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CIE Automotive challenges the sector with a record profit of 326 million euros in 2024

27/02/2025

Increases sales and results with a high level of cash generation that brings debt to historic lows

Bilbao, 27.2.2025 – CIE Automotive has presented today the results for the 2024 financial year, challenging with significant growth an Automotive industry weakened by uncertainties.

Sales have exceeded 3.96 billion euros, which represents a growth of 1.1%, outperforming by more than 2 basic points the decrease in global vehicle production.

In terms of operating margins, an EBITDA – gross operating profit – of 728 million has been reached, and an EBIT – net operating profit – of 538 million euros, which represents margins of 18.4% and 13.6% respectively, significantly higher than the average margins of the sector.

All of the above results in a record net profit of 326 million which, on a comparable perimeter, represents a growth of almost 5% compared to 2023.

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, “We continue growing above the market, improving our results, and above all, we continue with an extremely high cash generation that has brought our leverage to historic lows, which, in the current sectoral context, highlights the value of our management model and our positioning as a reference supplier in the global Automotive industry”.

And he adds: “For all these reasons and due to our expectations for the current year, we are in a position to reconfirm that the commitments of the 2025 Strategic Plan will be fulfilled.”

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null CIE Automotive supera los 138 millones de euros en el primer semestre 2018, un 20% más

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CIE Automotive increases net profit by 20% during the first semester 2018, exceeding 138 million euros

24/07/2018

The Company reaffirms its commitment to the fulfilment of the 2020 strategic targets.

Bilbao, 25.7.2018 – CIE Automotive carries on proving its excellent track record and has exceeded 138 million Euros net profit during the first semester, which means a 20% increase over the same period of the previous year.

 

During this first half of 2018, CIE Automotive’s turnover has been 1,567 million Euros. Regarding the EBITDA - gross operating margin - CIE has achieved 277 million Euros, while EBIT - net operating profit - has increased to 210 million Euros, a 12% and a 17% more than in the same period of 2017, respectively.

 

In this context, the 13% growth excluding exchange rates (90% of which is organic) is especially remarkable in a sector that has globally grown 1.7%. CIE has once again beaten the performance of the market in all the geographical areas in which the company operates, with special strong growth in emerging markets such as India, Brazil or China.

 

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive: “It is also worth mentioning the excellent evolution of the operating margins, which show substantial improvements in comparison to the same period of 2017 in all our regional divisions. These margins gradually converge towards our 2020 strategic commitments, which we once again reaffirm”.

 

It should be recalled that, following July 3rd extraordinary dividend in kind by means of the distribution of 50.01% of Global Dominion Access shares, CIE is once again focused exclusively in its Automotive activity. The net profit of this division during the first semester 2018 has amounted 132 million Euros and is expected the reach 300 million Euros in 2020 according to the latest 2016-2020 Strategic Plan update.

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