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SCHMID Group Reports H1 2024 Financial Results and Guidance Update
January 3, 2025 | SCHMID GroupEstimated reading time: 4 minutes
SCHMID Group N.V., a global leader in providing solutions to the high-tech electronics, photovoltaics, glass, and energy systems industries, reports its unaudited financial results for the first half of 2024, covering the period ended June 30, 2024 and updates its full-year 2024 guidance.
Key Highlights
- Revenues: €29.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to €40.5 million for the same period last year due to lower order volume in Europe and in parts of Asia
- Gross Profit: €5.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to €12.6 million for the same period last year
- IFRS 2 charges: €70.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 due to IFRS 2 expenses as a result of the business combination with Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corporation in April 2024 as one time effect purely related to the de-SPAC process.
- Operating Result: €-70.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to €29.5 million for the same period last year principally as a result of the IFRS 2 impact and lower gross profit.
- Adjusted EBITDA (non-IFRS)*: €6.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to €37.3 million for the same period last year
Revenue and Operating Results for H1 2024
SCHMID Group N.V.’s revenues and gross profits were lower in the first half of 2024 than in the comparable period of 2023, in particular due to weak revenues in Europe and in parts of Asia.
The Group’s operating results were strongly impacted by IFRS 2 expenses in the amount of €70.6 million in relation to the business combination with Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corporation in April 2024. These IFRS 2 expenses result from the accounting treatment of the de-SPAC transaction with Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corporation and represent the excess of the fair value of the shares issued by SCHMID Group N. V. over the value of the net assets acquired from Pegasus.
Adjusted Outlook for 2024
We published an outlook for 2024 in the Company’s Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 15, 2024. Based on our budget forecasts for the whole 2024 financial year, in our annual report on Form 20-F published May 15, 2024 and the Registration Statement on Form F-1 declared effective in September 2024, we previously estimated that our sales will be up to €130 million and our adjusted EBITDA will be up to €35 million (before de-SPAC, IPO-related or listing-related costs) for the full financial year ended December 31, 2024.
In our Registration Statement on Form F-1 declared effective in September 2024, we stated that we aim to complete our budget forecast reassessment for the whole 2024 financial year as part of the compilation of our half-year financial statements as of June 30, 2024.
Based on our budget forecast reassessment, we now expect sales to be significantly below the levels of the financial year 2023 and Adjusted EBITDA (before de-SPAC, IPO-related or listing-related costs) to be correspondingly lower for the financial year 2024. Sales in the standard PCB segment are trending downwards, while we are seeing increased interest in the Packaging segment. With a higher complexity of projects and also longer lead times in the Packaging division we are seeing a shift in the realization of sales towards the next year. For standard PCB orders we have experienced lower-than-expected order volumes mainly as a result of general uncertainties in the markets in China, Taiwan and Europe. The markets did not show the positive development originally expected in 2024. In the North Americas region, we generated positive sales in 2024, also primarily driven from our advanced packaging activities.
Outlook for 2025
For the financial year 2025, we expect sales revenue of up to EUR 110 million and, taking into account this level of sales, an Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 15 % on sales. We expect that in the future the advanced packaging activities to account for our main business volume. New products developed and introduced for this sector are supporting this trend. We see an increasing interest of SCHMID’s new developments around the glass core application for advanced packaging combined with SCHMID’s ET- technology (Embedded Traces). We expect a further difficult market environment for standard PCB applications, while the high-end equipment for advanced packaging should further expand SCHMID’s product portfolio and become the major driver of our business. The business fields of end customer applications will focus on chiplets for AI applications and other advanced packaging applications.
We are in the final phase of some significant strategic cooperations with global leading companies which can support the growth path forward.
Changes to the Board of Directors
On December 23, 2024, Mr. Christian Brodersen resigned from his positions on the board of directors for personal reasons. We would like to thank Mr. Brodersen for his support over the past months since the de-SPAC transaction.
We are pleased to have found an extremely competent successor in Dr. Annedore Streyl, who will take over Mr. Brodersen’s positions as member of the board and chair of the audit committee, the compensation committee and the nomination committee. Dr. Streyl has more than 30 years of experience in leading positions at renowned law and auditing firms. She is an expert in the field of legal consulting for M&A and non-M&A transactions, carve outs, joint ventures, major infrastructure projects, privatizations and corporate governance and compliance work. We are delighted to welcome another woman, Dr. Streyl, to our board of directors.
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