12.3.2024 07:30:32 CET | Demant A/S |
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Investor news 12. marts 2024
Kapitalmarkedsdag 2024
Skærpet fokus på Hearing Healthcare
Tirsdag den 12. marts 2024 kl. 11.00 afholder Demant en kapitalmarkedsdag for investorer og analytikere (CMD) på selskabets hovedkontor i Smørum, hvor vi vil skitsere vores strategiske prioriteter og finansielle ambitioner på mellemlangt til lang sigt, ligesom vi vil gå i dybden med, hvordan vi leverer markedsledende innovation og vil udbygge vores distribution yderligere i fremtiden. Præsentationerne og en direkte transmission vil være tilgængelige på vores hjemmeside, kort før arrangementet starter.
Baggrund
Siden vores seneste CMD i 2021 har Demant gennemgået betydelige strategiske forandringer. Efter beslutningerne om at afhænde vores Hearing Implants-forretningsområde og at gennemføre en strategisk evaluering af Communications, så fremstår vi nu som en mere fokuseret og lønsom virksomhed. Dette gør det muligt for os at fokusere fuldt ud på vores kerneforretning, Hearing Healthcare, og dermed fortsat at øge vores markedsandel ved hjælp af markedsledende innovation og at udbygge vores distribution yderligere. Dette gør det muligt for os at hjælpe endnu flere mennesker til at høre bedre.
Nøglebudskaber fra dagens kapitalmarkedsdag
Under temaet Skærpet fokus på Hearing Healthcare vil nøglebudskaberne fra dagens kapitalmarkedsdag være:
Vi opjusterer vores forventninger til høreapparatmarkedet, som vi nu forventer vil vokse 4-6 % p.a. i værdi (tidligere 2-5 % p.a.). Dette afspejler en årlig stykvækst på 4-6 % og en flad årlig udvikling i den gennemsnitlige salgspris (ASP) (tidligere negativ med 1-2 % p.a.), hvilket er på niveau med de seneste års estimerede ASP-udvikling. For markedet for hørebehandling, hvilket også indeholder markedet for diagnostisk udstyr, forventer vi således en vækst i værdi på omkring 5 % (tidligere 4 %).
Vores mellemlange til langsigtede forventninger gælder nu vores Hearing Aids-, Hearing Care- og Diagnostics-forretningsområder, som til sammen udgør vores Hearing Healthcare-forretning. Som følge af vores mere positive forventninger til markedet for hørebehandling og vores ambition om at øge vores markedsandel sigter vi efter en årlig omsætningsvækst på 8-10 % i lokal valuta bestående af 6-8 procentpoint organisk vækst og omkring 2 procentpoint vækst fra mindre opkøb.
På mellemlang til lang sigt forventer vi en inkrementel stigning i EBIT-marginen, og vi anser stordriftsfordele som et betydeligt parameter for at kunne levere forbedret lønsomhed.
Innovation er og bliver kernen i vores virksomhed, og vi mener, at det at være ledende inden for audiologi er vigtigt for at opretholde en konkurrencemæssig fordel i vores industri. Vi er dedikeret til fortsat at investere i næste-generations høreløsninger ved hjælp af banebrydende lydprocessering baseret på neurale netværk og på andre fremskridt inden for kunstig intelligens.
Vi har fortsat en stærk tro på værdien af professionel og individuel rådgivning og behandling af patienter gennem enten eksterne kunder eller vores eget Hearing Care-netværk. For at øge stordriftsfordelene og lønsomheden i koncernen vil vi fortsætte med at investere i global distribution, hvilket omfatter udbygning af vores Hearing Care-forretningsområde både organisk og gennem opkøb.
Vi er en virksomhed med et højt cashflow, og til trods for at vi fortsat foretager værdiskabende investeringer i forskning og udvikling samt distribution, så forventer vi fortsat et stærkt frit cashflow, hvilket giver rigelige muligheder for direkte afkast til aktionærerne i form af aktietilbagekøb. Vores målsætning om en gearing-multipel på 2,0-2,5 er uændret.
Vi er en virksomhed med et positivt aftryk, og vi har en bæredygtig forretningsmodel, som er en integreret del af vores strategi. I de seneste år har vi set gradvise forbedringer i vores ESG-resultater, og vi er fortsat dedikeret til at udbygge vores bæredygtighedsinitiativer – både hvad angår transparens og ved at levere på vores målsætninger inden for klima samt diversitet, lighed og inklusion.
Agenda
11.00
Velkommen
Peter Pudselykke
Head of Investor Relations
11.10
Skærpet fokus på Hearing Healthcare
Søren Nielsen
Koncernchef og adm. direktør
12.00
Frokostpause og produktdemonstrationer
13.00
Innovation og udvikling af kerneteknologi i Hearing Aids
Forskellige talere fra Hearing Aids
14.30
Pause og produktdemonstrationer
14.55
At lykkes på det amerikanske høreapparatmarked
Ty Lee
President, Hearing AidsNorth America
15.45
Hearing Cares fortsatte vækstrejse
Niels Wagner
President, Hearing Care
16.30
Pause
16.40
Stordriftsfordele med henblik på levering af langsigtet værdi for aktionærerne
René Schneider
CFO
17.10
Q&A og afsluttende bemærkninger
17.30
Programmet slutter
Forventningerne til 2024 udmeldt i februar er uændret
2024 er startet godt og i henhold til de lagte planer, og vi gentager vores forventninger til året om organisk vækst på 4-8 %, EBIT på DKK 4.600-5.000 mio. og aktietilbagekøb for mere end DKK 2.000 mio.
Hvad angår vores ophørende forretningsområder, forventer vi fortsat, at frasalget af vores cochlear-implantatforretning vil blive afsluttet i H1 2024, og processen forløber planmæssigt. Vores forretning for benforankrede høreløsninger vil forblive en del af koncernen, mens overvejelser om vores strategiske muligheder pågår. Den strategiske evaluering af Communications pågår stadig som planlagt, og vi forventer, at den vil være afsluttet senest ved udgangen af H1 2024.
Praktiske forhold
Der åbnes for registrering af fysisk deltagelse kl. 10.30. Arrangementet starter kl. 11.00 på vores hovedkontor i Smørum. Præsentationer og livestream vil være tilgængelige på vores hjemmeside, kort før arrangementet starter, og en optagelse vil ligeledes være tilgængelig på vores hjemmeside efter arrangementet. Det vil være muligt at stille spørgsmål efter hver præsentation. Det er dog kun muligt at stille spørgsmål live fra salen.
Yderligere information:
Søren Nielsen, koncernchef og adm. direktør
Telefon +45 3917 7300
www.demant.com
Øvrige kontaktpersoner:
René Schneider, CFO
Peter Pudselykke, Head of Investor Relations
Henrik Axel Lynge Buchter, Manager of External Communication
Kontakter
Henrik Axel Lynge Buchter, External Communication Manager, Corporate Communication & Sustainability, +45 2264 9982, heey@demant.com
Om Demant A/S
Demant is a world-leading hearing healthcare group that offers solutions and services to help people with hearing loss connect with the world around them. In every aspect, from hearing devices, hearing implants, diagnostics to audio and video solutions and hearing care all over the world, Demant is active and engaged. Our innovative technologies and know-how help improve people’s health and hear-ing. We create life-changing differences through hearing health.
Vedhæftninger
Investor News – Kapitalmarkedsdag 2024.pdf
12.3.2024 07:30:32 CET | Demant A/S |
Investor News
Investor news 12 March 2024
Capital Markets Day 2024
Sharpened focus on Hearing Healthcare
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024, at 11:00 CET, Demant hosts a Capital Markets Day (CMD) at our headquarters in Smørum, Denmark, for investors and analysts. During the event, we will outline our strategic priorities and financial aspirations for the medium to long term and also deep dive into how we deliver market-leading innovation and further expand our distribution going forward. The presentations and a livestream will be available on our website shortly before the event.
Background
Since our latest CMD in 2021, Demant has undergone significant strategic changes. Following the decisions to discontinue our Hearing Implants business area and to undertake a strategic review of Communications, we are now emerging as a more focused and more profitable company. This allows us to be fully focused on our core Hearing Healthcare business and by doing so to continue to grow our market share by delivering market-leading innovation, further expand our distribution and thus enable us to reach and help even more people hear better.
Key messages from today’s Capital Markets Day
Under the theme, Sharpened focus on Hearing Healthcare, the key messages from today’s Capital Markets Day will be:
We upgrade our view on the hearing aid market, which we now expect to grow 4-6% p.a. in value (previously 2-5% p.a.), reflecting annual unit growth of 4-6% and flattish yearly ASP development (previously negative by 1-2% p.a.), which is in line with the estimated recent historical ASP development. For the hearing healthcare market, which also includes the market for diagnostic equipment, we thus expect annual value growth of around 5% (previously 4%).
Our medium- to long-term outlook now relates to our Hearing Aids, Hearing Care and Diagnostics business areas, collectively our Hearing Healthcare business. Driven by our more positive view on the hearing healthcare market and our aspiration of continued market share gains, we aim for annual revenue growth of 8-10% in local currencies, which comprises organic growth of 6-8 percentage points and growth from bolt-on acquisitions of around 2 percentage points.
Over the medium to long term, we expect incremental EBIT margin expansion, and we consider scale a significant parameter for delivering improved profitability.
Innovation remains at the core of our company, and we believe that being leaders in audiological performance is an important part of sustaining a competitive advantage in our industry. As we go forward, we are committed to continuing to invest in next-generation hearing healthcare solutions using groundbreaking sound-processing based on deep neural networks and other advances in artificial intelligence.
We still believe strongly in the value of professional, in-person counselling and care for patients through either external customers or our own Hearing Care network. We will continue to invest in global distribution, including continued expansion of Hearing Care both organically and through acquisitions, to further increase the scale and profitability of our Group.
We remain a highly cash-generative business, and despite continuous value-adding investments in R&D and distribution, we expect free cash flow generation to remain strong going forward, leaving ample room for cash returns to shareholders in the form of share buy-backs. Our gearing multiple target remains unchanged at 2.0-2.5.
We are a positive-impact business and employ sustainable business practices as an integrated part of our strategy. Over the last years, we have seen a steady improvement of our ESG performance, and we remain committed to enhancing our sustainability efforts both in terms of disclosure and by delivering on our targets within climate and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Agenda
11:00
Welcome
Peter Pudselykke
Head of Investor Relations
11:10
Sharpened focus on Hearing Healthcare
Søren Nielsen
President & CEO
12:00
Lunch break and product demos
13:00
Fuelling innovation and core technology development in Hearing Aids
Various speakers from Hearing Aids
14:30
Break and product demos
14:55
Succeeding in the US hearing aid market
Ty Lee
President, Hearing Aids
North America
15:45
Continuing our Hearing Care growth journey
Niels Wagner
President, Hearing Care
16:30
Break
16:40
Driving scale benefits to deliver long-term shareholder value
René Schneider
CFO
17:10
Final Q&A and concluding remarks
17:30
End of event
Outlook for 2024 announced in February remains unchanged
2024 has been off to a good start in line with expectations, and we reiterate our outlook for the year of organic growth of 4-8%, EBIT of DKK 4,600-5,000 million and share buy-backs of more than DKK 2,000 million.
For our discontinued business areas, we still expect the divestment of our cochlear implants business to close in H1 2024, as the process is progressing according to plan. The bone-anchored hearing systems business will remain with the Group for now, pending a review of our strategic options. The strategic review of Communications is still ongoing as planned, and we expect it to be concluded by the end of H1 2024.
Practical matters
For in-person attendance, registration will open at 10:30 CET. The event will start at 11:00 CET at our headquarters in Smørum, Denmark. The presentations and livestream will be available on our website shortly before the event, and a replay will also be made available on our website following the event. Throughout the day, there will be Q&A sessions after each presentation. However, it is only possible to ask questions live from the venue.
Further information:
Søren Nielsen, President & CEO
Phone +45 3917 7300
www.demant.com
Other contacts:
René Schneider, CFO
Peter Pudselykke, Head of Investor Relations
Henrik Axel Lynge Buchter, Manager of External Communication
Contacts
Henrik Axel Lynge Buchter, External Communication Manager, Corporate Communication & Sustainability, +45 2264 9982, heey@demant.com
About Demant A/S
Demant is a world-leading hearing healthcare group that offers solutions and services to help people with hearing loss connect with the world around them. In every aspect, from hearing devices, hearing implants, diagnostics to audio and video solutions and hearing care all over the world, Demant is active and engaged. Our innovative technologies and know-how help improve people’s health and hear-ing. We create life-changing differences through hearing health.
Attachments
Investor News – Capital Markets Day 2024.pdf