DEUTZ AG Q1 Report 2022
Highlights
- Significant increase in the profitability of the Classic business by 2023
- Expansion of the profitable service business – organic and through acquisitions
- Acquisition of AUSMA Motorenrevisie B.V. (Netherlands) and South Coast Diesels (Ireland) at the start of May (closing has taken place)
- Increased costs cannot be passed on to customers immediately due to the high level of orders on hand
- Marked rise in new orders – book-to-bill ratio of 1.14 (Q1 2021: 1.35)
- Rise in unit sales driven by all application segments and the two biggest regions, EMEA and the Americas
- Orders on hand climb to €746.7 million as at March 31, 2022 (March 31, 2021: €394.3 million)
- Adjusted EBIT improved to €15.8 million in Q1 20221 (Q1 2021: €0.8 million) due to:
- increased volume of business, bringing economies of scale
- effects of cost savings
- passing on of rising costs for raw materials and logistics to customers