GRAMMER Aktiengesellschaft: Year-on-year change in earnings performance in first quarter of 2024
April 09, 2024 at 05:29 am EDT
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GRAMMER Aktiengesellschaft: Year-on-year change in earnings performance in first quarter of 2024
09-Apr-2024 / 11:27 CET/CEST
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GRAMMER AG (WKN 589540, ISIN DE0005895403)
GRAMMER AG: Year-on-year change in earnings performance in first quarter of 2024
Ursensollen, April 9, 2024 – Based on its preliminary figures for the first quarter of 2024, GRAMMER AG’s earnings performance was lower than in the same period of the previous year. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the first three months of 2024 declined to around EUR 3.9 million compared with the previous year (Q1 2023: EUR 11.7 million), while operating EBIT amounted to around EUR 2.4 million (Q1 2023: EUR 13.9 million). Operating EBIT was adjusted for positive currency effects of around EUR 1.5 million. Group revenue for the period from January to March 2024 fell by EUR 32.5 million compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to around EUR 556.6 million (Q1 2023: EUR 589.1 million).
Operating earnings in the first three months of 2024 were mainly impacted by revenue decline, higher costs in connection with volatile capacity utilization at plants, ramp-up costs at the new commercial vehicle plant in the US and currency losses. Moreover, revenue in the EMEA and APAC regions was lower than expected in the first quarter of 2024. This was due to weaker demand from manufacturers in response to the significant and continuing macroeconomic and industry-specific uncertainties.
The Executive Board is maintaining its full-year guidance as published in the 2023 Annual Report (Group revenue of around EUR 2.3 billion; operating EBIT of around EUR 75 million).
The interim management statement for the first quarter of 2024 will be published on April 29, 2024.
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Language:
English
Company:
GRAMMER Aktiengesellschaft
Grammer-Allee 2
92289 Ursensollen
Germany
Phone:
+49 (0)9621 66-0
Fax:
+49 (0)9621 66-31000
E-mail:
investor-relations@grammer.com
Internet:
www.grammer.com
ISIN:
DE0005895403, DE0005895403
WKN:
589540, 589540
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Munich; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
GRAMMER AG is a Germany-based company that is active in the automobiles and auto parts sector. The Company develops and manufactures components and systems for automobile interiors, as well as driver and passenger seats. It is organized into two business segments: Automotive and Seating Systems. The Automotive segment supplies headrests, armrests, and center consoles, and the Seating Systems segment provides driver seats for trucks and off-road vehicles, including tractors and agricultural machinery, construction machinery and fork-lifts, as well as driver and passenger seating solutions for trains, coaches and inter-urban buses. The Company operates approximately 40 product and distribution sites in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Africa.