• REBIT margin increased to 10.4% as IBA reports record year-end Proton Therapy equipment and service backlog
  • Board recommends dividend of EUR 0.17 per share

 

Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 26 March 2015 - IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world’s leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, today announces its consolidated annual results for the 2014 financial year.

 

 

2014
(EUR 000)

2013
(EUR 000)

Variance
(EUR 000)

Variance
%

Proton Therapy & Other Accelerators

177 687

166 589

11 098

6.7%

Dosimetry

42 890

45 923

-3 033

-6.6%

Total Net Sales

220 577

212 512

8 065

3.8%

REBITDA

28 321

22 743

5 578

24.5%

 % of Sales

12.8%

10.7%

 

 

REBIT

22 932

18 359

4 573

24.9%

 % of Sales

10.4%

8.6%

 

 

Profit Before Tax

17 173

-408

17 581

N/A

 % of Sales

7.8%

-0.2%

 

 

NET RESULT

24 294

-1 011

25 305

N/A

 % of Sales

11.0%

-0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REBITDA: Recurring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
REBIT: Recurring earnings before interest and taxes

                        

2014 Business Highlights

  • Strong order book in 2014 in both compact and multi-room configurations, with six new proton therapy orders, four Proteus®ONE* and two Proteus®PLUS systems, representing more than 50% of the total global proton therapy market in 2014
  • Record year-end backlog of EUR 256.2 million, up 39% (2013: EUR 183.8 million)
  • Strong expansion into the emerging markets with four PT systems sold in Asia in 2014
  • 27 ongoing Proton Therapy service and maintenance contracts signed in total, representing a backlog of EUR 468 million of revenue over the next 10-15 years
  • FDA and CE mark approval for Compact Gantry Beam Line with first patient treated with Proteus®ONE at the Willis-Knighton Cancer Center, Shreveport, USA
  • First patient treatment in September 2014 with IBA’s Proton Therapy Specific Cone Beam CT (CBCT) completed at Penn Medicine’s Roberts Proton Therapy Center, USA
  • Strong growth for the Other Accelerators division, with significant gains in emerging markets
  • Unexpectedly low H2 revenues recognized in Dosimetry on new multi-year orders in emerging countries, but record backlog of EUR 16.8 million at the end of 2014, up 39% vs 2013
  • Strategic global collaboration signed with Philips Healthcare in sales, marketing and research and development (R&D) for imaging and therapy solutions in oncology

 

Financial Highlights

  • Proton Therapy and Other Accelerators revenue growth of 6.6% to EUR 177.7 million
  • Total revenue of EUR 220.6 million up 3.8% compared to full year 2013, impacted by low backlog conversion rate of Dosimetry
  • REBIT margin of 10.4% up 24.9% compared to full year 2013 (8.6%)
  • Net profit of EUR 24.3 million, strongly improved versus full year 2013 (EUR 6.1 million excluding the impacts of the recycling of the Currency Translation Adjustment results
  • Completion of sale of PharmaLogic in Montreal; positive impact of EUR 3.7 million
  • Equity growing to EUR 107.5 million through strong profit
  • Board recommendation of gross dividend of EUR 0.17 per share in 2015
  • Net financial position changed from a EUR 18.1 million net debt at end of 2013 to a net cash position of EUR 5.3 million at year-end 2014
  • Guidance for 2015 upgraded

 

Olivier Legrain, Chief Executive Officer of IBA, commented: “2014 was a transformational year for IBA that saw the Company benefit from increasing global adoption and acceptance of proton therapy as the most advanced and precise treatment option for radiation therapy patients. IBA has continued to maintain its strong leadership in the field, securing more than 50% of all proton therapy orders in 2014. Our investments in proton therapy developments, such as Proteus®ONE, precision delivery in Pencil Beam Scanning and imaging in CBCT are key differentiators for our customers. IBA remains at the forefront of technological advances in radiation therapy and is increasingly seeking to enhance its position in new innovations such as adaptive and carbon therapy.

“Asia and the emerging markets are increasingly strong markets for IBA, with four of our system sales coming from that region in 2014. IBA started 2015 with a strong order book, a record backlog and a very healthy pipeline. With sales and interest in our proton therapy systems growing globally and the increasing affordability and availability of finance for these systems, we are confident of continuing our strong progress in the coming year and beyond.”

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