10-08-2020, 07:25 PM

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA: Hornbach Group expects significant earnings growth in second quarter of 2020/21 as well and adjusts full-year outlook

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Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA: Hornbach Group expects significant earnings growth in second quarter of 2020/21 as well and adjusts full-year outlook

10-Aug-2020 / 19:25 CET/CEST
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Hornbach Group expects significant earnings growth in second quarter of 2020/21 as well and adjusts full-year outlook


Neustadt a. d. Weinstrasse, August 10, 2020.
Thanks to continuing high customer demand, the strong growth trend seen at the Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group (Hornbach Group) has to date continued during the second quarter (June 1 to August 31, 2020) of the 2020/21 financial year. Based on preliminary unaudited figures, sales and adjusted EBIT showed substantial cumulative growth in the first five months of the year under report. To account for this, the Board of Management is adjusting the full-year outlook for sales and earnings in 2020/21.


Based on initial preliminary figures, consolidated sales are expected to rise by almost one fifth both in the second quarter and in the first half of 2020/21.


Adjusted consolidated EBIT (operating earnings excluding non-operating earnings items) is expected to show year-on-year growth in a medium double-digit percentage range both in the second quarter of 2020/21 (2019/20: Euro 101 million) and in the first half of 2020/21 (2019/20: Euro 198 million). This substantial improvement in earnings in the 2020/21 financial year to date has essentially been driven by strong like-for-like, constant-currency sales growth in conjunction with improved cost ratios.


The company is adjusting the Hornbach Group's outlook for the 2020/21 financial year as published in the 2019/20 Annual Report. The Board of Management points out in this respect that the opportunities and risks associated with the coronavirus crisis are still substantial and difficult to assess. That is reflected in the relatively broad ranges in the updated sales and earnings forecasts for the 2020/21 financial year as a whole. Accordingly, consolidated sales (2019/20: Euro 4.7 billion) are expected to show growth in a corridor of plus 5% to plus 15%. Depending on the nature and extent of potential macroeconomic effects, the Board of Management currently expects adjusted EBIT in a range of between Euro 230 million and Euro 330 million (2019/20: Euro 227 million).




Contact:
Axel Mueller
Group Communications and Investor Relations Director
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA
Tel. +49 (0) 6348 602444
axel.mueller@hornbach.com

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Language: English
Company: Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA
Le Quartier Hornbach 19
67433 Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Germany
ISIN: DE0006083405
WKN: 608340
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID: 1114603

 
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