Schweizer Electronic AG: Adjustment of turnover guidance and confirmation of profit forecast
November 06, 2018 at 04:50 pm IST
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Schweizer Electronic AG: Adjustment of turnover guidance and confirmation of profit forecast
06-Nov-2018 / 12:14 CET/CEST
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Schweizer Electronic AG: Adjustment of turnover guidance and confirmation of profit forecast
Schramberg, November 06, 2018 - Based on the current expectations for the business development in the fourth quarter of 2018, the Management Board of Schweizer Electronic AG lowered its turnover forecast for the total business year 2018 to about 124.0 million euro, which corresponds to a growth of 2 to 3 percent (previous growth forecast: plus 6 to 8 percent).
Despite the lower turnover growth, the EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) ratio is still expected to range between 7 and 9 percent of the total turnover, whereby the upper end of the range still seems feasible. This corresponds to an EBITDA of slightly below 11 million euros and already includes the burdens from the ramp up of the new production site in China with around 1 million euro.
In the first three quarters of 2018, SCHWEIZER reported a turnover of 96.7 million euro corresponding to an increase of 5.3 percent. The EBITDA amounted to 9.3 million euro (2017: 6.0 million euro). Amounting to 9.7 percent, the EBITDA ratio was above the expected range. The EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) jumped to 3.6 million euro (2017: 0.0 million euro).
Overall, on the operative level, the first three quarters of the business year were significantly more successful than the previous year. However, the shift of order call-offs from the fourth quarter 2018 to the following business year indicate a likelihood that the turnover in the last quarter of the current business year will be below previous year's level. The order book continues to be at a very high level with 169.1 million euro at the end of the third quarter (2017:172.0 million euro).
Final results for the third quarter will be published on November 9, 2018.
Explanations to Financial Figures are available at:
https://www.schweizer.ag/en/investor-relations/company-key-figures/explanations-financial-figures.html
Information and Explanation of the Issuer to this News:
About Schweizer
Schweizer Electronic AG stands for state-of-the-art technology and consultancy competence. SCHWEIZER's premium printed circuit boards and innovative solutions and services for automotive, solar, industry and avia- tion electronics address key challenges in the areas of Power Electronics, Embedding and System Cost Re- duction. Its products are distinguished for their superior quality and their energy-saving and environmentally- friendly features. Together with its partners WUS Printed Circuit (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Meiko Electronics Co. Ltd. and Elekonta Marek GmbH & Co. KG the company offers in its division electronics cost- and production- optimised solutions for small, medium and large series. Together with its partner Infineon Technologies AG, SCHWEIZER plans to jointly tap the chip embedding market in future.
With 797 employees SCHWEIZER achieved sales of 120.9 million euro in Fiscal Year 2017 (ending Decem- ber). The company was founded by Christoph Schweizer in 1849 and is listed at the Stuttgart and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges (ticker symbol 'SCE', 'ISIN DE 000515623').
For further information please contact:
Elisabeth Trik
Schweizer Electronic AG Einsteinstraße 10
78713 Schramberg
Phone: +49 7422 / 512-302
Fax: +49 7422 / 512-777-302
E-mail: ir@schweizer.ag
Please visit our website: www.morethanPCBs.com
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Language:
English
Company:
Schweizer Electronic AG
Einsteinstraße 10
78713 Schramberg
Germany
Phone:
07422-512-301
Fax:
07422-512-397
E-mail:
ir@schweizer.ag
Internet:
www.schweizer.ag
ISIN:
DE0005156236
WKN:
515623
Listed:
Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (General Standard), Stuttgart; Regulated Unofficial Market in Tradegate Exchange
Schweizer Electronic AG is a Germany-based manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs). It operates through two segments: Electronic and Systems. The Electronic segment focuses on the development, production and sale of PCBs. The Systems segment offers technologies for integrating active and passive components into a PCB. Its product portfolio comprises heavy copper boards, inlay boards, power combi boards, insulated metal substrates (IMS) boards and cool boards, as well as embedding systems, such as i2 Board for embedding logic semiconductors, p2 Pack to integrate semiconductors with a vertical current flow, Cavity Board, which allows low-lying connecting areas to be assembled and u2 Pack for small and thin multi-chip semiconductor packages.