Spin Master has become the fourth largest toy manufacturer in the world after revealing its figures for the year-end of 2022 and the final quarter of the year, against what it said was a challenging economic and retail backdrop.
But the company said it was optimistic about 2023, both in terms of its toy products and franchises, and boldly stated that the year would be its biggest ever in terms of entertainment.
Revenue for the year was marginally down by 1.1%, ending 2022 at $2,020.3m. Its constant currency revenue was up by 1.4% to $2,071.1m. Its toy business was one of the bright spots, with a 03% increase.
“Entering into 2023 we are expanding our core toy portfolio with innovation, driving our franchises, and building our licensed partner portfolio”
Max Rangel, Spin Master’s Global President & CEO
Its revenue for the final quarter was down by just under 25% to $465.8m, with entertainment being the star performer in the quarter.
“Our commitment to reimagining everyday play across our three creative centres resulted in Constant Currency Revenue1 growth for 2022 and propelled Spin Master to the become the 4th largest toy manufacturer globally, against the backdrop of challenging economic and retail dynamics,” said Max Rangel, Spin Master’s Global President & CEO. “Entering into 2023 we are expanding our core toy portfolio with innovation, driving our franchises, and building our licensed partner portfolio. 2023 will be one of our biggest in terms of entertainment content releases, showcasing our diversified content pipeline including our second PAW Patrol movie, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, our first PAW Patrol spin-off, Rubble & Crew, as well as the debuts of our two new animated series, Vida the Vet and Unicorn Academy. We will also introduce several new digital play experiences, including the launch of a Rubik’s digital game and our first in-house PAW Patrol digital game. We expect to face continued macroeconomic headwinds and are focused on managing our operational costs, ensuring we position Spin Master to thrive.” He added “from a strategic perspective, we continue to build franchises across Toys, Entertainment and Digital Games, applying our signature innovation, investing in key organizational capabilities and pursuing acquisition opportunities to attract new fans, reach new audiences and engage new players in order to further solidify our leadership in children’s entertainment and deliver profitable growth now and into the future.”
“Our financial discipline and focus on managing pricing and costs effectively drove strong gross and operating margins, despite challenging operating conditions in the second half of 2022”
Mark Segal, Spin Master’s Chief Financial Officer
“We are pleased with our results in 2022, delivering Revenue growth in Constant Currency amidst a challenging macroeconomic backdrop” said Mark Segal, Spin Master’s Chief Financial Officer. “Our financial discipline and focus on managing pricing and costs effectively drove strong gross and operating margins, despite challenging operating conditions in the second half of 2022. Our focus on managing working capital and generating cash flow allowed us to end the year with available liquidity in excess of $1.1 billion. We remain in a very strong financial position with the ability to continue investing in innovation, geographic expansion and acquisitions to drive growth. Our financial framework for value creation, underpinned by our formula for growth across all our creative centres, puts us in a position financially and operationally to generate and sustain long-term, profitable growth and maximize shareholder value.”
“Our commitment to reimagining everyday play across our three creative centres resulted in Constant Currency Revenue1 growth for 2022 and propelled Spin Master to the become the 4th largest toy manufacturer globally, against the backdrop of challenging economic and retail dynamics,” said Max Rangel, Spin Master’s Global President & CEO. “Entering into 2023 we are expanding our core toy portfolio with innovation, driving our franchises, and building our licensed partner portfolio. 2023 will be one of our biggest in terms of entertainment content releases, showcasing our diversified content pipeline including our second PAW Patrol movie, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, our first PAW Patrol spin-off, Rubble & Crew, as well as the debuts of our two new animated series, Vida the Vet and Unicorn Academy. We will also introduce several new digital play experiences, including the launch of a Rubik’s digital game and our first in-house PAW Patrol digital game. We expect to face continued macroeconomic headwinds and are focused on managing our operational costs, ensuring we position Spin Master to thrive.” He added “from a strategic perspective, we continue to build franchises across Toys, Entertainment and Digital Games, applying our signature innovation, investing in key organizational capabilities and pursuing acquisition opportunities to attract new fans, reach new audiences and engage new players in order to further solidify our leadership in children’s entertainment and deliver profitable growth now and into the future.”
“We are pleased with our results in 2022, delivering Revenue growth in Constant Currency amidst a challenging macroeconomic backdrop” said Mark Segal, Spin Master’s Chief Financial Officer. “Our financial discipline and focus on managing pricing and costs effectively drove strong gross and operating margins, despite challenging operating conditions in the second half of 2022. Our focus on managing working capital and generating cash flow allowed us to end the year with available liquidity in excess of $1.1 billion. We remain in a very strong financial position with the ability to continue investing in innovation, geographic expansion and acquisitions to drive growth. Our financial framework for value creation, underpinned by our formula for growth across all our creative centres, puts us in a position financially and operationally to generate and sustain long-term, profitable growth and maximize shareholder value.”
