19.11.2013
Wirecard AG: successful third quarter 2013
Wirecard AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results/Interim Report
19.11.2013 / 07:49
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Aschheim (Munich). Wirecard AG reports a successful third quarter of the
current fiscal year.
In the first nine months of fiscal 2013 consolidated revenues were up by 22
percent to EUR 341.1 million. Group earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased in the nine month period
2013 by 15 percent to EUR 89.8 million (9M/2012: EUR 78.1 million). After
adjusting investments in the new Mobile Payment business field that were
recognized in profit and loss, EBITDA growth in this period would have been
24 percent.
In the third quarter 2013, consolidated revenues were up by 23 percent to
EUR 125 million (Q3 2012: EUR 101.6 million). EBITDA rose by 17 percent to
EUR 33.6 million (Q3/2012: EUR 28.8 million).
Cash flow from operating activities (adjusted) increased during the first
nine months of 2013 to EUR 77.9 million (9M/2012: EUR 65.3 million). As per
September 30, 2013 earnings per share amounted to EUR 0.51 (9M/2012: EUR
0.48)
During the first nine months of the current fiscal year the transaction
volume processed via the Wirecard platform was up by 28 percent to EUR 19.0
billion. Asia accounted for around 16 percent or EUR 3.0 billion of this
total.
The positive growth of the core business, which spans global payment
processing, risk management and payment acceptance, is mostly based on
three factors: sustainable growth for the eCommerce market, constant new
customer acquisitions as well as the innovative strength of Wirecard.
'We are pleased about the success in our new Mobile Services business
field, which includes both mobile payments as well as mobile payment
services and the associated value-added services', says Wirecard CEO Markus
Braun. 'Wirecard has staked its place as a leading partner for mobile
payment solutions at the very start of the European mobile payment
initiatives'.
Wirecard AG offers its customers state-of-the-art technology, transparent
real-time reporting services and support in developing their international
payment strategies throughout all sales channels: offline, online or
mobile.
The Management Board has added granularity to its previous EBITDA forecast
for fiscal year 2013 of EUR 120 to 130 million, to a current forecast of
EUR 123 to 128 million. This already takes our investments in the new
Mobile Payments business field into account.
The Q3/9M-report 2013 is available on our website:
http://ir.wirecard.com/websites/wc/English/3000/news-_-publications.html#f
inanzberichte
Contact:
Iris Stöckl
VP Corp.Com./IR
Tel.: +49 (0)89-4424-1424
e-Mail: iris.stoeckl@wirecard.com
http://www.wirecard.com
ISIN DE0007472060
Reuters: WDI.GDE
Bloomberg: WDI GY
About Wirecard:
Wirecard AG is one of the world's leading independent providers of
outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions.
Wirecard supports companies in accepting electronic payments from all sales
channels. It provides international payment acceptances and methods,
supplemented by fraud prevention solutions via a global multi-channel
platform. When it comes to issuing their own payment instruments in the
form of cards or mobile payment solutions, the Wirecard Group provides
companies with an end-to-end infrastructure, including the requisite
licenses for card and account products.
Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN
DE0007472060, WDI).
www.wirecard.com | www.wirecardbank.com| www.mywirecard.com
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Language: English
Company: Wirecard AG
Einsteinring 35
85609 Aschheim b. München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89-4424 1400
Fax: +49 (0)89-4424 1500
E-mail: ir@wirecard.com
Internet: www.wirecard.com
ISIN: DE0007472060
WKN: 747206
Indices: TecDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
Stuttgart
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