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EARNINGS, BALANCE SHEET, GUIDANCE
Earnings figures
Management considers the overall profitability of the SFC Energy Group in the first three months of the 2020
financial year can be described as satisfactory, and in line with expectations given the emerging COVID-19
pandemic and OPEC+ crisis.
Gross profit was down 8.2 % year-on-year in the first quarter of the current financial year at € 5,245k (previous
year: € 5,716k). At 32.5 %, the gross margin was below the previous year’s level of 34.7 %. The anticipated
margin reduction in the Defense & Security segment was not entirely offset by the absolute improvement in
the Clean Energy & Mobility segment.
EBITDA was positive at € 375k in the first three months of 2020 compared with € 778k in the same period of the
previous year. EBITDA adjusted for non-recurring effects amounted to a positive € 820k (previous year:
€ 1,553k).
In the first three months of the current financial year, EBIT was negative at minus € 432k compared with minus
€ 19k in the same period of the previous year. EBIT adjusted for non-recurring effects was positive at € 13k
in the reporting period (previous year: € 756k).
Non-recurring effects amounted to € 446k in total (previous year: € 775k):
in k€
01/01 – 03/31/2020 01/01 – 03/31/2019
Expenses for the SAR program 282 775
Expenses for acquisition-related costs 164 0
Earnings after taxes went from minus € 320k in the first three months of the previous year to minus € 630k in
the same period of 2020. IFRS earnings per share (basic and diluted) amounted to minus € 0.05 in the 2020
reporting period. By comparison, earnings per share (basic and diluted) in the same period of the previous year
were minus € 0.03.
Effect of IFRS 16 on earnings figures
The application of IFRS 16 had the following effects:
in k€
01/01 – 03/31/2020 01/01 – 03/31/2019
Effect on EBITDA 573 560
Effect on EBIT 39 37
Effect on net income – 15 – 25
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Balance sheet and employees
Available cash and cash equivalents amounted to € 18,531k as