Corbion: first half-year 2024 results

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Corbion, the Amsterdam-listed sustainable ingredients company that champions preservation through application of science, today publishes its results for the first half ending 30 June 2024.

Key highlights first half 20241:

  • Organic sales growth -0.7% (Q2: +1.4%):

    • Volume/mix +3.6% (Q2: +5.5%)

    • Price -4.3% (Q2: -4.1%)

  • Continued Operations:

    • Sales € 637.1 million (Q2: € 336.7 million)

    • Adjusted EBITDA € 86.1 million (Q2: € 51.6 million)

    • Adjusted EBITDA organic growth + 21.9% (Q2: 46.1%)

    • Operating profit € 33.6 million (Q2: € 22.0 million)

  • Free Cash Flow € 336.5 million, € 12.7 million when excluding divestment proceeds

  • Divestment of non-core US Emulsifier business completed on April 2nd

  • Covenant net debt/covenant EBITDA at half year end was 2.2x

  • Double digit growth in sales and Adjusted EBITDA in Health & Nutrition

  • Positive volume/mix in Functional Ingredients & Solutions driven by our Food segment

  • TotalEnergies Corbion joint-venture: sales € 66.4 million; an organic growth of 14.1%

  • Confirmation of FY24 outlook



€ million

H1 2024

H1 2023

H1 growth

H1
Organic growth

 

Q2 2024

Q2 2023

Q2 growth

Q2
Organic growth

Continued Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

637.1

641.7

-0.7%

-0.7%

 

336.7

329.2

+2.3%

+1.4%

Adjusted EBITDA

86.1

69.0

+24.8%

+21.9%

 

51.6

33.6

+53.6%

+46.1%

Adjusted EBITDA margin

13.5%

10.8%

 

 

 

15.3%

10.2%

 

 

Operating profit

33.6

30.2

+11.3%

3.6%

 

22.0

14.7

+49.7%

32.7%

Note: For non-GAAP definition see page 23

Commenting on today's results, Olivier Rigaud, CEO, stated: “We delivered a strong performance in the first half of 2024 demonstrating the underlying strength of our business. I am pleased to see continuation of our positive volume/mix growth and Adjusted EBITDA growth as well as a continuation of our positive free cash flow delivery. We made good progress in the implementation of our restructuring program, delivering increased margins. Building on Corbion’s first half performance, where we saw strong Adjusted EBITDA growth, we are well on-track to deliver in line with our full year guidance.

We saw positive momentum in Functional Ingredients & Solutions with strong volume/mix in our Food segment, partially offset the Biochemicals segment where we continue to see temporary softness in some markets. In line with our earlier guidance, pricing has been lower as a result of price reductions in some areas following input cost relaxation. In Health & Nutrition, we continue to see strong double digit growth in both sales and adjusted EBITDA mainly driven by the Nutrition segment (Omega-3 DHA within aquaculture and pet nutrition).

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