Quarterly Report - Wacker Chemie AG


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

Note

This website contains forward looking statements based on assumptions and estimates of WACKER's Executive Board. Although we assume the expectations in these forward looking statements are realistic, we cannot guarantee they will prove to be correct. The assumptions may harbor risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual figures to differ considerably from the forward looking statements. Factors that may cause such discrepancies include, among other things, changes in the economic and business environment, variations in exchange and interest rates, the introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance for new products or services, and changes in corporate strategy. WACKER does not plan to update the forward looking statements, nor does it assume the obligation to do so.