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AT&S reports significant increase in earnings
AT&S posted a considerable rise in revenue and profit in the first half of the financial year 2013/14.
In the first half of the financial year 2013/14 AT&S Group posted sales of around EUR 300 million (m), a year-on-year improvement of some 18%. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) advanced by around 50% to EUR 65m. Earnings per share increased from EUR 0.09 to EUR 0.94.
“The significant improvement in results is attributable to continued strong capacity utilisation at our plants and a more favourable product mix. Taking seasonality into account, as things stand we are forecasting revenue growth of five percent with an EBITDA margin of 18-20 percent for the current financial year,” explained CEO Andreas Gerstenmayer.
The results in detail (In EUR m):
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