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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 increases net profit by 35%, reaching 165.9 million euros on the first nine months of the year.

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CIE Automotive increases net profit by 35%, reaching 165.9 million euros on the first nine months of the year.

26/10/2017

CIE Automotive continues to stand out for its evolution in the first nine months of the year, reaching a net profit of 165.9 million euros, 35% more than in the same period of the previous year, which means maintaining record company figures and exceeding market expectations.

The Group's turnover has been 2,691.5 million euros, 30% more than last year, highlighting an impressive organic growth of 14.7% in the Automotive unit, which has meant beating the performance of all the markets in which the company operates.

 

Regarding the EBITDA - gross operating margin - CIE has achieved 399 million euros, 31% more than in the same period of 2016, while EBIT - net operating profit - has increased to 284 million euros, a 36% more.

 

Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, stressed: "Our strategic objectives continue to approach more quickly than initially committed, thanks to the combination of better positioning with our customers, the good evolution of our market share in the different geographies and a management totally focused on the value generation ".

 

On the other hand, Antón Pradera, President of the company commented: "We prove every day that the business model of CIE, with its flexibility and diversification, is optimal to take advantage of the great changes that are taking place in the sector and of which we are already a part with great success".

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