EVN: Rise in Sales, Decline in Profits Expected

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: February 24, 2012; 17:34 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian energy company will publish its results for the first quarter on February 28. Earnings should rise, profits should fall, RCB estimates.

EVN: Rise in Sales, Decline in Profits Expected / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The first quarter should bring mixed results for EVN, the analyst Raiffeisen Centrobank anticipates.
Gas demand was down by 7.6%, which was due to the higher temperatures. However, the gas price was up by 20% compared to last year. RCB expects EVN to record sales of € 840.3m (+4.8%). In the first quarter of 2010/11, sales reached € 802.2m.

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