22.02.2017
CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA DE0005403901
DGAP-News: CEWE achieves its corporate targets for 2016
DGAP-News: CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Preliminary Results
CEWE achieves its corporate targets for 2016
22.02.2017 / 07:00
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CEWE achieves its corporate targets for 2016
- Sales targets all achieved in 2016, turnover rises by 7.0 % to 593.1
million euros
- Seasonal peak with CEWE PHOTO BOOK and photo gifts in Q4 as expected
- Group EBIT grows by 29.2 % to 47.0 million euros in 2016 (2015: 36.4
million euros)
- Commercial online printing and retailing also return a positive result
- ROCE increases to 21.3 % (2015: 17.2 %).
Oldenburg, 22 February 2017. CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA (SDAX, ISIN: DE
0005403901) reached its turnover and profit targets for the business year
of 2016. Preliminary calculations show a 7.0 % increase in turnover, to
593.1 million euros (2015: 554.2 million euros; turnover target for 2016:
555 million to 575 million euros). Operative earnings (EBIT) improved by
29.2 % to 47.0 million euros (2015: 36.4 million euros), thus coming very
close to the 2016 EBIT target corridor of 40 million to 46 million euros.
"Our Christmas business once again showed how much we benefit from the high
level of satisfaction among our customers, our strong brand and our
outstanding quality: CEWE PHOTO BOOKS, CEWE CARDS, CEWE CALENDARS and CEWE
WALL PICTURES - which we have offered as climate-neutral brand products
since Q3 2016 - and the other photo gifts were all clear growth drivers,"
says Dr. Rolf Hollander, the CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA CEO. According to
preliminary unaudited figures, it was not only the business segment of
photofinishing, but also commercial online printing and retailing that
contributed to the positive development. CEWE was successful in exceeding
the break-even point in commercial online printing. In the newly positioned
business segment of retailing, CEWE confirmed the turnaround in earnings
and improved profits once again.
Success is powered by the CEWE PHOTO BOOK and other CEWE brands
The Christmas quarter met expectations, with an increase in turnover of
215.8 million euros to 228.5 million euros and EBIT growth of 40.8 million
euros in the previous year to 42.9 million euros. The fourth quarter thus
accounts for 38.5 per cent of total sales and 91.3 per cent of generated
income. The new products and the user-friendly apps for mobile devices such
as smartphones and tablets have accelerated growth dynamics. Besides coming
out first in many tests, the CEWE operations have once again documented
their excellent performance in production and delivery in Christmas
business and supplied many consumers with very personal photo gifts in time
for their Christmas celebrations. "Our CEWE PHOTO BOOK and our wide range
of photo gifts are among the most popular Christmas gifts. This makes it
all the more important for us to ensure that our customers can also rely on
the performance promise of our brand even in times when capacity
utilisation is extremely high, namely excellent service, high level of on-
time delivery and naturally the first-class quality of our products," Dr.
Hollander emphasises. Considerable brand awareness, the excellent image of
the CEWE product family and satisfied customers are the basis for future
growth.
Sales targets all reached - digital rate of 97.5 %
CEWE produced a total of 2.23 billion prints in 2016, thus even slightly
exceeding the top end of the target corridor of 2.10 to 2.21 billion
prints. The figure for digital prints, 2.18 billion (target: 2.05 to 2.15
billion), is matched by only 0.056 billion prints from films (target:
0.050-0.055 billion). Already at a considerable 97.5 % in 2016, the digital
rate is gradually approaching 100 %. The high volume of digital photos is
mainly the result of CEWE PHOTO BOOK sales, which grew to 6.2 million books
(target: 6.10 to 6.15 million). The majority of other brand products such
as CEWE CALENDARS, CEWE CARDS, CEWE WALL PICTURES and other photo gifts
also generated double-digit growth rates.
ROCE increases to more than 21 %
The capital ratio rose by 1.5 percentage points to 53.8 % as at 31 December
2016 (31 December 2015: 52.3 %). The ROCE, a benchmark for returns since 31
December 2015, improved from 17.2 % to 21.3 % on the basis of an EBIT in
the amount of 47.0 million euros. "Our sound financial position and our
earning power mean that we are in a position to offer our shareholders an
ideally growing dividend for the foreseeable future," explains CFO Dr. Olaf
Holzkämper.
The information is all based on preliminary results which have not yet been
audited. CEWE will present full, audited annual financial statements and a
forecast for the business year of 2017 during an annual report and
analysts' press conference to be held in Frankfurt am Main on 23 March
2017.
Full year of 2016 in comparison to the previous year (preliminary figures)
CEWE Group Unit 2015 2016 target 2016 actual
Digital prints in billion units 2.16 2.05-2.15 2.18
Prints from films in billion units 0.071 0.050-0.055 0.056
Total prints in billion units 2.23 2.10-2.21 2.23
CEWE PHOTO BOOK in m. units 6.0 6.10-6.15 6.2
Turnover in EUR m. 554.2 555-575 593.1
EBIT in EUR m. 36.4 40-46 47.0
EBIT margin % 6.6 6.9-8.3 7.9
EBT in EUR m. 35.9 39-45 46.2
Percentage deviations have all been calculated at the exact values.
Should you have any queries, please contact:
CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Axel Weber (Investor Relations)
Tel.: 0441 / 404 - 2288, Fax: 0441 / 404 - 421, Email: [email protected]
Internet: cewe-fotobuch.de , cewe-photobook.com , cewe.de , cewe-print.de
,
viaprinto.de , saxoprint.de
The CEWE apps are all available in the app stores: CEWE PHOTO WORLD, CEWE
POSTCARD, CEWE SERVICE and other photo apps, and the CEWE Investor
Relations app for iPad(c) or android tablets, with annual reports and
quarterly reports, presentations and sustainability reports.
Financial schedule:
(insofar as already scheduled)
23 March 2017 Annual report and analysts' press conference, Frankfurt
23 March 2017 Publication of the 2016 Annual Report
29 March 2017 Bankhaus Lampe Deutschland Conference, Baden-Baden
11 May 2017 Publication of the 2017 Q1 interim report
31 May 2017 2017 Annual General Meeting, Weser-Ems-Halls, Oldenburg
10 August 2017 Publication of the 2017 H1 mid-year report
10 November 2017 Publication of the 2017 Q3 interim report
About CEWE: The innovative photo and online print service company CEWE,
with twelve highly-technical production operations and a staff of around
3,400 employees in 24 European countries, is both market and technological
leader. In 2016 CEWE delivered around 2.2 billion prints, 6.2 million
copies of the CEWE PHOTO BOOK and photo gift articles to around 25,000
retail partners to generate consolidated turnover of 593.1 million euros.
CEWE is continuously generating new impulses in the photographic industry
with innovations for people who enjoy taking photos. In the new business
segment of commercial online printing, printed material for businesses is
marketed through the sales platforms CEWE-PRINT.de, Saxoprint und
Viaprinto. Founded in 1961 by Senator h. c. Heinz Neumüller, CEWE was taken
to the stock exchange by Hubert Rothärmel in 1993. CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA
is listed on the SDAX.
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Language: English
Company: CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA
Meerweg 30-32
26133 Oldenburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)441 40 4-1
Fax: +49 (0)441 40 4-42 1
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.cewe.de
ISIN: DE0005403901
WKN: 540390
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Regulated Unofficial Market in Dusseldorf, Hamburg,
Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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