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Richard Hilgert
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Continental’s 1Q Results Disappoint; New Technology Spending Up; EUR 153 FVE Unchanged

Narrow-moat-rated Continental announced first-quarter 2018 earnings per share before special items of EUR 3.69; this was EUR 0.06 below the prior year’s EPS of EUR 3.75, but missed the EUR 3.82 consensus by EUR 0.13. The underperformance relative to the consensus expectations was driven by unfavorable currency translation, soft tire group volume, and negative tire group inventory valuation effect. Revenue was basically flat at EUR 11.0 billion. Excluding negative currency translation, revenue wo...
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CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Continental is an automotive industry supplier. Co.'s automotive divisions comprised of: Chassis & Safety, which develops and produces systems that provide safety and enhanced vehicle dynamics; Powertrain, which develops solutions for gasoline and diesel engines, as well as hybrid and electrical drive systems; and Interior, which provides solutions for information management within vehicles and networking between vehicles. Co.'s rubber divisions comprised of: Tires, which provides tires for passenger cars through trucks, buses and construction site vehicles to special vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles; and ContiTech, which develops products made from rubber and plastic.

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