Full-Year 2020 revenue

JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced today its revenue for the full-year 2020.

Following the adoption of IFRS 11 from January 1st, 2014, the operating data presented below is adjusted to include our prorata share in companies under joint control. Please refer to the paragraph “Adjusted data” on page 3 of this release for the definition of adjusted data and reconciliation with IFRS.
The values shown in the tables are generally expressed in millions of euros. The sum of the rounded amounts or variations calculations may differ, albeit to an insignificant extent, from the reported values.

2020 adjusted revenue decreased by -40.6% to €2,311.8 million compared to €3,890.2 million in 2019. Excluding the negative impact from foreign exchange variations and the negative impact from changes in perimeter, adjusted organic revenue decreased by -38.1%.
Adjusted organic advertising revenue, excluding revenue related to sale, rental and maintenance of street furniture and advertising displays, decreased by -39.5% in 2020.

Adjusted revenue of the fourth quarter of 2020 decreased by -38.0% to €695.1 million compared to €1,122.0 million in Q4 2019. Excluding the negative impact from foreign exchange variations and the negative impact from changes in perimeter, adjusted organic revenue decreased by -33.9%.
Adjusted organic advertising revenue, excluding revenue related to sale, rental and maintenance of street furniture and advertising displays, decreased by -34.9% in the fourth quarter of 2020.

By activity:
 

(a) Excluding acquisitions/divestitures and the impact of foreign exchange
 

(a) Excluding acquisitions/divestitures and the impact of foreign exchange

By geographic area:
 

(a) Excluding acquisitions/divestitures and the impact of foreign exchange
(b) Excluding France and the United Kingdom

Please note that the geographic comments hereafter refer to organic revenue growth.

STREET FURNITURE
Full-year adjusted revenue decreased by -33.0% to €1,131.1 million (-31.9% on an organic basis), significantly impacted throughout the year by the Covid-19 pandemic with Street Furniture audiences dropping by more than 60% during lockdowns. As soon as these lockdowns were lifted, the urban mobility increased significantly in most European and in some Asian cities to reach pre-Covid level, while inner areas in cities such as London, NYC, Chicago, Sydney, … with the highest workplace density saw the lowest mobility increase. France and the Rest of Europe performed much better than UK, Asia-Pacific, the Rest of the World and North America thanks to better city audience figures.

In the fourth quarter, adjusted revenue decreased by -27.2% to €369.5 million (-25.2% on an organic basis), having the same trend as Q3 2020 impacted by lockdowns or curfews taken by national governments and local authorities. France, UK and the Rest of Europe performed better than the Rest of the World, Asia-Pacific and North America.
Fourth quarter adjusted organic advertising revenue, excluding revenue related to sale, rental and maintenance of street furniture were down -26.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

TRANSPORT
Full-year adjusted revenue decreased by -50.4% to €810.9 million (-47.1% on an organic basis), significantly impacted throughout the year by the Covid-19 pandemic with Transport audiences dropping around 90% during lockdowns. International air travel restrictions continued during 2020 leading to a 60% reduction in global passenger traffic with domestic air travel coming back to pre Covid level in China towards the end of the year. Subway audiences also returned to almost pre Covid level in China at the end of the year while rail traffic for example in UK remained far below pre Covid level.  UK, France, the Rest of the World and North America were the most affected regions.

In the fourth quarter, adjusted revenue decreased by -53.0% to €215.4 million (-47.6% on an organic basis), a slight improvement from Q3 2020, mainly driven by Mainland China where the on-going recovery in domestic traffic continued, in both metros and airports, but with advertising revenue slightly lagging, while international air traffic remained highly impacted. UK, North America and France were the most affected regions.

BILLBOARD
Full-year adjusted revenue decreased by -34.6% to €369.7 million (-30.8% on an organic basis), significantly impacted throughout the year by the Covid-19 pandemic with car traffic dropping by more than 60% during lockdowns. As soon as lockdowns were lifted, there was a rapid return of driving audiences with local advertising sales showing some resilience. UK, North America and Asia-Pacific were the most affected regions.

In the fourth quarter, adjusted revenue decreased by -29.4% to €110.2 million (-21.7% on an organic basis), improving from Q3 2020 driven by the Rest of the World, Asia-Pacific and UK but still affected by measures taken by national governments and local authorities.

Commenting on the Group’s 2020 revenue performance, Jean-Charles Decaux, Chairman of the Executive Board and Co-CEO of JCDecaux, said:
“JCDecaux , the world’s largest Out-of-Home media company, faced for the first time in its 56-year history a dramatic global audience fall caused by the Covid-19 pandemic which forced national, regional and local governments to impose unprecedented mobility restrictions in modern history such as lockdowns, curfews, closures of stores, restaurants, cinemas, …

As a result, the 2020 Group revenue dropped by -40.6% to reach €2,311.8 million with an organic revenue decline at -38.1%, with our digital revenue now representing 24% of Group revenue.

Our Street Furniture and Billboard revenue declined less than Transport reflecting better pedestrian and car traffic audiences recovering rapidly when lockdowns were lifted. Transport was the most affected part of our business with airports strongly impacted by the collapse of international traffic.

By geography, France and the Rest of Europe revenue improved the most over H2 2020, mainly thanks to Street Furniture. In Asia-Pacific and more specifically in Mainland China, businesses exposed to domestic audiences, including domestic airport terminals, improved also during the second half of the year, while international hubs remained heavily affected by little international traffic. North America, the Rest of the World and UK were the most affected regions across the 3 business segments throughout the year.

In a media landscape increasingly fragmented and more and more digital, out-of-home and digital out of home advertising reinforce its attractiveness. As the most digitised global OOH company with our new data-led audience targeting and programmatic platform, our well diversified portfolio, our ability to win new contracts, the strength of our balance sheet and the high quality of our teams across the world, we believe we are well positioned to benefit from the rebound.”

ADJUSTED DATA
Under IFRS 11, applicable from January 1st, 2014, companies under joint control are accounted for using the equity method.
However, in order to reflect the business reality of the Group, operating data of the companies under joint control will continue to be proportionately integrated in the operating management reports used by directors to monitor the activity, allocate resources and measure performance.
Consequently, pursuant to IFRS 8, Segment Reporting presented in the financial statements complies with the Group’s internal information, and the Group’s external financial communication therefore relies on this operating financial information. Financial information and comments are therefore based on “adjusted” data, consistent with historical data prior to 2014, which is reconciled with IFRS financial statements.
In Q4 2020, the impact of IFRS 11 on adjusted revenue was -€58.9 million (-€118.0 million in Q4 2019), leaving IFRS revenue at €636.2 million (€1,004.1 million in Q4 2019).
For the full-year 2020, the impact of IFRS 11 on adjusted revenue was -€212.0 million (-€402.5 million for the full-year 2019), leaving IFRS revenue at €2,099.8 million (€3,487.6 million for the full-year 2019).

ORGANIC GROWTH DEFINITION
The Group’s organic growth corresponds to the adjusted revenue growth excluding foreign exchange impact and perimeter effect. The reference fiscal year remains unchanged regarding the reported figures, and the organic growth is calculated by converting the revenue of the current fiscal year at the average exchange rates of the previous year and taking into account the perimeter variations prorata temporis, but including revenue variations from the gains of new contracts and the losses of contracts previously held in our portfolio.

 

Forward looking statements
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