YAVNE, Israel, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- G. Willi-Food
International Ltd. (NASDAQ: WILC) (TASE: WILF) (the
"Company" or "Willi-Food"), a global company that
specializes in the development, marketing and international
distribution of kosher foods, today announced its financial results
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
Fiscal Year 2020 Highlights
- Sales increased by 14.8% from fiscal year 2019 to NIS 454.1 million (US$
141.2 million).
- Gross profit increased by 17.4% from fiscal year
2019 to NIS 145.4
million (US$ 45.2 million), or
32% of sales.
- Operating profit increased by 21.7% from fiscal year 2019 to
NIS 57.6 million (US$
17.9 million).
- Profit before tax increased by 3.7% from fiscal
year 2019 to NIS 67.7 million (US$ 21.1 million).
- Cash and securities balance of NIS 356.5
million (US$ 110.9 million) as
of December 31, 2020.
Management Comment
Zwi Williger &
Joseph Williger, Co-Chairmen of
Willi-Food, commented: "We are very pleased to present our
fiscal year 2020 financial results which show our highest ever
sales, gross profit, operating profit, profit before tax and net
profit. Since almost the beginning of fiscal year 2020, the Company
has been operating in the COVID-19 pandemic environment, which has
led to changes in consumption habits of consumers in parallel with
various restrictions imposed on the public. Despite this difficult
environment, the Company managed to deliver a record performance
with sales and all profit parameters. We believe this performance
was driven in part by following our strategy of developing new and
profitable products, entering into new categories, improving our
visibility in the stores and strengthening our supply chain. We
intend to continue to work hard to achieve the goals we have set
for the Company over the next few years, and we believe that with
our excellent management team we will meet those objectives."
According to retail data analytics provided by StoreNext
Ltd[1], the Company recorded a higher growth rate in
2020 for "sale out" sales (i.e., sales to the final
consumer) than any other Israeli food and beverage company, growing
25.9% compared to the 9.3% average growth of such companies.
Fiscal 2020 Summary
Revenues for fiscal year 2020 increased by NIS 58.5 million
(USD 18.2 million), or 14.8%, to
NIS 454.1 million (USD 141.2 million) from NIS 395.6 million (USD
123.1 million) recorded in fiscal year 2019.
Revenues increased primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which
led to an increase in demand for the Company's line of products,
primarily in retail chains, and due to a redirection of resources
in favor of sales, increasing the variety of the Company's
products, improving the company visibility in the stores and
improved inventory management.
Cost of sales for fiscal year 2020 increased by 13.6% to
NIS 308.7 million (USD 96.0
million), or 68.0% of revenues, from NIS 271.8 million
(USD 84.5 million), or 68.7% of
revenues, recorded in fiscal year 2019. The increase in cost of
sales was primary due to increase in sales.
Gross profit for fiscal year 2020 increased by 17.4% to
NIS 145.4 million (USD 45.2 million), or 32.0% of revenues, from
NIS 123.9 million (USD 38.5 million), or 31.3% of revenues, recorded
in fiscal year 2019. The increase in gross profit was primary due
to increase in sales and the gross margin increase resulting from
the Company's strategy of selling a favorable mix of products which
generate a higher gross margin.
Selling expenses for fiscal year 2020 increased by 18.9% to
NIS 66.0 million (USD 20.5 million), or 14.5% of revenues from
NIS 55.5 million (USD 17.3
million), or 14% of revenues, recorded in fiscal year 2019.
The increase in selling expenses was primarily due to an increase
in payroll expenses in the logistics department as a result of
working in two shifts to comply with government workplace
restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and an increase of
freight to customers' expenses to support sales growth.
General and administrative expenses for fiscal year 2020
increased by 4.0% to NIS 21.9 million
(USD 6.8 million), or 4.8% of
revenues, from NIS 21.1 million
(USD 6.6 million), or 5.3% of
revenues, recorded in fiscal year 2019. The increase in general and
administrative expenses was primarily due to an increase in goal -
based bonuses in the payroll expenses.
Operating profit for fiscal year 2020 increased by NIS 10.3
million (USD 3.2 million), or by
21.7%, to NIS 57.6 million (USD 17.9
million), or 12.7% of revenues, from NIS 47.3 million
(USD 14.7 million), or 12.0% of
revenues, recorded in fiscal year 2019. The increase in operating
profit was primarily due to increase in gross profit.
Financial income, net, for fiscal year 2020 amounted to
NIS 10.1 million (USD 3.1 million) compared to net income of
NIS 18.0 million (USD 5.6
million) recorded in fiscal year 2019. The decrease in
finance income, net was primarily due to a decrease in interest
income and dividends received from the Company's securities
portfolio and from decrease in revaluation of the Company's
securities portfolio to its fair value.
Willi-Food ended fiscal year 2020 with NIS 356.5 million (US$
110.9 million) in cash and securities with no short-term
debt. Net cash from operating activities in fiscal year 2020 was
NIS 64.2 million (US$ 20.0 million). Willi-Food's shareholders'
equity at the end of December 2020
was NIS 585.7 million (US$ 182.2 million).
NOTE A: NIS to US$ exchange rate used for convenience
only
The conversion from New Israeli Shekels (NIS) into U.S. dollars
was made at the exchange rate as of December
31, 2020, on which USD 1.00
equaled NIS 3.215 The use of USD is
solely for the convenience of the reader.
NOTE B: IFRS
The Company's consolidated financial results for fiscal year
ended December 31, 2020 are presented
in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
("IFRS").
About G. Willi-Food International Ltd.
G. Willi-Food International
Ltd. (http://www.willi-food.com) is an Israeli-based company
specializing in high-quality, great-tasting kosher food products.
Willi-Food is engaged directly and through its subsidiaries in the
design, import, marketing and distribution of over 600 food
products worldwide. As one of Israel's leading food importers, Willi-Food
markets and sells its food products to over 1,250 customers and
2,500 selling points in Israel and
around the world including large retail and private supermarket
chains, wholesalers and institutional consumers. The Company's
operating divisions include Willi-Food in Israel and Euro European Dairies, a wholly
owned subsidiary who designs, develops and distributes branded
kosher, dairy-food products.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our
future performance, such as statements regarding trends, demand for
our products and expected sales, operating results, and earnings.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking
statements. These risks and other factors include but are not
limited to: monetary risks including changes in marketable
securities or changes in currency exchange rates- especially the
NIS/U.S. Dollar exchange rate, payment default by any of our major
clients, the loss of one of more of our key personnel, changes in
laws and regulations, including those relating to the food
distribution industry, and inability to meet and maintain
regulatory qualifications and approvals for our products,
termination of arrangements with our suppliers, loss of one or more
of our principal clients, increase or decrease in global purchase
prices of food products, increasing levels of competition in
Israel and other markets in which
we do business, changes in economic conditions in Israel, including in particular economic
conditions in the Company's core markets, adverse effects from the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our inability to accurately predict
consumption of our products and changes in consumer preferences,
our inability to protect our intellectual property rights, our
inability to successfully integrate our recent acquisitions,
insurance coverage not sufficient enough to cover losses of product
liability claims, risks associated with product liability claims
and risks associated with the start of credit extension activity.
We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements. The matters discussed in this press release also
involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading "Risk
Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2020, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2020. These factors are updated from
time to time through the filing of reports and registration
statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not
assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information
contained in this press release.
G. WILLI–FOOD
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
|
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
|
NIS
|
US dollars
(*)
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
201,822
|
121,860
|
62,775
|
37,904
|
Financial assets at
fair value through profit or loss
|
154,700
|
141,543
|
48,118
|
44,026
|
Loans to
others
|
18,707
|
17,650
|
5,819
|
5,490
|
Trade
receivables
|
131,301
|
133,039
|
40,840
|
41,381
|
Other receivables and
prepaid expenses
|
6,667
|
9,360
|
2,074
|
2,911
|
Inventories
|
59,514
|
71,548
|
18,511
|
22,254
|
Current tax
assets
|
3,965
|
-
|
1,233
|
-
|
Total current
assets
|
576,676
|
495,000
|
179,370
|
153,966
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
assets
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment
|
83,105
|
81,402
|
25,849
|
25,319
|
Less -Accumulated
depreciation
|
46,460
|
43,881
|
14,451
|
13,649
|
|
36,645
|
37,521
|
11,398
|
11,670
|
|
|
|
|
|
Right of use
asset
|
2,866
|
3,860
|
891
|
1,201
|
Financial assets at
fair value through profit or loss
|
13,700
|
-
|
4,262
|
-
|
Goodwill
|
36
|
36
|
11
|
10
|
Deferred
taxes
|
-
|
818
|
-
|
254
|
Total non-current
assets
|
53,247
|
42,235
|
16,562
|
13,135
|
|
629,923
|
537,235
|
195,932
|
167,101
|
EQUITY AND
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current maturities of
lease liabilities
|
1,393
|
1,675
|
433
|
521
|
Trade
payables
|
23,474
|
24,650
|
7,301
|
7,667
|
Employees
Benefits
|
3,437
|
2,911
|
1,069
|
905
|
Current tax
liabilities
|
-
|
3,750
|
-
|
1,166
|
Other payables and
accrued expenses
|
11,611
|
9,195
|
3,612
|
2,860
|
Total current
liabilities
|
39,915
|
42,181
|
12,415
|
13,119
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Lease
liabilities
|
1,592
|
2,212
|
495
|
688
|
Deferred
taxes
|
768
|
-
|
238
|
-
|
Retirement benefit
obligation
|
1,905
|
1,486
|
593
|
462
|
Total non-current
liabilities
|
4,265
|
3,698
|
1,326
|
1,150
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders'
equity
|
|
|
|
|
Share
capital
|
1,490
|
1,425
|
463
|
443
|
Additional paid in
capital
|
170,760
|
128,354
|
53,114
|
39,923
|
Capital
fund
|
247
|
247
|
77
|
77
|
Treasury
shares
|
(628)
|
(628)
|
(195)
|
(195)
|
Retained
earnings
|
415,196
|
362,987
|
129,143
|
112,904
|
Remeasurement of the
net liability in respect of defined benefit
|
(1,322)
|
(1,029)
|
(411)
|
(320)
|
Equity
attributable to owners of the Company
|
585,743
|
491,356
|
182,191
|
152,832
|
|
629,923
|
537,235
|
195,932
|
167,101
|
|
(*)
Convenience translation into U.S. dollars.
|
G. WILLI–FOOD
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
|
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
|
For the year
ended
|
For the year
ended
|
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
|
NIS
|
US dollars
(*)
|
|
In thousands
(except per share and share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
|
454,094
|
395,637
|
141,242
|
123,060
|
Cost of
sales
|
308,717
|
271,784
|
96,024
|
84,536
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
145,377
|
123,853
|
45,218
|
38,524
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs
and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
Selling
expenses
|
65,990
|
55,490
|
20,526
|
17,260
|
General and
administrative expenses
|
21,918
|
21,067
|
6,817
|
6,553
|
Other
income
|
108
|
-
|
34
|
-
|
Total operating
expenses
|
87,800
|
76,557
|
27,309
|
23,813
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
profit
|
57,577
|
47,296
|
17,909
|
14,711
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
income
|
11,348
|
20,966
|
3,530
|
6,521
|
Financial
expense
|
1,253
|
3,016
|
389
|
938
|
Total Finance
Income
|
10,095
|
17,950
|
3,141
|
5,583
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit before
taxes on income
|
67,672
|
65,246
|
21,050
|
20,294
|
Taxes on
income
|
(15,463)
|
(13,735)
|
(4,810)
|
(4,272)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income after taxes
on income
|
52,209
|
51,511
|
16,240
|
16,022
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per
share:
|
|
|
|
|
Basic / diluted
earnings per share
|
3.89
|
3.90
|
1.21
|
1.21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in
computation of
basic/diluted
EPS
|
13,433,684
|
13,217,017
|
13,433,684
|
13,217,017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actual number of
shares
|
13,867,017
|
13,217,017
|
13,867,017
|
13,217,017
|
|
|
|
|
|
(*)
Convenience translation into U.S. dollars.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. WILLI–FOOD
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
|
|
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year
ended
|
For the year
ended
|
|
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
|
|
NIS
|
US dollars
(*)
|
|
|
In thousands
(except per share and share data)
|
|
CASH FLOWS -
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit from
continuing operations
|
52,209
|
51,511
|
16,240
|
16,022
|
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net profit to net cash from (used to)
continuing operating activities
(Appendix A)
|
11,967
|
(51,948)
|
3,722
|
(16,158)
|
|
Net cash from
(used to) continuing operating
activities
|
64,176
|
(437)
|
19,962
|
(136)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS -
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of
property plant and equipment
|
(2,903)
|
(1,791)
|
(903)
|
(557)
|
|
Proceeds from sale of
property plant and equipment
|
108
|
-
|
34
|
-
|
|
Loans granted to
others
|
(20,000)
|
(43,650)
|
(6,221)
|
(13,577)
|
|
Proceeds from loans
granted to others
|
18,943
|
26,000
|
5,892
|
8,087
|
|
Proceeds from sale
(purchase) of marketable securities, net
|
(20,739)
|
11,336
|
(6,451)
|
3,526
|
|
Net cash used to
continuing investing activities
|
(24,591)
|
(8,105)
|
(7,649)
|
(2,521)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS -
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease liability
payments
|
(1,819)
|
(1,128)
|
(566)
|
(351)
|
|
Shares
issue
|
42,471
|
-
|
13,210
|
-
|
|
Acquisition of
treasury shares
|
-
|
(628)
|
-
|
(195)
|
|
Net cash used to
continuing financing activities
|
40,652
|
(1,756)
|
12,644
|
(546)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
80,237
|
(10,298)
|
24,957
|
(3,203)
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at the beginning of the year
|
121,860
|
134,287
|
37,904
|
41,769
|
|
Exchange losses on
cash and cash equivalents
|
(275)
|
(2,129)
|
(86)
|
(662)
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at the end of the year
|
201,822
|
121,860
|
62,775
|
37,904
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(*)
Convenience Translation into U.S. Dollars.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. WILLI-FOOD
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
|
APPENDIX TO
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
For the year
ended
|
For the year
ended
|
|
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
2 0 2
0
|
2 0 1
9
|
|
NIS
|
US dollars
(*)
|
|
In thousands
(except per share and share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS -
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A.
Adjustments to reconcile net profit to net cash from
(used
to) continuing operating
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease (Increase)
in deferred income taxes
|
1,586
|
2,064
|
493
|
642
|
Unrealized loss
(gain) on marketable securities
|
(6,115)
|
(14,972)
|
(1,903)
|
(4,657)
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
5,690
|
4,815
|
1,770
|
1,498
|
Capital gain on
disposal of property plant and equipment
|
(108)
|
-
|
(34)
|
-
|
Exchange
(losses)/gains on cash and cash equivalents
|
275
|
2,129
|
86
|
662
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in assets
and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease (increase)
in trade receivables and other receivables
|
22,029
|
(29,776)
|
6,853
|
(9,262)
|
Increase in
inventories
|
12,034
|
(22,259)
|
3,743
|
(6,923)
|
Increase (decrease)
in trade and other payables, and other current
liabilities
|
(1,861)
|
16,050
|
(579)
|
4,992
|
Cash generated from
operations
|
33,530
|
(41,949)
|
10,429
|
(13,048)
|
Income tax
paid
|
(21,563)
|
(9,999)
|
(6,707)
|
(3,110)
|
Net cash flows
from operating activities
|
11,967
|
(51,948)
|
3,722
|
(16,158)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(*)
Convenience Translation into U.S. Dollars.
|
|
|
|
|
[1] StoreNext Ltd. has a direct connection to the cash register
systems of over 2,200 points of sales, providing information
regarding 80% of real time sales data in Israel.
Company Contact:
G. Willi - Food International Ltd.
Yitschak Barabi, Chief Financial
Officer
(+972) 8-932-1000
itsik.b@willi-food.co.il
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