Continental Gives Gloomy Auto Sector Outlook After Multibillion-Dollar 3Q Loss
November 12 2019 - 3:11AM
Dow Jones News
By Max Bernhard
Continental AG (CON.XE) on Tuesday said it expects global
automotive production to remain flat at best next year and reported
a 1.99 billion euro ($2.19 billion) loss for the third quarter.
The German car parts supplier doesn't expect a material
improvement in global production over the next five years, Chief
Financial Officer Wolfgang Schaefer said, adding: "At best, we
foresee a sideways trend in global automotive production in
2020."
Continental anticipates production rates in China, Europe and
North America to continue to decline in the fourth quarter.
Production of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles globally
is forecast to shrink by about 6%, it said.
The company had warned last week that earnings in the
third-quarter would be hit by a EUR2.5 billion charge from the
slump in global car production. Earnings before interest and taxes
in the period swung to a EUR1.97 billion loss, from a EUR626.1
million profit a year earlier. Adjusted EBIT tumbled by 20% to
EUR614.5 million.
Continental nevertheless backed its guidance for the year. "If
you look at our purely operational performance, we did reasonably
well in the third quarter," Mr Schaefer said.
Write to Max Bernhard at max.bernhard@dowjones.com;
@mxbernhard
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