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Third-quarter 2010 sales figures up 15.5%
Q1: +10% EBITDA* close to the upper end
Q2: +12% of the objectives set for 2010
Q3: +15%
Stronger-than-anticipated
recovery in the real estate
resale market
Paris, 3 November 2010 - Consolidated sales for the first nine months of 2010
grew 12.6% to EUR60.9 m.
(all changes are in comparison with the same period in 2009, unless stated
otherwise).
Revenues (EUR'000) As of 30th of As of 30th of Variation
Sept. 2010 Sept. 2009
Classified ads 47,380 41,938 5,442 +13,0%
- Paris area 21,716 20,005 1,712 +8,6%
- Regions 25,664 21,934 3,730 +17,0%
Online advertising and partnerships 2,893 2,650 243 +9,2%
Direct services to internet users 1,087 1,021 66 +6,4%
Total classified ads and media 51,360 45,609 5,751 +12,6%
Services: agency website design
and listing 4,850 3,852 998 +25,9%
Real estate software Périclès 4,650 4,566 84 +1,8%
TOTAL revenues 60,860 54,027 6,833 +12,6%
"Since the low point of 12 months ago, the recovery in property resale
transactions has been more vigorous than anticipated. This promising trend,
associated with our good sales performances, allowed us to accelerate our
revenue growth further in the third quarter. At the end of September, our
national market penetration stood at 67%, as against 61% at the end of 2009.
In terms of profitability over the whole year, we anticipate that we will be
able to reach an EBITDA* from ordinary activities close to the upper end of
the objectives we announced at the start of the year" says Roland Tripard,
CEO of the SeLoger.com.
- Ever-increasing traffic. Our internal (site-centric) statistical tools, which
meet the most stringent market standards (Omniture and Google Analytics) show
a considerable increase in traffic on the Group's sites, with a 56% rise in the
number of visits. The performance levels measured by Mediamétrie//Netratings
over the same period (user-centric) show an increase in traffic limited to 2%.
This difference seems to come from redress calculations of Mediametrie panel.
Sept-10 Sept-09 Change
Number of visits million 19,4 12,5 + 56%
Number of pages viewed million 247,2 162,1 + 52%
Time spent per unique user* minute 18:20 23:48 -5:28
Number of unique visitors* million 3,2 3,1 + 2%
Source: Google Analytics and *: Mediamétrie//NetRatings
- 13.0% growth in classified ad sales during the first 9 months of 2010 to
EUR47.4 m.The positive effect of the subscription-based business model in the
context of a steady upturn in activity for real estate professionals explains
the acceleration of growth during the third quarter (+16.3% nationally and
+19.6% outside Paris in comparison to Q3 2009).
During the quarter, the Group concluded a significant framework agreement with
France's number one estate agent network, Orpi: all agencies belonging to this
grouping are now SeLoger.com customers, giving us 289 additional points of
sale. Thus, at the end of September 2010, the Group had a total of 19,551
points of sale, up 11% since last year. The agreement has also resulted in an
additional 20,000 classified ads on the SeLoger.com site, making the site more
attractive for internet users.
All Orpi sales outlets are now billed via a single contract, as opposed to the
582 contracts previously in operation. Thus, during Q3 2010, the number of
customers invoiced fell by 557 nationally, and the average basket has risen
8.2% in a year to EUR409.
Outside of this agreement, the number of customers billed rose by 25 during the
third quarter (as compared to a loss of 58 customers in Q3 2009), in line with
the budget, due to seasonal variations, particularly during the summer months.
Sept-10 June-10 March-10 Dec-09 Sept-09
Paris area
Number of customers 4,660 4,802 4,685 4,580 4,549
ARPU in Euros 526 493 487 481 481
Regions
Number of customers 8,356 8,771 8,500 8,168 8,010
ARPU in Euros 344 341 328 320 319
TOTAL
Number of customers 13,016 13,573 13,185 12,748 12,559
ARPU in Euros 409 395 385 378 378
At the end of September 2010, market penetration stood at 67% nationally, as
against 61% at the end of 2009. It reached 84% in the Paris area, as against
80% at the end of 2009 and 61% in the regions, compared with 55% at the end of
2009. These figures confirm the Group's growth potential in the Paris area,
although market penetration is already high, as well as in the regions, where
the market is reacting positively to the Group's offers.
- A 9.2% increase in online advertising and partnerships: growth over the third
quarter was limited to 3.2% due to an unfavourable comparable basis (there was
a 37.7% increase in Q3 2009). The very good perception that advertisers have
of the Group's sites means conditions are favourable for increased investment
in the emerging mobile internet market, which it should be possible to
monetise in 2011.
- Growth of 25.9% in agency website design and listing: growth in revenues from
this activity continues to accelerate (+30.1% in the third quarter). The
creation of agency-specific sites meets customers' need to raise their local
profile and mark themselves out in a recovering real estate market. The way in
which our site design and listing services complement each other is proving to
be very effective commercially.
- Growth of 1.8% in Périclès real estate software: the resurgence in activity
was confirmed with 4.5% growth in third quarter. Business is benefiting from
two positive effects: the new features offered by the Périclès software are
helping to attract new customers, while the number of agency closures is
decreasing considerably.
Outlook for 2010
At the end of the third quarter, the Group is in a position to refine the
objectives already set for the year: revenues should end up somewhere in the
middle of the initial estimate of EUR81 m to EUR84 m, while EBITDA* from
ordinary activities shoudl objective of EUR42 m to EUR44 m. approach the
upper end of the annual
Roland Tripard, CEO of SeLoger.com, concludes: "The results expected for 2010,
which are close to the upper end of the objectives we announced to the market,
are consistent with our strategic vision: continuing development in the regions
and in the Paris area, offering more value-added services to increase the value
of the average basket, making our sites more attractive by offering internet
users an unparalleled view of the real estate market and increasing traffic on
all of our portals.
These performances are the result of the hard work of the Group's teams and I
would like to thank all our staff for their valuable contribution."
Coming event
- 2010 Fourth quarter results: 25 January 2011 (after market closing)
* : EBITDA: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, post
IFRS 2.
2010 consolidated sales by quarter
Revenues (EUR'000) Q3-2010 Q3-2009 Change
Classified ads 16,648 14,320 +16,3%
- Paris area 7,556 6,716 +12,5%
- Regions 9,092 7,604 +19,6%
Online advertising and partnerships 1,054 1,021 +3,2%
Direct services to internet users 446 397 +12,2%
Total classified ads and media 15,738 +15,3% 18, 147
Services: agency
website design and listing % 1,707 1,312 +30,1%
Real estate software Périclès 1,568 1,501 +4,5%
TOTAL revenues 21,423 18,551 +15,5%
Q2-2010 Q1-10 Q2-2009 Q1-09
15,821 14,911 14,034 13,584
7,199 7,003 6,760 6,520
8,622 7,908 7,274 7,064
978 861 878 751
314 328 331 293
17,113 16,100 15,243 14,628
1,611 1,533 1,280 1,260
1,533 1,548 1,517 1,548
20,257 19,181 18,039 17,436
About Seloger.com
SeLoger.com has been the specialist leader of on-line real estate in France for
the past 18 years. Its websites are available on any screen (computer, mobile
phone and connected TV) and every day millions of French Internet users view
the 1.1 million plus property ads posted by estate professionals at any time,
from wherever they may be.
Be it a purchase or rental, resale or property development, in France or abroad,
a business location or a demeure de charme, everyone can satisfy their property
project through one of the Group's 7 websites:
- www.seloger.com
- www.selogerneuf.com
- www.immostreet.com
- www.bellesdemeures.com
- http://vacances.seloger.com
- construire.seloger.com
- www.agorabiz.com.
The Group also provides real estate professionals the broadest visibility of
their ads with an audience of 3 million unique visitors and close to 15 minutes
viewing per visitor via its different websites.
It is also the number-one supplier of Internet websites for real estate
agencies and software transaction design for professionals with Périclès
(Source: Mediamétrie // Nielsen Netratings).
SeLoger.com has been listed on Euronext Paris (compartment B) since 30 November
2006 and is part of the following indexes: SBF 250, CAC MID 100, CAT IT and
Euronext 100.
ISIN code: FR0010294595.
Contacts SeLoger.com Brunswick
Investors relations : Marie-Laurence Bouchon
Laurence Bégonin Maury Alexandra van Weddingen
Tel: +33 1 53 38 29 00 Tel: +33 1 53 96 83 83
[email protected]
www.groupe-seloger.com
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