Kingspan Sees 1st Half Sales, Trading Profit Above Pre-Pandemic Levels
June 22 2021 - 3:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Joe Hoppe
Kingspan Group PLC said Tuesday that it expects to report its
first-half sales and trading profit rose compared with 2020 and
2019.
The London-listed, Ireland-based building-and-insulation
materials company said that momentum from the first quarter has
continued and it now expects first-half sales to be around 2.9
billion euros ($3.46 billion).
For the same period in 2020, it reported sales of EUR2.07
billion, and in the first half of 2019 --prior to the coronavirus
pandemic-- sales were EUR2.24 billion.
Trading profit is expected to rise to around EUR315 million,
from EUR200 million in 2020 and EUR230 million in 2019.
The company said its strong order backlog has grown since it
reported in April, but didn't provide a figure. Inflation of raw
materials has continued at the highest levels it has experienced,
and the situation is expected to persist throughout the summer at
least, Kingspan also said.
Write to Joe Hoppe at joseph.hoppe@wsj.com
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