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Quarterly Report
Vienna - First quarter of 2019|20 at a glance
* Revenue: EUR 638.4 million (+1.3%; Q1 prior year: EUR 630.3 million)
* Operating profit (EBIT): EUR 30.9 million (-16.5%; Q1 prior year: EUR 37.0
million)
* EBIT margin: 4.8% (Q1 prior year: 5.9%)
* Profit for the period: EUR 18.3 million (-27.7%; Q1 prior year: EUR 25.3
million)
* Equity ratio: 58.2% (28 February 2019: 59.0%)
Outlook for full year 2019|20
* Forecast for full 2019|20 financial year confirmed, with significant EBIT
growth and moderate increase in revenue
* Investing in growth, with capex significantly exceeding depreciation
* Expansion of wheat starch plant in Pischelsdorf|AT on track; commissioning at
end of 2019
As expected, the first quarter of the 2019|20 financial year of AGRANA, the
fruit, starch and sugar company, was marked by a continued negative earnings
result in the Sugar segment. In the first quarter of the prior year, the Sugar
segment had still earned a slight profit. AGRANA Chief Executive Officer Johann
Marihart explains: "Although the slightly lower EU sugar production volumes
after the 2018 beet processing campaign, together with a reduced planting area
in 2019, have led to the first slight pick-up in sugar prices, the Sugar
segment's EBIT result even under these circumstances is still negative. On the
other hand, the fruit juice concentrate business and the Starch segment
performed well, which in the case of the Starch segment was thanks to higher
ethanol prices than in the prior year. Due to raw-material-related one-time
costs in the fruit preparations business, however, EBIT for the Fruit segment
overall was below that of the year-earlier quarter. For the full financial year,
for the Group as a whole, we continue to expect a significant increase in EBIT."
Results in each segment
FRUIT segment
Fruit segment revenue in the financial first quarter was EUR 311.5 million, in
line with the year-earlier period. EBIT was EUR 21.8 million, a decrease of
14.5% from a year ago. One-off effects related to raw materials in the fruit
preparations activities were the primary driver of the reduction in operating
profit. EBIT in the fruit juice concentrate business was boosted significantly.
This was attributable mainly to high delivery volumes in combination with strong
contribution margins of fruit juice concentrates from the 2018 crop.
STARCH segment
First-quarter revenue in the Starch segment was EUR 207.7 million, a significant
increase of 14.5% year-on-year. The revenue growth resulted from high bioethanol
prices, which were up by more than one-third from the year-earlier level. With
EBIT of EUR 18.4 million, the Starch segment surpassed the comparative year-
earlier quarter by 85.9%. The pronounced earnings growth stemmed primarily from
the significant rise in the market price of ethanol, as well as from volume
gains in all other product segments.
SUGAR segment
Sugar segment revenue in the first quarter was EUR 119.2 million, or 13.1% less
than one year earlier. This downward change was caused by a year-on-year
reduction in sugar sales prices, as well as by lower sugar quantities sold. EBIT
declined very significantly from a profit of EUR 1.6 million to a deficit of EUR
9.3 million. The principal driving factor was the poorer sales price environment
compared to the prior year.
The detailed financial results are provided in the interim statement for the
first quarter of 2019|20: LINK [
https://www.agrana.com/fileadmin/inhalte/
agrana_group/quarterly_reports/2019_20/
AGRANA_Interim_statement_Q1_2019_20_EN_WEB.pdf]
Outlook
AGRANA expects a significant increase in the Group's EBIT for the 2019|20
financial year despite the continuing major challenges in the Sugar segment.
Group revenue is projected to show moderate growth.
In the 2019|20 financial year the AGRANA Group plans to invest EUR 143 million,
significantly exceeding the budgeted depreciation of about EUR 108 million. Key
capex projects include the addition of new production lines in Asia and
Australia and the expansion of the wheat starch plant in Pischelsdorf near
Tulln, Austria. The doubling of the wheat starch capacity at this site is
progressing on schedule and the plant expansion is to be brought on stream at
the end of 2019.
About AGRANA
AGRANA converts agricultural raw materials into high-quality foods and numerous
industrial intermediate products. About 9,200 employees at 57 production sites
worldwide generate annual Group revenue of approximately EUR 2.4 billion.
Established in 1988, the company is the world market leader in fruit
preparations and the leading producer of fruit juice concentrates in Europe. As
well, its Starch segment is a major manufacturer of custom starch products and
of bioethanol. AGRANA today is also the leading sugar producer in Central and
Eastern Europe.
This announcement is available in German and English at www.agrana.com. [
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issuer: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1
A-1020 Wien
phone: +43-1-21137-0
FAX: +43-1-21137-12926
mail: info.ab@agrana.com
WWW: www.agrana.com
ISIN: AT000AGRANA3
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stockmarkets: Berlin, Wien, Stuttgart, Frankfurt
language: English
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