Hello everyone and welcome to Metrovacesa First Quarter 2022 results presentation. My name is Juan and I will be coordinating your call today. At this time, all participants are in listen only mode to prevent any background noise. If you would like to ask a question, you may do so by pressing star followed by one on your telephone keypad. I would now like to turn the call over to Juan Carlos Calvo, Strategy and IR Director. Please Juan Carlos, go ahead.
Hello, good morning and welcome to the Metrovacesa results presentation for the first quarter of 2022. The slides of this presentation have been released to the market earlier this morning, and they are available through the CNMV website, as well as the company website. We have also sent it by email to our usual distribution list for analysts and investors. Our main speakers today will be our Chief Executive Officer, Jorge Pérez de Leza Eguiguren, and our Chief Financial Officer, Borja Tejada Rendón-Luna. At the end of the presentation, we will take questions from the audio conference call, as well as those sent online through the webcast and through email as well. Now, I hand it over to our CEO, Jorge.
Thank you very much, Juan Carlos, and good morning, everyone, and welcome to our first quarter 2022 results presentation. I will walk you through these slides, and we will call each of the slides as I go through them. Turning into page number five, the highlights of the quarter. I would summarize it in a few words, saying that we are well on track to meet our full year targets, with outstanding operating metrics this quarter. We've had record levels of pre-sales with 568 units, residential units, we'll explain later. Also, in terms of the deliveries, 540 units delivered in the quarter. Also, in financial statements, from the financial statement point of view, we have positive EBITDA of close to EUR 16 million.
Also net profit at positive, with EUR 11 million and our operating cash flow of around EUR 47 million, which represents a little bit more than 30% of the target towards the end of the year. Finally, attractive dividend policy. The shareholders meeting yesterday approved the pre-announced dividend of EUR 0.6 per share. That shall be paid on May 20, and that represents a total dividend on the cash flow generated in 2021 of around EUR 1 per share on an 86% payout on the operating cash flow generated during 2021. Moving on to page seven. I think here you have a summary of the key operational data.
I will not go through each of the numbers here because we can see each of them in more detail in the subsequent pages. Let me briefly introduce a little bit how we see the market. This is in page eight. First of all, from the demand point of view, we continue to see a solid demand in the market in the first quarter following what we saw in 2021, and especially towards the end of the year. As I mentioned before, we have had record BTS Build-to-Sell pre-sales in the quarter. This is coming through pretty much all the markets.
We see demand from domestic buyers in tier one and tier two markets being very strong and also from foreigners in Costa del Sol, which I think was in 2021 a still debated subject. I think 2022 has started quite strong in this regard. We see that there is a favorable demand supply balance, meaning that there is not an equilibrium, but rather, you know, there is less supply than demand, which means that developers are in a favorable situation in this regard. The share of new homes on total transactions is still quite low compared to the long-term average in this market. We're now at around 20% compared to 42% as a 15-year average.
Also, mortgage financing from banks still remains accessible, quite accessible for house buyers, with a 31% year-on-year growth in the new mortgages granted at the beginning of the year. Looking at our forecast, we expect that the HPA in Spain, looking at all markets, so all tier markets, will probably be around 5% in 2022. In terms of our developments, we are now implementing price increases in the range of 3%-80% in a significant number of our projects.
On the other hand, turning to page number nine, the construction costs have been rising starting in 2021, but even more in recent months due to higher energy costs, increased demand of the raw materials, and also the temporary disruptions in the supply chains that was even worse for a few weeks in Spain with a strike on the delivery and transportation that we had. We are seeing in the new contracts to be awarded construction cost increases at around 10%.
Again, this is for construction costs, not that are in progress, but that will be or could be awarded in the next months. We also see that this construction cost pressure is likely to ease up in the second half of the year, assuming that, you know, no further supply chain issues get worse. Also, a reduction in the volume of new housing starts in the sector, especially in small developers, at the end will reduce the pressure on the construction companies because less projects will be started. I think we've seen in the press several, I think, announcements citing reports by third-party companies, you know, that are talking about 30, 40 or even higher number of less projects or less units being stopped or construction not started.
We believe we are in a good position to wade through this situation. First of all, the 2022 deliveries, two-thirds of the construction is already completed, and 100% of the projects to be delivered this year will be completed by August. It means there will be no effect on the 2022 deliveries. We have also taken a position since already two, three years ago of working mainly with large constructors. 60% of our contracted amounts are with what we consider very large companies in Spain that have more limited execution risk compared to smaller construction companies that are, you know, more, let's say, sensitive or sensible to cash flow disruptions.
Finally, also, as I mentioned before, we believe that a positive HVA on units being signed now will offset constructions being signed now. Again, let me remind that we are now signing construction contract, contracts for deliveries in 2024, and we are now selling most of the private contracts or reservations being signed now are also for deliveries of 2024 and beyond. Moving on to next page. I'm now talking in more detail about the operational KPIs. Presales of 568 units coming from BTS exclusively represent a 40% increase compared to the first quarter of 2021, and the average selling price is around EUR 299,000 per unit, which is in line or 3% above the backlog average.
If we look at the last 12 months, that represents accumulated presales of above 2,250 units, which is consistent with our medium targets of 2,500 units per year. In terms of absorption ratios, I think you know the first quarter means that we sold 3.3% of the total units sold and unsold of the projects that are under commercialization, or if we calculate it in a different way, depending on the analyst that covers us, is 6.9%-7% of the units that are unsold. I think managing sales velocity through pricing is probably absolutely key and probably even more important than managing costs in an inflationary environment.
We take big care in doing this in order to, you know, to maximize price, in order to maximize prices, in order to adjust our sales velocity to this ratio of around 3%, which is what we consider optimal in the market. Moving on to page number 11, the residential deliveries. Again, our deliveries of the first quarter, 540 units, is quite supportive of the target for the full year 2022, which is between 1,602 and 2,000 units. I think it's also important to signal that 85% plus of all the units we delivered in the years are already sold.
The construction, as I mentioned before, obviously is all in progress, and the average is at 94% with the aim of finishing all construction before we go on vacation in the month of August. The number of residential deliveries in the 12-month accumulated is close to 1,900 units. And finally, the ASP in the units delivered in the first quarter is around EUR 253,000, which is below the average that we've been selling and below the average of our backlog, and that will change as we go through the year. Remember that this was similar and posed a lot of questions in the first quarter of 2021, where we had, again, a lower average price.
This is just merely due to a mix of the units having been delivered. Moving on to page number 12. Our presales backlog now stands slightly above 3,000 units with an average selling price of close to EUR 290,000. 75% is in private contracts and 25% reservations, so very healthy mix. Finally, 76% is retail clients built to sell, and 24% is institutional or built to rent clients. We have now 6,000 units in commercialization, having launched close to 1,000 new units put into commercialization, 1,000 new units in the quarter. Of those, projects in commercialization or units into commercialization, 51% is sold, a very similar figure to what we had at the end of last year.
Finally, the units under construction, we have in total 3,724. As I mentioned before, the 22 is on track to be delivered. Also, for 2023, 100% of the units are already under construction, and we have 1,100 units with building permits and ready to begin construction as soon as we estimate that we should do so. Moving on to our land business, page 13, we have sold or signed agreements for a total of close to EUR 13 million, of which EUR 4 million is booked in the P&L. It means notarial deed, mainly residential, and EUR 8.6 million is in private, in the form of private contract. Most of this amount equates to the commercial segment, so for tertiary use.
As we mentioned at the beginning of the year, the land sales do require now some kind of, you know, payment installments, and that is the reason that we have, you know, some sales that are being booked into the P&L immediately and others that will be booked in either before the end of the year or at the beginning of next year. Instead of the land management milestones, we continue to, you know, make progress in converting our non-fully permitted land bank into fully permitted, with one project being Avenida de Ausiàs in Valencia City with more than 100 units now becoming fully permitted.
CLESA, which will be a key project in our portfolio in Madrid, with 160 units now being fully permitted and ready to build, and also making progress in other projects in Madrid like Los Cerros, which is in the southeast and will be one of the key supply of houses in the coming years, as well as another piece of land in Colmenar Viejo. In terms of our commercial segments, let me touch base on the Burgos 2 project, which is an office building turnkey. If you remember, around 11,000 square meters GLA, on which 65% of the construction is executed with no delays, and will be delivered this year according to plan, generating additional cash flow.
Our Puerto Somport building phase I, in which, as you remember, we have a 24% stake in the JV with Tishman Speyer, finished, and we are currently finalizing negotiations with key tenants and we hope to announce that the first tenants will be moving in into the building soon. Finally, Oria, or what we call, what is normally known in the market until now as CLESA, the factory CLESA, where 89,000 square meter used or mixed-use commercial use is possible. We are now in negotiations for two turnkey agreements in the student housing and co-living segments, which will account for circa 50% of the buildable area.
We will request, we're already working on the design of the whole site with different architects, and we will be applying for the building licenses before the summer. In order to have the licenses at the end of the year or very beginning of next year, basically 2023. Talking about now sustainability ESG, we have updated our 2022/2024 sustainability strategy, being more ambitious than before and being focused on a very responsible and sustainable business model with nine strategic lines and 21 lines of action that I will describe in a second, with the aim of positioning Metrovacesa as a company in the forefront of development, sustainable development. The strategic lines are mentioned in page 16.
We have, as you see, different lines for the E, S, and G. I will not go through, you know, in detail through each of them, but we will be reporting obviously every year how we progress, again, with the goal of being at the forefront of sustainable development in Spain. Now I hand it over to Borja for the financial overview.
Thank you, Jorge, and good morning, everyone. In terms of profit and loss account, just some key figures. More than EUR 140 million of revenues, meaning 81% rise in total revenues year-on-year. In terms of gross development margin, 20.2% according with our guidance of low twenties. Recurring EBITDA close to EUR 16 million and net profit close to EUR 11 million. About operating cash flow generation, EUR 47 million, around one-third of the total target for the year. Concerning our net debt, very solid position as always, 4.9% of loan to value and 8.4% pro forma LTV once we distribute EUR 91 million of dividends in two weeks.
Bond rating improved one notch up to BBB with direct impact of 20 basis points reduction in the coupons. Finally, some update about our buyback. EUR 21 million invested with positive mark to market of EUR 4.5 million. Now, I will hand over Jorge with closing remarks.
Thank you, Borja Tejada Rendón-Luna. Moving to page 21. We should obviously mention at this point where we are on the partial tender offer that has been presented by FCC. The key terms of the announced offer are an offer price of now, after the approval of 0.6 EUR per share dividend. The offer price is reduced to EUR 7.2 per share. This is a voluntary and partial offer for a maximum or up to 24% of Metrovacesa, and has been presented by FCC S.A., which is a subsidiary of the FCC Group. It's, well, important to note that the offeror's group currently holds a 5.4% stake in Metrovacesa since a few years back.
The key dates in the process, as many of you already probably know, is that on the offer was announced on the 23rd of March, with intention to submit the application to the CNMV, which was actually done on the 25th of April. We now are under the acceptance period, which is granted by the CNMV. This takes normally a few years, after which.
Days.
Sorry a few days after which the CNMV will actually study the proposal and will be approved or not in the subsequent 20 days or more. According to the legal statutory obligations, the board of directors of Metrovacesa will issue its mandatory opinion on the offer within the first 10 calendar days of the acceptance period. Worth noting that the Board of Directors of Metrovacesa has approved and appointed advisors, Bank of America as financial advisor, and Hogan Lovells and Uría Menéndez as legal advisors, and has also created a committee to monitor the tender offer and to inform the Board of Directors on a say permanent basis.
Page number 22, just a reminder on the dividend policy that since the beginning, we mentioned that our intention is and will continue to be to distribute 80%, at least 80% of the free cash flow generated at the end of each calendar year. Obviously this year we just approved the EUR 0.6 per share, which represent a total payment of EUR 91 million that shall be paid on the 20th of May, and therefore the ex-date will be a couple of days before that on the 18th of May. In total, the company until now has distributed EUR 262 million.
As you can see, the payouts for the different years have been in line with our policy of distributing more than 80% of the cash flow generated. Finally, as closing remarks, I think I will end up with the same that I mentioned at the beginning is that our figures for the first quarter of 2022 reinforce our expectations for the full year targets in the residential deliveries of 1,600-2,000 units. We have more than 85% pre-sold as of today, and 34% has already been delivered in the first quarter. In the land sales agreements of more than EUR 75 million, we have 17% already achieved and a pipeline that makes us believe that we will meet the current target.
Finally, the operating cash flow of at least EUR 150 million already more than 30% achieved in just the first quarter. That will be all from my side. Juan Carlos?
Yes. Thank you, Jorge. We are now ready to take questions from the audience, from the conference call. We will start with the audio. Please, operator.
Thank you. If you would like to ask a question at this point, please press star followed by number one on your telephone keypads. If you would like to withdraw your question, please press star followed by number two. When preparing to ask a question, please ensure your phone is unmuted locally. The first question comes from the line of Fernando Abril-Martorell from Alantra. Please, Fernando, your line is now open.
Hello, good morning. Thank you for taking my questions. I have three long ones. First, with regards to demand, very strong Q1 pre-sales figure. I was wondering if you could give us some color with April numbers. Also, I don't know if you expect Q2 to beat Q1 numbers, considering the seasonality effect, no? This is on demand. Second, on construction cost. Everything you've commented, Jorge, I think it was, with regards to future WIP units, no? On those units that are under tender process, no? I only want to confirm two things.
First, units that are currently under construction are not suffering any, let's say, changes in budgets from construction companies. Second, that your 10% more or less construction cost inflation for the year guidance or forecast is kind of an average. That meaning, even higher or above 10% in the first half of the year and lower for the second half of the year. A third question is with new WIP units that you have reported 257 in this quarter. I don't know how this compared to your initial budget for Q1. Also, I would like to know what is your expectations for the full year in terms of new WIP units. Thank you.
Good morning, Fernando. Jorge speaking here. Yes, definitely long and interesting and strategic questions, I would say. I think on the demand, if we're going one by one, on the demand side, your first question, I think April is also strong. You know, I think we still continue to see despite you know, the economic uncertainty, the war fears, et cetera, I think April continues to be a strong month. I think you know, I want to come back to a comment that I made during the slide on pre-sale. That I think you know, in an inflationary moment, obviously construction cost is something that you have to manage very closely.
I would say sales is probably something that you manage, you have to manage even more carefully. Because keep in mind that, you know, at the end of the day, the keeping or saving margins, you manage it through both, the construction cost and the sales, no? I think the goal of Metrovacesa is to adjust the velocity of sales through pricing, in order to be around that 3% of sales per month, per project. Okay, as you saw, we were at 3.3% in the first quarter, and we plan to do the same in the second quarter. Obviously, this is not an exact figure. It can go up and down, but it should be our goal.
We could have sold more in the first quarter, but at the end, managing through pricing, you have to manage or you have to try to, you know, we call it microsurgery, to keep that level of pre-sales in each of the projects. Again, to answer your question, I think I'm probably answering too long here, but I think we're managing pricing very carefully and not to oversell, but also not to undersell. Given that demand is still strong, we will continue with a similar level to what we have seen in Q1. I think in construction costs, yes.
I mean, keep in mind that obviously all the units of 2022 and 2023 are with, you know, with a contract signed, fixed price contract. 2022, ninety-four percent advanced, so, you know, almost finished. 2023 with different levels of progress on each of the contract. Therefore, what we are tendering right now is for new units. Therefore that 10% inflation is an average for the year, yes.
I mean, first and second half of the year, more and less, to be honest, I think it's difficult to answer that question accurately because we do have some projects that we are signing and awarding and starting construction now at the beginning, the first part of the year, that have no overcost compared to what we planned. We have some that have 8% and some that have 10%, not more than that. Towards the second part of the year, will it be better off or worse? We believe it's going to get better, and the reason for that is, I think, two. You know, the first one is, price of steel seems to be now stabilizing.
What we hear from construction costs is that there is less pressure on the steel supply. Secondly, looking at the manpower, we believe that at least 30% of the projects that were to be started in the year, especially from smaller developers, will not be started. Therefore, construction companies, some of which I've already been talking to, are already seeing that their backlog of new contracts is decreasing, which means that the pressure on manpower will ease up. I think, then you also asked, you know, what is the effect of construction cost increase in WIP units, no? 2022 delivery is 94% done. No impact.
I mean, there is no reason for a construction company for a project that has been delivered or will be delivered in the next month to talk about the steel price. Steel that was put in the construction site maybe more than a year ago. No impact. In 2023, impact in some of the works, especially those that are in the initial stages. We see that those impacts will be offset by the different HPA that we are acquiring. I think no meaningful impact in the margins of 2023 deliveries. Finally, your third question, which was the construction start.
I think we are managing this in a way that, obviously, when we see that either the margin basically looking at maximizing or keeping our margin in the low 20s% gross margin that we've always talked about. There are some projects that we can launch, no problem, because the construction costs are in line with what we sold. There are others that we see the HPA that we are getting clearly offsets the potential construction costs, and we launch that as well. In some cases, we are delaying some of the construction starts, which doesn't mean launches.
Remember that we consider a launch when we activate the units and start working on the design, the commercialization, et cetera. I'm talking now about construction starts. We may postpone some one-three months if needed, but without jeopardizing the number of units to be delivered in 2024. This means that we will have probably in some cases a more back-ended second half of the year in terms of deliveries compared to 2022 and 2023, where it will be more, let's say, you know, how do you say, more stable quarter- by- quarter. I think in 2024, due to the fact that we are delaying a few projects, they will be more backended, but again, without jeopardizing the number of units to be delivered in 2024.
Mm-hmm. Thank you very much, Jorge. May I have a follow-up on demand? Just very short one.
Okay, go ahead.
Okay. Thank you. Please, do you have, so with this very strong pre-sales in Q1, is there any specific region where is, let's say, outperforming your initial estimates?
I think, as I mentioned before, I think all markets are performing actually well. We are, you know, extremely happy about that because that means that, you know, it's a stable and durable demand. If I had to highlight some that have, you know, surprised us positively, it's probably Costa del Sol, as I mentioned.
Okay.
The Canary Islands, which I think, Canary Islands when, you know, at the end lives off tourism a lot. We had, I would say, you know, 2020 and beginning of 2021 that suffered. The second half of 2021 came in strongly and 2022 has been now that tourism, the tourism machine is working again, people are buying homes. I would say those areas are.
Okay.
To be.
Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Scander Bentichikou from Lazard. Please, Iskander, your line is now open.
Hello, everybody. This is Scander Bentichikou from Lazard. Two questions, if I may. Could you remind us what is the management stance regarding the FCC offer for minority shareholders? It look like a joke with a 50% discount on NAV, and it's a bit tricky because it will reduce liquidity in a dramatic way. My second question is the following. After the FCC offer, there have been the publication of a document that specifies some accounting issues vis-à-vis the CNMV on a certain number of assets, Eurov egas, CLESA and the land.
I was wondering if you could help me to understand what stands behind those, the document, because it looks like it put the company into the regulator spotlight in terms of asset valuation, accounts payable and other financial debt. Thanks a lot.
Thank you, Scander. Jorge Pérez de Leza speaking here again. On your first question on the management stance on FCC offer, well, let me remind you that from a legal point of view, there is a statutory rule that we have to follow. Therefore, the company through the board of directors will issue a report on the FCC offer on the date 10 days following the acceptance period of the offer. In order to do so, we have also, as I mentioned, retained the financial advisor, Bank of America, and legal advisors through Hogan Lovells, as well as Uría Menéndez, that will help the Board of Directors to draft its opinion on the offer.
Before that, we cannot make any opinion because on the other hand, we don't even the prospectus is not even approved yet, so we don't know the final terms. Again, I think the board will express its opinion through the report to be issued within the 10 days following the acceptance period. On the second question, I think I captured the first part. I'm not sure if there was a second part. The first part was in regard to a CNMV requirement regarding evaluation of some assets. I think this is a standard question coming from the CNMV when they revise you know the different annual accounts.
This was actually a question regarding 2019 and 2020 financial accounts, and questions about the methodology and evaluation of some of the assets. This question was answered, and as I believe the report that published both the questions, and the replies has been published in the CNMV webpage. Again, these are standard questions that the CNMV posts when they revise the different financial accounts. I'm not sure if there was an additional question or it was just about the evaluation of the assets and the CNMV.
No. Okay. It's okay for me. I just wanted to hear that, yeah, this evaluation were okay and the CNMV was convinced, but by your answers and that there are not any hole in the balance sheet.
That's correct. We answered their requests, and there have been no more questions from the CNMV.
Thank you. Please, in your, I mean, response to FCC, please remember that you have minority shareholders.
We do remember that.
Thank you.
As a reminder to ask any further question, please press star followed by number one on your telephone keypads. We currently have no further questions on the phone lines. I will hand over back to Juan Carlos for the webcast questions.
Yes, we do have a few questions from the webcast. Starting from a couple of analysts, first from the analyst of CaixaBank BPI, Sofía Barajas. She's asking, has the current inflationary pressure impacted the number of new launches year to date? If cost pressure does not ease up in the second half of the year, can we expect any delays in the deliveries of the year 2023 and 2024? Also a follow-up question, do you continue to see development gross margins at around 20% for the next few years?
Well, I think I answered most of those. I think in 2022, you know, full construction works finished before the summer. 2023, no delays. 2024, if we delay any of the construction starts, it will be with two caveats in mind. The first one meaning, you know, margin preservation. The second one meaning, that we don't want to jeopardize the units delivery in 2024. As of today, and looking at, you know, how we see the construction costs evolve, we do not see any impact in the deliveries of the years 2022 to 2024. We will obviously update you every quarter on how we see the situation going forward.
The second question on the margins, yes, we still see, you know, our figure of around low 20s% for the coming years. You know, the strong HPA that we are implementing in deliveries of 2024 and beyond, I think will offset the construction cost increase. As of today, I cannot, you know. I think saying that low 20s% is the target figure is still in place, and we're managing to achieve that.
Okay. Another analyst from Banco Santander, Mariano Miguel. He has several questions. I guess the first one has been answered, but I will read it just in case. First on construction costs, what are the main drivers behind your expectation of normalization of prices in the second half of the year? Second, regarding HPA, given the potential reduction in new construction starts, can we see more pressure on prices and therefore HPA above that 5%? Three, on the commercial real estate business, apart from CLESA, are you receiving interest in any other areas? If so, can you give us some more color? Four, on your ESG plan, what percentage of A energy efficiency certifications do you target in future deliveries?
Okay, Mariano. Sorry I took a little longer. I was writing all your questions. I think the first one, I think I already mentioned it. You know, the drivers that we see on what we are contracting right now. The main issue when you start a construction is the cost of steel and the cost of hormigón, cement, to be honest. What we are seeing in the last weeks is that the cost of the steel is stabilizing and, in some cases, even going down. More important than that, I think is for me at least is the sentiment that I get from the construction companies when we talk to them.
I think they are in a situation where they see a stabilization going forward. I think that's one reason. The second one is that I mentioned, less launches and therefore less pressure on manpower. Which links very nicely to your second question, which is HPA and, you know, will HPA be actually higher. I think, you know, it's already a good figure now, and I think we have to manage, as I mentioned before, to achieve that 3% number of units being sold.
Again, just as a reminder, this 3% means that you sell 100% of the project in 33 months, which is more or less the timing between launching commercialization and delivery. We will, you know, if we can achieve more HPA and still keep the demand in this 3%, we will do so. If we have to, you know, keep HPA a little bit lower so that the speed of sales doesn't slow, we will actually do so. I think our, you know, 3%-8% that we're achieving in a significant number of projects is already, I think, a very healthy figure. I wouldn't actually expect more than that as of today.
On your third project, question, sorry, talking about commercial, I think, you know, there are other projects that are on the pipeline that I think are important. You know, for one of them being Puerto Somport, our office park JV with Tishman Speyer. You know, as the lease-up of the building continues, we will, you know, start working on phase two, which is another building for 20,000 square meters, and obviously selling the plot related to that phase.
Projects like Loinsa in 22@ District, where we have an office project for 32,000 square meters, where, as I mentioned, I think, in the last results presentation or the previous ones, where we have already worked on the design and applied or will apply soon for the building permit in order to, you know, make sure that we advance on and reduce the timing in the project so that when an investor comes in, you know, we've already applied for the license or are close in time to get the license and therefore make the project more attractive. It's getting more questions than before.
Finally, I would say as well, City Metropolitana in Barcelona, we're close to the Fira, close to the expo center, where we have 135,000 square meters. Also, we are seeing we are having some conversations there. Nothing too explicit yet, but definitely, I think commercial will towards the second part of the year will bring more color into the land sales and into the forward purchase agreement arena. Your fourth question, which is related to the ESG and A projects target, we have a target for A and B, and not a specific target for A. This is to reach more than 85% on A and B.
Okay. Thank you, Jorge. We have also questions sent by email to us from an investor regarding the takeover bid. We get a question to what extent is this takeover bid going to change the strategy and profile of the company, particularly with respect to the focus on cash flow generation and dividend distribution?
Okay. Well, thank you, Juan Carlos. I think it's important to remember that this is a partial takeover offer, meaning that maximum the offeree would retain 30% of the company, and therefore that you know, it is the intention of the board of directors at this point that the strategy remains unchanged. As a reminder, you know, what our strategy is you know, to continue with our strategic focus on delivering residential units, 2,500 in the medium term. Also, to you know, maximize the value of our commercial portfolio and in four or five years, add the maximum value to that part of the business. Finally, reduce or optimize the land bank size.
This is done through development, launches, and also through land sales, no? All with the goal, I think, which is to distribute a dividend of 80% plus of the free cash flow generated. That will continue to, you know, that is the intention of the board of directors, that this should continue to be like this, as we have demonstrated since 2019 when we started our first distribution.
Thank you. Another question from, again, from an investor, and related to the takeover bid. What could happen with the liquidity of the shares after the takeover bid? Is it possible that Metrovacesa will no longer be listed in the stock market?
I think it's important from the information that we have until now, which is, you know, the announcement by FCC, is that they're, you know, they value the permanence of Metrovacesa as a listed company and they have no, you know, intention to change that in any way. I think, you know, first of all, important to say that not us, the company, but FCC having said that the company will remain listed, meaning that, you know, you will be able to buy or sell shares going forward. What, you know, the impact on liquidity, I think will depend at the end. It's difficult for us to predict right now. It will depend obviously on what percentage of the company ends up taking or not the offer.
As I mentioned before, we've retained financial and legal advisors and that will also help us, you know, in the case that this becomes an issue to design actions in order to make sure that we maximize value and that we take care of all our shareholders, minority and big shareholders.
Okay. Thank you. We don't have any more questions from the webcast or email, and I believe we don't have on the audio conference call. I guess this concludes the conference call for the first quarter results. We thank you all for participating and, as always, the investor relations team will be available for any follow-up questions that you may have in the next few hours or days. Thank you.
This concludes today's conference call. Thank you so much for joining. You may now disconnect your lines.