R. STAHL publishes preliminary results for financial year 2012: Revenue growth of 20% - Earnings before taxes up 62% - Results surpassed raised guidance
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R. STAHL publishes preliminary results for financial year 2012: Revenue growth
of 20% - Earnings before taxes up 62% - Results surpassed raised guidance
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Waldenburg, 21 February 2013 - R. STAHL today publishes its preliminary results
for financial year 2012:
* Order intake increased by 14.5% to ? 297.1 million (previous year: ? 259.4
million).
* Revenues grew by 19.7% to ? 290.9 million (? 242.9 million).
* Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased by 48.1% to ? 24.9
million (? 16.8 million), EBIT margin improved from 6.9% to 8.6%.
* Earnings before taxes (EBT) increased by 61.8% to ? 21.1 million (? 13.1
million), EBT margin improved from 5.4% to 7.3%.
Revenues and earnings surpassed guidance, which had been raised during the year,
due largely to a very strong final month of the year. Continued growth of the
contribution from non-European regions, resulted in a substantially better
December than in previous years.
The start of the new financial year has been positive. As a result, Management
anticipates further growth for the current financial year. Order backlog, as at
31 December 2012, stood at ? 70.7 million, up 7.8% compared to ? 65.6 million as
at 31 December 2011.
R. STAHL's CEO, Martin Schomaker, commented: "We are very pleased with the
results for the past financial year. Our international expansion strategy
yielded strong growth. While revenue development in Europe, due to the economic
environment, was modest, we benefited from the expansion of our activities in
Asia Pacific, as well as North and South America.
We continue to see good prospects in these regions for further demand growth for
our explosion protection products and solutions. Important target markets, such
as the oil and gas sector, as well as the chemical industry, benefit from the
strong economic development in emerging markets. On the profit side, we are
seeing the results from the optimization of the production process at our
Waldenburg plant and the resulting improvement in productivity. Furthermore,
consolidation of the acquired international subsidiaries is nearly complete,
resulting in falling costs."
Full results for Financial Year 2012 will be published on 10 April 2013.
About R. STAHL - www.stahl.de
R. STAHL is one of the world's leading suppliers of electrical and electronic
products and systems for explosion protection. These products and systems
prevent explosions in risk areas, and contribute to the safety of people,
machines and the environment. The portfolio ranges from products used in
switching/distributing, installing, operating/monitoring, lighting and
signalling/alarming, up to automation. Typical customers operate in growth
industries, such as the oil & gas industry, the chemical and pharmaceutical
industries, and the food industry. In 2012, global revenues of ? 290 million
were generated with over 1,500 employees.
R. STAHL AG is a public company and is traded on the Regulated Market/Prime
Standard of Deutsche Boerse (ISIN DE000A1PHBB5).
For more information:
R. STAHL AG
Am Bahnhof 30, 74638 Waldenburg (Württ.)
Bernd Marx (CFO)
Fon: +49 7942 943-1271, e-mail: investornews(at)stahl.de
Frank Schwarz (Investor Relations)
Fon: +49 611 1745-39 811, e-mail: frank.schwarz(at)stahl.de
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