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QUARTERLY REPORT
ON THE ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF ROMGAZ GROUP
ON MARCH 31, 2024 (January 01, 2024 - March 31, 2024)
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS ON REPORT AND ISSUER
Report basis | Law No. 24/2017 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations, republished (Article 69) and ASF Regulation No. 5/2018 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations (Annex No.13), for the three-month period ended on March 31, 2024 |
Report Date | May 15, 2024 |
Company Name | Societatea Naţională de Gaze Naturale "ROMGAZ" SA |
Headquarters | Mediaş, 4 Constantin I. Motaş Sq., 551130, Sibiu County |
Telephone/fax number | 004 0374401020 / 004 0374474325 |
Web/E-mail | www.romgaz.ro / secretariat@romgaz.ro |
Registration Number with the Office of the Trade Registry | J32/392/2001 |
Fiscal Code | RO14056826 |
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) | 2549009R7KJ38D9RW354 |
Regulated market where company shares are traded | Bucharest Stock Exchange (shares) and London Stock Exchange (GDRs) |
Subscribed and paid in share capital | RON 385,422,400 |
Shares main characteristics | 385,422,400 shares, each with a nominal value of RON 1 Nominative, ordinary, indivisible shares, issued dematerialized and free tradable since November 12, 2013 as SNG - for shares and SNGR - for GDRs |
ROMGAZ GROUP [1] PERFORMANCES
In the first quarter (Q1) 2024, Romgaz Group recorded a net consolidated profit of RON 1,245.3 million, an increase of 28.38%, namely by RON 275.3 million, as compared to the revenue achieved in the similar period of last year. As compared to Q4 2023, net profit increased by 93.55% and gross profit by 45.82%.
Revenue for Q1 2024 of RON 2,273.01 million decreased by 21.86%, by RON 636.03 million respectively, as compared to the revenue achieved in Q1 2023, due to a 6.68% drop in gas deliveries, 18.33% less electricity production and 9.1% lower revenue form storage services. Revenue from gas sales represent approximately 85% of Q1 2024 total revenue, revenue from electricity sales represent - 4.8% and revenue from storage services 6%. As compared to Q4 2023, revenue increased by 3.71% and gas deliveries by 5.70%.
Net consolidated profit per share (EPS) in March 2024 was RON 3.23 (calculated to the number of shares registered with the Central Depositary on March 31, 2024, before the share capital increase approved by the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders by Resolution No. 17 of December 18, 2023).
The achieved margins of the consolidated net profit (54.79%), consolidated EBIT (63.56%) and consolidated EBITDA (69.56%) recorded a significant increase as compared to Q1 2023 (33.34%; 59.90% and 64.71% respectively.
Natural gas consumption estimated[2] nationally for Q1 2024 was about 35.42 TWh, approximately 5.5% higher than the consumption recorded in Q1 2023.
Natural gas production recorded in Q1 2024 was 1,290.98 million m3. Compared to the natural gas production of Q1 2023, the production recorded in Q1 2024 increased by 4.39%.
Electricity produced in Q1 2024 of 263.832 GWh, dropped by 18.33% compared to the production in the similar period of last year (323.04 GWh).
Relevant Consolidated Financial Results
*RON million*
Q1 2023 | Q4 2023 | Q1 2024 | ΔQ1/Q4 (%) | Main indicators | Q1 2023 | Q1 2024 | Δ Q1 (%) |
2,909.0 | 2,191.6 | 2,273.0 | 3.71 | Revenue | 2,909.0 | 2,273.0 | -21.86 |
2,984.5 | 2,171.4 | 2,376.0 | 9.42 | Income | 2,984.5 | 2,376.0 | -20.39 |
1,199.5 | 1,153.3 | 891.1 | -22.74 | Expenses | 1,199.5 | 891.1 | -25.71 |
0.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 23.68 | Share of profit of associates | 0.5 | 2.0 | 288.58 |
1,785.5 | 1,019.6 | 1,486.9 | 45.82 | Gross profit | 1,785.5 | 1,486.9 | -16.72 |
815.5 | 376.2 | 241.6 | -35.80 | Profit tax | 815.5 | 241.6 | -70.38 |
970.0 | 643.4 | 1,245.3 | 93.55 | Net profit | 970.0 | 1,245.3 | 28.38 |
1,742.4 | 991.4 | 1,444.7 | 45.73 | EBIT | 1,742.4 | 1,444.7 | -17.08 |
1,882.4 | 1,099.7 | 1,581.0 | 43.76 | EBITDA | 1,882.4 | 1,581.0 | -16.01 |
2.5 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 93.55 | Earnings per share (EPS) (RON) | 2.5 | 3.2 | 28.38 |
33.34 | 29.36 | 54.79 | 86.62 | Net profit ratio (% from Revenue) | 33.34 | 54.79 | 64.31 |
59.90 | 45.23 | 63.56 | 40.51 | EBIT ratio (% from Revenue) | 59.90 | 63.56 | 6.12 |
64.71 | 50.18 | 69.56 | 38.61 | EBITDA ratio (% from Revenue) | 64.71 | 69.56 | 7.49 |
5,943 |
5,980 |
5,973 |
-0.12 | Number of employees at the end of the period |
5,943 |
5,973 |
0.50 |
Operational Results
Q1 2023 | Q4 2023 | Q1 2024 | ΔQ1/Q4 (%) | Main Indicators | Q1 2023 | Q1 2024 | Δ Q1 (%) |
1,236.7 | 1,273.5 | 1,291.0 | 1.37 | Gross production (million m3) | 1,236.7 | 1,291.0 | 4.39 |
88.5 | 103.4 | 109.5 | 5.90 | Petroleum royalty (million m3) | 88.5 | 109.5 | 23.73 |
5,617 | 6,232 | 7,440.0 | 19.38 | Condensate production (tonnes) | 5,617 | 7,440.0 | 32.45 |
323.0 | 321.1 | 263.8 | -17.84 | Electricity production (GWh) | 323.0 | 263.8 | -18.33 |
1,114.9 | 582.2 | 947.7 | 62.8 | UGS withdrawal services (million m3) invoiced | 1,114.9 | 947.7 | -15.0 |
45.4 | 204.2 | 41.1 | -79.9 | UGS injection services (million m3) invoiced | 45.4 | 41.1 | -9.5 |
Note: information is not consolidated, it also includes transactions between Romgaz and Depogaz.
Natural gas production recorded in Q1 2024 was influenced by:
ü resuming production at inactive wells by performing interventions and recompletion operations;
ü reduced inspection/repair periods at compressor stations and dehydration stations;
ü ensuring operation under normal parameters of all compression and dehydration stations;
ü increased productivity of wells with potential flow rate;
ü continuous rehabilitation projects of the main mature gas fields;
The conditions underlying these results were:
· gas imports for consumption were approximately 5.21 TWh, 69% higher than in the same period of the previous year;
· lower gas withdrawals from Romgaz UGSs by 1.615 TWh than in the similar period of 2023 (0.147 TWh compared to 1.762 TWh).
National gas consumption estimated for Q1 2024 was 40.63 TWh, approximately 5.5% higher than the consumption recorded in Q1 2023, of which approximately 5.21 TWh was covered by import gas and the difference of 35.42 TWh by domestic gas. Romgaz contribution was 13.69 TWh, representing 33.69% from the national consumption and 38.65% from the consumption covered from domestic gas.
The full version of the Quarterly Report on the Economic-Financial Activity of Romgaz Group on March 31, 2024 (January - March 2024) and the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements for the Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited), Prepared in Accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, are available on company's website www.romgaz.ro - Investors - Interim Reports and on RNS website, at: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5071O_1-2024-5-15.pdf
[1] Romgaz Group consists of SNGN Romgaz SA (the "Company"/"Romgaz") as parent company and the subsidiaries - Filiala de Înmagazinare Gaze Naturale Depogaz Ploiești SRL ("Depogaz") and Romgaz Black Sea Limited, both wholly owned by Romgaz.
[2] Consumption is estimated as ANRE has not published, until the date hereof, the monitoring reports on the gas market for February and March 2024.