Renewi — Upgrades driven by Commercial waste division

Renewi (LSE: RWI)

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Renewi — Upgrades driven by Commercial waste division

A positive full-year trading update from Renewi pointed to a management FY21 (to March) EBIT expectation of €68m versus an existing consensus of around €55m. Our estimates are now in line with this, after increasing the Commercial division contribution. We have made no changes to other years at this stage, although there should be downward pressure on finance costs given the cash performance, but earnings still show some progression beyond FY21. Renewi has a well-explained strategy for increasing profitability over the next three years and remains very well positioned in its markets, which are at the centre of the circular economy.

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Renewi

Upgrades driven by Commercial waste division

Q4 update

Industrial support services

17 March 2021

Price

48.6p

Market cap

£389m

€1.14/£

Core group ongoing net debt
(ex-PPP/PFI finance and IFRS 16 leases, €m) at end December 2020

323

Shares in issue

800.1m

Free float

98.8%

Code

RWI

Primary exchange

LSE

Secondary exchange

Euronext Amsterdam

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

12.5

28.8

100.2

Rel (local)

11.4

23.0

47.0

52-week high/low

49.9p

18.1p

Business description

Renewi is a waste-to-product company with operations primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, and was formed from the merger between Shanks Group and Van Gansewinkel Group in 2017. Its activities span the collection, processing and resale of industrial, hazardous and municipal waste.

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FY21 results

27 May

Analyst

Toby Thorrington

+44 (0)20 3077 5721

Renewi is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

A positive full-year trading update from Renewi pointed to a management FY21 (to March) EBIT expectation of €68m versus an existing consensus of around €55m. Our estimates are now in line with this, after increasing the Commercial division contribution. We have made no changes to other years at this stage, although there should be downward pressure on finance costs given the cash performance, but earnings still show some progression beyond FY21. Renewi has a well-explained strategy for increasing profitability over the next three years and remains very well positioned in its markets, which are at the centre of the circular economy.

Year end

Revenue (€m)

PBT*
(€m)

EPS*
(c)

DPS
(c)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

03/19

1,780.7

63.1

6.0

1.7

9.2

3.0

03/20

1,775.4

54.3

5.4

0.5

11.0

0.9

03/21e

1,627.1

39.2

3.6

0.0

15.2

N/A

03/22e

1,691.3

46.4

4.3

0.0

12.8

N/A

03/23e

1,754.5

69.8

6.6

0.6

8.4

1.0

Note: *PBT and EPS (fully diluted) are normalised, excluding pension net finance costs, amortisation of acquired intangibles and exceptional items. FY20- are on an IFRS 16 basis.

Favourable market trends in Commercial waste

At the time of the Q3 update (1 February) full-year expectations were affirmed and so far in Q4 an ongoing positive mix effect (higher levels of construction/bulky waste) and another step up in recyclate pricing (especially paper and steel) appear to be the primary trading drivers behind the raised guidance. With the caveat that March is the most important month of the quarter and is still to be booked, waste volumes in the first two months of Q4 have settled back slightly in the Netherlands (at 96% of prior year versus 98% in Q3) and firmed in Belgium (95% versus 92%). There are no other material changes to trading commentary, meaning that we infer ATM is still plugging away at achieving permits for its thermally treated soil but this has not translated to shipments yet.

Significant y-o-y net debt reduction confirmed

Expected year-end core net debt (pre IFRS 16) below €350m is a further positive step. Data points in FY21 to date have indicated significant reductions already, from c €460m at the end of FY20 (September €381m, December €323m). Management had flagged some natural increase from the December level but the extent is more subdued than anticipated. The absence of ATM soil shipments will have aided working capital performance but otherwise management appears to have been overly cautious previously. Note that the FY21 debt figures quoted will have benefitted from COVID-19-related tax payment deferrals of c €60m, which are to flow out over a three-year period, starting from October.

Valuation: Well placed

Renewi’s share price has now risen by c 7% YTD and c 23% on a 12-month view, backed by improving trading and cash flow updates. As a result, the closing year P/E and EV/EBITDA have increased to 15.2x and 5.5x respectively. While there is understandable caution generally about the economic growth outlook as the direct pandemic effects recede, Renewi is undoubtedly well positioned in its markets.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

m

2018

2018

2019

2020

2021e

2022e

2023e

March

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

 

 

Sterling

Euros

Euros

Euros

Euros

Euros

Euros

Revenue

 

 

1,565.7

1,760.3

1,780.7

1,775.4

1,627.1

1,691.3

1,754.5

Cost of Sales

 

 

(1,276.9)

(1,419.2)

(1,470.4)

(1,467.5)

(1,350.5)

(1,399.6)

(1,447.5)

Gross Profit

 

 

288.8

341.1

310.3

307.9

276.6

291.7

307.0

EBITDA

 

 

156.9

176.3

179.7

167.1

149.3

159.0

182.9

Operating Profit (before GW and except.)

 

69.1

82.5

85.5

87.6

68.3

76.5

98.9

Net Interest

 

 

(14.2)

(15.0)

(14.4)

(18.5)

(17.5)

(18.0)

(17.0)

Other Finance

 

 

(5.1)

(7.1)

(8.4)

(15.7)

(12.1)

(12.1)

(12.1)

JV/Associates

 

 

2.3

2.6

0.4

0.9

0.5

0.0

0.0

Intangible Amortisation

 

 

(5.8)

(6.7)

(6.4)

(6.4)

(3.4)

(3.4)

(3.4)

Non Trading & Exceptional Items

 

 

(95.7)

(108.4)

(145.1)

(107.1)

(33.2)

(10.0)

(6.0)

Profit Before Tax (Edison norm)

 

 

52.1

63.0

63.1

54.3

39.2

46.4

69.8

Pension net finance costs

 

 

(0.6)

(0.7)

(0.6)

(0.2)

0.2

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (Renewi norm)

 

 

51.5

62.3

62.5

54.1

39.4

46.4

69.8

Profit Before Tax (statutory)

 

 

(50.0)

(52.8)

(89.0)

(59.4)

2.8

33.0

60.4

Tax - headline

 

 

2.6

1.4

12.4

(1.1)

(6.8)

(11.1)

(16.8)

Profit After Tax (norm)

 

 

39.1

47.2

47.5

41.0

29.6

35.3

53.1

Profit After Tax

 

 

(47.4)

(51.5)

(76.6)

(60.5)

(4.0)

21.9

43.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)**

 

799.9

799.9

796.7

794.9

795.2

795.2

795.2

EPS - Edison norm (p/c) FD

 

 

4.9

5.9

6.0

5.4

3.6

4.3

6.6

EPS - Renewi norm (p/c) FD

 

 

4.8

5.4

6.0

5.4

3.7

4.3

6.6

EPS - (p/c)

 

 

(5.9)

(6.8)

(11.7)

(9.8)

(0.6)

2.7

5.4

Dividend per share (p/c)

 

 

3.05

3.46

1.68

0.52

0.00

0.00

0.56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Margin (%)

 

 

18.4

19.4

17.4

17.3

17.0

17.3

17.5

EBITDA Margin (%)

 

 

10.0

10.0

10.1

9.4

9.2

9.4

10.4

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

 

4.4

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.2

4.5

5.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

 

 

1,456.3

1,669.2

1,439.6

1,616.8

1,557.4

1,558.8

1,563.7

Intangible Assets

 

 

606.3

699.3

605.6

610.1

607.3

599.8

592.3

Tangible Assets (inc RoU assets)

 

 

623.0

710.8

629.1

790.9

757.4

766.3

778.7

Investments

 

 

227.0

259.1

204.9

215.8

192.7

192.7

192.7

Current Assets

 

 

366.2

418.0

533.3

503.3

437.3

433.2

455.2

Stocks

 

 

23.3

26.6

26.0

20.7

19.0

19.7

20.4

Debtors

 

 

279.0

318.4

456.9

288.1

263.4

271.9

280.3

Cash

 

 

63.9

73.0

50.4

194.5

154.9

141.6

154.5

Current Liabilities

 

 

(545.8)

(631.0)

(758.3)

(635.2)

(626.3)

(628.4)

(637.8)

Creditors

 

 

(532.9)

(616.3)

(639.6)

(618.4)

(612.6)

(614.7)

(624.1)

Short term borrowings

 

 

(12.9)

(14.7)

(118.7)

(16.8)

(13.7)

(13.7)

(13.7)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(894.3)

(1,019.9)

(895.1)

(1,249.6)

(1,149.3)

(1,122.5)

(1,096.3)

Long term borrowings

 

 

(489.7)

(558.9)

(483.7)

(634.9)

(503.7)

(503.7)

(503.7)

Other long term liabilities

 

 

(404.6)

(461.0)

(411.4)

(614.7)

(645.6)

(618.8)

(592.6)

Net Assets

 

 

382.4

436.3

319.5

235.3

219.2

241.1

284.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

128.4

143.6

86.8

167.8

212.2

143.0

174.7

Net Interest

 

 

(16.9)

(19.1)

(17.7)

(27.0)

(23.9)

(24.4)

(23.4)

Tax

 

 

(6.7)

(7.6)

(13.2)

(10.1)

(10.5)

(9.6)

(11.1)

Net Capex

 

 

(81.2)

(92.3)

(99.4)

(73.4)

(54.9)

(87.3)

(92.3)

Acquisitions/disposals

 

 

(4.1)

(4.8)

22.7

81.0

2.2

0.0

0.0

Equity Financing

 

 

0.6

0.6

(2.7)

0.6

(0.1)

0.0

0.0

Dividends

 

 

(24.4)

(27.6)

(27.4)

(8.6)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

 

 

(4.3)

(7.3)

(50.9)

130.3

125.0

21.7

47.9

Opening core net debt/(cash)

 

 

423.9

492.7

500.0

552.0

457.2

362.5

375.8

IFRS16 lease capital repayments

 

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

(38.5)

(35.0)

(35.0)

(35.0)

Other

 

 

(10.5)

(0.0)

(1.1)

3.0

4.7

0.0

0.0

Closing core net debt/(cash)

 

 

438.7

500.0

552.0

457.2

362.5

375.8

362.9

Closing PPP/PFI non-recourse net debt

 

82.9

94.6

95.4

90.0

84.2

84.2

84.2

IFRS16 Lease finance

 

 

 

 

 

202.7

215.1

219.6

224.1

Source: Company data, Edison Investment Research. Note: *EPS for continuing businesses in FY20 was 5.1c and the 5.4c figure shown includes discontinued operations. **Excludes shares held by employee share trust.

Source: Sourec

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