Klöckner & Co SE: Guidance for the full year - operating income (EBITDA) burdened by general economic development
July 22, 2019 at 08:00 pm IST
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Klöckner & Co SE: Guidance for the full year - operating income (EBITDA) burdened by general economic development
22-Jul-2019 / 16:26 CET/CEST
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Based on preliminary figures the operating income (EBITDA) for the 2nd quarter 2019 is expected to be EUR51 million before material special effects and therefore at the lower end of the previously published guidance range.
However, against the background of a further weakening outlook for the general economic development, Klöckner & Co SE lowers its previous guidance and is expecting an EBITDA of between EUR140 and EUR160 million for the full year before material special effects.
This adjustment is mainly driven by the negative impact on demand, particularly in the European automotive and machinery sector, as well as unexpected high negative price effects in the United States.
The final results for the second quarter 2019 will be published - as planned - on July 31, 2019.
Information and Explanation of the Issuer to this News:
For the definition of EBITDA and material special effects reference is made to our homepage and/or the annual report 2018.
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Language:
English
Company:
Klöckner & Co SE
Am Silberpalais 1
47057 Duisburg
Germany
Phone:
+49 (0)203 / 307-0
Fax:
+49 (0)203 / 307-5000
E-mail:
info@kloeckner.com
Internet:
www.kloeckner.com
ISIN:
DE000KC01000
WKN:
KC0100
Indices:
SDAX
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
Kloeckner & Co SE is a Germany-based steel and metal distributor and steel service center. The Company's range includes products for building installations, roof and wall construction, and water supply. It processes flat steel products, such as thin sheets and strips as well as thick sheets, and long steel products, including merchant bars, sectional steel, beams, tubes, and hollow sections, such as structural hollow sections, precision tubes, and seamless heavy-wall pipes, stainless steel, and high-grade steel, including sheet, profiles, and tubes, as well as aluminum profiles, sheet, strip, and plates. Its service portfolio comprises coil processing, forming, and manufacturing of pressed parts, computer numerical control (CNC) turning and milling, two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) tube laser cutting, laser and water jet cutting, processing of steel and high-grade structural steel thermal cutting, surface treatment, including shot blasting and primer painting.