Fresenius Lifts Profit Outlook After Strong North America Performance
August 02 2016 - 1:54AM
Dow Jones News
By Ulrike Dauer
FRANKFURT--Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (FRE.XE) raised its
full-year profit guidance after adjusted net profit rose 12% in the
second quarter because of a strong performance at its Fresenius
Kabi unit in North America.
Late Monday, Fresenius said it now expects 2016 adjusted net
profit to rise between 11% and 14% over the 2015 figure, up from
the previously anticipated rise of between 8% and 12%.
Fresenius confirmed its 2016 sales target of growth between 6%
and 8%.
Fresenius Kabi, the group's clinical technology provider, also
raised its full-year outlook for sales and EBIT. It now expects
sales and adjusted EBIT in constant currency to grow between 3% and
5%. Fresenius Kabi reported a net profit rise of 7% to 180 million
euros ($201.15 million) for the second quarter.
The group's quarterly adjusted net profit rose to EUR393
million, beating a EUR384 million forecast in a Dow Jones Newswires
analyst poll. Earnings before interest and taxes increases 8% to
EUR1.05 billion. Sales were up 2% at EUR7.1 billion.
All four business units contributed to the improvements.
Fresenius's biggest unit, Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (FMS),
the world's largest provider of dialysis products and services,
reported a 22% rise in net profit to $294 million, on a 5% sales
increase to $4.42 billion. It confirmed its full-year guidance.
-Write to Ulrike Dauer at Ulrike.Dauer@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 02, 2016 01:39 ET (05:39 GMT)
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