Merck KGaA Earnings Decline in 2Q; Backs Overall 2020 View
August 06 2020 - 1:01AM
Dow Jones News
By Cecilia Butini
Merck KGaA said Thursday that earnings declined in the second
quarter and it backed its overall view for the year despite some
obstacles related to the coronavirus pandemic.
The German pharmaceuticals and chemicals company posted an
after-tax profit of 289 million euros ($342.9 million) in the
quarter, down from EUR471 million a year earlier.
Net sales rose 3.7% to EUR4.1 billion, driven by
acquisition-related growth in the performance materials segment and
by organic growth in the life science segment, it said.
Ebitda pre--or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization before one-time items--came in at EUR1.07 billion,
Merck said, down from EUR1.4 billion the year prior.
Merck backed the outlook it had previously given for 2020,
assuming that its business will be affected by the pandemic "to
varying degrees," it said.
The company guided for a slight increase in net sales to a range
between EUR16.9 billion and EUR17.7 billion. It expects Ebitda pre
to be in a range between EUR4.45 billion and EUR4.85 billion, with
the lower end of that range slightly above previous
expectations.
Write to Cecilia Butini at cecilia.butini@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 06, 2020 01:46 ET (05:46 GMT)
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