ZWith the conflict in Ukraine and the brand new lockdowns in China, gloomy clouds for the financial system have piled up once more in current months, however massive German companies have offered extraordinarily strong steadiness sheets for the primary three months of the yr. In comparison with the identical quarter of the earlier yr, the full gross sales of the Dax companies have elevated by round 14 %, and profits by as a lot as 21 %.
Taken collectively, the companies from the highest German inventory trade league generated an working revenue (EBIT) of round 52.4 billion euros. Of the 40 companies, 24 had been in a position to enhance their working revenue, solely 16 noticed their revenue decline. That is the results of an analysis of the Dax 40 quarterly studies by the auditing firm EY. Though many massive German companies had to deal with the withdrawal from Russia and likewise write off belongings there, this isn’t of nice financial significance total.
The German automotive companies specifically made excessive profits within the first three months of the yr. Though many automakers are affected by a scarcity of chips, many are concentrating on the profitable luxurious section in view of the dearth of components. The shareholders of Volkswagen can sit up for the very best profits, the biggest German automotive producer generated round 8.3 billion euros in working revenue earlier than curiosity and taxes (EBIT) within the months of January to March, which is 73 % greater than in the identical interval of the yr earlier yr. Nevertheless, as reported, VW additionally benefited from a revaluation of economic devices to hedge in opposition to fluctuating commodity costs.
Lockdown in China an issue for the worldwide financial system
Mercedes-Benz introduced it to five.2 billion euros in revenue earlier than deduction of taxes and curiosity (EBIT) within the three months, BMW nonetheless round 3.4 billion. Many automotive producers apparently managed to cost considerably increased costs for his or her automobiles.
Deutsche Telekom’s profits have additionally developed nicely, with greater than 6.3 billion euros remaining from gross sales after deducting prices. This places Telekom in second place behind Volkswagen within the Dax 40 rating of the very best quarterly profits. In proportion phrases, nevertheless, Airbus was in a position to enhance its profits essentially the most: The aerospace firm tripled its working revenue in comparison with the identical interval final yr to 1.4 billion euros. Solely two of the 40 Dax companies made losses previously quarter: Vonovia and Zalando.
Regardless of the extraordinarily strong steadiness sheets of enormous German companies within the first quarter, many observers are involved that German companies will proceed to get away with it unscathed. Whereas nearly all of companies have to date “managed nicely to navigate by these troublesome instances” by remodeling provide chains and passing rising prices on to their clients, says EY companion Mathieu Meyer, a chartered accountant, he fears that the The brand new geopolitical scenario will even have important long-term results on the German financial system: “The powerful lockdown measures in China are more and more proving to be an issue for all the world financial system. We are going to nonetheless really feel the results of those lockdowns,” says Meyer, including: “It’s fairly attainable that issues will get powerful for prime German companies within the coming months.”
Prior to now three months, German companies have benefited from the robust financial restoration in America. North America has thus developed into the gross sales engine for big German companies. The gross sales of the Dax companies in North America elevated by nearly 19 % and thus considerably greater than Asia (plus 7.7 %) and Europe (plus 6.4 %).
