17.03.2017,
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Harshest industry crisis in 30 years weighs on result\nProactive countermeasures and stringent cost management to secure positive operating cashflow and fundamentally strong balance sheet structure\nStrategic expansion in the field of well completion continued successfully through largest acquisition in the company's history\nTernitz/Vienna, 17 March 2017. The entire oilfield service industry was
confronted with a persistent downturn in 2016. For the first time in three
decades, oil companies curtailed their spending for exploration and production
(E&P) in two consecutive years by a total of 42 %. Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield
Equipment AG (SBO), listed on the ATX market of the Vienna Stock Exchange, felt
the effects both in terms of sales and profit. Nevertheless, SBO generated a
positive operating cashflow and preserved its fundamentally strong balance
sheet structure by implementing proactive countermeasures. With the acquisition
of Downhole Technology, SBO consistently continued its strategy to expand the
attractive well completion business. This acquisition was the largest
acquisition in the company's history, entirely financed from own funds.
"The sharpest downturn in 30 years had a firm grip on our industry in 2016. The
overall situation in the market forced us to take stringent measures. We took
all necessary steps to dampen the effects of the market situation on SBO.
Nevertheless, the situation is clearly reflected in our results", says Gerald
Grohmann, CEO of SBO. "We implemented strict cost management, while
consistently adhering to our long-term growth strategy. Acquiring Downhole
Technology was a major step to successfully develop our well completion
business that was started back in 2014 when we took over Resource. Along with
our projects in research and development, these are key investments for the
future."
Downhole Technology is based in Houston, USA, and a technologically leading
provider of composite frac plugs for completing oil and gas wells. With
Downhole Technology and Resource, the company's second subsidiary in this
field, SBO has established itself as a leading independent product provider in
the market.
Business result reflects market environment in 2016 Due to the persistent
downturn, sales in 2016 contracted by 41.7 % to MEUR 183.0 (2015: MEUR 313.7).
Operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation
(EBITDA) were MEUR 0.4 (2015: MEUR 55.1). Considering one-off expenses for due
diligence and expenses for restructuring of in total MEUR 2.9, the reported
EBITDA amounted to MEUR minus 2.5 (2015: MEUR 53.1). Operating result (EBIT)
before one-off effects was MEUR minus 50.4 (2015: MEUR 3.7). Considering the
aforementioned one-off effects and one-off expenses for impairment of property,
plant and equipment, and goodwill of MEUR 5.1, in total MEUR 8.0, the reported
operating result (EBIT) came to MEUR minus 58.3 (2015: MEUR minus 22.1). The
financial result arrived at MEUR 13.3 (2015: MEUR 2.1), including the income
from the valuation of option commitments amounting to MEUR 17.2. Profit before
tax was MEUR minus 45.1 (2015: MEUR minus 20.0), profit after tax was MEUR
minus 28.0 (2015: MEUR minus 19.0). Earnings per share arrived at EUR minus
1.75 (2015: EUR minus 1.19).
The Executive Board will propose to the Annual General Meeting not to pay a
dividend for the 2016 financial year.
Due to massively curtailed E&P spending (2016: down by 27 % globally) of oil
companies, bookings received by SBO in the 2016 financial year dropped by 16.8
% to MEUR 169.3 (2015: MEUR 203.6). Although bookings in the second half of
2016 increased from the first two quarters of the year, the order backlog at
year-end 2016 of MEUR 20.5 was down 40.4 % from last year's reading (31
December 2015: MEUR 34.3).
Investing only in the right places Spending for property, plant and equipment
and intangible assets in the 2016 financial year amounted to MEUR 13.0 (2015:
MEUR 23.1) and was restricted largely to maintenance requirements. "But our R&D
budgets were excluded from any cost-cutting measures", comments Mr. Grohmann.
"Because it is our innovative strength in production technologies and new
products that will secure our strong market position when the next upswing sets
in."
Fundamentally strong balance sheet to navigate safely through the cycle SBO
acquired 68 % of the shares in Downhole Technology early in the second quarter
of 2016 at a purchase price of MUSD 103. Even after this acquisition, SBO, as
of 31 December 2016, had a sound equity ratio of 53.1 % (31 December 2015: 60.8
%). Liquid funds as of the balance sheet date - after the acquisition
- remained at a high level of MEUR 193.5 (31 December 2015, before the
acquisition of Downhole Technology: MEUR 196.3). SBO's net debt as of 31
December 2016 was MEUR 51.0 (31 December 2015: Net liquidity MEUR 26.2).
Despite the extremely difficult market environment, the company generated a
positive operating cashflow of MEUR 31.3 (2015: MEUR 103.4), achieved mainly
through active working capital management.
Sound SBO share performance defies industry crisis Despite the harsh crisis in
the industry, the SBO share performed above average in 2016, starting into the
stock market year at a rate of EUR 50.41. On 30 December 2016, after an
outright price rally from the middle of the second half of the year, the share
price closed at EUR 76.53, up 51.8 % from the beginning of the year. By
contrast, the Oil Service Sector Index (OSX), representing the stock
performance of the world's largest oil service companies, rose by 15.1 % (from
USD 159.65 to USD 183.79) over the same period. Vienna's ATX blue-chip index
posted an increase of 9.2 % in 2016. Thus, the SBO share outperformed both the
OSX and the ATX.
Market development in 2016 and expectations for 2017 The oil market remained
oversupplied in 2016 by 0.4 million barrels per day (mb/
d) over the full year. On 30 November 2016, OPEC members agreed on a production
limit of 32.5 mb/d for a period of at least six months. This should
contribute to an accelerated restoration of the supply and demand balance.
Initially, the global rig count went down in 2016 by 26 % to 1,405 rigs in
May. Starting in June, a marked recovery set in for the North American rig
count. The global rig count in December 2016 was 1,772 rigs, down 10 % from
last year's reading (December 2015: 1,969 rigs).
After two years of continuous spending cuts in the industry, the downturn
finally seems to have reached its bottom. Expectations for 2017 are that a
noticeable market recovery should occur above all in North America.
Internationally, such revival has not yet started to take place. According to
leading analysts, spending for exploration and production (E&P) in 2017 should
rise by 2 % globally, and by 21 % in North America. However, it will take some
more time until inventories built by SBO's customers over the past two years
have come down.
"Market development shows clearly positive tendencies. SBO traditionally is a
company that responds late to industry cycles. Therefore, 2017 will be a year
of transition for us", comments
Gerald Grohmann, CEO of SBO. "In any event, our
well completion business brings us closer to the cycle than our core business
and will help us to fully benefit from the next upswing."
SBO is the global market leader in high-precision components made of high-alloy
steel and a leading supplier of key components for the oilfield service
industry. The business focus is on non-magnetic drillstring components and
high- tech downhole tools for drilling and completing directional and
horizontal wells. As of 31 December 2016, SBO employed a workforce of 1,200
worldwide (31 December 2015: 1,135), thereof 315 in Ternitz / Austria and 544
in North America (including Mexico).
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| | | 2016| 2015|
|Key_figures:______|___________________|___________________|___________________|
|Sales_____________|_______________MEUR|______________183.0|______________313.7|
|Operating earnings| | | |
|before interest, | | | |
|taxes, | MEUR| 0.4| 55.1|
|depreciation and | | | |
|amortisation | | | |
|(EBITDA)__________|___________________|___________________|___________________|
|EBITDA_margin_____|__________________%|________________0.2|_______________17.6|
|Profit_before_tax_|_______________MEUR|______________-45.1|______________-20.0|
|Profit_after_tax__|_______________MEUR|______________-28.0|______________-19.0|
|Earnings_per_share|________________EUR|______________-1.75|______________-1.19|
|Cashflow from | | | |
|operating | MEUR| 31.3| 103.4|
|activities________|___________________|___________________|___________________|
|Liquid_funds______|_______________MEUR|______________193.5|______________196.3|
|Equity_ratio______|__________________%|_______________53.1|_______________60.8|
|Headcount_________|___________________|______________1,200|______________1,135|
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SBO financial calendar 2017
27 April 2017 Annual General Meeting
9 May 2017 Ex-dividend date
10 May 2017 Record date
11 May 2017 Dividend payment date
24 May 2017 Result Q1 / 2017
24 August 2017 Result H1 / 2017
23 November 2017 Result Q3 / 2017
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company: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
Hauptstrasse 2
A-2630 Ternitz
phone: 02630/315110
FAX: 02630/315101
mail: sboe@sbo.co.at
WWW: http://www.sbo.at
sector: Oil & Gas - Upstream activities
ISIN: AT0000946652
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English
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Akt. Indikation: 33.85 / 34.25
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