PRESS INFORMATION
Heading: First half 2021 results Nanterre, September 8, 2021 (after trading)
2021 first half-year net profit stands at 7.2%
Account at June 30 (audited in € millions) | H1 2020 | 2020 | H1 2021 |
Revenues | 254.4 | 524.5 | 289.3 |
Business operating profit * | 22.8 (9%)* | 53.9 (10.3%)* | 31.1 (10.8%)* |
Operating profit | 22.1 (8.7%) | 51.9 (9.9%) | 30.3 (10.5%) |
Net financial profit | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0 |
Income tax | (8.4) | (18.6) | (9.4) |
Net profit after tax | 15.1 (5.9%) | 35 (6.7%) | 20.9 (7.2%) |
of which, group share | 13.5 | 30.9 | 18.3 |
Staff at end of period | 5,452 | 5,589 | 5,704 |
* before cost of bonus shares
Achievements
After audit, operating profit for the half-year was confirmed at 10.5% of revenues, compared with 8.7% for the same period last year.
At €20.9 million, net profit for the first half represented 7.2% of revenues. The reduction in the corporate income tax rate in France, combined with the reduction in the CVAE (Company Value Added Contribution), resulted in a reduction of nearly 5 percentage points in the income tax rate.
Even after the payment of an exceptional dividend of €48.4 million, net cash (excluding IFRS 16 rental liabilities) stands at €231.4 million, compared with €228.9 million at June 30, 2020.
Outlook
In a previous press release (1st half revenues), NEURONES raised its forecasts for 2021:
- revenues of at least €570 million,
- operating profit close to 10%.
These forecasts may be adjusted on November 3, when the third quarter revenues will be published.
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