Huhtamäki Oyj Reports Earnings Results for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2020
February 12, 2021 at 03:29 pm EST
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Huhtamäki Oyj announced earnings results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020. For the fourth quarter, the company announced sales was EUR 812.8 million compared to EUR 874.6 million a year ago. Net income was EUR 31 million compared to EUR 48.2 million a year ago. Basic earnings per share from continuing operations was EUR 0.3 compared to EUR 0.46 a year ago. For the full year, sales was EUR 3,301.8 million compared to EUR 3,399 million a year ago. Net income was EUR 176.8 million compared to EUR 190.1 million a year ago. Basic earnings per share from continuing operations was EUR 1.69 compared to EUR 1.82 a year ago.
Huhtamaki Oyj specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing paper, cardboard and plastic packaging. Net sales break down by market as follows:
- outside catering (59.7%): disposable packaging and tableware for the fast-food professionals and vending machine. Net sales break down by geographic area between North America (58.5%) and Europe/Asia/Oceania (41.5%);
- food processing industry and consumer goods (40.3%): flexible packaging, films, molded fiber packaging, etc. for the packaging of food, cosmetics, household products, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Finland (1.8%), the United States (34.9%), Germany (10.5%), the United Kingdom (7.8%), India (6.3%), Turkey (4.2%), Australia (4.2%) , Thailand (3.8%), Poland (3%), South Africa (2.8%), Czech Republic (2.5%), and other (18.2%).