Interim Report Q3 2023

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Columbus A/S
Columbus A/S

Company announcement no. 23/2023

Good momentum in Q3 2023

11% revenue growth in Q3 2023 including a negative impact from currencies and acquisitions of 4 percentage points. EBITDA result was DKK 21m corresponding to an EBITDA margin of 6.0% up from 5.2%. During Q3 we have prepared our next strategic journey – New Heights – with ambitious financial goals and plans to enter a new high growth industry; Life Science.

“We have a strong starting point for our newly launched three-year growth strategy New Heights with the opportunity to improve profitability significantly,” says CEO & President, Søren Krogh Knudsen

Q3 2023 highlights

  • Revenue growth of 11% amounting to DKK 345m. 15% growth adjusted for acquisitions and currency.

  • EBITDA amounted to DKK 21m.

  • EBITDA margin was 6.0% compared to 5.2% in Q3 2022.

  • Efficiency of 65% in Q3 2023, a 4 percentage point increase compared to Q3 2022.

Q3 YTD 2023 highlights

  • Revenue growth of 10% amounting to DKK 1,126m. 14% growth adjusted for acquisitions and currency.

  • EBITDA growth of 25% amounting to DKK 78m.

  • EBITDA margin was 6.9% compared to 6.1% YTD 2022.

  • Efficiency reached 67% YTD 2023, compared to 63% in Q3 YTD 2022.


Service revenue split on Business Lines

DKK ´000

Q3 2023

Q3 2022

∆%

YTD 2023

YTD 2022

∆%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamics

178,636

157,542

13.4%

566,278

516,463

9.6%

M3

64,666

69,749

-7.3%

219,978

228,461

-3.7%

Digital Commerce

38,116

40,044

-4.8%

146,999

133,007

10.5%

Data & Analytics

18,115

13,294

36.3%

56,200

42,928

30.9%

Customer Experience & Engagement

15,468

9,851

57.0%

46,923

33,916

38.4%

Security

9,769

0

-

22,070

0

-

Strategy & Change

1,719

782

119.8%

6,839

5,155

32.7%

Other Local Business

3,750

3,003

24.9%

12,322

11,767

4.7%

Total sale of services

330,239

294,265

12.2%

1,077,609

971,697

10.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total sale of products

14,559

15,261

-4.6%

48,160

52,804

-8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net revenue

344,798

309,526

11.4%

1,125,769

1,024,501

9.9%


Service revenue split on Market Units

DKK ´000

Q3 2023

Q3 2022

∆%

YTD 2023

YTD 2022

∆%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Sweden

112,317

107,676

4.3%

405,912

388,521

4.5%

Denmark

76,121

58,568

30.0%

240,206

185,056

29.8%

Norway

46,802

55,789

-16.1%

175,947

193,051

-8.9%

UK

61,614

41,085

50.0%

161,356

119,153

35.4%

US

23,225

21,209

9.5%

64,584

59,472

8.6%

Other

8,990

9,020

-0.3%

26,488

23,577

12.3%

GDC

1,170

918

27.5%

3,116

2,867

8.7%

Total sale of services

330,239

294,265

12.2%

1,077,609

971,697

10.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total sale of products

14,559

15,261

-4.6%

48,160

52,804

-8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net revenue

344,798

309,526

11.4%

1,125,769

1,024,501

9.9%


Outlook 2023 maintained
Based on the development in the first nine months of 2023, our strong pipeline and order backlog, we maintain our 2023 expectations: