Improving operating performance and increasing profitability
February 14, 2024 at 12:32 am EST
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Schindler Holding AG / Key word(s): Annual Results
Improving operating performance and increasing profitability
14-Feb-2024 / 06:30 CET/CEST
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR
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Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR
Annual Results 2023
Order intake and revenue: growth amidst challenging market conditions
Improved operating performance and profitability: operating profit adjusted up 19.9%, EBIT adjusted margin 10.9%
Increasing net profit and earnings per share: up 42%
Cash flow from operating activities: up 84.7%
Strong foreign exchange headwinds
Outlook: EBIT reported margin 11% in 2024, 13% midterm
Celebrating 150th anniversary: extraordinary dividend of CHF 1.00 per share to be proposed to the Shareholders’ meeting, total dividend of CHF 5.00 per share
Dividend payout ratio range increased to 50% – 80%
For the full year 2023, amidst challenging markets, both order intake and revenue increased to CHF 11 439 million and CHF 11 494 million, respectively. In local currencies the growth was 1.7% and 7.4%. Operating profit increased to CHF 1 188 million corresponding to an EBIT margin of 10.3%. The EBIT adjusted margin reached 10.9%, up from 9.2% in 2022. Net profit rose significantly to CHF 935 million, corresponding to a net profit margin of 8.1%. Cash flow from operating activities increased by 84.7% to CHF 1 271 million.
About Schindler
Founded in Switzerland in 1874, the Schindler Group is a leading global provider of elevators, escalators and related services. Schindler’s mobility solutions move more than 2 billion people every day all over the world. Behind the company's success are over 70,000 employees in more than 100 countries. Schindler is committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2040 through a 90% absolute reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions in scope 1, 2 and 3 from a 2020 baseline as its long-term science-based emission reduction target, while working to neutralize its residual emissions.
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Katherine Lee | Head of External Communications
Phone +41 414 45 36 11 | Mobile +41 79 712 94 99 katherine.lee@schindler.com
Marco Knuchel | Head Investor Relations
Phone +41 41 445 30 61 marco.knuchel@schindler.com
Schindler Holding AG is a Switzerland-based holding company that specializes in the manufacture of escalators, elevators and moving walks. It operates globally within one main segment: Elevators and Escalators. The Elevators and Escalators segment provides a range of elevators for different applications, including freight and special elevators, high-rise elevators, residential elevators and commercial elevators. It also offers commercial and public transport escalators, as well as inclined and horizontal moving walks. It's affiliated company, ALSO Holding AG, which provided information and communications technology and consumer electronics in the wholesale and logistics sectors, was disposed during 2011 and merged with Actebis GmbH, forming ALSO-Actebis Holding AG. In June 2014, closed the real estate development project Mall of Switzerland (formerly EbiSquare) together with Halter AG and sold its stake in EbiSquare AG to Halter AG
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