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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 breaks all records with a record first quarter

08/05/2024

Exceeds for the first time the 14% EBIT margin over sales Achieves a record quarterly net profit of 93 million euros

Bilbao, 8.5.2024 - CIE Automotive today presented its results for the first quarter of 2024 during its General Shareholders' Meeting, which took place at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao.

During the event, the company announced revenues of 1,036 million euros in this quarter, 3% more than in the same period of 2023, with an EBITDA - gross operating profit - of 191.6 million, 7% more, which represents 18.5% of sales, and an EBIT - net operating profit - of 146.0 million, 9% more, which represents 14.1% of sales, the highest in its history.

These excellent figures are complemented by a record quarterly profit of 93 million euros, and more importantly, by an operating cash flow generation of 121.7 million euros, which implies a 66% EBITDA to operating cash flow conversion ratio, one of the keys to reducing the company's leverage to below 1.5 times Net Financial Debt / EBITDA.

During his speech, Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, emphasized that "despite the slowdown in vehicle production in some of our main markets, this has been a historic quarter, with very strong organic growth, almost 5 points above the market, and with outstanding results that consolidate us as one of the most profitable companies in the sector".

Regarding the future, and more specifically with respect to the 2025 Strategic Plan, he commented that, "given the positive evolution of the Plan and our good prospects for the coming quarters, we can confirm the maintenance of all our ambitious commitments, both financial and non-financial".

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