24.07.2018
Klöckner & Co SE DE000KC01000
DGAP-News: Klöckner & Co SE announces best quarterly earnings for over seven years
DGAP-News: Klöckner & Co SE / Key word(s): Quarter Results
Klöckner & Co SE announces best quarterly earnings for over seven years
24.07.2018 / 07:00
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- Operating income (EBITDA), at EUR82 million, or EUR85 million before
non-recurring items, significantly above the original guidance range of
EUR65 million to EUR75 million
- Proportion of Group sales generated via digital channels exceeds 20% mark
- Positive earnings trend expected to continue in third quarter and full
year
Duisburg, Germany, July 24, 2018 - Klöckner & Co SE sustained its positive
earnings trend in the second quarter of 2018. Benefiting from market
developments in the USA, the Company generated its best quarterly earnings
in over seven years with operating income (EBITDA) of EUR82 million (EUR85
million before non-recurring items), compared with EUR63 million in the
prior-year period. Net income rose from EUR24 million in the prior-year
quarter to EUR33 million. Earnings per share consequently came to EUR0.33
(Q2 2017: EUR0.23).
Klöckner & Co notably attained further milestones in its digital
transformation. The proportion of sales generated through digital channels
increased to 21% at the end of the quarter, having more than doubled in the
last 24 months. The recently launched online shop in Belgium will contribute
to a further significant increase. The XOM Materials open industry platform
launched by Klöckner & Co likewise made dynamic progress. In the second
quarter, another metal distributor and, for the first time, a large
international processor of engineering plastics joined the platform.
Gisbert Rühl, Chairman of the Management Board of Klöckner & Co SE: "Thanks
to the strong growth in our online business, we have now, for the first
time, generated more than 20% of Group sales via digital channels. This once
again confirms our digital leadership in the steel and metals industry."
In view of the ongoing positive market environment, Klöckner & Co
anticipates another sharp year-on-year rise in operating income (EBITDA) in
the third quarter, with EBITDA of EUR55 million to EUR65 million and
correspondingly positive net income. The expectation for the full year is
consequently now at least a slight increase in EBITDA compared with the
EUR220 million prior-year figure. In light of this, net income, too, is
projected to be clearly positive again.
About Klöckner & Co:
Klöckner & Co is one of the largest producer-independent distributors of
steel and metal products and one of the leading steel service center
companies worldwide. Based on its distribution and service network of around
170 locations in 13 countries, the Group supplies around 120,000 customers.
As a pioneer of the digital transformation in the steel industry, Klöckner &
Co's target is to fully digitalize its supply and service chain and to
support the launch of an independent open industry platform, which shall
become the dominant vertical platform of the steel and metals industry.
Currently Klöckner & Co has around 8,600 employees. The Group had sales of
around EUR6.3 billion in fiscal 2017.
The shares of Klöckner & Co SE are admitted to trading on the regulated
market segment (Regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with further post-admission obligations (Prime
Standard). Klöckner & Co shares are listed in the SDAX(R)-Index of Deutsche
Börse.
ISIN: DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100; Common Code: 025808576.
Contact person Klöckner & Co SE:
Press
Christian Pokropp - Press Spokesperson
Head of Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (0)203 307 2050
Email: [email protected]
Investors
Christina Kolbeck
Head of Investor Relations & Sustainability
Phone: +49 (0)203 307 2122
Email: [email protected]
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Language: English
Company: Klöckner & Co SE
Am Silberpalais 1
47057 Duisburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)203 / 307-0
Fax: +49 (0)203 / 307-5000
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.kloeckner.com
ISIN: DE000KC01000
WKN: KC0100
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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