Lkw-Hersteller: Gewinn von Daimler Truck bricht um 48 Prozent ein
Unter anderem belasteten Zölle die Profitabilität auf dem wichtigen nordamerikanischen Markt. Allerdings nimmt sich der Dax-Konzern fürs laufende Jahr bessere Ergebnisse vor.
The profit of the commercial vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck plunged 48 percent in the second quarter of this year. The group's profit fell to 128 million euros from 245 million euros, the DAX company from Leinfelden-Echterdingen near Stuttgart announced. Among other things, tariffs burdened profitability in the crucial North American market.
The company had already presented preliminary figures for the day-to-day business about two weeks earlier. It was hoped that the situation would improve overall in the second half of the year after the recognition of US value-creating shares by the authorities. Daimler Truck had then also increased the overall group forecast. Chief Karin Radström confirmed this.
Positive dynamics were expected to increase in the third quarter. The order intake rose by 27 percent to 74,448 vehicles in the three months to the end of June compared to the weak previous-year period. The sales in the industrial business - without financial services - rose as already known by 6 percent in the second quarter. However, the profit margin before interest and taxes in this area fell by 2.4 percentage points to 6.8 percent.
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