- 2023 revenues of €11.3 million, in line with the guidance
- Good gross margin level maintained at 61%
- Positive 2023 EBITDA
- Cash position of €5.3 million at December 31, 2023
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ALCHIMIE (FR0014000JX7 ALCHI PEA-PME eligible), a channel factory enabling brands, media and companies to create, design and animate their own themed video channels and stream their video contents, today announces its consolidated annual results for the year ended December 31, 2023, as approved by the Board of Directors on April 18, 2024.
Pauline Grimaldi d'Esdra, CEO of Alchimie,states: "Over the course of 2023, Alchimie has developed new growth drivers, transforming its historical model towards SaaS and VPaaS (Video Platform as a Service) models. The 2023 results are in line with the guidance, with a gross margin rate of 61% and positive EBITDA. 2024 will be marked by accelerated deployment of our new offerings, with the aim of fully benefiting from the commercial traction initiated over the past year. Given this, we confirm that we are targeting 2024 revenues of close to €8 million, while maintaining a healthy cost structure"
Consolidated income statement (IFRS)
In thousands of euros | 12.31.2023 | 12.31.2022 |
Revenues | 11,329 | 22,070 |
Cost of sales | (4,441) | (8,844) |
Gross margin | 6,889 | 13,226 |
Technology and development costs | (3,282) | (4,436) |
Marketing and sales expenses | (1,469) | (2,833) |
General and administrative expenses | (3,562) | (5,946) |
Operating income | (1,425) | 11 |
Financial result | (211) | (648) |
Consolidated net income | (1,865) | (701) |
EBITDA | 326 | 3,061 |
Cash position end of period | 5,346 | 6,403 |
Business activity and 2023 financial results
As of December 31, 2023, revenues stood at €11.3 million, in line with the guidance. The decline in revenues is partly due to the scheduled termination of service with Orange in January 2023.
In 2023, Alchimie benefited from the solid resilience of its historical subscriber bases both in France and Germany. Furthermore, the Company's strategic reorientation to market its new SaaS and VPaaS, videowall and 42videobricks offerings, got off to a slower start than expected, generating few revenues in 2023.
Continued rationalization of content licensing costs and technical costs incurred in the Video segment has enabled Alchimie to significantly reduce its cost of sales, by -50% compared with 2022, to €4.4 million. The gross margin rate for 2023 thus stands at 61%, stable compared with 2022.
Operating expenses, down -37%, amount to €8.3 million in 2023. These reflect the finalization of the Company's restructuring initiated in 2022 to adapt the cost structure to the Company's activity. Consequently, in 2023, Alchimie recorded a 26% drop in technology and development costs, and a 48% decrease in marketing and sales expenses.
In addition, the resizing of support functions to the Company's needs, as well as the retrocession of part of the Aubervilliers site and the subleasing of another part, have enabled Alchimie to reduce its general and administrative costs by around 40%.
All the measures taken have enabled Alchimie to achieve a positive 2023 EBITDA of €326k, compared with €3.1 million a year earlier.
Operating income came to a loss of €1.4 million, compared with €11k in 2022.
After taking into account a financial result of €-211k, including a positive foreign exchange difference of €46k and investment income of €68k offset by interest on the HLD Europe associate current account, and a tax charge of €229k on the German subsidiary, the consolidated net loss came to €1.9 million, compared with €701k in 2022.
Financial situation of the Group
Consolidated shareholders' equity was negative at €-2.9 million at December 31, 2023, impacted by the loss recorded in fiscal year 2023.
The cash position at December 31, 2023 was €5.3 million, compared with €6.4 million at December 31, 2022. This change is mainly due to the repayment of the associate current account with HLD Europe.
In terms of financial resources, and given its current cash position, Alchimie is maintaining tight cost management to preserve cash, and does not plan to call on the market.
Strategy and outlook 2024
The year 2024 will be marked by the continued deployment of the videowall and 42videobricks offerings. With a view to further monetizing its technical assets, Alchimie will intensify its external communications, using targeted campaigns, to maximize the visibility of these two growths drivers and will benefit from the signing of the first contracts.
Concurrently with its commercial development, the Company will strive to remain among the most innovative players in its sector, by implementing new functionalities (live broadcasting, events replay, additional billing options, an improved dashboard, etc.), to offer customers an ever more comprehensive and intuitive solution.
Alchimie will also pursue its channel editing activities, regularly enriching its content catalog.
The start of the year saw the launch of two new SVOD video platforms by the Bauer Group: www.maximag.tv, a channel featuring a variety of documentaries (yoga classes, cooking, getaways and travel, etc.), and www.telecablesat.tv, offering programs around targeted themes (legends from the world of cinema, history and civilizations, or major themes in science and technology), a groundbreaking project made possible thanks to Alchimie's expertise. These two thematic channels offer users an immersive experience, with the option of customizing the program to suit their preferences.
Given the outlook, the Company intends to achieve 2024 revenues of close to €8 million, with sales from new activities not yet sufficient to offset the decline in revenues generated by the historical subscriber bases. Despite ongoing efforts to optimize overheads, Alchimie does not expect to generate positive EBITDA in 2024.
Alchimie is publishing its 2023 full-year financial report today, available on its website in the Documentation section: www.alchimie-finance.com.
Annual General Meeting:June 7, 2024.
Next financial release:2023 half-year results 2024, on October 23, 2024, after market close.
About Alchimie
Alchimie is a unique video streaming platform allowing companies and creators to build their own video channel, their internal communication media, and partners. Alchimie also offers 42videobricks, the SaaS access to the technological building blocks (via API) for operating video and streaming functions. Alchimie has a catalog of video content from more than 300 prestigious partners (Arte, France TV distribution, ZDF Entreprises or Zed). For further information: www.alchimie-finance.com www.alchimie.com
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Contacts:
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Pauline Grimaldi d'Esdra
CEO
investors@alchimie.com
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Media Relations
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