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CIE Automotive challenges the sector with a record profit of 326 million euros in 2024

27/02/2025

Increases sales and results with a high level of cash generation that brings debt to historic lows

Bilbao, 27.2.2025 – CIE Automotive has presented today the results for the 2024 financial year, challenging with significant growth an Automotive industry weakened by uncertainties.

Sales have exceeded 3.96 billion euros, which represents a growth of 1.1%, outperforming by more than 2 basic points the decrease in global vehicle production.

In terms of operating margins, an EBITDA – gross operating profit – of 728 million has been reached, and an EBIT – net operating profit – of 538 million euros, which represents margins of 18.4% and 13.6% respectively, significantly higher than the average margins of the sector.

All of the above results in a record net profit of 326 million which, on a comparable perimeter, represents a growth of almost 5% compared to 2023.

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, “We continue growing above the market, improving our results, and above all, we continue with an extremely high cash generation that has brought our leverage to historic lows, which, in the current sectoral context, highlights the value of our management model and our positioning as a reference supplier in the global Automotive industry”.

And he adds: “For all these reasons and due to our expectations for the current year, we are in a position to reconfirm that the commitments of the 2025 Strategic Plan will be fulfilled.”

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CIE AUTOMOTIVE ACHIEVES A NET PROFIT OF 148 MILLION EUROS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, UP 154%

28/07/2021

With record margins, the company is at pre-covid levels

Bilbao, 28.7.2021- CIE Automotive once again exceeded market expectations in the first half of the year with revenues of 1,681.6 million euros, up 39% on the same period in 2020, and net profit of 148.2 million euros, up 154%. 


In addition, in the period its EBITDA - gross operating profit - was 302.8 million, which represents 18% of sales and 97% more than in the first half of 2020, and its EBIT - net operating profit - exceeded 13% of sales, reaching 220.6 million, 145% more.   


With these results, the company is now at pre-covid levels despite the negative impact of the exchange rate and the fact that in the first half of 2021 almost 6 million fewer vehicles were produced compared to the first half of 2019. 


According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, "both the excellent recovery of our operating margins and the tight control of our investments have allowed us to reduce our debt level by almost 250 million euros in the last 12 months, turning the Net Financial Debt / EBITDA ratio from 3.91x in June 2020 to 2.59x today". 


And he continues, "this is undoubtedly the company's strongest commitment: to maintain the focus on cash generation, that generation which in this half year has allowed us to grow organically 16 points above the market and which will allow us to achieve additional inorganic growth in the future".  
The company's excellent prospects for the coming years, as explained at Capital Markets Day on June 28th, are based on strategic successes such as the commitment to the electric car and in-vehicle comfort, the presence in Asia and a deep commitment to ESG. 

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