06.05.2014
Basler AG DE0005102008
DGAP-News: Basler AG: Business figures for the first quarter of 2014 - Basler lays convincing foundation for 2014
DGAP-News: Basler AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results/Quarter Results
Basler AG: Business figures for the first quarter of 2014 - Basler
lays convincing foundation for 2014
06.05.2014 / 07:12
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Corporate News
Business Figures / Three-Month Report
Business figures for the first quarter of 2014: Basler lays convincing
foundation for 2014
- Incoming orders: Euro 19.3 million (previous year: Euro 17.6 million,
+10 %)
- Sales: Euro 17.2 million (previous year: Euro 15.1 million, +14 %)
- Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT): Euro 2.3 million (previous
year: Euro 2.0 million, +15 %)
- Earnings before taxes (EBT): Euro 1.9 million (previous year: Euro 1.8
million, +6 %)
- EBT-margin: 11 % (previous year: 12 %)
Ahrensburg, May 06, 2014 - BASLER AG, one of the leading global
manufacturers of industrial cameras, is presenting today final figures for
the first three months of 2014.
In the first quarter of the fiscal year 2014, the group's incoming orders
amounted to Euro 19.3 million (previous year: Euro 17.6 million, +10 %).
The group's sales amounted to Euro 17.2 million, and were 14 % above the
previous year's figure of Euro 15.1 million. The gross profit margin
increased to 50.6 % (previous year: 50.3 %). The earnings before taxes
(EBT) for the group increased by 6 % to Euro 1.9 million (previous year:
Euro 1.8 million). The pre-tax return rate amounted to 11 % (previous year:
12 %).
"We are pleased to have laid a solid foundation for the fiscal year 2014
along our planning. We implemented the intended steps for our planned
growth and again grew stronger than the image processing industry.
Furthermore, we actively continue to invest in our growth. This major
progress proves that Basler AG is determinedly moving towards its
medium-term sales goal of Euro 100 million", said Hardy Mehl, Chief
Financial Officer.
For 2014, the company continues to plan within a sales corridor of Euro 70
- 74 million at an EBT-margin between 8 - 10 %.
The full three-month report 2014 can be seen on the company's website
(www.baslerweb.com).
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Basler is a leading developer and manufacturer of high grade digital
cameras for applications in industry, video surveillance, medicine, and
traffic. Product development is driven by industry requirements. The
cameras provide easy integration, compact sizes, and an outstanding
price/performance ratio. Basler has more than 25 years of experience in
image processing and has been developing and producing high grade digital
cameras for 15 years. The company employs approximately 400 employees in
its headquarters in Ahrensburg, Germany, and in the subsidiaries in the
USA, Singapore, Taiwan, and Korea.
Basler AG, Hardy Mehl (CFO), 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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