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DEUTZ announces results for first nine months of 2016

  • New orders and revenue on a level with the prior-year period
  • Significant improvement in operating profit
  • Forecast for 2016 as a whole confirmed

DEUTZ AG has today published its consolidated financial results for the first three quarters of 2016. At €935.3 million, new orders were on a level with the first nine months of last year (Q1–Q3 2015: €932.9 million). In the third quarter, DEUTZ received orders amounting to €258.1 million, which was down by 1.6 per cent on the prior-year figure of €262.2 million.

The number of engines sold fell to 100,439, a decrease of 6.3 per cent compared with the first nine months of 2015 (Q1–Q3 2015: 107,236 engines). Third-quarter unit sales totalled 30,733 engines, which was 5.6 per cent more than in the prior-year period (Q3 2015: 29,116 engines).

Revenue rose by 0.7 per cent to €945.5 million in the nine-month period (Q1–Q3 2015: €938.8 million). Broken down by region, revenue was up by 5.0 per cent in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region and by 19.7 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region, but down by 19.1 per cent in the Americas. Revenue generated in the third quarter of 2016 amounted to €301.1 million, a year-on-year rise of 12.1 per cent (Q3 2015: €268.6 million).

There was a very encouraging increase in operating profit (EBIT) during the reporting period: at €19.7 million, it was significantly higher than the figure for the prior-year period of €10.6 million due, in particular, to a decrease in depreciation and amortisation. Consequently, the EBIT margin almost doubled to reach 2.1 per cent. Net income for the first nine months of 2016 came to €18.8 million, compared with €7.3 million in the same period of last year. This resulted in earnings per share of €0.16 (Q1–Q3 2015: €0.07). "The published financial results are in line with our expectations. If our unit sales increase, we will be able to further improve our EBIT margin because of the steps that we have taken to boost efficiency," said DEUTZ's Chief Financial Officer, Dr Margarete Haase.

"DEUTZ is well positioned for the future. In recent years, we have laid essential foundations for DEUTZ's future success by updating the product portfolio, optimising our network of sites and winning new customer projects,” stated the Chairman of the DEUTZ Board of Management, Dr Helmut Leube.

DEUTZ has confirmed its forecast for 2016 as a whole and, in a tough market environment, continues to expect revenue to stagnate or, at best, rise slightly and the EBIT margin to increase moderately.

Detailed information about the first three quarters of 2016 can be found in the accompanying summary of key performance indicators.

For further information on this DEUTZ AG press release, please contact:

Investor & Public Relations
Christian Krupp
Tel: +49 (0)221 822 5400
Fax: +49 (0)221 822 155 401
Email: krupp.c@deutz.com

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