{
  "id": 18079833,
  "title": "Car manufacturers: BMW's profit plummets by more than a third - now an extremely weak final quarter threatens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/autobauer-bmw-gewinn-bricht-um-mehr-als-ein-drittel-ein-nun-droht-ein",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-04T06:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/bmw-gewinn-des-autobauers-bricht-um-mehr-als-ein-drittel-ein/100265068.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "BMW's profit has plummeted in the first nine months of the year, with earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) at 5.2 billion euros, a 35.2% drop from the same period last year. The company's net profit was 4.3 billion euros, down 24% from the previous year, with revenue at 92.7 billion euros, a 7.3% decrease. BMW's automotive business was particularly affected, with Ebit down 44% to 2.9 billion euros, and the Ebit margin in the autos segment at 3.5%, down from 5.9% last year. The company has issued a second profit warning this year, expecting an auto margin of -0.5 to 0.5% for the full year.",
  "summary": "China continues to have a massive impact on BMW's results. The Group is countering this with a restructuring program. An even larger drop in profits is expected in the fourth quarter.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}