Daimler has posted record annual results for 2013 with sales, revenues and net profit all reaching new highs.
“2013 was a year in which we got off to a difficult start but gradually picked up speed,” said CEO Dr Dieter Zetsche, speaking to approximately 5,000 shareholders at the Berlin Trade Fair Center.
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Worldwide, Daimler sold nearly 2.4m vehicles and achieved group revenue of EUR118 billion last year (2012: EUR114.3 billion). Group EBIT increased by 23% to EUR10.8bn (2012: EUR8.8 billion); Group EBIT from the ongoing business amounted to EUR7.9bn (2012: EUR8.2bn. Net profit increased by 28% to EUR8.7 billion (2012: EUR6.8 billion); value added rose by 38% to EUR5.9 billion (2012: EUR4.3 billion).
“Our determination is paying off. The company’s situation is good, but the future outlook is even better,” said Zetsche.
“We are beginning 2014 at the same pace with which we finished 2013,” said Zetsche. Although the markets were uneven in the first three months of 2014, Daimler said it sold more cars, trucks, vans and buses in the first quarter of 2014 than in the prior-year period.
