Nokia Corporation Financial Report for Q4 and full year 2021
Nokia Corporation
Financial Statement Release
3 February 2022 at 08:00 EET
Nokia Corporation Financial Report for Q4 and full year 2021
Solid end to a transformational year
2021 was a transformational year for Nokia, including refocusing on and strengthening our technology leadership.
In Q4, Nokia's underlying business performed largely as expected with other operating income being above expectations.
Q4 net sales declined 5% y-o-y in constant currency as expected with strong growth in Network Infrastructure of 10% offset by Mobile Networks at -16%. Full year net sales grew 3% y-o-y in constant currency.
Comparable operating margin of 14.2% (reported 11.5%) in Q4 declined 190bps y-o-y (reported 480bps) due to lower Q4 seasonality as expected.
Full year comparable operating margin of 12.5% (reported 9.7%) expanded 300bps y-o-y (reported 570bps) but also benefited from approximately 150bps of one-offs.
Comparable diluted EPS of EUR 0.13 in Q4; reported diluted EPS of EUR 0.12.
Continued strong free cash flow generation of EUR 0.4bn in Q4. Full year free cash flow of EUR 2.4bn.
Guidance for 2022 net sales of EUR 22.6-23.8bn and a comparable operating margin in the range 11-13.5%.
New long-term targets to grow revenue faster than the market and a comparable operating margin of 14%.
Board proposes dividend authorization of EUR 0.08 per share. Share buyback program to be initiated to return EUR 600m over 2 years.
This is a summary of the Nokia Corporation financial report for Q4 and full year 2021 published today. Nokia only publishes a summary of its financial reports in stock exchange releases. The summary focuses on Nokia Groups financial information as well as on Nokias outlook. The detailed, segment-level discussion will be available in the complete financial report hosted at www.nokia.com/financials. A video interview summarizing the key points of our Q4 results will also be published on the website. Investors should not solely rely on summaries of Nokias financial reports and should also review the complete report with tables.
PEKKA LUNDMARK, PRESIDENT AND CEO, ON Q4 AND FULL YEAR 2021 RESULTS
2021 was a strong year for Nokia driven by our growing technology leadership, robust demand and a faster than expected reset of our business. This enabled us to deliver 3% constant currency net sales growth and a comparable operating margin of 12.5%. Thanks to a solid Q4 capping off a strong 2021, we have created an excellent foundation as we begin to move into the next phase of our strategy to deliver growth and expand profitability.
All our business groups made significant progress this year to make us more competitive in all the markets in which we compete. Mobile Networks largely closed the gap to competition in 5G and improved its gross margin while continuing to step up R&D investments. Network Infrastructure extended its technology leadership with significant growth driven by Fixed Networks and Submarine Networks. Cloud and Network Services continued to rebalance its portfolio and saw encouraging growth in its key focus areas. Nokia Technologies made good progress expanding in areas such as automotive and consumer electronics.
The progress we have made with cash generation in the business has strengthened our balance sheet to the point we can look to reinstate shareholder distributions through both a dividend and share buyback program.
Nokia enters 2022 in a strong position with improved margins, faster than expected strategy execution and a high order backlog, although the global supply chain situation remains tight. We see opportunities in the 5G roll out and growing enterprise market. Accordingly, we expect 2022 to bring another year of sales growth and we are targeting a comparable operating margin of 11-13.5% in 2022.
Considering how quickly we have executed on our strategy, we are now introducing new long-term targets. We still expect to deliver progress in 2023 but we want to emphasize that is not the end of our ambition. Our long-term target is to grow faster than the market and to achieve a comparable operating margin of at least 14%. The pace of delivery will depend on both the market environment and decisions we may make on R&D investments to secure our long-term competitiveness and sustainable profitability.
Finally, I want to thank our employees whose excellence, resilience and adaptability have been critical in delivering this performance in 2021. We recognise how valuable each person is to Nokia's performance and we will increase investment in our people through our renewed people strategy.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
EUR million (except for EPS in EUR) Q421 Q420 YoY change Constant currency YoY change Q1-Q421 Q1-Q420 YoY change Constant currency YoY change
Reported results
Net sales 6 414 6 553 (2)% (5)% 22 202 21 852 2% 3%
Gross margin % 39.5% 39.0% 50bps 39.8% 37.5% 230bps
Research and development expenses (1 118) (1 145) (2)% (4 214) (4 087) 3%
Selling, general and administrative expenses (758) (777) (2)% (2 792) (2 898) (4)%
Operating profit 740 441 68% 2 158 885 144%
Operating margin % 11.5% 6.7% 480bps 9.7% 4.0% 570bps
Profit/(loss) for the period 680 (2 696) 1 645 (2 516)
EPS, diluted 0.12 (0.48) 0.29 (0.45)
Net cash and current financial investments 4 615 2 485 86% 4 615 2 485 86%
Comparable results
Net sales 6 414 6 554 (2)% (5)% 22 202 21 854 2% 3%
Gross margin % 40.1% 41.6% (150)bps 40.4% 38.9% 150bps
Research and development expenses (1 092) (1 010) 8% (4 084) (3 817) 7%
Selling, general and administrative expenses (659) (670) (2)% (2 379) (2 489) (4)%
Operating profit 908 1 056 (14)% 2 775 2 081 33%
Operating ma
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Nokia Corporation Financial Report for Q4 and full year 2021 
