Mercedes-Benz tops revenue forecast, sees provide chain headwinds in 2022

Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans expects an adjusted earnings earlier than curiosity and taxes (EBIT) of €14-billion ($15.9-billion) in 2021 and sees provide chain headwinds persisting into 2022, it stated on Friday.

The luxurious carmaker predicted an adjusted return on gross sales of 12.7 per cent within the full 12 months, beating its personal steerage of 10 per cent-12 per cent because the bounce in electrical car gross sales made up for provide chain troubles, it stated because it launched preliminary outcomes.

But it expects excessive uncooked materials costs and semiconductor shortages to stop it assembly sturdy demand for its merchandise this 12 months, Chief Financial Officer Harald Wilhelm advised a name with analysts.

The chip scarcity would ease within the second half of 2022, he stated, including {that a} “good part” of uncooked materials prices had been locked in however unit gross sales would nonetheless want to extend to mitigate the hit from rising prices.

“There will be a (raw) material headwind, so I think we will need the volume lever to mitigate and fight it,” Wilhelm stated. “We will try and see what can still be done on top of 2021 in terms of the pricing but the pricing itself will not be enough.”

Its share value rose to €75.08 by 1145 GMT, up from €69.01 when markets opened.

Data launched by Mercedes-Benz in January confirmed the carmaker registered a 5 per cent gross sales drop per cent2C per cent20Jan per cent207 per cent20(Reuters),most per cent20automobiles per cent20bought per cent20to per cent20BMW per cent20 in 2021, shedding its crown for the primary time in 5 years to BMW because the premium carmaker with essentially the most automobiles bought.

Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius has repeatedly stated the goal was to spice up profitability quite than focus completely on unit gross sales in its bid to boost the agency’s inventory market valuation after splitting from Daimler Truck in December.

“Our good results are the outcome of highly sought-after products and the focus on profitable growth and cost discipline,” Kaellenius stated in a press release.

The fourth quarter noticed an adjusted return on gross sales of 15 per cent, the corporate stated on Friday, with profitability boosted by “solid net pricing, good product mix and favorable used car performance.”

Mercedes-Benz expects the deconsolidation from Daimler Truck to spice up its EBIT by 9 to €10-billion.

Mercedes-Benz is because of report full-year outcomes on Feb. 24.

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