HORNBACH Baumarkt AG provided preliminary earnings guidance for the fiscal 2020. Based on initial, preliminary and unaudited earnings figures, operating earnings adjusted to exclude non-operating earnings items (adjusted EBIT) are now expected to have more than doubled (Fiscal 2019: €81.9 million). The company increased its sales in the 2020 financial year by 8.1 % to more than €4.4 billion.