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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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null CIE Automotive premiada de nuevo en los prestigiosos galardones Institutional Investor Awards

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CIE Automotive honored again in the prestigious Institutional Investor Awards

09/09/2024

Bilbao, 9.9.2024 Institutional Investor, a world leader in financial sector rankings, has released the results of its annual “Developed Europe Executive Team” awards, based on a survey of analysts and fund managers, in which 1,765 investment professionals from 820 financial services firms participated this year, representing a significant increase in participation over previous years.

Continuing with the success achieved in previous editions, CIE Automotive is once again the most awarded company among the “Small & Midcaps” of the Automotive sector. It repeated first place in the “Best CEO” category with Jesús María Herrera and “Best IR Professional” with Lorea Aristizabal, as well as in “Best IR Team”, “Best Investor/Analyst Day” and “Best IR Program”, and second place in “Best ESG Program”.

Category

CIE Automotive

Most Honored Companies

1st

Best CEO

1st

Best IR Professional

1st

Best IR Program

1st

Best IR Team

1st

Best ESG

2nd

Best Analyst/Investor Event

1st

CEOs were rated on credibility, leadership and communication skills. In the Investor Relations area, companies were rated on attributes such as productivity of conferences/roadshows, quality of earnings conferences, knowledge of the business and market, responsiveness, credibility, consistency and granularity of financial disclosures.

In addition, within the framework of the Automotive All Caps - which includes all companies in the sector regardless of their size - CIE Automotive obtained third place in the “Best IR Professional” and “Best IR Team” categories, categories in which it shared the podium with leading players in the financial market such as Ferrari and Renault.

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