Nobia Interim Report January-September 2005

Thu, Oct 27, 2005 08:00 CET

	July -Sept.		Jan. -Sept.		Jan. -Dec.	Oct. -Sept.
Key figures	2005	2004	2005	2004	2004	2004/05
Net sales, SEK m	2,930	2,707	9,151	8,487	11,337	12,001
Operating profit before depreciation, SEK m (EBITDA)	285	276	909	905	1,212	1,216
Operating profit, SEK m (EBIT)	210	205	684	694	930	920
Operating margin, %	7.2	7.6	7.5	8.2	8.2	7.7
Profit after financial items, SEK m	193	186	628	625	840	843
Profit after tax, SEK m	139	126	454	434	592	612
Earnings per share, After dilution, SEK	2.39	2.18	7.82	7.50	10.23	10.54
Return on capital employed, %					23.1	21.3
Return on equity, %					25.7	22.5

Earnings per share after dilution rose by 4 per cent to SEK 7.82 (7.50)

The profit after tax rose by 5 per cent to SEK 454 million (434)

The profit after financial items was SEK 628 million (625)

Net sales climbed by 8 per cent to reach SEK 9,151 million (8,487). In Q3 sales climbed by 8 per cent to reach SEK 2,930 million (2,707)

Organic growth was 3 per cent in the first nine months of the year

The operating profit (EBIT) reached SEK 684 million (694) including costs of SEK 30 million for the action programme within the UK business. The operating profit rose in Q3 to reach SEK 210 million (205)

The operating margin, including costs for the action programme, was 7.5 per cent (8.2) for the first nine months and 7.2 per cent (7.6) for Q3

Cash flow was up SEK 143 million on last year at SEK 533 million (390)

The full report including tables can be downloaded from the following link.

For further information about this report, please contact:  Fredrik Cappelen, President and CEO, Jan Johansson, CFO,  Eva Jonsson Wallin, Corporate Communications, Tel. +46 (0)8 440 16 00.  Financial information is also available on Nobia's website: www.nobia.se

Nobia Interim Report January-September 2005

Subscribe

Documents & Links