27.03.2014
Basler AG DE0005102008
DGAP-News: Basler AG: Basler reports business figures for 2013:
DGAP-News: Basler AG / Key word(s): Final Results/Final Results
Basler AG: Basler reports business figures for 2013:
27.03.2014 / 07:19
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Press release
Business figures / annual balance sheet
Basler reports business figures for 2013:
Company reaches new record values
- Sales: EUR 65.1 million (2012: EUR 55.9 million, + 16%)
- Incoming orders: EUR 68.6 million (2012: EUR 60.6 million, + 13%)
- Pre-tax result: EUR 7.8 million (2012: EUR 5.6 million, + 39%)
- Free cash flow: EUR 5.6 million (2012: EUR 6.3 million, - 11%)
- Guidance for 2014: Sales EUR 70 - 74 million, pre-tax return rate 8 -
10 %
Ahrensburg, March 27, 2014 - BASLER AG, one of the leading global
manufacturers of industrial cameras, is presenting today its audited annual
report 2013.
The group's sales increased in the fiscal year 2013 by 16 % to EUR 65.1
million (previous year: EUR 55.9 million). The gross profit margin
increased to 49.9 % after 48.1 % in the previous year. The earnings before
taxes amounted to EUR 7.8 million (previous year: EUR 5.6 million, + 39%).
The pre-tax return rate amounted to 12 % (previous year: 10 %). With these
results, the previous guidance communicated by the company has been
achieved at the upper end.
The cash flow from operational activity amounted to EUR 12.1 million
(previous year: EUR 12.6 million, - 4%). The free cash flow, calculated as
the sum of cash flows from operational activity and investment, reached a
value of EUR 5.6 million (previous year: EUR 6.3 million, - 11%).
In 2013, Basler AG achieved the best results in the 25 years of the
company's history. With this background, Basler AG will propose to this
year's shareholders' meeting the distribution of a dividend of 47 cents per
share.
For the fiscal year 2014, the Basler group expects an increase of sales to
EUR 70 to 74 million. Due to attractive growth opportunities in the
industrial camera market, investments in future sales growth will be
continued with unabated intensity. As far as earnings are concerned, we are
assuming a solid pre-tax return rate between 8 % and 10 % depending on the
sales development.
Basler is a leading global manufacturer of digital cameras for industrial
and video surveillance applications, medical devices, and traffic systems.
Product designs are driven by industry requirements and offer easy
integration, compact size, excellent image quality, and a very strong
price/performance ratio. Founded in 1988, Basler has 25 years of experience
in vision technologies and has designed and manufactured high quality
digital cameras for 15 years. The company employs over 400 people at its
headquarters in Ahrensburg, Germany, as well as in international
subsidiaries and offices in the U.S., Singapore, Taiwan, China, and Korea.
The annual report can be downloaded from www.baslerweb.com/finanzberichte.
Basler AG, Dr. Dietmar Ley (CEO), An der Strusbek 60 - 62, D-22926
Ahrensburg, Tel. +49 - 4102- 463 100, ir/baslerweb.com, www.baslerweb.com,
ISIN DE 0005102008
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Language: English
Company: Basler AG
An der Strusbek 60-62
22926 Ahrensburg
Germany
Phone: 04102-463 0
Fax: 04102-463 109
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.baslerweb.com
ISIN: DE0005102008
WKN: 510200
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
Stuttgart
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