26% YOY
25% YOY
24% YOY
EBITDA MARGIN 60%
* Historical figures have been adjusted since prior publications of results,
as explained in the accounting adjustment section below.
Ingo Uytdehaage
CFO
Figure 1
Weekly processed volume and weekly travel volume indexed to the first week of January.
Figure 2
Weekly retail processed volumes indexed to the first week of January.
* In-store retail volume is not a proxy for total point-of-sale volume.
We continue to build Adyen for the long term and have therefore not slowed down hiring despite the current macroeconomic conditions. We grew the team to 1,639 FTE in Q3 2020, adding 191 FTE during the period.
To ensure the absorption of new hires into the team and Adyen culture in a work-from-home setting, we continue to focus on welcoming new team members during our now online introduction sessions. Senior management spends significant time on these online company introductions by hosting Adyen Formula chats, and continues to meet every new hire before they join our team.
We are aware that the current situation is likely to persist for a longer time, and are comfortable growing the company in this environment going forward with all the online efforts that safeguard our culture we have in place. We view this working-from-home period as a marathon, and not a sprint. To adapt to this situation, we have an additional version of the Adyen Formula to reflect this philosophy in place.
Figure 3
Adyen’s Q3 2020 FTE growth
We have identified an accounting error that has resulted in an understatement of our net revenue, EBITDA, and EBITDA margin figures and the related impact on tax and net income since 2018. In Figure 4 you will find an adjusted representation of these figures. These adjusted figures will be included as part of our audited 2020 Financial Statements, in accordance with IAS 1 and IAS 8.
Most of the costs related to our acquiring business (interchange and scheme fees) are charged for transactions which are settled to Adyen and then to our merchants. There is a proportionally minor part of these costs relating to transactions that are either refused or initially authorized and later canceled which are charged separately. For these transactions, we erroneously recorded the scheme fees as costs in our books twice.
These duplicate bookings were solely accounting related and did not affect any cash positions, payouts from financial institutions, or payouts and reporting to our merchants. As business processes were not affected, the above-mentioned bookings were not identified right away. All parties were charged and paid the correct amounts. Once identified, we resolved the accounting treatment of these costs.
As the above did not impact the fundamentals of the business, nor the associated trends we have previously explained, we still have the same long-term view of the business.
You will find the preliminary expected accounting impact on previously reported periods in Figure 4 — these amounts have not been audited. Processed volumes are unchanged.
Figure 4
Accounting adjustment — For the half-yearly reported statements of 2020, 2019 and 2018 (all amounts in EUR '000 unless otherwise stated). For further details, including quarterly, annual and cumulative figures since 2018, go here.
* The lower impact of the adjustment in net income is due to the tax effect of the adjustment.
As our fundamental view of the business has not changed, we maintain the same financial objectives.
Net revenue growth: We aim to grow net revenue and achieve a CAGR between the mid-twenties and low-thirties in the medium term by executing our sales strategy.
EBITDA margin: We expect EBITDA margin to benefit from our operational leverage going forward and remain at levels above 55% in the long-term.
Capital expenditure: We aim to maintain a sustainable capital expenditure level of up to 5% of our net revenue.
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