euro adhoc: Curanum AG
Financial Figures/Balance Sheet
CURANUM AG publishes
preliminary results for the 2008 financial year
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06.03.2009
Ad hoc
CURANUM AG publishes preliminary results for the 2008 financial year:
Fourth quarter weaker than expected, consolidated earnings rise 67% as a result of tax effect
Consolidated revenue rose 11.8% in 2007 to EUR 257.1 million (previous year: EUR 230.1 million). The increase was mainly attributable to the consolidation of the ELISA Group. There was a disproportionate rise in rental expense in the year under review, from EUR 45.1 million to EUR 54.6 million, representing an increase of 21.1%. This was mainly due to a sharp rise in the number of managed apartments, and rents consequently represented a higher share of revenue.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization and rent (EBITDAR) rose from EUR 75.8 million in 2007 to EUR 83.9 million in 2008, which corresponds to an increase of 10.7%. The EBITDAR margin fell slightly from 32.9% to 32.6%, which continues to represent an operating return well above the sector average.
EBITDA earnings after rental expense declined from EUR 30.7 million to EUR 29.3 million, feeding through into a fall in the EBITDA margin from 13.3% in 2007 to 11.4% in 2008. Depreciation and amortization rose from EUR 8.6 million to EUR 9.5 million in 2008 as a result of the consolidation of the ELISA Group. Consequently, EBIT earnings fell from EUR 22.2 million in the previous year to EUR 19.7 million in the reporting period just passed.
The trend of both revenue and earnings was more negative than originally budgeted due to the decline in utilization in the fourth quarter, and the significantly below budget average utilization over the course of the 2008 financial year. In addition, food and gas prices rose faster than budgeted in the second half of the year.
Earnings after tax grew by 67.3% from EUR 4.2 million to EUR 7.0 million as a result of a considerably lower tax burden in 2008, and as a result of the negative tax effect in 2007 due to the tax reform. Earnings per share rose from EUR 0.13 to EUR 0.22 in the 2008 financial year.
Cash flow from operating activities grew from EUR 10.5 million to EUR 19.8 million, while gross cash flow climbed from EUR 19.3 million to EUR 21.8 million. This reflected both lower tax payments as well as higher depreciation/amortization and interest payments than in the previous year.
The complete results for 2008 financial year will be published on March 27, 2009, as planned.
Munich, March 6, 2009
The Management Board
|Key figures IFRS as of Dec. 31, 2008 | | | | | | | | |mil. EUR |2008 |2007 |yoy | |Sales |257.1 |230.1 |11.73 | |Staff costs |127.9 |115.1 |11.03 | |EBITDAR |83.9 |75.8 |10.69 | |Rental costs |54.6 |45.1 |21.06 | |EBITDA |29.3 |30.7 |-4.56 | |in % of sales |11.4% |13.3% | | |Depreciation |9.5 |8.6 |11.76 | |EBIT |19.7 |22.2 |-10.86 | |in % of sales |7.7% |9.6% | | |Financial result |-9.5 |-9.4 |1.06 | |EBT |10.2 |12.7 |-19.69 | |Net profit |7.0 |4.2 |68.98 | |EPS (EUR) *) |0.22 |0.13 |61.54 | |Cashflow |19.8 |10.5 |88.57 | |CPS (EUR) *) |0.61 |0.34 |79.41 | |Cash and cash equivalents |10.0 |25.6 |-60.94 | |Equity capital |66.6 |64.6 |3.10 | |in % of balance sum |27.7% |26.8% | | |Balance sheet total |240.4 |240.7 |-0.12 | | | | | | |*) Number of underlying outstanding | | | |shares in 2008: 32.611.091 Shares | | | |*) Number of underlying outstanding | | | |shares in 2007: 31.240.822 Shares | | |
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Further inquiry note:
Bettina Pöschl
Tel. +49(0)89-242065-69
E-Mail: bettina.poeschl@curanum.de
Branche: Healthcare Providers
ISIN: DE0005240709
WKN: 524070
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