FD (AIM: FDP.L, Euronext Growth: FDP.I) today announces its audited results for the year ended 29 February 2020.
Financial Highlights
| Year to 29 February |
2020 |
2019 |
Change |
| Revenue |
£237.8m |
£217.4m |
+9% |
| Gross profit |
£101.1m |
£91.3m |
+11% |
| Adjusted EBITDA* |
£45.5m |
£38.9m |
+17% |
| Profit** before tax |
£18.3m |
£16.7m |
+9% |
| Reported diluted EPS |
54.2p |
47.9p |
+13% |
| Full year dividend per share |
8.5p |
27.0p |
-69% |
| Net debt *** |
£49.4m |
£16.5m |
|
*Adjusted for share-based payments and acquisition costs; FY 2020 adjusted EBITDA (excluding impact of IFRS 16): £41.4m (+6%)
**Includes foreign currency translation effect and deferred consideration on prior acquisitions
***Excluding lease obligations under IFRS 16
Business Highlights
- Software revenue up 13% to £148.4m (2019: £130.9m), driven by 23% growth in recurring software license revenue.
- Significant contract wins in our core FinTech market and progress in our drive to achieve market leadership by building out the capabilities of our solutions.
- Partner agreements and contract wins across our target markets of automotive, manufacturing and energy as we focus on those markets where KX provides the greatest competitive advantage, including a global KX partnership agreement announced separately today with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
- MRP Prelytix subscription revenue up 33% to £25.6m (2019: £19.3m) as we increase the platform’s functionality and it becomes recognised as a leader in its market.
- Managed services and consulting revenue up 3% to £89.4m (2019: £86.5m) with strong order intake in H2 but lower growth due to a delayed start to two multi-year contracts.
- Launch of KX 4.0 with increased performance, security, visualisation and machine learning capabilities to spearhead our push to wide adoption of KX across industries.
- Finalisation of the acquisition of the minority shareholdings in KX Systems, taking 100% ownership, funded by new financing facilities which provide flexibility to support the Group’s growth plans.
- Appointments of Seamus Keating as Chief Executive Officer and Donna Troy as Chairman in January 2020.
Webcast Recording
You can watch a replay of our analyst presentation from 19th May 2020 by clicking here.
Read the full RNS release here
