Compared to the growth rate still at 7.5% in the middle of the year, the 3rd quarter produced a plus in double figures. Turnover climbed by 11.5% to 11.2 million EUR, reaching the highest quarterly result in the company's history. Earnings rose sharply. EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) soared by 34% to 0.63 million EUR (previous year: 0.47 million EUR), the EBIT margin advanced by one percentage point to 5.6%. With the financial results remaining unchanged (0.2 million EUR) pre-tax profits rose by 23.9% to 0.83 million EUR.
The cumulated figures for the first nine months of the current financial year show record figures for turnover and profit. Revenues increased by 8.6% from 29.1 million EUR to 31.6 million EUR. EBIT improved by 26.5% to 1.7 million EUR. As a result of financial results slipping to 0.4 million EUR (0.54 million EUR), pre-tax profits could not keep pace. They rose by 11.1% to 2.1 million EUR.
The Board of Directors is very confident of meeting the targets set for the final quarter of the current financial period of 42 million EUR turnover with a disproportionately large growth in profits.