DGAP-News: UMS United Medical Systems International AG: Positive course of business after the first nine months of 2012 - Earnings per share up 19% to 43 cents
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UMS United Medical Systems International AG: Positive course of
business after the first nine months of 2012 - Earnings per share up
19% to 43 cents
13.11.2012 / 08:30
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UMS AG: Positive course of business after the first nine months of 2012 -
Earnings per share up 19% to 43 cents
Hamburg, November 13, 2012 - UMS United Medical Systems International AG
(UMS/ ISIN DE0005493654) is reporting a positive course of business for the
first nine months of fiscal 2012. The Group's revenues rose 13% for the
period, from EUR28.3 million last year to EUR31.9 million this year, while
its earnings per share increased by 19%, from 36 cents to 43 cents.
Third-quarter consolidated revenues were up 6%, from EUR9.7 million last
year to EUR10.3 million this year; third-quarter earnings per share were
level with the previous year at 13 cents.
The Urology and Radiology segments were once more the major drivers of the
quarterly revenue growth. Business in the Gynecology segment, by contrast,
was sluggish. Gross profit advanced 9% to EUR5.1 million, following EUR4.7
million the same period a year ago. Earnings before interest and taxes
(EBIT) went from EUR3.0 million in the third quarter of last year to EUR2.8
million this year, for a decrease of 7%. It should be noted, however, that
UMS AG charged EUR0.4 million in one-time, extraordinary expenses relating
to other accounting periods to its third-quarter income statement for 2012.
As previously reported, it did so because of the new findings relating to
taxation of the dividends it paid for 2009 and 2010. Without this one-time
effect, third-quarter EBIT would have exceeded the prior year by 7% at
EUR3.2 million. Altogether, EBIT climbed by 10% to EUR9.6 million in the
first nine months of 2012, following EUR8.7 million after the first three
quarters of 2011. The gross profit over this period went from EUR13.5
million to EUR15.8 million, for an increase of 17%.
In light of the ongoing challenges in the Gynecology segment, the
Management Board predicts that the Company will come in on the lower end of
its targeted earnings of 60 cents to 70 cents per share this year. Of note,
it will continue its shareholder-friendly dividend policy in 2012, provided
that the exchange rate for the U.S. dollar does not weaken substantially.
For fiscal years 2010 and 2011, UMS AG paid a dividend of 50 cents per
share.
'On the basis of the positive course of business in the first nine months,
we are confident that we will reach our goals for the full 2012 fiscal
year,' says Jorgen Madsen, CEO of UMS AG. 'In addition, we intend to pay
our shareholders another attractive dividend.'
The complete report for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012 is
available as a PDF file in German and English on the Company's website at
www.umsag.com.
About UMS AG
UMS International AG is a provider of innovative healthcare delivery
concepts in the growth segment of high-tech medicine. UMS pioneered the
mobile deployment of med-tech systems and markets a comprehensive range of
full-service solutions for hospitals and specialists. The forward-looking
concepts include complete services forthe customer, covering everything
from system management to the provision of trained application specialists.
The UMS Group currently has around 200 employees worldwide and serves over
600 customers.
Contact
Christian Möller, Tel: (040) 50 01 77-00, Fax: (040) 50 01 77-77, E-mail:
investor(at)umsag.com
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Language: English
Company: UMS United Medical Systems International AG
Borsteler Chaussee 53
22453 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40 - 500 177 - 00
Fax: +49 (0)40 - 500 177 - 77
E-mail: investor(at)umsag.com
Internet: www.umsag.com
ISIN: DE0005493654
WKN: 549365
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
Stuttgart
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