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Finance 22 April 2021

First-quarter 2021 revenue

Edenred delivers organic growth across all business lines and all regions.

Encouraging start to the year despite tighter lockdown measures in many countries

 

  • Operating revenue of €363 million, up 3.6% excluding the currency effect and changes in the scope of consolidation (like-for-like), and down 5.1% as reported
  • Total revenue of €373 million (+3.7% like-for-like)

 

Back to organic growth across all business lines and all regions, driven by innovation, agility and strong sales momentum 

  • Like-for-like operating revenue up 4.2% in Europe, 3.4% in Latin America and 0.8% in the Rest of the World
  • Success of the digital Employee Benefits offering, which is particularly well adapted to the health situation and remote working (more than 100 partnerships with meal delivery platforms in 16 countries, including Uber Eats and Deliveroo since 2018)
  • Continuation of the strong sales momentum and the development of the “Beyond Fuel” offer within Fleet & Mobility Solutions
  • Restart and implementation of earmarked funds programs aimed at supporting sectors and individuals hard hit by the crisis
  • Ability to forge partnerships in the North American corporate payments market, such as with Citi and Sage in 2021

 

Full-year growth prospects confirmed despite the uncertainties related to the ongoing health crisis

  • A still challenging health situation currently observed in several major countries such as France and Brazil 
  • A better environment expected for the second half of the year, but the timing of the exit from the health crisis remains uncertain 
  • Edenred nonetheless confirms its ability to generate like-for-like EBITDA growth in 2021 of minimum 6%

 

Bertrand Dumazy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Edenred, said:  "Edenred reported an encouraging start to the year, continuing the rebound that began last summer. Against a backdrop of heightened health restrictions in many countries in which we operate, the shift back to organic growth across all of our business lines and regions is a real source of satisfaction. We continue to demonstrate agility, dynamic sales performance and innovation in deploying solutions, but also in forging partnerships in response to the specific needs arising from the Covid crisis as well as more structural trends such as the development of remote working, digitalization, the emergence of more responsible behaviors and digitalized payment. Although the health situation remains uncertain, we are confident in our ability to increase full-year EBITDA by a minimum of 6% on a like-for-like basis."
 


 

About

Edenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments and the everyday companion for people at work, connecting more than 60 million users and more than 2 million partner merchants in 45 countries via close to 1 million corporate clients.

Edenred offers specific-purpose payment solutions for food (such as meal benefits), engagement (such as gift cards and engagement platforms), mobility (such as multi-energy solutions, including EV charging, maintenance, toll and parking) and corporate payments (such as virtual cards). 

True to the Group’s purpose, “Enrich connections. For good.”, these solutions enhance users’ well-being and purchasing power. They improve companies’ attractiveness and efficiency,and vitalize the employment market and the local economy. They also foster access to healthier food, more environmentally friendly products and sustainable mobility.

Edenred’s 12,000 employees are committed to making the world of work a connected ecosystem that is safer, more efficient and more responsible every day.

In 2023, thanks to its global technology assets, the Group managed €41 billion in business volume, primarily carried out via mobile applications, online platforms and cards.

Edenred is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and included in the following indices: CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, CAC Large 60, Euronext 100, Euronext Tech Leaders, FTSE4Good and MSCI Europe.

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