Brief: Schaltbau 9-month sales up 15.3 pct at EUR 360.2 mln

Schaltbau Holding AG

26/10/2015 08:33

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Schaltbau Holding AG  SLTG.DE : 
    * Schaltbau again reports significant growth in third quarter 
    * 9-month sales rose 15.3 percent to 360.2 million euros ($397.91 million) 
    * At 7.9 million euros, Q3 EBIT was well below previous year's high figure of 11.5 million 
euros 
    * Group net profit of 18.4 million euros for nine-month period ended Sept. 30 did not match 
high figure seen in 2014 (28.1 million euros) 
    * Order intake rose by 16.1 percent to 392.5 million euros for first nine months of year 
    * Reaffirms its prediction that sales will continue climbing to an approximate total of 485 
million euros for full year 
    * EBIT is forecast to improve to 37 million euros and earnings per share are expected to 
come in at 2.91 euros 
 
     
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