Brief: Gesco 9-mth EBIT up at EUR 20.4 mln

Gesco SE

14/11/2017 06:30

Nov 14 (Reuters) - GESCO AG  GSC1n.DE : 
    * DGAP-NEWS: GESCO: STRONG FIRST HALF OF 2017/2018 FINANCIAL 
YEAR, 
SALES AND EARNINGS AT THE UPPER END OF THE FORECAST RANGE 
EXPECTED 
    * 9-MONTH INCOMING ORDERS INCREASED BY 10.4 % COMPARED TO 
PREVIOUS 
YEAR, FROM EUR 250.3 MILLION TO EUR 276.3 MILLION 
    * 9-MONTH SALES CLIMBED FROM EUR 228.7 MILLION TO EUR 264.7 
MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS GROWTH OF 15.7 % 
    * 9-MONTH EBIT AT EUR 20.4 MILLION, GAINED 92.1 % (PREVIOUS 
YEAR'S PERIOD: EUR 10.6 MILLION) 
    * 9-MONTH GROUP NET INCOME AFTER MINORITY INTEREST MORE 
THAN 
DOUBLED TO EUR 10.6 MILLION (EUR 4.8 MILLION) 
    * OUTLOOK 2017: SALES AND EARNINGS AT UPPER END OF FORECAST 
RANGE 
EXPECTED FOR FULL YEAR 
 
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