Return to more favorable dynamics in all addressed markets
Slight growth in current operating income
Net income impacted by non-recurring items and full effect of the Transform plan measures expected in the 2025 financial year
Improvement in operating cash flow
SAINT-JEAN-DE-SOUDAIN, France, March 26, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
SergeFerrari Group (FR0011950682 – SEFER), a leading global supplier of innovative flexible composite materials, listed on Euronext Paris – Compartment C, today announced its consolidated full-year results for the year ended December 31st, 2024, as approved by the Supervisory Board on March 26th, 2025. These consolidated financial statements have been audited by the Statutory Auditors, whose report is currently being prepared.
Sébastien Baril, SergeFerrari Group’s Chairman of the Executive Board, stated:" SergeFerrari Group made significant efforts to optimize operations in the 2024 financial year to adapt as best as possible to shortened economic cycles and a complicated geopolitical environment. The Transform 2025 plan is now fully deployed and its implementation should result in increased operational efficiency in the medium term. The Group continued its efforts to optimize its working capital requirements. By relying on the measures put in place and counting on the continuation of the activity, SergeFerrari Group aims to quickly return to increased profitability."
2024 Revenue and profitability
Revenue
(in €m)
2024
2023
Change at current scope and currency
Change at constant scope and currency
1st quarter
73.5
84.8
-13.4%
-14.1%
2nd quarter
88.4
90.7
-2.5%
-2.5%
3rd quarter
72.2
73.0
-1.1%
-0.6%
4th quarter
89.8
79.1
+13.6%
+13.6%
Full Year Total
323.6
327.6
-1.2%
-1.0%
The Group reported revenue of €323.6 million in 2024, i.e. a slight decrease of -1.2% at current scope and currency rates and -1.0% at constant scope and currency rates. The level of activity recorded in the latter part of the year confirms the gradual recovery in volumes observed in all geographical areas since the end of the first half of 2024, with sales up 6.5% at constant scope and currency rates in the second half of the year.
Audited consolidated financial statements (report being prepared)
in €m
Dec 31, 2024
Déc 31, 2023
Change
Revenue
323.6
327.6
-1.2%
Adjusted EBIT1
12.3
11.3
+11.5%
Current Operating Income
10.6
10.4
+1.9%
Net Income, Group Share
-15.2
4.7
n.a
The margin rate on purchases consumed observed over the period remains stable, a development mainly determined by the offsetting of a positive volume effect on sales by the resumption of a rising trend in the price of certain raw materials and the continued reduction of inventories.
The Group's adjusted EBIT stands at €12.6 million, an increase compared to the previous financial year.
The Group's share of net income amounted to -€15.2 million, compared with €4.7 million in 2023. It was impacted by exceptional expenses of nearly €11 million mainly generated by the restructuring costs of Verseidag-Indutex and the transfer of part of its activities to the Tour du Pin site, by a tax expense of €5. 5 million following the depreciation of deferred tax assets on Verseidag and the cost of financial debt.
Financial Structure
in €m
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2023
Net debt
125.2
128.2
Net debt excl. IFRS 16
77.6
78.6
Shareholders' equity, Group share
103.0
118.5
The operational working capital requirement (WCR) thus decreases to €122.0 million, representing 37.7% of revenue in 2024, compared with €130.1 million and 39.7% of revenue in 2023.
Outlook
The Group intends to capitalize on the resumption of activity in the second half of the year and will continue to work on its operational efficiency during the 2025 financial year. Despite the geopolitical context, the effects of this plan on a full-year basis and the favorable economic situation in all the markets addressed allow the Group to maintain its ambitions. Inflation on certain raw materials is leading the Group to adapt its pricing policy.
Financial calendar
Publication of 2025 Q1 revenue, on Thursday, April 24th, 2025, after market close
Annual General Meeting: Thursday, May 15th, 2025, at 10:00 am
ABOUT SERGEFERRARI GROUP
The Serge Ferrari Group is a leading global supplier of composite materials for Tensile Architecture, Modular Structures, Solar Protection and Furniture/Marine, in a global market estimated by the Company at around €6 billion. The unique characteristics of these products enable applications that meet the major technical and societal challenges: energy-efficient buildings, energy management, performance and durability of materials, concern for comfort and safety together, opening up of interior living spaces etc. Its main competitive advantage is based on the implementation of differentiating proprietary technologies and know-how. The Group has manufacturing facilities in France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Asia. Serge Ferrari operates in 80 countries via subsidiaries, sales offices and a worldwide network of over 100 independent distributors.
In 2024, Serge Ferrari posted consolidated revenues of €323.6 million, over 80% of which was generated outside France. The SergeFerrari Group share is listed on Euronext Paris – Compartment C (ISIN: FR0011950682). SergeFerrari Group shares are eligible for the French PEA-PME and FCPI investment schemes. www.sergeferrari.com
