Actualización de comercio de año completo
25 de enero de 2024
Keywords Studios plc ("Keywords Studios", "Palabras clave", el "Grupo")
Actualización comercial del año completo 2023
Delivering resilient growth and strong performance in the current market backdrop
Keywords Studios, the international provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the global video games and entertainment industries, provides the following unaudited trading update covering the expected results for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Destacados
· Full year revenue of c.?780m, growth of 13% and 17% on a constant currency basis
· Crecimiento orgánico de ingresos1, excluding FX and US strikes, of c.9% (c.6% on a reported basis)
· Beneficio operativo ajustado2 of c.?122m, representing margins of 15.6%
· Adjusted cash conversion above 80%, with strong H2 cashflows
· Completed five high-quality acquisitions for maximum consideration of ?225m
Actualización comercial
The Group has delivered resilient growth in the second half of 2023, through a mixed industry back-drop and the US entertainment strikes, and expects full-year revenues to be approximately ?780m, representing year-on-year growth of 13%, and 17% on a constant currency basis. As a result of the current market conditions, full year organic revenue growth, excluding the impact of foreign exchange and the US strikes, is expected to be approximately 9%. The overall impact of the US strikes on organic revenue growth was 2.6% (?20m), with foreign exchange also a small headwind, leading to reported organic revenue growth of approximately 6% for the year.
On a divisional level, Create's performance remained strong, with growth normalising, as expected, from the high levels in H1. The impact of the US strikes and lower client activity, especially in its Localization businesses, led to subdued performance in Globalize. Engage saw a small improvement in growth in H2, even with a number of marketing projects slipping out of Q4 and the impact of the US strikes.
The Group expects to report strong adjusted operating profit performance of approximately ?122m, with adjusted operating profit margins of approximately 15.6%, supported by cost-saving measures and efficiencies across the Group. Cash generation remained healthy, with full year adjusted cash conversion expected to be above 80%, ahead of guidance, as we continued to see an H2 weighting to cash flow.
The Group completed five acquisitions in 2023, for a total maximum consideration of ?225m. This included the exciting acquisition of The Multiplayer Group on 18 December 2023 for £76.5m (liga), which significantly scales our Create division, and further increases our exposure to high-end creative services. We ended the year with a net debt position of approximately ?68m. Our healthy balance sheet and strong cash generation continues to provide us with significant flexibility to invest in growing our platform, and we have a strong pipeline of opportunities as we move into 2024.
Outlook
We expect to deliver strong revenue and profit growth in 2024, driven by improving organic growth, recent M&A, and the maintenance of adjusted operating profit margins above 15% as we continue to manage our cost base and drive efficiencies across the Group. Organic growth is expected to improve from current levels as we move through the year, as the industry's appetite for new content returns and allowing time for the output from Hollywood to increase post the 2023 strikes.
Bertrand Bodson, CEO de Keywords Studios, comentó:
"In what was a difficult year for the industry, we delivered resilient performance in 2023 and we continued to grow our market share and industry leadership position. We made considerable progress against our strategic objectives and scaled our platform through the acquisition of five studios, broadening our high-quality offering for clients. We will continue to successfully navigate the market conditions in 2024 and are excited by the opportunity ahead to build the leading technology-enabled platform, solving complexity for clients across the content creation process in the largest entertainment industries in the world."
1 Los ingresos orgánicos a tipos de cambio constantes se calculan ajustando los ingresos del año anterior, sumando los ingresos previos a la adquisición para el período de propiedad correspondiente y aplicando los tipos de cambio de 2022 a ambos años, al convertir los resultados del estudio a la moneda de referencia del euro. |
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2 La utilidad operativa ajustada consiste en la utilidad operativa según se informa en el estado consolidado de resultados integrales, ajustada por gastos de pagos basados en acciones, costos de adquisición e integración y amortización de activos intangibles. Para presentar la medida de forma consistente año a año, también se excluye el impacto de otros ingresos. |
Notificación de los resultados del año completo
The Group expects to report full year results for the year ended 31 December 2023, on 13th March 2023. To register your interest please contact: GME@dhr-rgv.com
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Acerca de Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)
Palabras clave Studios es un Proveedor internacional de soluciones creativas y tecnológicas para las industrias globales de videojuegos y entretenimiento.. Fundada en 1998, y ahora con más de 70 instalaciones en 26 países estratégicamente ubicados en Asia, Australia, América y Europa, brinda servicios durante todo el ciclo de vida del desarrollo de contenido a través de sus líneas de servicios Create, Globalize and Engage a una gran industria azul. base de clientes de chips en todo el mundo.
Keywords Studios tiene una sólida posición en el mercado y brinda servicios a 24 de las 25 empresas de juegos más destacadas y contribuyendo a más del 70% de los ganadores de los Game Awards 2023. En toda la industria de los juegos y el entretenimiento, sus clientes incluyen Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Konami, Microsoft, Netflix, Riot Games, Square Enix, Supercell, TakeTwo, Tencent y Ubisoft. Los títulos recientes en los que trabajó incluyen Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo IV, Hogwarts Legacy, Elden Ring, Fortnite, Valorant, League of Legends y Clash Royale. Keywords Studios cotiza en AIM, el mercado regulado de la Bolsa de Valores de Londres (KWS.L).
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