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Denise Molina
EUR 100.00 For Business Accounts Only

Kion Reports Solid 2Q With Double-Digit Revenue Growth and Margin Expansion; Shares Attractive

Kion's second-quarter results beat consensus on revenue and EBIT, and the company looks on track to meet guidance. We are maintaining our EUR 90 fair value estimate and find the shares attractive. Group revenue grew by 12% and the EBIT margin expanded by 70 basis points. As expected, group orders were down sharply year over year, declining 14%, with tough comparables from 2018 when supply chain solutions (warehouse automation equipment) orders grew by 93%. 
Industrial trucks (forklifts) outperfo...
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KION GROUP AG

Kion Group AG Formerly known as Kion Group AG (Pre-Reincorporation). Kion Group AG is a Germany-based supplier of industrial trucks, related services and supply chain solutions. The activities of the Company are divided into three segments: Industrial Trucks and Services, Supply Chain Solutions and Corporate Services. The Industrial Trucks and Services segment comprises forklift trucks, warehouse technology, counterbalance trucks, towing vehicles, as well as automated trucks and autonomous trucks. It operates through three international brands: Linde, STILL and Baoli, as well as through three regional brands: Fenwick (France), OM STILL (Italy) and OM Voltas (India). The Supply Chain Solutions segment offers integrated technology and software solutions, picking equipment, automated storage and retrieval systems, sorters, and conveyors, marketed under the Dematic brand. The Company is active in more than 100 countries across the world.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Denise Molina

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