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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 CONTINUES ITS GROWTH WITH A NET RESULT OF 206 MILLION EUROS, UP 75%

20/10/2021

The company signs a record third quarter despite the complexities of the environment

Bilbao, 20.10.2021- CIE Automotive continued its growth path in the first nine months of the year with revenues of €2,456.7 million, 23% higher than in the same period of 2020, and net profit of €206.1 million, up 75%.

In addition, in the period its EBITDA - gross operating profit - was 434.2 million, 17.7% of sales and 53% more than in the same period in 2020, and its EBIT - net operating profit - reached 281.3 million, up 95%, which represents record operating margins for a third quarter in the group's current perimeter.

With these results, the company is at pre-covid levels despite the negative impact of the exchange rate and the fact that 10 million fewer vehicles have been produced so far in 2021 than in the first nine months of 2019.

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, "even with all the current market dysfunctionalities, which are stressing supply chains as never before (logistical disruptions, semiconductor shortages, rising raw material and energy prices, etc.), our commitment to value creation and to our shareholders remains intact".

He continues: "This is reflected in the good performance of the business, and in key aspects such as the 26% growth - 16.5 points above the market - and the excellent evolution of the company's debt ratios in the last 12 months”.

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