Five-year review
| Financial definitions |
2022 Rm |
2021 Rm |
2020 Rm |
2019 Rm |
2018 Rm |
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| Extracts from the statement of profit and loss | |||||||||||
| Revenue | 91 978 | 87 205 | 73 417 | 79 711 | 77 001 | ||||||
| Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation | |||||||||||
| and amortisation (EBITDA) | 6 785 | 5 302 | 4 082 | 4 806 | 4 946 | ||||||
| Operating profit1,2 | 5 029 | 3 838 | 2 136 | 3 620 | 3 593 | ||||||
| Net finance costs | (496) | (543) | (1 116) | (774) | (737) | ||||||
| Income tax expense | (1 135) | (718) | (356) | (714) | (897) | ||||||
| Tax rate (%) | 25,6 | 25,5 | 68,6 | 27,6 | 28,3 | ||||||
| Profit for the year | 3 338 | 2 142 | 185 | 1 896 | 2 313 | ||||||
| Headline earnings | 3 504 | 2 145 | 550 | 1 977 | 1 991 | ||||||
| Extracts from the statement of cash flows | |||||||||||
| Cash generated by operations before interest, taxation paid and capital expenditure on vehicles for hire | 6 289 | 7 113 | 4 121 | 4 183 | 6 784 | ||||||
| Cash flow from investing activities (including capital expenditure on vehicles for hire) | (3 565) | (373) | (1 666) | (1 312) | (1 018) | ||||||
| Net debt (raised)/repaid | (1 100) | 4 450 | 537 | (190) | 1 387 | ||||||
| Extracts from the statement of financial position | |||||||||||
| Total assets | 42 940 | 38 457 | 43 678 | 38 872 | 36 716 | ||||||
| Operating assets | 1 | 39 823 | 34 516 | 39 969 | 36 389 | 33 739 | |||||
| Operating liabilities | 2 | 22 560 | 20 942 | 21 448 | 19 138 | 16 933 | |||||
| Net working capital | 3 | 7 166 | 5 165 | 8 515 | 7 580 | 6 731 | |||||
| Net debt | 4 | 5 036 | 3 401 | 7 442 | 6 618 | 5 900 | |||||
| Motus owners' interest | 13 924 | 12 052 | 12 508 | 11 875 | 11 640 | ||||||
| Non-controlling interest | 121 | 114 | (56) | (37) | 4 | ||||||
| Ratios | |||||||||||
| Efficiency | |||||||||||
| Revenue to average net operating assets (times) | 5 | 6,0 | 5,4 | 4,1 | 4,7 | 4,5 | |||||
| Revenue relating to sales of goods to average inventory (times) | 6 | 4,6 | 4,3 | 3,3 | 4,0 | 4,4 | |||||
| Revenue to average net working capital (times) | 14,9 | 12,7 | 9,1 | 11,1 | 10,3 | ||||||
| Profitability | |||||||||||
| Operating profit to average net operating assets (%)1 | 7 | 32,6 | 23,9 | 11,9 | 21,3 | 21,0 | |||||
| Operating profit to average gross operating assets (%)1 | 13,5 | 10,3 | 5,6 | 10,3 | 11,0 | ||||||
| Operating margins (%)1 | 8 | 5,5 | 4,4 | 2,9 | 4,5 | 4,7 | |||||
| Return on invested capital (%) | 9 | 17,8 | 14,8 | 6,4 | 13,5 | 13,5 | |||||
| Weighted average cost of capital (%) | 10 | 10,9 | 9,5 | 9,8 | 10,7 | 10,7 | |||||
| Solvency | |||||||||||
| Operating profit by net interest (times)1 | 10,1 | 7,1 | 1,9 | 4,7 | 4,9 | ||||||
| Net debt to EBITDA (times) | 0,7 | 0,6 | 1,8 | 1,4 | 1,2 | ||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA by Adjusted net interest (times) | 11 – 13 | 17,9 | 10,9 | 3,6 | 6,2 | n/a | |||||
| Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA (times) | 4, 11, 14 | 0,8 | 0,8 | 2,2 | 1,4 | n/a | |||||
| Total equity to total assets (%) | 32,7 | 31,6 | 28,5 | 30,5 | 31,7 | ||||||
| Net debt as a percentage of total equity (%) | 35,9 | 28,0 | 60,0 | 55,9 | 50,7 | ||||||
| Liquidity | |||||||||||
| Unutilised facilities | 7 910 | 9 963 | 7 555 | 7 525 | n/a |
| 1 | The prior period has been adjusted for the re-presentation to include share of results from associates and joint ventures. |
| 2 | Operating profit before capital items and foreign exchange gains/(losses). |
| Financial definitions |
2022 Rm |
2021 Rm |
2020 Rm |
2019 Rm |
2018 Rm |
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| Investing in the future | |||||||||||
| Cost of new acquisitions | 657 | 219 | 583 | 367 | 731 | ||||||
| Net capital expenditure (excluding vehicles for hire and discontinued operations) | 764 | 325 | 324 | 592 | (756) | ||||||
| Capital expenditure commitments | 515 | 211 | 101 | 254 | 343 | ||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Total new and pre-owned vehicles sold | 225 317 | 228 633 | 208 778 | 215 279 | 227 587 | ||||||
| Number of vehicles for hire (car rental owned only) | 12 407 | 9 308 | 8 554 | 13 380 | 14 991 | ||||||
| Number of employees | 17 283 | 16 708 | 17 499 | 18 628 | 18 305 | ||||||
| Total employee cost | 7 307 | 6 606 | 6 633 | 6 822 | 6 425 | ||||||
| Wealth created per employee (R'000) | 815 | 713 | 612 | 624 | 621 | ||||||
| Total taxes and levies paid | 15 | 1 502 | 796 | 898 | 1 106 | 1 134 | |||||
| Share performance | |||||||||||
| Basic HEPS (cents) | 2 025 | 1 179 | 296 | 1 009 | 986 | ||||||
| Dividends per share (cents) | 710 | 415 | – | 490 | n/a | ||||||
| Earnings yield (%) | 16 | 18,9 | 12,6 | 9,7 | 13,8 | n/a | |||||
| Price earnings ratio (times) | 17 | 5,3 | 7,9 | 10,3 | 7,2 | n/a | |||||
| Net asset value per share (cents) | 18 | 8 143 | 6 586 | 6 653 | 6 185 | 5 762 | |||||
| Market prices (cents) | |||||||||||
| – Closing | 10 700 | 9 334 | 3 062 | 7 312 | n/a | ||||||
| – High | 11 866 | 9 950 | 8 468 | 10 238 | n/a | ||||||
| – Low | 8 346 | 2 700 | 2 380 | 7 152 | n/a | ||||||
| Total market capitalisation at closing prices | 19 | 19 060 | 17 635 | 5 898 | 14 369 | n/a | |||||
| Value of shares traded once unbundled | 13 195 | 9 036 | 11 901 | 10 120 | n/a | ||||||
| Value traded as a percentage of weighted average capitalisation (%) | 69 | 76 | 107 | 110 | n/a | ||||||
| Exchange rates used | |||||||||||
| ZAR to US Dollar | |||||||||||
| Average | 15,22 | 15,40 | 15,67 | 14,18 | 12,86 | ||||||
| Closing | 16,39 | 14,27 | 17,37 | 14,10 | 13,71 | ||||||
| ZAR to British Pound | |||||||||||
| Average | 20,24 | 20,70 | 19,73 | 18,35 | 17,31 | ||||||
| Closing | 19,90 | 19,72 | 21,46 | 17,95 | 18,10 | ||||||
| ZAR to Australian Dollar | |||||||||||
| Average | 11,03 | 11,48 | 10,49 | 10,14 | 9,97 | ||||||
| Closing | 11,27 | 10,71 | 11,96 | 9,90 | 10,13 | ||||||
| ZAR to Euro | |||||||||||
| Average | 17,15 | 18,35 | 17,31 | 16,18 | 15,34 | ||||||
| Closing | 17,13 | 16,93 | 19,51 | 16,06 | 16,01 |
Financial definitions
| 1 | Operating assets |
Operating assets are all assets less loans receivable, taxation
assets, cash resources and assets classified as held-for-sale. |
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| 2 | Operating liabilities | Operating liabilities are all liabilities less all interest-bearing debt, floorplans from financial institutions and taxation liabilities. | |
| 3 | Net working capital | Net working capital includes inventories, trade and other receivables, derivative instruments less provisions, trade and other payables and floorplans from suppliers. | |
| 4 | Net debt | Net debt includes interest-bearing borrowings less cash resources. | |
| 5 | Revenue to average net operating assets (times) | Calculated by dividing revenue by average net operating assets (operating assets less operating liabilities). | |
| 6 | Revenue relating to sales of goods to average inventory (times) | Revenue relating to sales of goods divided by average inventory. | |
| 7 | Operating profit to average net operating assets (%) | Operating profit before capital items and net foreign exchange adjustments divided by average net operating assets. | |
| 8 | Operating margin (%) | Operating profit before capital items and net foreign exchange adjustments divided by revenue. | |
| 9 | Return on invested capital (%) |
The return divided by invested capital. The return is the aggregate of a post-tax operating profit for the last 12 months. Post-tax operating profit is calculated as:
The blended tax rate is an average of the actual tax rates applicable in the various jurisdictions in which the Group operates. Invested capital is a 12-month average of the monthly total equity plus debt. |
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| 10 | Weighted average cost of capital (%) |
The WACC is the 12-month average of the monthly calculated WACC. The monthly WACC is calculated by multiplying the cost of each invested capital component by its proportionate share of invested capital and then aggregating the results. The cost of debt and equity is determined with reference to the prevailing rates in the various jurisdictions in which the Group operates. |
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| 11 | Adjusted EBITDA |
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as:
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| 12 | Adjusted net interest |
Adjusted net interest is calculated as:
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| 13 | Adjusted EBITDA by Adjusted net interest (bank facilities) (times) | Calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by the Adjusted net interest. This is one of the key measures of the covenants of the interest-bearing borrowings relating to our bank facilities. | |
| 14 | Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA (bank facilities) (times) | Calculated as net debt divided by the Adjusted EBITDA. This is one of the key measures of the covenants of the interest-bearing borrowings relating to our bank facilities. | |
| 15 | Total taxes and levies | Made up of income tax expense, withholding and secondary taxation on companies, rates and taxes, skills development and unemployment insurance fund levies. | |
| 16 | Earnings yield (%) | The HEPS divided by the closing price of a share. | |
| 17 | Price earnings ratio (times) | The closing price of a share divided by the HEPS. | |
| 18 | Net asset value per share | Net asset value is the equity attributable to owners of Motus divided by total ordinary shares in issue, net of shares repurchased. | |
| 19 | Total market capitalisation at closing prices (Rm) | Total ordinary shares in issue before treasury shares multiplied by the closing price per share. |



