RE: Excellent result. Rigged.29 Feb 2024 09:47
Thanks for that but the bit your paymasters got you to omit.
"Financial progress
? Group revenue £2.8bn, +9.9%: Technology Solutions +44%, Ocado Logistics +1%, Ocado Retail +7%
? Group adjusted EBITDA*1 of £51.6m, up £125.7m from a loss of £(74.1)m: Technology Solutions positive at £15.4m; Ocado Logistics at £30.1m; Ocado Retail returned to a positive adjusted EBITDA* of £10.4m; inter-segment eliminations £(4.3)m
? Cost reductions across the Group: operational efficiencies and lower support costs. Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP") direct operating costs2 down from 2.02% to 1.65% of installed sales capacity
? Underlying cash outflow*3 of £(473)m: +£356m versus FY22 (well ahead of guidance of +£200m)
? Cash and cash equivalents of £0.9bn; gross liquidity remains strong at £1.2bn (including £0.3bn revolving credit facility)
? Net adjusting items* £24m: primarily relates to income from the settlement reached with AutoStore Technology AS ("AutoStore") partially offset by the change in fair value of the contingent consideration, per IFRS 13, due from Marks and Spencer Group plc ("M&S"). Other material one-off costs reflect Ocado Retail's network capacity review, strategy and capacity review for Zoom sites, and organisational restructuring
? Loss before tax of £(394)m, taking into account £187m from the settlement reached with AutoStore, an improvement of £107m versus FY22
? FY23 results in line or better than guidance"