Signify provides update on its performance in Q4 2022
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January 12, 2023
Signify provides update on its performance in Q4 2022
Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, provides an update on its Q4 2022 results and performance for the full year 2022, based on preliminary and unaudited figures.
During the fourth quarter, Signify experienced a stronger than anticipated deterioration of its business in China due to ongoing COVID-related disruptions, a much lower growth in the OEM channel and a weaker indoor professional business than expected. Signify now expects a comparable sales decline of 8.8% for the quarter, resulting in a comparable sales growth of 1.2% for the full year 2022, compared to the previous range of 2-3% for the year.
While the gross margin stabilized, fixed costs did not keep pace with lower sales volumes. Signify therefore expects an Adjusted EBITA margin of approximately 10% for both the fourth quarter and the full year 2022. This compares with the previous full-year guidance of the lower end of the 11.0-11.4% range.
During the final quarter, Signify significantly reduced its inventory, leading to a better than expected working capital performance. The company now expects to report a full year 2022 free cash flow of approximately EUR 445 million or 5.9% of sales, compared to the previous guidance of the lower end of the 5-7% range.
Signify will publish its fourth quarter and full-year results 2022 on January 27, 2023.
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For further information, please contact:
Signify Investor Relations
Thelke Gerdes
Tel: +31 6 1801 7131
E-mail: thelke.gerdes@signify.com
Signify Corporate Communications
Leanne Carmody
Tel: +31 6 3928 0201
E-mail: leanne.carmody@signify.com
Abigail Levene
Tel: +31 6 2939 3895
E-mail: abigail.levene@signify.com
Financial calendar 2023
January 27, 2023 Fourth quarter and full-year results 2022
February 28, 2023 Annual Report 2022
May 3, 2023 Q1 results 2023
July 28, 2023 Q2 and half-year results 2023
October 27, 2023 Q3 results 2023
About Signify
Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers and lighting for the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact connected lighting systems and data-enabled services, deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2021, we had sales of EUR 6.9 billion, approximately 37,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We achieved carbon neutrality in 2020, have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for six consecutive years and were named Industry Leader in 2017, 2018 and 2019. News from Signify is located at the Newsroom, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors can be found on the Investor Relations page.
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