Trading Update for the First-Quarter ended 1 April 2022 & Interim Dividend Declaration
UXBRIDGE, UK / ACCESSWIRE / April 27, 2022 / Strong start to the year, reaffirming FY22 profit guidance despite accelerating inflationary pressures
Q1 2022 | Change vs 2021 | Change vs 2021 (Pro forma) | |||||||||||
Revenue | Volume | Revenue per UC[1] | Comparable[2] Volume | Revenue per UC[1],[5] | FXN[2] revenue | Revenue | Pro forma comparable volume[3] | Pro forma revenue per UC[1],[3] | Pro forma FXN revenue[3] | Pro forma revenue[3] | |||
Europe | €2,805m | 562m | €4.94 | 16.5% | 5.0% | 21.0% | 22.5% | 16.5% | 5.0% | 21.0% | 22.5% | ||
API | €904m | 178m | €4.96 | 13.5% | (0.5)% | 11.0% | 13.5% | ||||||
CCEP | €3,709m | 740m | €4.95 | 53.5% | 5.5% | 59.5% | 62.0% | 16.0% | 3.5% | 18.5% | 20.0% |
Damian Gammell, Chief Executive Officer, said:
"We have had a fantastic start to the year, delivering strong top-line growth and value share gains[4]. A huge thank you to all our colleagues. Our thoughts are also with those affected by the conflict and suffering in Ukraine. We join others across the world in calling for a return to peace.
"Together with The Coca-Cola Company and our other brand partners, our relentless focus on our core brands, solid in-market execution and driving price and mix delivered both volume and revenue ahead of 2019. Volume improved strongly as consumers enjoyed the continued reopening of the away from home channel, with resilient demand in the home channel and a record start to our biggest ever activation in Indonesia during Ramadan.
"We remain well placed over 2022 and beyond. Our aim is to be smart and sustainable - through our people centric, data driven and digitally enabled approach. Disciplined investment in these areas, as well as in our portfolio, will support our long-term growth ambitions. And all done sustainably. We are pleased to again be recognised amongst the Financial Times-Statista list of Europe's Climate Leaders as we continue to make progress on our ambition to reach net zero emissions by 2040.
"In the near-term, whilst we expect to see further volume and mix recovery, we are mindful of a more uncertain outlook given accelerating inflationary pressures. So, we continue to manage our key levers of pricing, promotional spend and efficiencies across our business. Focused on driving operating profit and cash, we are reaffirming our comparable operating profit growth of 6 to 9%, and guiding to delivering strong free cash flow of at least €1.5 billion in FY22. These commitments, combined with today's interim dividend declaration demonstrate the strength and resilience of our business, as well as our ability to deliver continued shareholder value."
Note: All footnotes included after the 'About CCEP' section
Q1 HIGHLIGHTS[2],[3] |
Revenue
Q1 Reported +62.0%; Q1 Pro forma +18.5%[5]
Dividend
Other
FY22 GUIDANCE[2],[3] |
The outlook for FY22 reflects current market conditions. Guidance is on a pro forma comparable & Fx-neutral basis.
Revenue: pro forma comparable growth of 8-10% (previously 6-8%)
Cost of sales per unit case: pro forma comparable growth of ~7% (previously ~5%)
Operating profit: pro forma comparable growth of 6-9% (unchanged)
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SOURCE: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc