RATIONAL AG
RATIONAL AG continues to grow successfully
DGAP-News: RATIONAL AG / Key word(s): Final Results Press release – Sales revenues up by 15 percent – by 16 percent after currency adjustments – 27 percent EBIT margin – Dividend of 11.00 euros per share proposed – Growth expected to continue
26.7 percent EBIT margin – negative currency effects The weakness of foreign currencies that are important for RATIONAL in relation to the euro – in particular the US dollar – had a significant negative impact on sales revenues and earnings performance. After exchange rate adjustments, sales revenues were up 16 percent on the previous year. Adjusted for the currency losses, the EBIT margin was just over 27 percent. Dividend of 11.00 euros per share proposed Investments in the future More than 170 new jobs created Growth set to continue “The successful performance of our more recent markets, the Americas and Asia, and that of our established markets as well as the unbroken growth in eating-out trends make us very confident that we will be able to continue on our expansion path with high single-digit growth rates and good profitability in 2018”, adds Dr Peter Stadelmann. Contact: Editorial note: The RATIONAL Group is the global market and technology leader for thermal preparation of food in professional kitchens. The company, founded in 1973, employs around 1,900 people, over 1,000 of whom are in Germany. RATIONAL was floated in the Prime Standard of the German stock market in 2000 and is currently represented in the SDAX. The company’s principal objective is to offer maximum customer benefit at all times. Rational is committed to the principle of sustainability, which is expressed in its corporate policies on environmental protection, leadership, job security and social responsibility. Numerous international awards bear witness to the high quality of the work done by RATIONAL’s employees year for year.
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Language: | English |
Company: | RATIONAL AG |
Iglinger Straße 62 | |
86899 Landsberg a. Lech | |
Germany | |
Phone: | 0049 8191 327 2209 |
Fax: | 0049 8191 327 722209 |
E-mail: | ir@rational-online.com |
Internet: | www.rational-online.com |
ISIN: | DE0007010803 |
WKN: | 701080 |
Indices: | SDAX |
Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
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