Quarterly Report
3rd quarter 2011
- WACKER GROUP SALES UP ONE PERCENT TO €1.28 BILLION IN Q3 2011
- EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAXES, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION DOWN SEVEN PERCENT FROM A STRONG Q3 2010, AT €318 MILLION
- NET INCOME FOR Q3 2011 REACHES €125 MILLION
- INVESTMENTS OF €299 MILLION UP ALMOST 40 PERCENT COMPARED TO Q3 2010 FOCUS ON POLYSILICON EXPANSION
- MORE CAUTIOUS FULL-YEAR FORECAST: 2011 GROUP SALES EXPECTED TO REACH ABOUT €5 BILLION, WITH EBITDA AT PRIOR-YEAR LEVEL
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€ million |
Q3 2011 |
Q3 2010 |
Change in % |
9M 2011 |
9M 2010 |
Change in % |
| Sales |
1,280.6 |
1,269.5 |
0.9 |
3,898.1 |
3,538.5 |
10.2 |
| EBITDA (1) |
317.6 |
340.0 |
-6.6 |
933.4 |
902.3 |
10.1 |
| EBITDA margin (2) |
24.8% |
26.8% |
- |
25.5% |
25.5% |
- |
| EBIT (3) |
197.2 |
234.3 |
-15.8 |
658.2 |
592.7 |
11.1 |
| EBIT margin (2) |
15.4% |
18.5% |
- |
16.9% |
16.8% |
- |
| Financial result |
-9.3 |
-11.7 |
-20.5 |
-26.9 |
-24.0 |
12.1 |
| Income before taxes |
187.9 |
222.6 |
-15.6 |
631.3 |
568.7 |
11.0 |
| Net income for the period |
124.9 |
155.8 |
-19.8 |
435.6 |
397.1 |
9.8 |
| Earnings per share in € |
2.50 |
3.13 |
-20.1 |
8.76 |
7.98 |
9.8 |
| Investment (incl. financial assets) |
299.1 |
215.5 |
38.8 |
644.0 |
454.7 |
41.6 |
| Payments for acquisitions |
- |
-66.1 |
-100.0 |
- |
-66.1 |
-100.0 |
| Net cash flow(4) |
34.5 |
192.4 |
-82.1 |
267.7 |
302.5 |
-11.5 |
(1) EBITDA is EBIT before depreciation and amortization. (2) Margins calculated based on sales. (3) EBIT is the result from continuing operations for the period before interest and other financial result and income tax. (4) Sum of cash flow from operating activities and noncurrent investment activities (5) Sum of liquidity and noncurrent and current financial liabilities |
€ million |
September 30, 2011 |
September 30, 2010 |
December 31, 2010 |
| Equity |
2,698.9 |
2,341.6 |
2,446.8 |
| Financial liabilities |
593.1 |
470.1 |
533.4 |
| Net financial receivables/ liabilities (5) |
364.0 |
152.0 |
264.0 |
| Total assets |
6,125.7 |
5,233.0 |
5,501.2 |
| Employees (number at end of period) |
17,133 |
16,184 |
16,314 |