XP Power Ltd Trading Update
January 11 2024 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
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11 January 2024
XP Power Limited
(`XP Power' or `the Group' or the `Company')
Q4 and Full Year 2023 Trading Update
XP Power, one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of critical
power control components to the electronics industry, is today issuing a trading
update for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2023.
Trading
2023 2022 Change Change in constant currency
Q4:
Order intake (£m) 49.1 68.7 (29%) (22%)
Revenue (£m) 81.2 87.4 (7%) (5%)
Book to Bill 0.6 0.8 (0.2)
Full Year:
Order intake (£m) 208.9 362.9 (42%) (43%)
Revenue (£m) 316.5 290.4 9% 8%
Book to Bill 0.7 1.2 (0.5)
2023 by quarter Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Order intake (£m) 61.2 54.4 44.2 49.1
% change vs last year - constant currency (45%) (42%) (54%) (22%)
Revenue (£m) 77.9 82.3 75.1 81.2
% change vs last year - constant currency 16% 28% (1%) (5%)
Book to Bill 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
Q4 revenue of £81.2m was slightly ahead of expectations, due largely to the
decision to reschedule the relocation of our facility in California, from
December 2023 to January 2024. This had the effect of bringing forward £5.0m of
revenues from orders shipped earlier than expected in Q4 2023 rather than Q1
2024.
Full year revenue was £316.5m, 8% higher than last year on a constant currency
basis.
Q4 order intake of £49.1m was £4.9m higher than Q3 due to an increase in orders
for High Voltage products for Semiconductor Manufacturing applications. We saw
slower order intake from the Healthcare and Industrial Technology sectors.
We ended 2023 with an order book of c.£192m.
Financial Position
Net debt at 31 December 2023 was £112.6m, lower than expected due to c.£12m of
capex payments, relating largely to the relocation of our US facility, which was
re-phased to early 2024, as discussed above. Strengthening of sterling also
reduced the value of our US dollar denominated borrowings over the final
quarter.
Whilst the process of closing our 2023 year end accounts is at an early stage
and full year profit has yet to be finalised, we estimate that net debt /
Adjusted EBITDA at 31 December 2023 will be c.2.0x, which compares to 2.6x at
the end of Q3.
We expect net debt and leverage to increase in the first half of 2024 as the
deferred capex payments referenced above are made, before reducing thereafter.
Update on funding plan
Our funding plan announced on 6 November 2023 included a package of management
actions to reduce cost and borrowings.
These actions are on track and delivering the benefits expected.
2024 and longer term
Whilst it is too soon to be definitive about prospects for 2024, we continue to
expect that market conditions will improve as the year progresses, with our
results being weighted towards the second half. Our performance will be
supported by the actions taken to reduce our cost base and we will continue to
respond decisively to market conditions as they evolve.
We will provide a further update and outlook with our full year results
announcement.
The Board remains confident that the Group has strong long-term prospects, and
significant value, underpinned by our leading market position and broad product
portfolio.
Enquiries:
XP Power
Gavin Griggs, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)118 984 5515
Matt Webb, Chief Financial Officer +44 (0)118 984 5515
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Kevin Smith/Lucy Gibbs +44 (0)207 638 9571
Note to editors
XP Power designs and manufactures power controllers, the essential hardware
component in every piece of electrical equipment that converts power from the
electricity grid into the right form for equipment to function. Power
controllers are critical for optimal delivery in challenging environments but
are a small part of the overall customer product cost.
XP Power typically designs power control solutions into the end products of
major blue-chip OEMs, with a focus on the Industrial Technology (circa 41% of
sales), Healthcare (circa 20% sales) and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
(circa 39% of sales) sectors. Once designed into a programme, XP Power has a
revenue annuity over the life cycle of the customer's product which is typically
five to seven years depending on the industry sector. XP Power has invested in
research and development and its own manufacturing facilities in China, North
America, and Vietnam, to develop a range of tailored products based on its own
intellectual property that provide its customers with significantly improved
functionality and efficiency.
Headquartered in Singapore and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange since 2000, XP Power is a constituent of the FTSE All Share Index. XP
Power serves a global blue-chip customer base from over 30 locations in Europe,
North America, and Asia.
For further information, please visit www.xppowerplc.com.
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