Indigo Reports FY24 Third Quarter Results
The Company recognized total revenue of
The Company recognized decreased revenue in both its general merchandise and print product lines. General merchandise suffered from a less successful product assortment, missing certain key top-selling holiday products. On the book side of the business, top-selling releases of the quarter were not as strong as last year, leading to lower sales in this category.
Commenting on the results, CEO
Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was
During the quarter, the Company undertook several steps aimed at improving customer engagement and the overall economics of the business including enriching book assortment, simplifying and improving lifestyle assortment and streamlining the organization and head office workforce. Improving customer engagement and profitability is the full focus for the Company.
Driven by the sales and margin declines as well as significant restructuring costs, net income for the quarter totaled
Subsequent to quarter end, the Company amended and extended its revolving credit facility with
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. To the extent any forward-looking information constitutes "financial outlooks" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, such information is being provided as preliminary financial and operational results. Financial outlooks, as with forward-looking information generally, are, without limitation, based on the assumptions and subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied in this news release. Among the key factors that could cause such differences are: general economic, market or business conditions, which include geopolitical events such as war, acts of terrorism, and civil disorder and the adverse impacts of inflationary pressures; ongoing impacts to consumer behaviour from the ransomware attack; the future impacts and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including any impact to online and/or retail operations of the Company; competitive actions by other companies; changes in laws or regulations; and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, as set out in the Company's annual information form dated
Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Any forward-looking information included in this news release is made as of the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake an obligation to publicly update such forward-looking information to reflect new information, subsequent events or otherwise unless required by applicable securities laws.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). In order to provide additional insight into the business, the Company has also provided non-IFRS data, specifically Adjusted EBITDA, in this news release. These measures do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS and are therefore specific to Indigo and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
For additional context see "Results of Operations" and "Non-IFRS Financial Measures" in the Management's Discussion and Analysis (which can be found at www.indigo.ca/investor-relations or www.sedarplus.ca).
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Consolidated Balance Sheets |
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As at |
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(thousands of Canadian dollars) |
2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
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ASSETS |
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Current |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
93,818 |
149,961 |
65,113 |
Accounts receivable |
28,780 |
29,721 |
14,069 |
Inventories |
227,085 |
317,257 |
244,063 |
Prepaid expenses |
7,102 |
7,267 |
6,830 |
Derivative assets |
— |
2,128 |
699 |
Other assets |
4,068 |
3,681 |
1,254 |
Total current assets |
360,853 |
510,015 |
332,028 |
Property, plant, and equipment, net |
46,036 |
55,346 |
52,464 |
Right-of-use assets, net |
296,018 |
308,526 |
318,302 |
Intangible assets, net |
34,544 |
32,700 |
35,287 |
Total assets |
737,451 |
906,587 |
738,081 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
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Current |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
223,085 |
289,958 |
169,860 |
Unredeemed gift card liability |
76,850 |
79,158 |
66,887 |
Provisions |
2,167 |
569 |
1,879 |
Deferred revenue |
22,507 |
22,876 |
20,129 |
Short-term lease liabilities |
69,737 |
69,573 |
69,161 |
Total current liabilities |
394,346 |
462,134 |
327,916 |
Long-term accrued liabilities |
549 |
876 |
1,007 |
Long-term provisions |
851 |
784 |
851 |
Long-term lease liabilities |
402,815 |
419,431 |
428,284 |
Total liabilities |
798,561 |
883,225 |
758,058 |
Equity (deficit) |
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Share capital |
227,707 |
227,094 |
227,094 |
Contributed surplus |
15,014 |
15,242 |
15,463 |
Retained deficit |
(303,886) |
(220,455) |
(262,969) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
55 |
1,481 |
435 |
Total equity (deficit) |
(61,110) |
23,362 |
(19,977) |
Total liabilities and equity (deficit) |
737,451 |
906,587 |
738,081 |
Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) and Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) |
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39-week |
39-week |
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period ended |
period ended |
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(thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share data) |
2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
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Revenue |
370,645 |
422,728 |
756,701 |
863,531 |
Cost of sales |
(229,619) |
(256,031) |
(459,343) |
(519,601) |
Gross profit |
141,026 |
166,697 |
297,358 |
343,930 |
Operating, selling, and other expenses |
(123,662) |
(125,194) |
(317,843) |
(333,203) |
Operating profit (loss) |
17,364 |
41,503 |
(20,485) |
10,727 |
Net interest expense |
(7,381) |
(5,947) |
(20,247) |
(18,343) |
Earnings (loss) before income taxes |
9,983 |
35,556 |
(40,732) |
(7,616) |
Income tax recovery (expense) |
— |
(1,302) |
(185) |
564 |
Net earnings (loss) |
9,983 |
34,254 |
(40,917) |
(7,052) |
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Other comprehensive income (loss) |
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Items that are or may be reclassified subsequently to net earnings (loss), net of taxes: |
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Change in fair value of cash flow hedges |
— |
(1,055) |
(71) |
5,683 |
Reclassification of realized gain |
— |
(2,555) |
(443) |
(3,487) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
131 |
61 |
134 |
(230) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |
131 |
(3,549) |
(380) |
1,966 |
Total comprehensive earnings (loss) |
10,114 |
30,705 |
(41,297) |
(5,086) |
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Net earnings (loss) per common share |
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Basic |
$ 0.36 |
$ 1.23 |
$ (1.46) |
$ (0.25) |
Diluted |
$ 0.35 |
$ 1.22 |
$ (1.46) |
$ (0.25) |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
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(thousands of Canadian dollars) |
2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net earnings (loss) |
9,983 |
34,254 |
(40,917) |
(7,052) |
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to cash flows generated from operating activities |
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Depreciation of property, plant, and equipment |
3,583 |
3,954 |
11,020 |
11,897 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
10,288 |
10,184 |
30,859 |
31,249 |
Amortization of intangible assets |
4,061 |
1,642 |
9,604 |
7,469 |
Loss on disposal of capital assets |
272 |
— |
272 |
74 |
Gain on disposal of equity investment |
— |
— |
— |
(186) |
Share-based compensation |
(307) |
210 |
(56) |
625 |
Deferred income tax expense (recovery) |
— |
1,302 |
185 |
(564) |
Other |
1,586 |
1,572 |
(4) |
1,172 |
Net change in non-cash working capital balances related to operations |
94,660 |
113,222 |
64,577 |
76,107 |
Interest expense |
7,870 |
6,282 |
21,343 |
19,010 |
Interest income |
(489) |
(335) |
(1,096) |
(667) |
Cash flows generated from operating activities |
131,507 |
172,287 |
95,787 |
139,134 |
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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Net purchases of property, plant, and equipment |
(929) |
(232) |
(4,695) |
(2,394) |
Addition of intangible assets |
(1,002) |
(5,741) |
(9,014) |
(18,999) |
Proceeds from disposal of equity investment |
— |
— |
— |
283 |
Interest received |
489 |
335 |
1,096 |
667 |
Cash flows used for investing activities |
(1,442) |
(5,638) |
(12,613) |
(20,443) |
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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Repayment of principal on lease liabilities |
(11,498) |
(11,472) |
(33,334) |
(34,725) |
Interest paid |
(7,602) |
(6,282) |
(21,076) |
(19,010) |
Proceeds from Related party credit facility |
10,000 |
5,000 |
53,000 |
25,000 |
Repayment of Related party credit facility |
(53,000) |
(25,000) |
(53,000) |
(25,000) |
Proceeds from share issuances |
— |
— |
220 |
— |
Cash flows used for financing activities |
(62,100) |
(37,754) |
(54,190) |
(53,735) |
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Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
(1,825) |
(1,569) |
(279) |
(1,464) |
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents during the period |
66,140 |
127,326 |
28,705 |
63,492 |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
27,678 |
22,635 |
65,113 |
86,469 |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
93,818 |
149,961 |
93,818 |
149,961 |
Non-IFRS Financial Measures |
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The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to net earnings (loss) before income taxes, the most comparable IFRS measure: |
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39-week |
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period ended |
period ended |
period ended |
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(millions of Canadian dollars) |
2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
Revenue |
370.6 |
422.7 |
756.7 |
863.5 |
Cost of sales |
(229.6) |
(256.0) |
(459.3) |
(519.6) |
Cost of operations |
(71.2) |
(78.4) |
(180.2) |
(198.9) |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
(30.8) |
(31.0) |
(79.8) |
(83.8) |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
(10.3) |
(10.2) |
(30.9) |
(31.2) |
Finance charges related to leases |
(6.5) |
(6.3) |
(19.5) |
(19.0) |
Adjusted EBITDA 1 |
22.3 |
40.8 |
(12.9) |
11.0 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
(3.6) |
(4.0) |
(11.0) |
(11.9) |
Amortization of intangible assets |
(4.1) |
(1.6) |
(9.6) |
(7.5) |
Loss on disposal of capital assets |
(0.3) |
— |
(0.3) |
(0.1) |
Gain on disposal of equity investment |
— |
— |
— |
0.2 |
Net interest income (expense) |
(0.9) |
0.3 |
(0.7) |
0.7 |
Non-recurring legal fees |
(0.1) |
— |
(0.8) |
— |
Restructuring costs |
(3.0) |
— |
(5.4) |
— |
Expenses from ransomware attack |
(0.3) |
— |
(1.3) |
— |
Insurance proceeds from ransomware attack |
— |
— |
1.3 |
— |
Earnings (Loss) before income taxes |
10.0 |
35.6 |
(40.7) |
(7.6) |
1 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, asset disposals, and certain non-recurring or unusual amounts, and includes IFRS 16 right-of-use asset depreciation and associated finance charges. |
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