Brief: Schaltbau Holding H1 EBIT up 60 pct to EUR 19.6 mln

Schaltbau Holding AG

24/07/2015 07:55

July 24 (Reuters) - Schaltbau Holding AG  SLTG.DE : 
    * At six-month stage, at 19.6 million euros ($21.54 million), EBIT was 
around 60 per cent up on previous year's 12.3 million euros 
    * H1 sales rose by 19.8 per cent to 235.6 million euros 
    * In Q2 alone, EBIT climbed from 6.1 million euros last year to 11.2 million 
euros in 2015 
    * H1 group net profit for period of 13.9 million euros was below very high 
figure of 20.3 million euros achieved one year earlier 
    * Order intake rose by 13.9 per cent to 259.4 million euros for first six 
months of year 
    * Now expects to increase its full-year sales to around 485 million euros 
    * EBIT is forecast to come in at 37 million euros and earnings per share at 
2.91 euros in FY 2015 
 
     
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