the year, revenue in the business segment Germany totalled €292.9 million (previous year: €297.9 million). EBITDA in the segment amounted to €18.1 million (previous year: €22.2 million) and the EBITDA margin arrived 6.2 percent.

Executive Board confirms forecast for the full year “So far, the development is in line with our comments and our forecast, and the economic development in the second half of the year will be important for CANCOM,” says Rüdiger Rath, explaining the outlook for the full year. “Uncertainty about the development will continue to accompany us for the foreseeable future, but we expect demand for our solutions to increase, especially in our focus areas of Modern Workplace, Security & Networking, Cloud & Datacenter, IoT Solutions and AI.” The start of replacement cycles for hardware, rising demands on IT landscapes and the need for investment driven by AI solutions will drive demand over the course of the year and support growth for the CANCOM Group well above the level of the IT market. Accordingly, the Executive Board confirms the forecast from the 2023 Annual Report and expects the key financial figures to develop as follows in 2024:

 

CANCOM Group	Forecast 2024
Revenue	€1,750 to €2,000 million
Gross profit	€640 to €740 million
EBITDA	€130 to €155 million
EBITA	€75 to €100 million

About CANCOM As a Digital Business Provider, CANCOM accompanies organizations into the digital future. CANCOM supports customers to simplify complex enterprise IT and increase their business success through the implementation of modern technology. In order to comprehensively meet the IT needs of companies, organizations, and the public sector, CANCOM delivers tailor-made IT end to end from a single source. The CANCOM Group’s range of IT solutions includes consulting, implementation, services, and the management of IT systems. Customers benefit from the extensive expertise as well as a holistic and innovative portfolio that covers the IT requirements that are necessary for a successful digital transformation. As a hybrid IT integrator and service provider, the Company provides an integrated range of services and solutions including business solutions and managed services, such as cloud computing, analytics, enterprise mobility, IT security, hosting, and as-a-service offerings. With more than 5,600 employees, CANCOM Group and its efficient partner network ensure market presence and customer proximity in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium. The CANCOM Group is led by Rüdiger Rath (CEO), Jochen Borenich (CSO) and Thomas Stark (CFO). The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany. CANCOM generated revenue of around € 1.5 billion in the financial year 2023. Its parent company CANCOM SE is listed in the SDAX and TecDAX of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE0005419105). Contact Lars Dannenberg Director Investor Relations +49 89 54054 5371 lars.dannenberg@cancom.de Note If you do not wish to receive information from us via e-mail, please write to ir@cancom.de. Data protection notification You are receiving this notification because you are included in the CANCOM investor information e-mail distribution list. You have been included as you have indicated in the past to be informed about company news. For this reason CANCOM stores and processes personal data like name and e-mail address to be able to provide to you this service. CANCOM stores and uses this data solely to obtain information about the development of the shareholder communication and to be able to contact investors as part of the investor relations activities. General information on the use of data by CANCOM CANCOM will not pass on personal data obtained in the course of investor relations activities to third parties without the express consent of the person concerned. The only exception to this rule is that CANCOM receives a request for data transmission from competent authorities such as the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. Even after you have agreed to receive investor information from us and thus permitted CANCOM to store and use your personal data, you have the right to revoke this agreement at any time. All you need to do is send an informal message by e-mail to widerspruch@cancom.de or to ir@cancom.de For any further information about CANCOM's privacy policy, who to contact or your individual rights as a data subject, please visit our website https://www.cancom.com/privacy-protection/