ArcelorMittal Swung to Loss in 2Q
August 01 2019 - 12:49AM
Dow Jones News
By Olivia Bugault
ArcelorMittal (MT.FR) said Thursday that it swung to a loss in
the second quarter dragged by impairments, and that it has updated
its full-year outlook for steel demand.
The steelmaker's net loss for the quarter was $447 million,
compared with a profit of $1.87 billion a year earlier, as the
company booked $0.9 billion of impairments, it said.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
was down roughly half on year, at $1.56 billion, falling short of a
company-compiled consensus which had Ebitda at $2.85 billion.
Sales were $19.28 billion for the quarter, down from $20 billion
a year earlier, the company said. Analysts had predicted sales of
$17.22 billion, according to a consensus compiled by FactSet.
The company now expects global steel demand in 2019 to grow
between 0.5% and 1.5%. It said that against this backdrop and
considering scope changes--the ArcelorMittal Italia acquisition,
remedy asset sales and European production curtailments--steel
shipments "are still expected to increase year-on-year, which
should provide support for the group's Action 2020 program."
Write to Olivia Bugault at olivia.bugault@dowjones.com
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August 01, 2019 01:34 ET (05:34 GMT)
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