Outlook
3RD QUARTER 2021¹
| Financial Performance Indicators | Current Outlook |
|---|---|
| Shipments | considerable increase qoq |
| Group Sales | considerable increase qoq |
Operating Income (EBITDA)² before material special effects |
€15-25m |
| Cash Flow from operating activities | negative expected |
| Financial Performance Indicators | Current Outlook |
|---|---|
| Shipments | considerable decrease yoy |
| Group Sales | considerable decrease yoy |
Operating Income (EBITDA)² before material special effects |
€50-70m |
| Cash Flow from operating activities | positive expected |
| Financial performance indicators | Current outlook | Previous outlook² |
|---|---|---|
| Shipments | slight increase | n.a. |
| Group sales | stable | n.a. |
| Operating result (EBITDA)3 before material special effects | considerable increase | n.a. |
| Financial performance indicators | Current outlook | Previous outlook² |
|---|---|---|
| Operating result (EBITDA)3,4 | 25-35 Mio. € | n.a. |
¹ Information is taken from the Annual Report 2019 and the analysts' and investors' presentations Fiscal Year 2019 and should therefore be seen in the context of further comments in the respective reports.
² If nothing is presented in this column, the previous outlook remains unchanged.
³ Definitions can be found in the Annual Report 2019 or in the glossary of key figures.
Klöckner & Co SE expects an EBITDA2 before material special effects of €105-115 million for the full year 2020 and a significantly positive cash flow from operating activities.
In addition, the market recovery is expected to continue at the beginning of 2021 and, in conjunction with the rapidly increasing digitalization and restructuring effects from the project Surtsey, will lead to a considerably improved operating income before special material effects in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
According to preliminary figures, Klöckner & Co SE generated a record operating income (EBITDA) before material special effects of €401 million in the first half of the financial year 2021. Due to the continued positive dynamics of steel prices in Europe and the US at the beginning of the third quarter combined with extremely strict net working capital management and supported by the substantial effects from the Surtsey project, Klöckner & Co SE anticipates EBITDA before material special effects in the third quarter to be significantly stronger than previously expected by the market at €200-230 million.
Furthermore, the company expects to achieve EBITDA before material special effects of €650-700 million in the full year 2021, which will then be the best operating full-year income since the IPO in 2006. This forecast is also above the previous market expectation.1,2
FY 2024
- EBITDA expectation of €120-180m before material special effects
- Expecting significantly positive operating cash flow, but below previous year's level
¹Definitions can be found in the Annual Report 2023 or in the glossary of key figures.
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