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Company announcement no. 23/2023
Good momentum in Q3 2023
11% revenue growth in Q3 2023 including a negative impact from currencies and acquisitions of 4 percentage points. EBITDA result was DKK 21m corresponding to an EBITDA margin of 6.0% up from 5.2%. During Q3 we have prepared our next strategic journey – New Heights – with ambitious financial goals and plans to enter a new high growth industry; Life Science.
“We have a strong starting point for our newly launched three-year growth strategy New Heights with the opportunity to improve profitability significantly,” says CEO & President, Søren Krogh Knudsen
Q3 2023 highlights
- Revenue growth of 11% amounting to DKK 345m. 15% growth adjusted for acquisitions and currency.
- EBITDA amounted to DKK 21m.
- EBITDA margin was 6.0% compared to 5.2% in Q3 2022.
- Efficiency of 65% in Q3 2023, a 4 percentage point increase compared to Q3 2022.
Q3 YTD 2023 highlights
- Revenue growth of 10% amounting to DKK 1,126m. 14% growth adjusted for acquisitions and currency.
- EBITDA growth of 25% amounting to DKK 78m.
- EBITDA margin was 6.9% compared to 6.1% YTD 2022.
- Efficiency reached 67% YTD 2023, compared to 63% in Q3 YTD 2022.
Service revenue split on Business Lines
DKK ´000 | Q3 2023 | Q3 2022 | ∆% | YTD 2023 | YTD 2022 | ∆% |
Dynamics | 178,636 | 157,542 | 13.4% | 566,278 | 516,463 | 9.6% |
M3 | 64,666 | 69,749 | -7.3% | 219,978 | 228,461 | -3.7% |
Digital Commerce | 38,116 | 40,044 | -4.8% | 146,999 | 133,007 | 10.5% |
Data & Analytics | 18,115 | 13,294 | 36.3% | 56,200 | 42,928 | 30.9% |
Customer Experience & Engagement | 15,468 | 9,851 | 57.0% | 46,923 | 33,916 | 38.4% |
Security | 9,769 | 0 | - | 22,070 | 0 | - |
Strategy & Change | 1,719 | 782 | 119.8% | 6,839 | 5,155 | 32.7% |
Other Local Business | 3,750 | 3,003 | 24.9% | 12,322 | 11,767 | 4.7% |
Total sale of services | 330,239 | 294,265 | 12.2% | 1,077,609 | 971,697 | 10.9% |
Total sale of products | 14,559 | 15,261 | -4.6% | 48,160 | 52,804 | -8.8% |
Total net revenue | 344,798 | 309,526 | 11.4% | 1,125,769 | 1,024,501 | 9.9% |
Service revenue split on Market Units
DKK ´000 | Q3 2023 | Q3 2022 | ∆% | YTD 2023 | YTD 2022 | ∆% |
Sweden | 112,317 | 107,676 | 4.3% | 405,912 | 388,521 | 4.5% |
Denmark | 76,121 | 58,568 | 30.0% | 240,206 | 185,056 | 29.8% |
Norway | 46,802 | 55,789 | -16.1% | 175,947 | 193,051 | -8.9% |
UK | 61,614 | 41,085 | 50.0% | 161,356 | 119,153 | 35.4% |
US | 23,225 | 21,209 | 9.5% | 64,584 | 59,472 | 8.6% |
Other | 8,990 | 9,020 | -0.3% | 26,488 | 23,577 | 12.3% |
GDC | 1,170 | 918 | 27.5% | 3,116 | 2,867 | 8.7% |
Total sale of services | 330,239 | 294,265 | 12.2% | 1,077,609 | 971,697 | 10.9% |
Total sale of products | 14,559 | 15,261 | -4.6% | 48,160 | 52,804 | -8.8% |
Total net revenue | 344,798 | 309,526 | 11.4% | 1,125,769 | 1,024,501 | 9.9% |
Outlook 2023 maintained
Based on the development in the first nine months of 2023, our strong pipeline and order backlog, we maintain our 2023 expectations:
- Revenue guidance expected to be in the range of DKK 1,550m – 1,600m, corresponding to an organic growth of 8-12% (constant currencies)
- EBITDA guidance expected to be in the range of DKK 119m – 139m, equal to a margin of 7.4 - 9.0%
Live webcast and conference call on 15 November 2023
Columbus is hosting a live webcast and conference call on 15 November 2023 at 13:00 CET. The webcast is hosted by CEO & President Søren Krogh Knudsen and Group CFO Brian Iversen.
Webcast: Please login to the webcast via Columbus’ investor site where you can follow the presentation and submit your written questions during the call: https://ir.columbusglobal.com/calendar-and-events
Conference call:
1. Participants are required to register in advance of the conference using the link provided below. Upon registering, each participant will be provided with Participant Dial In Numbers, and a unique Personal PIN.
2. In the 10 minutes prior to call start time, Participants will need to use the conference access information provided in the e-mail received at the point of registering. Participants may also use the call me feature instead of dialling the nearest dial in number.
Online Registration to the call:
https://register.vevent.com/register/BI93da014605ed40cdad1324369655aba3
Live presentation on 22 November 2023
H C Andersen Capital will host a live presentation of Q3 2023 results and new strategy on 22 November 2023 at 15:30 CET. Presenters from Columbus A/S will be CEO & President Søren Krogh Knudsen and Group CFO Brian Iversen.
You can already now submit questions and sign up for the event via this link: https://www.inderes.dk/videos/columbus-presentation-of-q3-2023-results-and-new-strategy
A recording of the presentation will be available via the same link.
For further information, please contact:
- Søren Krogh Knudsen, CEO & President, Tel.: +45 7020 5000
About Columbus
Columbus is a global IT services and consulting company specialized in digital transformation. Our more than 1,550+ digital explorers collaborate with our customers in the manufacturing, retail & distribution, and food & process industries. We advise, implement and manage business critical solutions within Strategy & Change, Customer Experience, Digital Commerce, Data & Analytics, Application Management and Cloud ERP. Headquartered in Denmark, we have offices and partners worldwide - delivering locally on a global scale. www.columbusglobal.com. Columbus A/S is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen – COLUM
For more information visit www.columbusglobal.com.