17.11.2015
DATAGROUP AG DE000A0JC8S7
DGAP-News: DATAGROUP AG: DATAGROUP publishes preliminary FY 2014/2015 results
DGAP-News: DATAGROUP AG / Key word(s): Preliminary Results
DATAGROUP AG: DATAGROUP publishes preliminary FY 2014/2015 results
17.11.2015 / 07:33
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DATAGROUP publishes preliminary FY 2014/2015 results
DATAGROUP posts record results for the financial year across all segments
EBITDA rises by 49% to EUR 15.3m (EBITDA margin 9.7%)
EPS jump from 14 cents to 65 cents (+348%)
Revenues increase by 3% to EUR 157m
Pliezhausen, November 17, 2015. DATAGROUP AG (WKN A0JC8S) today publishes
preliminary figures for the financial year from October 1, 2014 to
September 30, 2015. The IT service provider delivers record earnings.
DATAGROUP also increased revenues and again exceeded guidance. CORBOX, the
full-service offer, significantly contributes to expanding the core
business with its long-term outsourcing and cloud contracts.
In the past financial year, DATAGROUP increased revenues by 3% to EUR 157m
thus achieving a new all-time-high (guidance: >EUR 155m, FY 2013/2014: EUR
152.4m). At the same time, the company continued to focus on high-margin
outsourcing and cloud services. As a result, the sales quality has been
heavily improved, which led to a disproportionate rise in profitability.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA)
grew by 49% to EUR 15.3m (guidance: >EUR 15m, FY 2013/2014: EUR 10.3m after
extraordinary expenses) and reached a new peak. The EBITDA margin rose to
9.7% (FY 2013/2014: 6.7% after extraordinary expenses). Earnings before
interest and taxes (EBIT) were boosted by 98% (FY 2013/2014: EUR 4.8m after
extraordinary expenses) to EUR 9.6m. Net income for the period more than
quadrupled to EUR 4.9m (FY 2013/2014: EUR 1.1m). This corresponds to
earnings per share of 65 cents (FY 2013/2014: 14 cents after extraordinary
expenses).
'We end the financial year 2014/15 with excellent results', comments
DATAGROUP CEO Max H.-H. Schaber. 'This is due to the consistent
implementation of our growth strategy, DATAGROUP 2020, which is a total
success also in terms of earnings improvement. We strongly benefit from our
focus on high-margin IT services, standardised and industrialised
production processes, improved cost efficiency, and from targeted
acquisitions. This very good result is an important milestone for us. We
will continue our road to success of strong and profitable growth in the
current financial year.'
Thanks to the launch of full-service offer CORBOX in October 2014,
DATAGROUP was able to accelerate growth in its core business with long-term
outsourcing contracts. 'Digitisation provides a major challenge to
companies across all industries', says Dirk Peters, COO of DATAGROUP AG.
'Ever more companies are outsourcing their basic IT operations, so the
internal IT specialists can focus on strategic tasks. CORBOX offers our
customers a modular solution for carefree IT operations that are sure to
succeed. We have won 18 new customers for large-volume outsourcing
contracts in our first year with CORBOX - 3 more than planned.' DATAGROUP
also extended numerous orders of existing customers by several years and by
additional services.
In addition to organic growth of high-margin IT services, two acquisitions
contributed to the company's success. Already on October 1, 2014, DATAGROUP
acquired Excelcis Business Technology AG, the high-end mobility specialist.
At the beginning of August, the company also acquired employees and
customer relations of software and consulting company Vega Deutschland GmbH
by way of an asset deal. Acquisitions are an integral part of the future
strategy DATAGROUP 2020. By 2020, DATAGROUP plans to become market leader
in Germany as outsourcing and cloud service provider for companies with 250
to 5,000 IT workplaces with the help of organic and inorganic growth.
In this context, the company also focuses on efficiency increases by
centralising employees and resources in service factories. On October 1,
2015, existing units were integrated into two new subsidiaries, DATAGROUP
Service Desk GmbH und DATAGROUP Data Center GmbH. This will facilitate, for
instance, the organisation of illness and holiday cover, the particularly
costly 24/7 operations, and the cover of peak loads. 'The centralisation of
the service production in the fields of service desk and data centre
provides particularly large advantages in scale and quality', says Max
H.-H. Schaber. 'Other CORBOX IT services will be rendered decentrally as
before. Our strategic goal is an optimal combination of central and local
production, which will make us even more efficient while we remain close to
our customers.'
DATAGROUP will announce the final figures for FY 2014/15 in January 2016.
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 CORBOX,
DATAGROUP offers its customers all the IT services they need for a stable
IT operation. DATAGROUP thus is a full-service provider, serving over
330,000 global IT workplaces 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 detail:
Datagroup AG
Dr. Michael Klein
Corporate Communications
Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 7
D-72124 Pliezhausen
Fon +49-7127-970-059
Fax +49-7127-970-033
[email protected]
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Language: English
Company: DATAGROUP AG
Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 7
72127 Pliezhausen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)7127 970 058
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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