Orange 1Q Revenue Increased
April 30 2020 - 2:20AM
Dow Jones News
By Mauro Orru
Orange said Thursday that revenue for the first quarter of 2020
increased year-on-year amid solid growth in Africa and the Middle
East, as well as improvements in the enterprise, France and Europe
segments.
The French telecommunications company said first-quarter revenue
rose 1% to 10.39 billion euros ($11.28 billion) from EUR10.29
billion for the first quarter of 2019.
Revenue for France rose 0.5% to EUR4.43 billion from EUR4.41
billion, it said.
Orange said the coronavirus pandemic brought about a decline in
equipment sales due to the closure of three quarters of its stores
in Europe from mid-March, coupled with a decline in roaming
revenues.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
after leasing, or Ebitdaal, increased to EUR2.60 billion from
EUR2.59 billion. The company began using Ebitdaal as a financial
indicator in January 2019 to account for the adoption of the IFRS
16 accounting standard.
The company said it doesn't expect a significant deviation from
its targets for 2020, adding however that it would consider an
update of 2020 guidance when publishing results for the second
quarter.
"We recorded a solid performance in our retail operations,
although this was mitigated in the second half of March by the
closure of the vast majority of our stores in Europe," said Chief
Executive Stephane Richard.
Write to Mauro Orru at mauro.orru@wsj.com; @MauroOrru94
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