FINANCIAL REVIEW
2023
(EUR million) |
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW | Cash flows of ex-infrastructure project companies | Cash flows of infrastructure project companies | Intercompany eliminations |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
991
|
51
|
940
|
0
|
Dividends from projects | 324 | 741 | 0 | -417 |
Other cash flows from (used in) operating activities | 119 | 154 | -36 | 0 |
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities excluding tax payments | 1,433 | 946 | 904 | -417 |
Tax payments | -170 | -155 | -15 | 0 |
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities | 1,263 | 791 | 890 | -417 |
Investments | -654 | -454 | -310 | 111 |
Interest received and other investing activities Cash flows | 185 | 228 | -36 | -6 |
Divestments | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities | -426 | -184 | -347 | 104 |
Activity cash flow | 837 | 607 | 543 | -313 |
Interest paid | -432 | -83 | -355 | 6 |
Ferrovial shareholder remuneration | -250 | -250 | 0 | 0 |
Scrip dividend | -136 | -136 | 0 | 0 |
Treasury share repurchase | -114 | -114 | 0 | 0 |
Other shareholder remuneration for subsidiary minorities | -377 | -51 | -743 | 417 |
Other cash flows from (used in) financing activities | -246 | -761 | 626 | -111 |
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities | -1,304 | -1,146 | -471 | 313 |
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents | 160 | 161 | -1 | 0 |
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to consolidation scope changes | -34 | 0 | -34 | 0 |
Change in cash and cash equivalents | -341 | -378 | 37 | 0 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 5,130 | 4,962 | 168 | 0 |
Cash and cash equivalents at year-end | 4,789 | 4,585 | 204 | 0 |
2022
(EUR million) |
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW | Cash flows of ex-infrastructure project companies | Cash flows of infrastructure project companies | Intercompany eliminations |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted EBITDA | 883 | 228 | 655 | 0 |
Dividends from projects | 284 | 475 | 0 | -191 |
Other cash flows from (used in) operating activities | -82 | -47 | -35 | 0 |
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities excluding tax payments | 1,085 | 656 | 620 | -191 |
Tax payments | -82 | -91 | 9 | 0 |
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities | 1,002 | 565 | 629 | -191 |
Investments | -1,226 | -856 | -784 | 414 |
Interest received and other investing activities Cash flows | 65 | 5 | 64 | -4 |
Divestments | 429 | 429 | 0 | 0 |
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities | -731 | -421 | -720 | 410 |
Activity cash flow | 271 | 143 | -92 | 219 |
Interest paid | -329 | -44 | -289 | 4 |
Ferrovial shareholder remuneration | -578 | -578 | 0 | 0 |
Scrip dividend | -132 | -132 | 0 | 0 |
Treasury share repurchase | -445 | -445 | 0 | 0 |
Other shareholder remuneration for subsidiary minorities | -161 | -67 | -285 | 191 |
Other cash flows from (used in) financing activities | 750 | 549 | 616 | -414 |
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities | -317 | -140 | 42 | -219 |
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents | -283 | -289 | 7 | 0 |
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to consolidation scope changes | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Change in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations | -81 | -81 | 0 | 0 |
Change in cash and cash equivalents | -407 | -367 | -40 | 0 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 5,536 | 5,329 | 207 | 0 |
Cash and cash equivalents at year-end | 5,130 | 4,962 | 168 | 0 |
Cash flows from (used in) operating and investing activities
The ex-infrastructure cash flows from (used in) operating and investing activities are as follows:
2023 (EUR million) | Cash flows from (used in) operating activities | Cash flows from (used in) investing activities | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Toll Roads proyects** | 704 | -66 | 638 |
Airports proyects** | 6 | -245 | -239 |
Construction | 390 | -71 | 319 |
Services | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Energy Infrastructure & Mobility | -3 | 0 | -3 |
Others*** | -152 | -29 | -181 |
Interest received and other investing activities Cash flows | 0 | 228 | 228 |
Total excluding tax payments | 946 | -184 | 762 |
Tax payments | -155 | 0 | -155 |
Total | 791 | -184 | 607 |
**Cash flows from operating activities in Toll Roads and Airports refers to dividends
2022 (EUR million) | Cash flows from (used in) operating activities | Cash flows from (used in) investing activities | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Toll Roads proyects** | 388 | -339 | 50 |
Airports proyects** | 10 | -186 | -176 |
Construction | 208 | -92 | 116 |
Services | 83 | 297 | 380 |
Energy Infrastructure & Mobility | 28 | -53 | -25 |
Others*** | -60 | -55 | -115 |
Interest received and other investing activities Cash flows | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Total excluding tax payments | 656 | -421 | 235 |
Tax payments | -91 | 0 | -91 |
Total | 565 | -421 | 143 |
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities
At December 31st, 2023, ex-infrastructure cash flows from (used in) operating activities totaled EUR 946 million (before tax), compared to EUR 656 million in 2022, impacted by higher dividends from Toll Roads, including the first dividend distribution from NTE35W (EUR 251 million), as well as by a higher contribution from the Construction Business Division in Spain and Poland.
**Cash flows from operating activities in Toll Roads and Airports refers to dividends
***Other includes the operating cash flow from Corporate Business, Airports & Toll Roads headquarters, along with the Energy Infrastructure and Mobility business/Services.
Breakdown of cash flow from Construction:
Construction (EUR million) | 2023 | 2022 |
---|---|---|
Adjusted EBITDA* | 218 | 176 |
Adj. EBITDA infrastructure projects | 7 | 6 |
Adj. EBITDA ex-infrastructure projects | 211 | 170 |
Dividends from projects | 0 | 12 |
Other Cash Flows from (used in) operating activities (ex Tax payments ex infrastructure projects) | 179 | 26 |
Construction Ex Infrastructure Cash Flows from (used in) operating activities Ex Tax payments | 390 | 208 |
Dividends received from projects reached EUR 741 million in 2023 (EUR 475 million in 2022).
Dividends from Energy Infrastructure and Mobility projects reached EUR 30 million in 2023 including EUR 11 million from Serveo and EUR 18 million related to an intercompany loan repayment following the refinancing process with bank debt at Berrocal photovoltaic plant. In 2022, the EUR 60 million dividend was mostly related to the extraordinary dividend from Transchile (EUR 51 million) upon the closing of its refinancing.
Dividends from Toll Roads projects amounted to EUR 704 million in 2023 (EUR 388 million in 2022), including the first dividend distribution from NTE 35W (EUR 251 million).
Toll Roads Dividends (EUR million) | 2023 | 2022 |
---|---|---|
407 ETR | 281 | 237 |
LBJ | 37 | 31 |
NTE | 109 | 92 |
NTE 35W | 251 | 0 |
IRB | 1 | 2 |
Irish toll roads | 2 | 3 |
Portuguese toll roads | 1 | 2 |
Australian toll roads | 9 | 4 |
Spanish toll roads | 8 | 12 |
Others | 6 | 5 |
Total | 704 | 388 |
Non-IFRS financial measure. For the definition and reconciliation of the most directly comparable IFRS measure, refer to Alternative Performance Measures of the Integrated Annual Report (page 262)
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities
2023 (EUR million) | INVESTMENTS | DIVESTMENTS | Cash flows from (used in) investing activities |
---|---|---|---|
Toll Roads | -98 | 32 | -66 |
Airports | -245 | 0 | -245 |
Construction | -77 | 6 | -71 |
Energy Infrastructure & Mobility | -21 | 20 | 0 |
Others | -14 | -15 | -29 |
Interest received and other investing activities Cash flows | 228 | 0 | 228 |
Total | -226 | 43 | -184 |
2022 (EUR million) | INVESTMENTS | DIVESTMENTS | Cash flows from (used in) investing activities |
---|---|---|---|
Toll Roads | -473 | 134 | -339 |
Airports | -186 | 0 | -186 |
Construction | -97 | 5 | -92 |
Services | -19 | 316 | 297 |
Energy Infrastructure & Mobility | -53 | 0 | -53 |
Others | -28 | -27 | -55 |
Interest received and other investing activities Cash flows | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Total | -850 | 429 | -421 |
The cash flows from (used in) investing activities in 2023 (EUR -184 million) include:
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities
As regards cash flows for companies that own infrastructure project concessions, these primarily include revenues from those companies that are currently in operation, though they also include VAT refunds and payments corresponding to projects currently in the construction phase.
The following table shows a breakdown of cash flows from (used in) operating activities from infrastructure projects.
This was primarily driven by the opening to traffic of I-66 in November 2022, partially offset by the positive evolution of the other of Managed Lanes and the higher contribution from Dalaman Airport, that is consolidated since June 2022.
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities
The following table shows a breakdown of the Cash flows from (used in) investing activities from infrastructure projects, mainly payments made in respect of capital expenditure investments over the year.
This change was primarily driven by the capital expenditures carried out in I-66 and NTE35W in 2022.
(EUR million) | 2023 | 2022 |
---|---|---|
LBJ | -4 | -2 |
NTE | -51 | -8 |
NTE 35W** | -75 | -247 |
I-77 | -2 | -17 |
I-66 | -95 | -436 |
Portuguese toll roads | -2 | -1 |
Spanish toll roads | -13 | -4 |
Others | 0 | 0 |
Total toll roads | -242 | -715 |
Others | -77 | -94 |
Total projects | -319 | -809 |
Equity Subsidy | 9 | 25 |
Interest received and other investing activities Cash flows | -36 | 64 |
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities | -347 | -720 |
**NTE35W includes the NTE3C segment’s construction that opened to traffic in June 2023.
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities includes the payment of dividends and the repayment of equity by concession-holding companies to their shareholders, along with the payments for share capital increases received by these companies. In the case of concession holders which are fully integrated within Ferrovial, these amounts represent 100% of the amounts paid out and received by the concession-holding companies, regardless of the percentage share that the Company holds in such concessions. No dividend or Shareholder Funds’ repayment is included for equity-accounted companies.
The interest cash flow refers to the interest paid by the concession-holding companies, together with other fees and costs closely related to the acquisition of financing. The cash flow for these items relates to interest costs for the period, along with any other item that represents a direct change in the net debt amount for the period.
*Non-IFRS financial measure. For the definition and reconciliation of the most directly comparable IFRS measure, refer to Alternative Performance Measures of the Integrated Annual Report.
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