Rovio Shares Drop 20% On Bad Earnings

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Rovio shares are down 20% in trading on the Nasdaq Helsinki. They fell to 9.57 euros. The figure is an all time low for the company which recently completed its IPO.

Revenue increased 70% to 70 million euros. However, operating profit fell 70% to 1.6 million euros

Key figures

EUR million 7-9/ 2017 7-9/ 2016 Change, (%) 1-9/ 2017 1-9/ 2016 Change, (%) 2016
Revenue 70.7 50.0 41.2% 223.2 128.5 73.7% 191.7
EBITDA 6.1 8.5 -28.6% 46.0 19.5 135.7% 35.4
EBITDA margin 8.6% 17.1% 20.6% 15.2% 18.5%
Adjusted EBITDA 8.6 8.5 0.5% 50.4 19.5 158.5% 35.4
Adjusted EBITDA margin, % 12.1% 17.1% 22.6% 15.2% 18.5%
Operating profit 1.6 5.2 -70.0% 20.9 12.0 75.1% 16.9
Operating profit margin, % 2.2% 10.3% 9.4% 9.3% 8.8%
Profit before tax -0.5 4.6 16.7 10.2 63.1% 15.4
Capital expenditure 1.5 3.5 -56.3% 7.4 18.4 -60.0% 23.3
User acquisition cost 22.2 5.4 308.7% 53.7 10.6 408.2% 18.2
Return on equity (ROE), % 20.8% 20.8% 19.1%
Net gearing ratio, % -62.8% -6.3% -62.8% -6.3% -11.5%
Equity ratio, % 72.9% 60.6% 72.9% 60.6% 64.1%
Earnings per share, EUR -0.01 0.05 0.17 0.10 67.2% 0.14
Earnings per share, diluted EUR -0.01 0.05 0.16 0.10 65.0% 0.14
Net cash flows from operating activities 18.0 11.8 52.0% 53.7 14.5 270.7% 22.8
Employees (average for the period) 400 474 -15.6% 422 478 -11.7% 476

 

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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