22/10/2024 20:34
EQS-Adhoc: FRIWO AG: FRIWO adjusts forecast for 2024 due to continued weak demand - cost efficiency measures take effect
INFORMATION REGLEMENTEE

EQS-Ad-hoc: FRIWO AG / Key word(s): Forecast/Change in Forecast
FRIWO AG: FRIWO adjusts forecast for 2024 due to continued weak demand - cost efficiency measures take effect

22-Oct-2024 / 20:34 CET/CEST
Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.



FRIWO adjusts forecast for 2024 due to continued weak demand - cost efficiency measures take effect


Ostbevern, 22 October 2024 – FRIWO - an international manufacturer of technically leading chargers and e-drive solutions - has to adjust its annual forecast for 2024 downwards in view of the noticeable economic weakness. In particular, the continuing weakness in orders for e-mobility and tools in Europe has meant that the order situation as at 30 September 2024 has hardly changed compared to the half-year figures and the recovery in demand originally expected for the second half of the year, particularly in the final quarter of the year, has failed to materialise. Against this backdrop, the Executive Board now expects full-year sales of between EUR 90 and 95 million. Previously, FRIWO had anticipated sales of between EUR 100 and 120 million.  In contrast, the extensive cost efficiency measures introduced by FRIWO and the easing of material and energy costs are having a noticeably positive impact. Therefore the shortfall in revenues expected for the year as a whole will only lead to a slight adjustment of the earnings targets for the 2024 financial year. Instead of the previously forecast, roughly balanced Group EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes), a small EBIT loss is now expected.


FRIWO continues to see a fundamentally positive trend in demand for its products and a return to sustainably profitable growth from 2025.


FRIWO AG will publish its quarterly statement for the first nine months of the 2024 financial year as planned on 7 November 2024.


Contact Investor Relations and Media


FRIWO AG
Ina Klassen
+49 (0) 2532 81 869
ir@friwo.com


Peter Dietz
+49 (0 )69 97 12 47 33
dietz@gfd-finanzkommunikation.de


 




End of Inside Information

22-Oct-2024 CET/CEST The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Archive at www.eqs-news.com



Language: English
Company: FRIWO AG
Von-Liebig-Straße 11
48346 Ostbevern
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2532 81-0
Fax: +49 (0)2532 81-129
E-mail: ir@friwo.com
Internet: www.friwo.com/de/about/investor-relations/
ISIN: DE0006201106
WKN: 620110
Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (General Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID: 2013849

 
End of Announcement EQS News Service

2013849  22-Oct-2024 CET/CEST


fncls.ssp?fn=show_t_gif&application_id=2013849&application_name=news&site_id=symex~~~af100301-a623-4c64-8f3d-90fc88eca9e6









EQS-Ad-hoc: FRIWO AG / Key word(s): Forecast/Change in Forecast


FRIWO AG: FRIWO adjusts forecast for 2024 due to continued weak demand - cost efficiency measures take effect


22-Oct-2024 / 20:34 CET/CEST


Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group AG.


The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.



FRIWO adjusts forecast for 2024 due to continued weak demand - cost efficiency measures take effect



Ostbevern, 22 October 2024 – FRIWO - an international manufacturer of technically leading chargers and e-drive solutions - has to adjust its annual forecast for 2024 downwards in view of the noticeable economic weakness. In particular, the continuing weakness in orders for e-mobility and tools in Europe has meant that the order situation as at 30 September 2024 has hardly changed compared to the half-year figures and the recovery in demand originally expected for the second half of the year, particularly in the final quarter of the year, has failed to materialise. Against this backdrop, the Executive Board now expects full-year sales of between EUR 90 and 95 million. Previously, FRIWO had anticipated sales of between EUR 100 and 120 million.  In contrast, the extensive cost efficiency measures introduced by FRIWO and the easing of material and energy costs are having a noticeably positive impact. Therefore the shortfall in revenues expected for the year as a whole will only lead to a slight adjustment of the earnings targets for the 2024 financial year. Instead of the previously forecast, roughly balanced Group EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes), a small EBIT loss is now expected.



FRIWO continues to see a fundamentally positive trend in demand for its products and a return to sustainably profitable growth from 2025.



FRIWO AG will publish its quarterly statement for the first nine months of the 2024 financial year as planned on 7 November 2024.



Contact Investor Relations and Media



FRIWO AG

Ina Klassen

+49 (0) 2532 81 869
ir@friwo.com



Peter Dietz

+49 (0 )69 97 12 47 33
dietz@gfd-finanzkommunikation.de



 





End of Inside Information


22-Oct-2024 CET/CEST The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Archive at www.eqs-news.com



























Language: English
Company: FRIWO AG

Von-Liebig-Straße 11

48346 Ostbevern

Germany
Phone: +49 (0)2532 81-0
Fax: +49 (0)2532 81-129
E-mail: ir@friwo.com
Internet: www.friwo.com/de/about/investor-relations/
ISIN: DE0006201106
WKN: 620110
Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (General Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID: 2013849





 
End of Announcement EQS News Service




2013849  22-Oct-2024 CET/CEST







\"fncls.ssp?fn=show_t_gif&application_id=2013849&application_name=news&site_id=symex~~~af100301-a623-4c64-8f3d-90fc88eca9e6\"