SGS reported final 2016 results. Revenues increased 4.8% to CHF5.99bn and 6% on a constant currency basis. Acquisitions contributed around 3.5% to revenue growth and 2.5% was organic growth. The operating performance of the company, however, was not really exciting. EBITDA increased 0.7% to CHF1.15bn and real EBIT declined marginally by 0.7% to CHF816m. The EBITDA margin dropped from 20% to 19.2% and the EBIT margin from 14.4% to 13.6%. The adjusted operating margin also declined from 16.1% t
25 Jan 2017
Performance not really exciting!
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Performance not really exciting!
SGS reported final 2016 results. Revenues increased 4.8% to CHF5.99bn and 6% on a constant currency basis. Acquisitions contributed around 3.5% to revenue growth and 2.5% was organic growth. The operating performance of the company, however, was not really exciting. EBITDA increased 0.7% to CHF1.15bn and real EBIT declined marginally by 0.7% to CHF816m. The EBITDA margin dropped from 20% to 19.2% and the EBIT margin from 14.4% to 13.6%. The adjusted operating margin also declined from 16.1% t