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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 achieves a net profit of 287.5 million euros in 2019, 18% more than the previous year

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CIE Automotive achieves a net profit of 287.5 million euros in 2019, 18% more than the previous year

19/02/2020

The Group has generated more than 340 million in operating cash flow in the year
No relevant impact expected by coronavirus

 

Bilbao, 28.2.2020 – CIE Automotive continues with its track record of growth and profitability. The company's turnover for the year amounted to 3,461.1 million euros, 14% more than in 2018. This substantial progress has been accompanied once again by improvements in operating results, with EBITDA - gross operating income - reaching 594.4 million euros, 12% more than in the same period of 2018, and in net profit, reaching 287.5 million in 2019, 18% more than the previous year.

 

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive: “These record figures show the resilient management model of the company: constant search for continuous improvement and operational efficiency, aligned with commercial, financial and investment discipline. Thanks to all this we have achieved the 2020 goals one year ahead of schedule.”

 

Thus, 2019 will go down in the history of CIE Automotive for the fulfilment and early closing of its 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, and for breaking its own growth and profitability records in a global economic deceleration environment and a very complex sectorial context.


It should be noted that, throughout 2019, CIE Automotive has acquired the Indian aluminium injection company Aurangabad Electricals Limited, the roof systems division of Inteva and the Mexican machining company Mapremex. These integrations have a strong potential and confirm the company's commitment to technological and geographical diversification.

 

Likewise, the Group also estimates as of today that the coronavirus will not have a significant impact on the path of growth and profitability improvement that CIE has shown during the last 24 quarters and that will continue to show in the first quarter of 2020, which will mean the 25th quarter in record sales and results.

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