DEUTZ AG
Interim report for the first half of 2020 2 DEUTZ AG FIRST HALF OF 2020
DEUTZ AT A GLANCE
DEUTZ is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative The Company’s operating activities are divided into three drive systems. The Company was founded in 1864 and has approx- segments: DEUTZ Compact Engines (DCE), DEUTZ Customized imately 4,670 employees worldwide. Its core competencies are the Solutions (DCS), and Other. The DCE segment, which generated development, production, and distribution of drive solutions with around 79 percent of consolidated revenue in 2019, comprises a power output of up to 620 kW for off-highway applications. The liquid-cooled engines with capacities of up to 8 liters. The DCS current portfolio extends from diesel and gas engines to hybrid and segment specializes in liquid-cooled engines with capacities all-electric drives that are used in various applications, including of over 8 liters and in air-cooled drives. It also includes recon- construction equipment, agricultural machinery, material handling ditioned exchange engines and parts produced under the name equipment such as forklift trucks and lifting platforms, commercial DEUTZ Xchange, along with engine series that are soon to be vehicles, rail vehicles, and boats used for private or commercial discontinued. The DCS segment’s share of revenue in 2019 purposes. The engine specialist also offers a comprehensive range was around 20 percent. The Torqeedo subsidiary is included of services through more than 800 sales and service partners in in the Other segment and focuses on electric-powered water- over 130 countries. craft. Futavis, a development service provider that specializes in high-voltage battery management systems and safety engineering, DEUTZ Group: overview is also included in the Other segment. It was acquired in 2019. € million 4–6/2020 4–6/2019 1–6/2020 1–6/2019 DEUTZ Group: segments New orders 266.9 438.8 623.6 953.3 € million Unit sales (units) 33,790 53,856 73,859 101,591 4–6/2020 4–6/2019 1–6/2020 1–6/2019 Revenue 280.2 477.0 620.0 929.8 New orders EBITDA -11.8 50.2 -1.9 95.1 DEUTZ Compact Engines 184.6 346.9 439.9 756.2 EBITDA before exceptional items -11.8 40.9 -1.9 85.8 DEUTZ Customized Solutions 72.9 83.6 165.4 180.5 EBIT -38.1 31.4 -49.9 56.5 Other 9.8 9.4 19.5 18.6 EBIT before exceptional items -38.1 22.1 -49.9 47.2 Consolidation -0.4 -1.1 -1.2 -2.0 EBIT margin (%) -13.6 6.6 -8.0 6.1 Total 266.9 438.8 623.6 953.3 EBIT margin before exceptional items (%) -13.6 4.6 -8.0 5.1 Unit sales (units) Net income -42.3 24.4 -52.3 45.3 DEUTZ Compact Engines 21,180 42,954 48,173 81,924 Net income DEUTZ Customized (before exceptional items) -42.3 16.6 -52.3 37.5 Solutions 4,889 6,415 9,442 13,509 Earnings per share (€) -0.35 0.20 -0.43 0.37 Other 7,721 4,487 16,244 6,158 Earnings per share (before Consolidation 0 0 0 0 exceptional items, €) -0.35 0.14 -0.43 0.31 Total 33,790 53,856 73,859 101,591 Total assets 1,229.9 1,295.9 1,229.9 1,295.9 Non-current assets 619.1 560.6 619.1 560.6 Revenue Equity 596.4 643.7 596.4 643.7 DEUTZ Compact Engines 197.8 373.6 453.7 729.8 Equity ratio (%) 48.5 49.7 48.5 49.7 DEUTZ Customized Solutions 70.2 93.8 145.0 185.0 Cash flow from operating activities -31.8 3.7 -43.7 0.9 Other 12.6 10.7 22.5 17.0 Free cash flow1) -50.2 -16.0 -85.7 -46.2 Consolidation -0.4 -1.1 -1.2 -2.0 Net financial position2) -117.8 -17.8 -117.8 -17.8 Total 280.2 477.0 620.0 929.8 Working capital3) 308.9 336.7 308.9 336.7 EBIT before Working capital ratio4) exceptional items (average, %) 20.2 16.8 20.2 16.8 DEUTZ Compact Engines -33.1 16.4 -49.8 34.9 Capital expenditure5) (after deducting grants) 14.4 23.4 38.9 42.2 DEUTZ Customized Solutions -1.7 10.8 6.6 23.6 Depreciation and amortization 26.3 18.8 48.0 38.6 Other -3.3 -5.1 -6.7 -11.3 Research and Consolidation 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 development expenditure Total -38.1 22.1 -49.9 47.2 (after deducting grants) 21.4 21.1 46.2 44.7 thereof capitalized 4.6 4.2 9.1 9.6 Employees (number as at Jun. 30) 4,673 4,863 4,673 4,863 1) Cash flow from operating activities and from investing activities less interest expense. 2) Cash and cash equivalents less current and non-current interest-bearing financial debt. 3) Inventories plus trade receivables less trade payables. 4) Average working capital at the four quarterly reporting dates divided by revenue for the previous twelve months. 5) Capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment (including right-of-use assets in connection with leases) and intangible assets, excluding capitalization of R&D. DEUTZ AG FIRST HALF OF 2020 3
INTERIM REPORT OF THE DEUTZ GROUP FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2020
OVERVIEW China strategy continues to be implemented successfully and the revenue target for 2022 is raised from €500 million to around Sales figures decline sharply overall due to the impact of €800 million1) the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy and the Company’s business activities Operating profit decreases significantly to a loss of €49.9 million owing to the fall in revenue and related diseconomies of scale New orders fall by 34.6 percent to €623.6 million, but the service business continues to hold steady Measures under the global Transform for Growth efficiency pro- gram have been defined and initiated; implementation of the Consolidated unit sales drop by 27.3 percent to 73,859 measures is predicted to generate annual cost savings of around engines, whereas unit sales of Torqeedo’s electric drives €100 million from the end of 2022 onward increase rapidly Group guidance for 2020 remains under review due to the Consolidated revenue goes down by 33.3 percent to ongoing uncertainty about how the coronavirus crisis will unfold €620.0 million Medium-term targets have been confirmed despite the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic
1) The revenue target of approximately €800 million includes the revenue generated by the joint venture with SANY. Under the equity method, this revenue is not recognized in the consolidated financial statements. 4 DEUTZ AG FIRST HALF OF 2020
MACROECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC The market data currently available to us shows that the majority ENVIRONMENT of the individual markets relevant to DEUTZ declined in the first half of 2020. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT According to the latest data from Germany’s Mechanical The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting crisis plunged the Engineering Industry Association (VDMA), the global market for global economy into a deep recession in the first half of 2020. The construction equipment had been at a record high level in the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) published its economic previous two years. This sustained upturn was already showing report in June 2020 in which it estimated that worldwide economic signs of ending in late 2019, and this trend accelerated significantly activity would likely decline by almost 10 percent in the period as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.3) January to June 2020.1) Unit sales of construction equipment in North America and According to the latest data from the World Trade Organization Europe are likely to have fallen significantly in the first half of 2020 (WTO), global trade contracted by roughly 3 percent in the first compared with the same period of 2019.3) In the second quarter, quarter of 2020 compared with the first quarter of 2019. For the however, the Chinese market was able to make up for much of second quarter, the WTO expects an even sharper decrease of the sales lost in the first quarter and returned to the high level of up to 18.5 percent.2) unit sales that it had seen before the shutdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak.4) The action taken around the world during the coronavirus pandemic, such as travel restrictions and lockdowns, were at Demand for material handling applications followed the trend in their height between mid-March and mid-May, thereby disrupting the construction industry. Unit sales, for example of forklift trucks transport, tourism, consumer spending and, as a result, macro- in North America and Europe, showed a sustained downturn.5) economic activity. The gradual easing of measures in European In China, however, a very positive trend is discernible – despite countries from mid-May onward did lead to a piecemeal increase the sharp falls in the first quarter – and unit sales in the reporting in economic activity, but almost no country saw a return to the period are likely to have been at more or less the same level as in pre-crisis level. the first half of 2019.4)
The coronavirus crisis had a negative impact on the market for agricultural machinery in Europe, North America, and China alike.6)
1) https://www.ifw-kiel.de/publications/kiel-institute-economic-outlook/2020/ 4) CCMA, CE Sales Data, May 2020. historic-contraction-of-the-world-economy-14670/ 5) FEM, World Industrial Truck Statistics (WITS), May 2020. 2) https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres20_e/pr858_e.htm 6) VDMA/Agrievolution, Business Barometer, May 2020. 3) VDMA, CE Snapshot, June 2020. DEUTZ AG FIRST HALF OF 2020 5
IMPACT OF THE supplier risk management activities and set up an overarching task CORONAVIRUS CRISIS ON force with the aim of ensuring security of supply. Various measures have been introduced, such as the greater use of existing second- THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF source suppliers, the procurement of stocks of finished parts from THE DEUTZ GROUP suppliers in high-risk areas, the organization of special shipments, and the creation of increased inventory ranges for parts from high- The DEUTZ engines business was already feeling the impact of the risk areas. These measures resulted in higher total procurement coronavirus pandemic in the first quarter of 2020 and, as the year volumes in the period under review. progressed, all areas of the Company’s business were noticeably affected, as expected, in terms of both activities and performance. With regard to the ongoing localization projects being run by Purchasing in China, travel restrictions meant that supplier audits At the start of the second quarter, large parts of production in could not be conducted but video meetings and the involvement Europe (Cologne, Ulm, Herschbach, Zafra) closed down, initially of the local team were able to compensate for this to some extent. until mid-April. This was partly because many of the DEUTZ Delays to some sample deliveries were largely made up for with Group’s customers had already shut down their production or adjustments to validation runs. announced plans to do so imminently and partly because the preventive measures introduced to ensure physical distancing in In view of the macroeconomic situation and the substantial drag assembly meant that efficient production was no longer possi- on earnings caused by the coronavirus crisis, DEUTZ has also ble.1) While the DEUTZ site in Zafra, Spain, resumed production reviewed its development projects and capital expenditure on on April 14, operations in the German plants were restarted grad- research and development. This resulted in a reprioritization ually, beginning on April 20. However, production volumes were that in turn led to the postponement of individual projects, for and remain largely dependent on customer demand, which is still example in preliminary development. The current R&D budget was falling sharply as a result of the macroeconomic effects of the thus reduced by a figure in the mid-single-digit millions of euros. coronavirus crisis in an already challenging market environment. Projects relating to the EU V emissions standard were not affected by the changed priorities, so there was no impact on strategic In order to take account of the lower capacity utilization, it was projects or volume production projects. decided to stop all hiring and, among other measures, discontinue the use of all temporary workers in the production and assembly In order to further strengthen the Company’s liquidity and secure operations and only continue fixed-term contracts in the depart- the necessary financial flexibility to enable the implementation of ments where there was evidence of continued need (please see growth projects that have already begun, DEUTZ also increased ‘Employees’ on page 11). At the end of March 2020, DEUTZ applied its credit lines by €150 million in the second quarter of 2020, which for Company-wide short-time working at all German sites.2) This means it now has firmly committed credit lines and loans totaling was approved for Cologne, Herschbach, and Ulm until December more than €340 million. At the same time, the Board of Manage- 2020. Decisions are made monthly on the precise scope of the ment and Supervisory Board proposed to the shareholders that short-time working in the individual departments, based on the the dividend for 2019 be suspended.3) This proposal was accepted order situation at the time. by a majority of votes at the virtual Annual General Meeting on June 25, 2020. The significant impact of the coronavirus pandemic on interna- tional transport, industrial logistics chains, and the production capacities of our suppliers and their suppliers has also made the situation in purchasing and procurement exceptionally challeng- ing. In order to cope with the delivery bottlenecks arising in the globalized logistics chains, DEUTZ has stepped up its existing
1) See the ad hoc disclosure dated March 25, 2020. 3) See the ad hoc disclosure dated May 4, 2020. 2) See the ad hoc disclosure dated March 25, 2020. 6 DEUTZ AG FIRST HALF OF 2020
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN The Construction Equipment, Material Handling, Agricultural THE DEUTZ GROUP Machinery, and Stationary Equipment application segments recorded double-digit percentage reductions in new orders. By contrast, the Miscellaneous application segment and the The expectation even at the start of this year was that DEUTZ’s service business continued to notch up year-on-year increases, engine business would decline overall in 2020. The main reason for of 16.4 percent and 0.8 percent respectively. The sharp rise in this was the downturn in key customer industries against the back- the Miscellaneous application segment was primarily due to the drop of the weakening economy. This, along with effects relating growth in new orders for rail vehicle drive systems. to the advance production of engines before new emissions stan- dards came into force, had already led to a low level of orders on New orders in the second quarter of 2020 decreased by hand at the end of 2019. The forecasts for the markets relevant to 39.2 percent year on year to €266.9 million. DEUTZ indicated that this situation would continue. Furthermore, it was assumed that business performance would be hit by cus- As at June 30, 2020, orders on hand stood at €253.5 million tomers selling the inventories of engines they had built up before (June 30, 2019: €462.6 million). Within this total, orders on hand in new emissions standards came into force. the service business were up significantly compared with the end of the prior-year period. The coronavirus pandemic and its global impact on all economic activity put a further heavy burden on DEUTZ’s engine business in what was already a challenging market environment. In the report- UNIT SALES ing period, this led to an overall sharp decline in the sales figures presented below and thus in the Company’s earnings performance. DEUTZ G