After 270.9 million in Q1 2022 and 278.9 million in Q2, SGL Carbon increased its consolidated sales to 304.1 million in Q3 2022. After nine months, this corresponds to a significant sales growth of 14.8% to a total of 853.9 million (9M 2021: 743.5 million). The positive business development is also reflected in the companys adjusted EBITDA, which improved by 25.4% year-on-year to 136.1 million (9M 2021: 108.5 million). All four business units contributed to the operating success.
Sales development
With sales of 382.5 million in the first nine months of 2022, the largest business unit Graphite Solutions contributes 44.8% to total Group sales. Graphite Solutions was able to increase its sales by 49.8 million or 15.0% in a nine-month comparison. The other three business units also contributed to sales growth in the first nine months: Carbon Fibers ( 24.3 million / 9.9%), Composite Solutions ( 18.9 million / 20.5%) and Process Technology ( 14.9 million / 24.0%).
In particular, higher than expected customer demand from the semiconductor industry as well as a significant recovery in the industrial applications market segment were the main reasons for the increase in sales. Sales in the Process Technology business unit also developed positively, mainly with customers from the chemical industry.
Earnings development
After nine months in 2022, adjusted EBITDA rose disproportionately to sales to 136.1 million, an increase of 25.4% compared to the same period last year. The basis for the good earnings development was the maintenance of production capacity at all locations despite significantly increased energy and raw material prices as well as temporarily unstable supply chains. This enabled us to serve higher-than-expected customer demand and to further increase capacity utilisation. The strong increase in manufacturing costs could be passed on to our customers to a large extent. The already implemented cost savings from the transformation program also had a supporting effect.
The development described is particularly evident in Q3 2022. Despite the expiry of a high-margin contract with a major car manufacturer, adjusted EBITDA of 48.2 million was generated in Q3 2022. This represents an increase of 31.0% compared to the same period of the previous year (Q3 2021: 36.8 million).
At almost constant depreciation and amortisation of 43.9 million (9M 2021: 42.9 million) as well as one-off effects and non-recurring items of 7.8 million (9M 2021: 6.2 million), EBIT amounts to 100.0 million. This corresponds to an improvement of 39.3% compared to the same period of the previous year (9M 2021: 71.8 million).
Balance sheet - Highlights
In September 2022, SGL Carbon successfully placed new convertible bonds in the amount of 101.9 million with a maturity in 2027. The proceeds were partly used to redeem the existing convertible bonds from 2018 with a volume of 159.3 million (outstanding volume as of 30 June 2022: 126.3 million). This, as well as the decrease in pension provisions due to significantly higher interest rates, led to a reduction in non-current liabilities by 169.5 million to 572.8 million.
Inventories increased by 27.6% to 349.5 million as of 30 September 2022 (31 Dec. 2021: 273.8 million) due to a systematic inventory build-up of critical raw materials and intermediate products.
Equity attributable to shareholders increased by 51.5% year-on-year in the first nine months to 562.9 million (31 Dec. 2021: 371.5 million). This corresponds to an improvement of the equity ratio by 10.9 percentage points to 37.9% as of 30 September 2022.
Outlook
Due to the positive business development, the management increased the forecast for the full year on 6 September 2022. For the financial year 2022, Group sales of approx. 1.2 billion (previously: approx. 1.1 billion) and adjusted EBITDA of 170 to 190 million (previously: 130 to 150 million) are expected.
Consequently, an adjusted EBIT of 110 to 130 million (previously: 70 to 90 million) is forecasted. The expectations for return on capital employed (ROCE) of originally 7% to 9% are raised to 10% to 12% in line with the development of earnings. The estimate for free cash flow (significantly below the previous years level of 111.5 million) remains unchanged.
SGL Carbon is active in many future-oriented markets. We see growth opportunities in the semiconductor industry and here in particular in the area of silicon carbide-based high-performance chips, such as those needed for electric vehicles and the charging infrastructure. There is further potential in renewable energy and electromobility markets. Following its transformation, SGL Carbon is much more resiliently positioned to master the challenges ahead, says Dr. Torsten Derr, CEO of SGL Carbon SE.
Further details on the business development in the third quarter and in the first nine months of 2022 can be found in the current quarterly statement.
Key figures of the third quarter 2022
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