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Sinch 2021Q4 Presentation
Sinch 2021Q4 Presentation
Investor Presentation
17 February 2022
Webcast : 14:00 CET
Scalable cloud communications platform More than 600 billion Serving 8 of the 10 largest
for messaging, email, voice and video engagements per year U.S. tech companies
Consumer
100%
penetration
Growing, global, multi-billion
USD market $ Profitable since our
foundation in 2008
7,743
11% SMB
11%
Email
3,933 32%
Voice
01 02 03
Strengthened position as Factors affecting organic Focus areas for 2022
global leader in CPaaS earnings growth
• Net sales growing 74%, Gross • Strong comparison quarter • Capitalizing on strong market
profit 69% and Adj EBITDA 25% position to drive growth
• Minimum commitments to a
• Adjusted EBITDA of SEK 471m and multinational mobile operator, in • Cost control in Messaging and
operating cash flow of SEK 462m combination with low traffic volume, group functions to ensure that costs
had a 5% (SEK 34m) negative do not grow faster than Gross profit
• Transformative acquisitions
effect on Gross profit in Q4
positioning Sinch as the leading • New operating model with full P&L
profitable CPaaS company • Bad debt relating to one customer responsibility for Business Unit
added SEK 37m to Opex in Q4 Presidents
• Full year proforma Net sales at
SEK 23.1bn with GP at SEK 7.7bn • Continued effect of previously
communicated price adjustments
4
Gross profit evolution
600
• Price adjustments causing new
sales to contribute lower margins
400 than existing business
200 • 10% underlying GP growth in local
0 currency excluding impact of pre-
Q4 20 Organic Inteliquent Message Pathwire Other M&A FX Q4 21 commitments
Media
5
Opex development
1,200
800
• Increased opex base during 2021
228
– Sales & product initiatives
586 597
600
524
551 – Preparations for upcoming,
large acquisitions
418
400 Includes 37m – Businesses acquired during
649 bad debt
524 532 547 556 2022 adding further Opex
200 418
• SEK 37m one-time impact on Opex
in Q4 21 due to bad debt from a
0
Q4 Q4 with 3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
specific voice customer
as reported months of SDI
2020 2021
• 17% underlying opex growth in
Sinch+SDI excluding one-off
Sinch & SDI Other acquisitions
300 280
303
1,200
• 32% organic net sales growth and
1,078
238
257
228 30% organic gross profit growth in
250 215 (75%) 1,000 833
190
200
(78%)
(77%) 868
(77%) local currencies in FY 2021
200 (80%) 800 679
(78%)
150 600
0 0 • High-velocity developer Go To
Q121 Q221 Q321 Q421 2020 2021
Market with over 100,000 paying
Net sales Gross profit Net sales Gross profit
customers
• • • •
Financials
• Gross profit growth • Sales efforts & product • Continued focus on • Separation of • Continued growth in the
recovery & attention to development to profitable growth Applications offering into United States through
gross margins accelerate voice sales to separate business unit new customer acquisition
• Cross sales of Email to
enterprise customers
• Ensuring opex grows in Sinch enterprise • Includes Chatlayer, • Integration of SMS
Focus 2022
line with gross profit • Cross sales of voice and customers MessengerPeople, backend to Sinch global
messaging Sinch4Marketing, platform
• Cross sales of other • Cross sales of SMS to
Contact Pro
products to large • International expansion Pathwire developer • Extension of
enterprise customers community • 2022 focus on product omnichannel capabilities
• 8YY reform
unification and leveraging Sinch
international expansion Conversation API
* Applications is currently included in Enterprise & Messaging ** Including Applications. Excluding ACL (India) and Wavy (Brazil) SMB = Small and Medium-sized Businesses 10
Financials
Income statement
Q4 Q4
SEKm 2021 2020 2021 2020
Net sales 5,207 2,999 16,177 8,023 • Adjusted EBITDA is different from
Cost of goods sold and services -3,860 -2,204 -12,244 -5,840 EBITDA primarily due to acquisition
Gross profit 1,348 796 3,933 2,183
costs, integration costs, and share-
Other operating income 89 34 192 198 based incentive plans
Work performed by the entity and capitalized 37 20 98 69
Other external costs -504 -293 -1,306 -683 • Adjusted EBITDA of SEK 471
Employee benefits expenses -559 -312 -1,837 -869 million (378) in Q4 21
Other operating expenses -80 -66 -249 -183
EBITDA 330 179 831 715 • Depreciation & amortization
Depreciation and amortization -342 -88 -673 -262 includes non-cash amortization
EBIT -12 91 158 453 related to acquired entities
Net finance income/expenses 615 -34 1,039 -74 • Adjusted EBIT of SEK 393 million
Profit before tax 603 57 1,197 379
(356) in Q4 21
Income tax -176 156 -315 67
Profit for the period 427 213 882 446 • Net financials affected by currency
gains ahead of upcoming
acquisitions
12
Reconciling Cash flow with
Adjusted EBITDA
Q4 Q4 • High conversion of Adjusted
SEK million 2021 2020 2021 2020 EBITDA to cash flow
Adjusted EBITDA 471 234 1,322 989
Paid interest
Paid taxes
0
-126
-8
-28
-34
-253
-30
-101
• Other items positively impacted by
Other items 140 -43 142 -256 realized currency changes
13
Cash flow
Q4 Q4
SEKm 2021 2020 2021 2020
Cash flow before changes in working capital 486 155 1,177 602 • Positive net working capital
Change in working capital -24 -207 -859 -148 excluding acquisitions
Cash flow from operating activities 462 -52 318 454
• Acquisitions and financing related
Net investments in property, plant and
to acquisitions during Q4
equipment and intangible assets -174 -20 -277 -86
Change in financial receivables -2 -8 -4 -2
Acquisition of Group companies -28,216 -2,190 -28,877 -2,885
Cash flow from investing activities -28,392 -2,218 -29,158 -2,972
14
Cash flow reclassification
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
SEKm 2021 2021 2021 2021
Cash flow before changes in working capital 226 221 244 486 • Part of the financing for Wavy was
Change in working capital 361 -461 -735 -24 recognised as “New share issue” in
Cash flow from operating activities 587 -240 -491 462
Q1 2021
Net investments in property, plant and
equipment and intangible assets -39 -26 -38 -174
• Reassessment causing
Change in financial receivables 6 -9 1 -2 reclassification of select cash flow
Acquisition of Group companies -505 -178 22 -28,216 items in Q1 and Q2 2021
Cash flow from investing activities -538 -213 -14 -28,392
• Acquisitions affecting cash flow in
Changes in loans -21 -71 -37 10,662
Amortization lease liability -10 -16 -6 -23 Q4 2021
New issue/warrants 37 9,395 39 6,505
Cash flow from financing activities 6 9,308 -4 17,144
Cash flow for the period 54 8,855 -510 -10,786
15
Financial targets
2.00
• Adjusted EBITDA per share to grow
20% per year
• Net debt < 3.5x adjusted EBITDA
1.50 over time
1.00
Performance:
• Adjusted EBITDA per share grew
0.50 12% in Q4 21, measured on a
rolling 12 month basis
0.00
• Net debt/EBITDA of 8.1x,
measured on a rolling 12 month
Jun
Jun
Jun
Jun
Jun
Mar
Dec
Mar
Dec
Mar
Dec
Mar
Dec
Mar
Dec
Sep
Sep
Sep
Sep
Sep
basis
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
• Proforma Net debt/EBITDA of 3.2x
16
Financial leverage
17
Transforming into a a global leader
7,743
11% SMB
11%
Email
3,933 32%
Voice