MCH Group | Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR | Half-year closing 2023
29 August 2023 - 3:00PM
MCH Group | Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR | Half-year
closing 2023
MCH Group half-year closing 2023: Positive development
continued
In the first half of 2023, MCH Group's business activity
continued to be marked by departure and recovery. MCH Group was
able to increase its operating income to CHF 218.4 million compared
with the same period of the previous year. The operating result
before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) was
a gratifying CHF 20.0 million. The half-year profit amounts to CHF
4.7 million. This is the first reporting period with a net result
in the black since 2019.
Consolidated key figures at a glance (Figures
for comparative period in brackets)
- Operating income: CHF 218.4 million (CHF 185.6 million)
- EBITDA: CHF 20.0 million (CHF -3.2 million)
- Net profit: CHF 4.7 million (CHF -13.2 million)
- Equity: CHF 117.9 million / 32.8% (CHF 113.3 million /
25.5%)
- Cash and cash equivalents: CHF 53.5 million (CHF 151.9
million)
- Net debt: CHF 80.9 million (CHF 84.6 million)
Significant increase compared with the same period of
the previous year
Compared with the same period of the previous year, we were able
to increase operating income by CHF 32.8 million to CHF 218.4
million in the first half of 2023. The Experience Marketing segment
recorded an increase in operating income to CHF 142.1 million in
the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year. The
share of this segment in the Group's total revenue decreased from
69.1% to 65.0% due to the strong performance of the Group's own
events and the rental business. In the Community Platforms segment
(own events incl. Art Basel), operating income rose sharply
year-on-year from CHF 55.6 million to CHF 72.9 million. This
segment now accounts for 33.4% of the group's total sales.
EBITDA for the first half of 2023 amounts to CHF 20.0 million
(first half of 2022 CHF -3.2 million). The net result improved
significantly by CHF 17.9 million compared to the same period last
year. This is also the first reporting period since the outbreak of
the pandemic where we can report a profit in terms of the net
result. The result before taxes amounts to CHF 6.6 million, the
consolidated net profit for the first half of 2023 amounts to
CHF 4.7 million.
Cash and cash equivalents decreased from CHF 151.9 million to
CHF 53.5 million in the first half of 2023 compared to the same
period of the previous year; this significant decrease is due to
the repayment of the CHF 100 million bond in May 2023. As a result,
liabilities also decreased from CHF 330.2 million to 241.2 million,
and the equity ratio increased from 25.5% to 32.8%.
Outlook for the second half of the year
In the wake of the encouraging net result for the first half of
the year, the aim is to secure the business and be able to exploit
the growth potential. The second half of the year will see the
second edition of Paris+ par Art Basel in October and Art Basel
Miami Beach in December. In Basel, the programme includes Ilmac
(platform for chemistry, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology), IGEHO
(international industry platform for the hotel, catering, take-away
and care sectors) and the Basel Wine and Fine Food Festival. In
Zurich, the Career Fair, the Digital Festival and HackZurich, Bauen
& Modernisieren, Auto Zürich, and the Zürich Pop Con are
planned, and in Lausanne the Salon des Métiers et de la Formation.
The Experience Marketing division is seeing a further increase in
demand, both for orders in the second half of 2023 and already
towards 2024.
Due to the seasonal nature of the business, the second half of
the year, with its almost inactive summer months and December, is
usually less strong in terms of sales than the first. According to
the current estimates and as announced previously, MCH Group
expects an improvement in operating results for the full year 2023
compared to 2022, but again a consolidated net loss for the Group
in the single-digit million range.
Links:
Contact:MCH Group Ltd.Corporate
CommunicationsEmanuel Kuhn+41 79 597 82
88emanuel.kuhn@mch-group.comwww.mch-group.com
About MCH Group MCH Group, with its head office
in Basel, Switzerland, is an internationally active experience
marketing company with a comprehensive service network. It
organises around 30 community platforms in Switzerland and abroad,
including Art Basel, Swissbau, and Giardina. The Live Marketing
Solutions division, with the brands MCH Global, MC2 and
Expomobilia, offers comprehensive experiential marketing solutions
ranging from strategy and creation to implementation. MCH Group
also operates the Messe and Congress Center Basel and Messe Zurich.
The company employs over 800 people, around half of whom are based
in Switzerland and the USA. In 2022, the group achieved
consolidated sales of CHF 394 million.
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