Q3 2024 Sats ASA Earnings call( Q&A) Transcript
Key Points
- SATS ASA (OSL:SATS) reported an 8% increase in total revenues for Q3, with a 5% currency-adjusted growth.
- The company maintains a strong financial position with a leverage ratio comfortably within the target range of 1.5 to 2.
- Plans to continue investing in product offerings to enhance group training and increase capacity in existing portfolios.
- Guidance on moderate growth and maintenance CapEx remains unchanged, with plans for dividend payments and share buyback programs starting in 2025.
- There is significant growth potential in personal training, which is expected to recover as seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Swedish market is experiencing margin pressure due to increased capacity and investments, with a need for improvement in member numbers per club.
- There is a decline in 'other items' revenue, particularly in Norway, due to the absence of extraordinary public compensation received last year.
- The competitive landscape remains intense, with new low-cost capacity entering the market, especially in Norway and Finland.
- Overhead costs grew faster than club CapEx, though the company aims to reduce this percentage of revenues over time.
- Membership loss in Sweden is a concern, with no clear insights into whether it is due to market share loss or general market decline.
So welcome to this Q3 and Q&A. We will start with a short introduction and then turn over to Q&A.
Yes, good morning, everyone and thank you for joining this Q&A call. My name is Sondre Gravir.
The COO start sitting here together with the from IR and CD CFO. This is a Q&A session so we will not go through the presentation. Just thought I could introduce the session with the main messages from our presentation this earlier this morning.
As it's following from slide 3 in the presentation deck, we see consistently increasing revenue development. Now in Q3, with total revenues of 8%, 5% currency adjusted to NOK1.2 million, this is up to 10% and 29% respectively and we have a strong deposition of NOK1.1 billion and the leverage ratio comfortable within our target of 1.5 to 2 that we have guided on.
And this provides a solid foundation for our plans going forward. So, we will continue to invest in the product offering that we highlighted in the presentation
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