28.01.2016
DATAGROUP AG DE000A0JC8S7
DGAP-News: DATAGROUP AG: DATAGROUP posts record profit for FY 2014/2015
DGAP-News: DATAGROUP AG / Key word(s): Final Results
DATAGROUP AG: DATAGROUP posts record profit for FY 2014/2015
28.01.2016 / 07:33
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DATAGROUP posts record profit for FY 2014/2015
All-time-high revenues (EUR 157.6m) and EBITDA (EUR 15.3m)
Earnings per share boosted to 65 cents (previous year 14 cents)
Dividend to rise from 20 to 25 cents
Conversion to a European company initiated
Pliezhausen, January 28, 2016. DATAGROUP AG (WKN A0JC8S) today publishes
audited figures for the fiscal year from October 1, 2014 to September 30,
2015. It was a record year for the IT service provider in all areas. Both
revenues and earnings reached new peaks. Shareholders should also benefit.
Management board and supervisory board propose a dividend increase from 20
cents to 25 cents per share.
In FY 2014/2015, DATAGROUP AG generated record revenues of EUR 157.6m
(guidance: >EUR 155m, previous year EUR 152.4m). Particularly in the
higher-margin service business, DATAGROUP significantly increased revenues
(EUR 120.8m, previous year EUR 114.4m). The share of services in revenues
climbed to 76.6% (previous year 75.1%). The strongly improved revenue
quality boosted profits. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortisation (EBITDA) reached a new all-time-high of EUR 15.3m (guidance:
>EUR 15m, previous year EUR 10.3m after extraordinary expenses), as did the
EBITDA margin of 9.7% (previous year 6.7% after extraordinary expenses).
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) doubled to EUR 9.6m (previous
year EUR 4.8m after extraordinary expenses). Net profit for the period
skyrocketed to EUR 4.9m (previous year EUR 1.1m), corresponding to earnings
per share of 65 cents (previous year 14 cent after extraordinary expenses).
The very strong cash flow of EUR 12.0m (previous year EUR 8.0m) helped to
strengthen equity. The equity ratio was up from 22.4% a year ago to 23.3%.
'We really took off in fiscal 2014/2015', comments DATAGROUP CEO Max H.-H.
Schaber. 'Our future strategy DATAGROUP 2020 and the full-service offer
CORBOX have provided the basis for this record result and for further
strong and profitable growth in the future. We certainly want our
shareholders to participate in this success. We therefore will propose to
the Annual General Meeting to raise the dividend from 20 cents to 25 cents
per share. In so doing, we take account of our shareholders' interests
while strengthening the capital base for further growth.'
The management was equally satisfied with the start to the new fiscal year
(October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016). In its core business with
long-term outsourcing and cloud contracts, DATAGROUP has acquired several
well-known new customers, including a major retailer for jewellery,
Europe's leading supplier of textile craft products, MEZ GmbH, as well as
Schott AG, an internationally leading technology group for special glass
and glass ceramics.
'Companies depend on a fail-proof and efficiently working IT. This is why
we are very proud that more and more large, internationally active
Mittelstand companies entrust us with the management of certain IT services
or with their entire corporate IT', says DATAGROUP COO Dirk Peters.
'However, the larger the companies who we offer our services, the more
important is the IT service provider's international appearance. For this
reason, we have initiated the conversion of DATAGROUP AG to a European
company (SE) as part of our growth strategy DATAGROUP 2020. We are
convinced that this will make us even more attractive for large,
internationally active Mittelstand customers.' DATAGROUP continues to focus
its business operations on the German market; it is not planned to
establish service locations abroad. Already today, DATAGROUP attends to its
customers' international activities from Germany in the context of its
follow the customer strategy.
The merger plan with an Austrian non-operational stock company will be
submitted to the Annual General Meeting for approval on March 17, 2016. In
connection with the merger, DATAGROUP AG is to take the legal form of a
Societas Europaea (SE) and continue to operate with a two-tier system
consisting of a management board and a supervisory board. Shareholders of
DATAGROUP AG will automatically become shareholders of the future DATAGROUP
SE. Pliezhausen will remain the registered office. The conversion to a
European company will be accompanied by the establishment of an English
capital market communication. The company believes that this will also lead
to a raising awareness among international investors.
Detailed key figures for FY 2014/2015 are available for download:
www.datagroup.de > Investor Relations > Financial Information.
Balance sheet conference call of DATAGROUP AG
The management board of DATAGROUP AG invites all interested investors,
analysts, and journalists to participate in a conference call which
comments on figures and outlook. It will take place on Monday, February 1,
2016, at 10:30 am CET (dial-in number: +49 69 38098911). The conference
language is German. We offer a separate date for English-speaking
investors. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Michael Klein
([email protected]).
To listen to a replay of the call after the conference, please visit the
company's website under
http://www.datagroup.de/datagroup/investor-relations/nachrichten-termine.h
tml.
Quarterly reporting dates
February 2016: Publication of Q1 figures (01.10.-31.12.2015)
March 17, 2016: Annual General Meeting in Pliezhausen
May 2016: Publication of Q2 and H1 figures (01.01.-31.03.2016 and
30.09.2015-31.03.2016)
August 2016: Publication of Q3 and 9M figures (01.04.-30.06.2016 and
01.10.2015-30.06.2016)
For our constantly updated financial calender, please refer to our website
at www.datagroup.de, Investor Relations section.
About DATAGROUP:
DATAGROUP is a leading German IT service company. Over 1,400 employees at
16 locations across Germany design, implement, and operate IT
infrastructure and business applications such as SAP. With its product
CORBOX, DATAGROUP is a full-service provider, serving over 330,000 global
IT workstations for medium and large enterprises as well as for
public-sector clients. In other words: 'We manage IT'. The company is
growing organically and through acquisitions. The acquisition strategy is
particularly noted for its optimal integration of the new companies.
DATAGROUP is actively participating in the IT service market's
consolidation process with its 'buy and turn around' and its 'buy and
build' strategy.
Contact:
DATAGROUP AG
Dr. Michael Klein
Investor Relations
Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 7
D-72124 Pliezhausen
T +49-7127-970-059
F +49-7127-970-033
[email protected]
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Language: English
Company: DATAGROUP AG
Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 7
72124 Pliezhausen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)7127 970 000
Fax: +49 (0)7127 970 033
Internet: www.datagroup.de
ISIN: DE000A0JC8S7
WKN: A0JC8S
Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich,
Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt
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