Volkswagen Increases Dividend After Profit, Revenue Rose in 2021
March 11 2022 - 1:32PM
Dow Jones News
By Kim Richters
Volkswagen AG on Friday said revenue and profit rose
significantly in 2021 despite the semiconductors shortage, and it
raised its dividend payout.
The German auto maker said aftertax profit came in at 15.43
billion euros ($16.96 billion), compared with EUR8.82 billion in
2020.
Operating profit for the period rose to EUR19.28 billion from
EUR9.68 billion, while revenue increased to EUR250.20 billion from
EUR222.88 billion.
Analysts had expected revenue of EUR246.53 billion, according to
consensus estimates provided by FactSet.
Volkswagen proposed a dividend of EUR7.50 per ordinary share and
EUR7.56 per preferred share for the year, up from previously
EUR4.80 and EUR4.86 respectively.
The car maker managed to increase revenue and earnings thanks to
favorable pricing and better sales mix despite the semiconductor
shortage. The chip bottlenecks are expected to continue but improve
in the second half of the year compared with the first six month,
it said.
For 2022, Volkswagen expects revenue to be 8% to 13% higher than
in the previous year and operating return on sales of between 7.0%
to 8.5%.
"At the time of preparing this outlook, there is a risk that the
latest developments in the war in Ukraine will have a negative
impact on the Volkswagen Group's business," said Volkswagen.
The guidance is subject to further developments in the war and
their impact on the company's supply chain and the global economy,
it said.
Write to Kim Richters at kim.richters@wsj.com
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