EANS-Adhoc: Delticom AG: Q1 profitable but below plan
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3-month report
17.04.2012
Hanover, 17 April 2012 - Delticom (German Securities Code WKN 514680, ISIN
DE0005146807, stock market symbol DEX), Europe's leading online tyre dealer,
released preliminary figures for the first quarter 2012 today. While revenues
came in flat year-on-year (Q1 12: EUR 85.5 million, Q1 11: EUR 85.4 million),
EBIT fell to EUR 3.4 million (Q1 11: EUR 5.9 million).
Due to unfavourable weather conditions in the first quarter, Delticom´s business
developed below plan. At the beginning of the year market-wide demand for winter
tyres was depressed by a lack of snowfall. Additionally, temperatures ahead of
the Easter holiday were too low for a good start into the summer season.
With 25.8% the Q1 gross margin was kept at prior-year levels (Q1 11: 25.9%).
EBIT came in EUR 2.5 million lower, though, partly because of the weaker demand
but also due to higher expenses for the new warehouse opened in May 2011.
In the tyre business seasonal effects are not uncommon. Management expects
demand to normalise in the upcoming weeks. As the bulk of the summer tyres are
sold in the second quarter, guidance for the full year remains unchanged at 10%
growth in revenues and earnings.
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Delticom will publish further Q1 preliminary figures on Thursday, April 19th on
its website www.delti.com.
Further inquiry note:
Delticom AG Investor Relations
Melanie Gereke
Brühlstraße 11
30169 Hannover
Tel.: +49 (0)511-936 34-8903
Fax: +49 (0)89-208081147
e-mail: melanie.gereke@delti.com
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issuer: Delticom AG
Brühlstraße 11
D-30169 Hannover
phone: +49 (0)511 93634 8903
FAX: +49 (0)511 336116 55
mail: info@delti.com
WWW: http://www.delti.com
sector: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005146807
indexes: SDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated
dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English