DSM Q3 2016 Results

HEERLEN, Netherlands, November 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Highlights

• DSM reports another strong quarter
• Group sales up at €1,998m, with 3% organic growth, and EBITDA up 13% to €323m
• Nutrition: 5% organic sales growth, EBITDA up 8%
• Materials: 5% volume growth, EBITDA up 16%
• Group ROCE improved to 10.6% (end Q3 2015: 7.9%) driven by higher EBIT
• Net profit up 38% to €146m (€322m after exceptionals, including proceeds from Patheon IPO)
• Outlook maintained

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Key figures and indicators (continuing operations)

   
    in EUR million       Q3 2016  Q3 2015  % Change  Volume  Price/mix   FX    Other
    Sales                 1,998    1,945      3%      3%         0%      0%     0%
    Nutrition             1,303    1,253      4%      3%         2%     -1%     0%
    Materials               634      631      0%      5%        -5%     -1%     1%
    EBITDA                  323      287     13%
    Nutrition               231      213      8%
    Materials               118      102     16%
    ROCE (%) [1]           10.6      7.9

^[1] January until September

CEO statement

Feike Sijbesma, CEO/Chairman of the DSM Managing Board, commented: "We are pleased to report another quarter of strong operational and financial progress. This was driven by both Materials and Nutrition, reflecting the progress we are making on delivering on our Strategy 2018 through our growth initiatives as well as ambitious improvement and cost savings actions.

Materials had a quarter of strong volume growth driven again by specialties, enhanced by particularly high margins as a result of a very favorable product mix and pro-active margin management, while still benefiting from low input costs. Nutrition delivered good EBITDA growth, despite additional costs in the quarter. Animal Nutrition benefited from increased vitamin prices, with solid volume growth against a tougher prior year comparison. Human Nutrition delivered strong volume growth.

While the global macro-economic environment remains a concern, we continue to expect that for the full year 2016, we will deliver ahead of our medium-term goals, given the strong ongoing performance of our business, underpinned by our continued focus on the improvement programs." 

Outlook 2016 maintained

DSM continues to expect to deliver full-year 2016 results ahead of the medium-term targets set out in its Strategy 2018, with a mid-teens EBITDA growth and an increase in ROCE of over 200 basis points.

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Additional Information 

Today DSM will hold a conference call for media from 08:00 to 08:30 and a conference call for investors and analysts from 09:00 to 10:00. Details on how to access these calls can be found on the DSM website, http://www.dsm.com.

DSM - Bright Science. Brighter Living.™  

Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. By connecting its unique competences in life sciences and materials sciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders simultaneously. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 25,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. More information can be found at http://www.dsm.com.

Forward Looking Statement 

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