Solutions 30: +22.9% growth in 2021 Q2 revenue
- Revenue up +20.8% for the first half of 2021
and up +37.4% compared to the same period in 2019,
pre-covid
- Excellent sales momentum with €300 million in new
contracts signed in the second quarter of 2021
- Solid growth prospects based on structurally favorable
market trends
In millions of euros |
6 months |
Q2 |
2021 |
2020 |
% change |
2021 |
2020 |
% change |
Total |
441.2 |
365.1 |
+20.8% |
216.0 |
175.7 |
+22.9% |
From France |
270.3 |
224.3 |
+20.5% |
128.2 |
107.9 |
+18.9% |
From Benelux |
74.9 |
66.2 |
+13.2% |
37.9 |
31.4 |
+20.8% |
From other countries |
96.0 |
74.6 |
+28.7% |
49.9 |
36.5 |
+36.7% |
Data for the first half of 2020 have been restated to
consolidate Worldlink as of January 1, 2020.
Deployment of France’s virtuous model
throughout Europe is accelerating
Consolidated revenue
During the second quarter, Solutions 30
reaches €216.0 million of revenues, an increase of 22.9%
(19.8% organic growth). This strong organic growth is driven by
major energy contracts signed at the end of 2020 in Belgium and by
telecoms contracts signed in the first half of 2021 in Italy and
Spain.
At the operational level, the priority was to
invest in recruiting and training teams to take on the significant
increase in workload of these demanding new contracts and to
support the roll-out of new technologies in several countries.
On the sales front, the group is reaping the
benefits from several favorable structural and economic trends:
booming markets—driven by the digital transformation and the energy
transition—and recovery plans of an unprecedented scale throughout
Europe. In the second quarter, the group signed more than
€300 million in new contracts with an average duration of
three years, 50% of which were with new clients and 65% in the
telecoms sector. The Benelux countries, England, and Spain
substantially contributed to this performance.
Solutions 30’s consolidated half-year
revenue for 2021 amounted to €441.2 million, up +20.8% (+17.5%
organic growth) compared to the same period in 2020. Maintenance
activities, which are recurrent, represent 58% of the group’s
revenue. The group is accelerating its expansion outside of France,
illustrating the relevance of its strategy to duplicate its success
in France.
Revenue by region
France: In the second quarter
of 2021, Solutions 30 had revenues of €128.2 million,
resulting in organic growth of 18.9%.
Revenue from its telecoms business amounted to
€91.5 million, an increase of 15% compared to the second
quarter of 2020. This business remains driven by fiber deployments
and an increasing number of ultra high-speed Internet
subscribers.
For the energy business, revenue reached
€21.1 million, compared with €17.5 million a year
earlier, representing organic growth of 20%. This business had a
favorable base effect since smart meter installations were
interrupted during the first lockdown from March 17 to May 11,
2020. This effect will naturally disappear in the second half of
the year as mass deployments are scheduled to wind down by the end
of 2021. At the same time, activities related to the energy
transition and electric mobility are gaining momentum, with nearly
€30 million in contracts, with an average duration of three
years, signed during the second quarter of 2021 alone.
The IT business posted revenue of
€10.9 million compared to €7.2 million for the same
period in 2020, while the security and payments business posted
revenue of €4.7 million compared to €3.9 million a year
earlier. These businesses suffered from measures imposed during the
health crisis and are gradually returning to their normal levels of
revenue.
Over the first six months of the year, revenue
reached €270.3 million, a purely organic increase of
+20.5%.
Benelux: Second-quarter
revenue amounted to €37.9 million, up +20.8% (+18.8% organic
growth).
The telecoms business, which grew organically by
9%, generated quarterly revenue of €28.8 million. The
deployment of ultra high-speed networks is beginning to materialize
and is driving the group’s sales momentum.
For the energy business, revenue amounted to
€5.4 million, compared with €1.2 million a year earlier, due to the
launch of smart meter deployments in Flanders, which has been
contributing to the top line since March.
For the IT business, revenue increased slightly
to €2.1 million.
Over the entire first half of 2021, revenue rose
by 13.2% (10.0% organic growth) to €74.9 million.
Other countries: Second-quarter
revenue was up by +36.7% (+23.9% organic growth) to
€49.9 million.
In Germany, revenue amounted to
€15.3 million compared to €15.9 million the previous
year. Underlying trends remain strong and the group expects
broadband deployments to begin in 2021. Installations of charging
stations—another promising market—has also begun.
In Italy, revenue grew by 77% (58% organic
growth) to €11.6 million, thanks to the rapid ramp-up of the
contract signed at the beginning of the year with TIM to deploy its
ultra high-speed infrastructures in Piedmont and the Aosta
Valley.
In Spain, revenue grew organically by 68% to
€13.5 million, thanks to strong momentum in the telecoms
business (fiber and 5G mobile networks).
In Poland, the group posted quarterly revenue of
€6.0 million, stable compared to the same period in 2020.
Finally, Solutions 30 had revenue of
€3.4 million in the United Kingdom, where it has been
operating since December 2020.
In all of these countries, the group posted
revenue of €96.0 million for the first half of 2021, an
increase of 28.7% (15.5% organic growth) compared to the first half
of 2020.
Outlook for double-digit growth
confirmed
For the current year as a whole, the group
expects profitable double-digit growth to continue, although the
basis for comparison will be higher in the second half of 2021 due
to the catch-up effect at the end of the first lockdown.
Solutions 30 is continuing its progress
plan and in early June launched a transformation plan designed to
strengthen its organization in terms of governance, risk
management, and compliance, with the aim of having new management
and control procedures in place by the fourth quarter of 2021. This
plan will strengthen the group so it can pursue a strategy of
sustained and sustainable growth and continue to capture growth
opportunities in booming European markets.
Upcoming event
2021
Half-Year Results
September 29, 2021
About Solutions 30
SE
The Solutions 30 group is the European
leader in solutions for new technologies. Its mission is to make
the technological developments that are transforming our daily
lives accessible to everyone, individuals and businesses alike.
Yesterday, it was computers and the Internet. Today, it’s digital
technology. Tomorrow, it will be technologies that make the world
even more interconnected in real time. With more than
30 million call-outs carried out since it was founded and a
network of more than 15,700 local technicians, Solutions 30
currently covers all of France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands,
Belgium, Luxembourg, the Iberian Peninsula, the United Kingdom, and
Poland. The share capital of Solutions 30 SE consists of
107,127,984 shares, equal to the number of theoretical votes
that can be exercised.Solutions 30 SE is listed on the
Euronext Paris exchange (ISIN FR0013379484- code S30). Indexes:
MSCI Europe Small Cap | Tech40 | CAC PME | SBF 120 | CAC Mid
60. Visit our website for more information: www.solutions30.com
Contact
Individual Shareholders:Investor Relations -
Tel: +33 1 86 86 00 63 - shareholders@solutions30.com
Analysts/Investors:Nathalie Boumendil - Tel: +33
6 85 82 41 95 -nathalie.boumendil@solutions30.com
Press - Image 7:Leslie Jung - Tel: +44 7818
641803 - ljung@image7.frFlore Larger - Tel: +33 6 33 13 41 50 -
flarger@image7.frCharlotte Le Barbier - Tel: +33 6 78 37 27 60 -
clebarbier@image7.fr
Glossary
Organic
growth
Organic growth includes the organic growth of acquired companies
after they are acquired, which Solutions 30 assumes they would
not have experienced had they remained independent.
The group’s growth is detailed in the table
below:
|
H1 2020 |
|
H1 2021 |
|
|
Total |
|
Organic growth of existing subsidiaries |
Organic growth from acquired companies |
Acquisitions |
Total |
|
|
|
Value |
% |
Value |
% |
Value |
% |
Value |
Change |
Total |
365.1 |
|
62.7 |
17.2% |
1.4 |
0.4% |
12.1 |
3.3% |
441.2 |
20.8% |
From France |
224.3 |
|
45.9 |
20.5% |
0 |
0% |
0 |
0% |
270.3 |
20.5% |
From Benelux |
66.2 |
|
5.8 |
8.8% |
0.8 |
1.2% |
2.2 |
3.3% |
74.9 |
13.2% |
From
other countries |
74.6 |
|
10.9 |
14.7% |
0.6 |
0.8% |
9.9 |
13.2% |
96.0 |
28.7% |
These figures have been rounded and their sum may not perfectly
match the totals given.
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