Top German companies defy economic slowdown with higher profits – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Top German companies defy economic slowdown with higher profits – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         

 
 
 
 
 
          Especially Daimler was successful.
     

 
                                           
 
 
     
     
     
         
         
                                                             

Germany’s major companies, de spite the economic slowdown in the euro area and global crises on track. This is evident from a study published Friday by the consulting firm Ernst & amp; Young (EY) out. Thus, the 100 top listed companies increased their operating profit (EBIT) from January to September 2014 by 9 percent to 82.8 billion euros. In the first nine months of last year he was slightly decreased by 2 percent. Sales were more than a trillion euros almost constant.

                         
         
         
                                                             
                                 

Winning drivers were thus among other things, the car manufacturer Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW occupied the top three spots in the ranking. Especially greatly put it to Daimler – and sat down with a score increase of 66 percent from the third to second place behind Volkswagen. The Swabians had recently benefited from several new models and a multibillion-dollar savings program. “Despite the efficiency programs, including many top German companies have undergone in recent years, with employment at a very high level,” said EY expert Thomas Harms. End of September occupied Germany’s top corporations around 4.7 million people – 1.4 percent more than last year. In the new year of the increase in employment is expected, according Harms given the austerity but be moderate.

                         
         
         
                                                                                                                                                                                                   

More about

problem child among the sectors was according to the study last the energy sector. The profit of the six major suppliers broke accordingly by about one third of the revenues declined by 8 percent. The consequences of the energy transition make the industry currently creating. Eon had recently announced some surprising his splitting and thus the end of the classical energy supplier structure. The Düsseldorf landed in the sales ranking of the EY-study of the first three quarters again in third place all large German companies behind Volkswagen and Daimler.
Overall, German companies are currently engaged in international crises such as the Ukraine worries. Moreover, the economic slowdown in the euro area.

                                                                             
 
  

 
 
 
                       

topics to this article:

Courses and financial data to the article:

Here you can acquire rights to this article

Hamburg A house as an energy trader

There was a bang – the utility E .ON splits itself and has opted for green electricity. The German energy industry is in turmoil, a lot is possible at a time. In Hamburg Vogelhüttendeich the green electricity provider Lichtblick tested a house that operates its own energy-management, self-powered and even so concerns. More

10/12/2014, 11:52 clock | Economy

forecasts up to 2015 New German optimism

How will the new year? The Germans believe: It will be fine. For society, they face difficulties – but for themselves they are confident. Especially the youth More

26/12/2014, 11:31 clock |. Economy

ruble crisis Russian markets in freefall

Despite a dramatic increase in interest rates in Russia, the ruble is slipping more and more dependent and evokes the risk of another state bankruptcy of the vast empire up. More

17/12/2014 10:32 clock | Economy

Market Dax is on the road to recovery

At the start of the Christmas week, some investors have returned to the German stock market. The DAX index will rise again. The focus is among others the German Telekom and the possible sale of its Internet news portal T-Online. More

12/22/2014, 10 : 37 Clock | Finance

     
     
     

 

posting Send email

On Course for Success

German top companies defy economic slowdown with higher profits

From

Despite the global crisis, it is the German company well. Were particularly successful car manufacturer, dark it was in the energy sector.

An error has occurred. Please check your input

<- ========= confirmation page.! Will be loaded by JS if submission is successful === ============ ->

posting Send email

Thanks
The article was sent successfully

.