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DGAP-News: United Internet AG
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- Customer contracts: + 170,000 to 24.91 million contracts - Sales: + 4.1% to EUR 1.329 billion - EBITDA: + 0.4% to EUR 300.8 million despite special items; like-for-like EBITDA: + 4.3% - EBIT: + 1.7% to EUR 184.2 million despite special items; like-for-like EBIT: + 8.1% - 2020 guidance confirmed Montabaur, May 13, 2020. United Internet got off to a good start in its fiscal year 2020. In the first quarter of 2020, the company made further investments in new customer contracts and the expansion of its existing customer relationships, and thus in sustainable growth. All in all, the number of fee-based customer contracts was raised organically by a further 170,000 contracts to a current 24.91 million. Of this total, 100,000 contracts were added in the Consumer Access segment. In the Consumer Applications segment, 850,000 ad-financed free accounts and 10,000 pay accounts were added. A further 60,000 contracts resulted from the Business Applications segment. Consolidated sales grew by 4.1%, from EUR 1,276.5 million in the previous year to EUR 1,329.4 million in the first quarter of 2020. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2020, from EUR 299.7 million in the previous year to EUR 300.8 million. In addition to one-off expenses for integration projects and initial costs for the construction of the 5G mobile communication network, this merely moderate growth was due in particular to negative effects from regulatory decisions and temporary changes in customer behavior caused by the coronavirus crisis (especially in the field of telephony, due in part to work-from-home regulations and shelter-in-place restrictions). These effects in the Consumer Access segment had a total negative impact on United Internet's earnings of EUR -14.9 million (prior year: EUR - 3.1 million). Adjusted for these effects, like-for-like EBITDA rose by 4.3%. Although similarly affected by these negative effects, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by 1.7% from EUR 181.1 million in the previous year to EUR 184.2 million due to lower depreciation. Adjusted for these effects, like-for-like EBIT grew by 8.1%. Earnings per share (EPS) improved from EUR 0.24 in the previous year to EUR 0.39. EPS was burdened by non-cash impairment charges on Tele Columbus shares held by United Internet, which are adjusted throughout the year according to the prevailing share price (EPS effect: EUR -0.22 in the previous year and EUR -0.08 in 2020). Without consideration of impairment charges, operating EPS rose slightly from EUR 0.46 to EUR 0.47. The same applies to operating EPS before PPA, which increased from EUR 0.58 to EUR 0.59. Outlook 2020 An overview of all key figures and the quarterly statement for the first three months of 2020 are available online at . Contact partner
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | United Internet AG |
| Elgendorfer Straße 57 | |
| 56410 Montabaur | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49 (0)2602 / 96 - 1100 |
| Fax: | +49 (0)2602 / 96 - 1013 |
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| Internet: | -internet.de |
| ISIN: | DE0005089031 |
| WKN: | 508903 |
| Indices: | MDAX, TecDAX |
| Listed: | Regulated Market in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
| EQS News ID: | 1042455 |
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