(Finance) – Datalogica company listed on Euronext STAR Milan and active worldwide in the fields of automatic data acquisition and process automation, closed 2021 with revenues equal to 600.5 million euros, up 26.4% at constant exchange rates compared to the previous year, a adjusted EBITDA equal to 85.7 million euros, an increase of 46.9% (with a adjusted EBITDA margin at 14.3%, +2.1 pts compared to 2020) and a Net income equal to 39.5 million, an increase of 25.7 million euros compared to the previous year. L’net financial debt is equal to 26.1 million euros, while the company has 8.9 million euros of cash net of the acquisition of MD.
“The group closes 2021 with a growth in turnover of more than 25% and a order backlog up by more than 50% – commented theCEO Valentina Volta – Revenue growth was double-digit in all geographies and in the T&L and Manufacturing sectors. The control of operating expenses, while investing 10% of turnover in research and development, made it possible to recover 2.1 percentage points of profit compared to the previous year. This despite it shortage of components which impacted our gross margin starting from the second half of 2021 “.
“Due to the current geopolitical situation and the worsening of the shortage phenomenon, for the first half of the year we expect one growth in turnover and single digit margins – he added – Given the solid order backlog, growing in double digits, and the actions taken to counter the shortage of electronic components and the cost increases of the same, we are counting on a greater conversion of orders into turnover and in a strong recovery. of margins in the second half of the year “.
The board of directors will propose to the shareholders’ meeting, called for April 29, 2022, the distribution of a ordinary unit dividendgross of legal withholdings, equal to 30 euro cents per sharefor a maximum total amount of € 17,533,947, with coupon detachment on May 23, 2022 (record date May 24, 2022) and payment starting from May 25, 2022.