euro adhoc: ComputerLinks AG
Financial Figures/Balance Sheet
COMPUTERLINKS
continues on its successful path
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6-month report
14.08.2007
The COMPUTERLINKS Group increased turnover and profit in the 1st half of 2007 achieving growth rates in double figures compared to the same period last year. Group turnover rose by 15.5% in the 1st half of 2007 to 205.1 million Euro (1st half of 2006: 177.6 million Euro). Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) improved by 15.4% to 7.2 million Euro in the 1st half of 2007 compared to 6.3 million Euro in the 1st half of 2006. Net income for the period rose from 3.7 million Euro (1st half of 2006) to 4.1 million Euro in the 1st half of 2007 (+ 11.3%) and earnings per share increased from 0.55 Euro to 0.62 Euro (+ 11.2%).
Group turnover for the 2nd quarter of 2007 increased by 17.8% to 103.1 million Euro (2nd quarter of 2006: 87.6 million Euro). Gross margins stood at 14.1% in the 2nd quarter of 2007 and therefore improved compared to the 1st quarter of 2007 at 14.0%. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the 2nd quarter of 2007 rose by 17.1% to 3.7 million Euro (2nd quarter of 2006: 3.2 million Euro). Net income for the period for the 2nd quarter of 2007 was 2.1 million Euro compared to 1.8 million Euro in the 2nd quarter of 2006 (+17.4%). This resulted in an increase in the earnings per share of 17.3% to 0.32 Euro (2nd quarter of 2006: 0.27 Euro).
Issuer's information/explanatory regarding this ad hoc announcement:
Stephan Link, founder and CEO of COMPUTERLINKS AG commented: "We have continued the encouraging start to the year also in the second quarter of 2007. Our acquisition in Dubai, the company Fusion, has been contributing to the Group's results since 1st April 2007. We are pleased with the decidedly positive start of our new company in the Middle East. After a drop in turnover in the 1st quarter of 2007 COMPUTERLINKS North America is back on the anticipated growth path. Our most important manufacturer, Crossbeam, has implemented its product changeover. In addition Blue Coat, another important manufacturer for North America, has been signed up - initial Blue Coat projects have already been finalised. We expect a positive trend of business for the summer quarter similar to that of the two first quarters of the current financial year, before we experience a significant growth in business activity in the last quarter of 2007 customary for the end of the year."
At a glance (in million Euro)
| |01.01.-30.06.07 |01.01.-30.06.06 |Change in %* | |Turnover |205.1 |177.6 |+15.5 | |EBITDA |7.2 |6.3 |+15.4 | |EBT |6.7 |5.9 |+12.7 | |Net income for |4.1 |3.7 |+11.3 | |the period | | | | |Earnings per |0.62 |0.55 |+11.2 | |share in Euro | | | | | | | | | | |2nd quarter of |2nd quarter of |Change in %* | | |2007 |2006 | | |Turnover |103.1 |87.6 |+17.8 | |EBITDA |3.7 |3.2 |+17.1 | |EBT |3.5 |2.9 |+18.1 | |Net income for |2.1 |1.8 |+17.4 | |the period | | | | |Earnings per |0.32 |0.27 |+17.3 | |share in Euro | | | | | | | | |
* The percentage changes are based on values which have not been rounded off
This press release and the quarterly report as of 30.06.2007 can be accessed under www.COMPUTERLINKS.net.
end of announcement euro adhoc 14.08.2007 07:43:31
Further inquiry note:
Bettina Zollner
Tel.: +49(0)89 93099-174
Branche: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: DE0005448807
WKN: 544880
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