LEUVEN, Belgium — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 4, 2020 — Materialise NV (NASDAQ: MTLS), a leading provider of additive manufacturing and medical software and of sophisticated 3D printing services, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019.

Highlights – Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019

Fourth Quarter 2019:

• Total revenue increased 3.5% to 50,712 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to the 2018 period.
• Adjusted EBITDA increased 28.0% to 7,749 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to the 2018 period.
• Net profit for the fourth quarter of 2019 was 1,327 kEUR, or 0.03 EUR per diluted share, compared to 525 kEUR, or 0.01 EUR per diluted share, for the same period last year.

Full Year 2019:

• Total revenue increased 6.5% to 196,679 kEUR for 2019 from 184,721 kEUR for 2018.
• Adjusted EBITDA increased 13.3% to 26,656 kEUR for 2019 from 23,526 kEUR for 2018.
• Total deferred revenue from annual software sales and maintenance contracts increased by 5,061 kEUR to 27,667 kEUR from 22,606 kEUR at the end of 2018.
• Net profit for 2019 was 1,724 kEUR, or 0.03 EUR per diluted share, compared to 3,027 kEUR, or 0.06 EUR per diluted share, last year.

Executive Chairman Peter Leys commented, “In 2019 we increased our revenues by almost 12 million EUR and grew our deferred revenues from software license and maintenance fees by an additional 5 million EUR. Our Adjusted EBITDA rose by more than 13% to 26,7 million EUR. Materialise Software and Materialise Medical both achieved record quarterly revenues while Materialise Manufacturing experienced headwinds from a difficult macro-environment. We closed 2019 with cash and cash equivalents on our balance sheet totaling almost 129 million EUR, an increase of 13 million EUR compared to year-end 2018. We believe our continued solid and profitable growth and financial strength position us well to expand our existing business and capture new growth opportunities as our company enters its fourth decade and the additive manufacturing market continues to develop.”

Fourth Quarter 2019 Results

Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2019 increased 3.5% to 50,712 kEUR compared to 49,014 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA increased to 7,749 kEUR from 6,052 kEUR. The Adjusted EBITDA margin (Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue) for the fourth quarter of 2019 was 15.3% compared to 12.3% for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Revenue from our Materialise Software segment increased 20.7% to 12,124 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2019 from 10,044 kEUR for the same quarter last year. Segment EBITDA increased to 5,026 kEUR from 2,969 kEUR while the segment EBITDA margin was 41.5% compared to 29.6% for the prior-year period.

Revenue from our Materialise Medical segment increased 14.1% to 17,209 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to 15,081 kEUR for the same period in 2018, including the impact of Engimplan, the Brazil-based manufacturer of orthopedic and cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) implants and instruments in which we acquired a 75% stake on August 1 2019. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2018, revenues from medical devices and services grew 16.9%. Revenues from our medical software grew 8.0% and deferred revenue from license and maintenance fees within the segment increased by 926 kEUR compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. Segment EBITDA was 3,468 kEUR compared to 3,593 kEUR while the segment EBITDA margin was 20.1% compared to 23.8% for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Revenue from our Materialise Manufacturing segment decreased 11.0% to 21,295 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2019 from 23,926 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2018. Segment EBITDA decreased to 1,761 kEUR from 1,983 kEUR while the segment EBITDA margin remained flat at 8.3%.

Gross profit was 28,578 kEUR, or 56.4% of total revenue, for the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to 27,261 kEUR, or 55.6% of total revenue, for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Research and development (“R&D”), sales and marketing (“S&M”) and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses increased, in the aggregate, 0.6% to 27,462 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2019 from 27,290 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Net other operating income increased to 1,474 kEUR compared to 810 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Operating result increased to 2,589 kEUR from 781 kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Net financial result was (558) kEUR compared to (420) kEUR for the fourth quarter of 2018. The share in loss of joint venture amounted to (147) kEUR compared to (184) kEUR for the same period in 2018.

The fourth quarter of 2019 contained income tax expenses of (558) kEUR, compared to net tax income of 348 kEUR in the fourth quarter of 2018.

As a result of the above, net profit for the fourth quarter of 2019 was 1,327 kEUR, compared to net profit of 525 kEUR for the same period in 2018. Total comprehensive income for the fourth quarter of 2019, which includes exchange differences on translation of foreign operations, was 1,597 kEUR compared to 507 kEUR for the 2018 period.

Full Year 2019 Results

Total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 increased 6.5% to 196,679 kEUR compared to 184,721 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2018. Excluding the 2,437 kEUR revenue impact of Engimplan, revenues increased 5.2%. Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2019 was 26,656 kEUR, an increase of 13.3% compared to 23,526 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 13.6% from 12.7% in 2018.

Revenues from our Materialise Software segment increased 11.4% to 41,654 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to 37,374 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2018. The segment EBITDA margin was 33.2% in 2019 compared to 30.9% in 2018.

Revenues from our Materialise Medical segment grew by 16.4% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 60,809 kEUR from 52,252 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2018. Medical software growth was 13.9%, and revenues from medical devices and services increased 17.6%, including Engimplan’s impact. The segment EBITDA margin was 17.7% in 2019, compared to 19.6% in 2018.

Revenues from our Materialise Manufacturing segment decreased 0.8% to 94,156 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2019 from 94,956 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2018. The segment EBITDA margin increased from 11.4% for 2018 to 12.9% in 2019.

Operating profit improved 1,852 kEUR to 7,016 kEUR for the year ended December 31, 2019 from 5,164 kEUR. The increased net financial expenses of 1,070 kEUR and increased income tax expenses of 2,170 kEUR impacted our net result. Accordingly, net profit decreased to 1,724 kEUR for 2019 compared to 3,027 kEUR for 2018.

At December 31, 2019, we had cash and equivalents of 128,897 kEUR compared to 115,506 kEUR at December 31, 2018. Gross debt amounted to 127,939 kEUR (including 5,160 kEUR of lease liabilities recognized under the new accounting standard IFRS 16), compared to 106,037 kEUR at December 31, 2018.

Cash flow from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was 28,402 kEUR compared to 28,320 kEUR in the year ended December 31,2018. Total capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2019 amounted to 15,665 kEUR. This amount included 1,070 kEUR of capitalized R&D expenditures from medical programs.