Operating results

The performance in 2018 has enabled the Group to achieve consolidated EBIT of €617 million is down €86 million (-12%) compared with the same period of the previous year (€703 million). This essentially reflects the reduction in gross realised gains (down €141 million)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS

(€m)Q1 2019Q1 2018Increase/(decrease)
Total revenue 2,842 2,884 (42) -1.5%
of which:
Mail, Parcels & Distribution 880 899 (19) -2.1%
Payments, Mobile and Digital* 140 130 9 7.3%
inancial Services* 1,485 1,532 (47) -3.1%
of which gross capital gains 261 402 (141) -35.1%
Insurance Services 337 324 14 4.3%
Costs 2,037 2,049 (13) -0.6%
of which:
Total personnel expenses 1,438 1,430 8 0.5%
of which personnel expenses 1,435 1,425 10 -0.7%
of which early retirement incentives 3 6 (3) -50.0%
of which disputes and other extraordinary items 0 (1) 1 -104.4%
Other operating costs 599 619 (20) -3.3%
EBITDA 805 835 (30) -3.6%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairments 188 132 56 42.5%
EBIT 617 703 (86) -12.2%
EBIT Margin 21.7% 24.4% -2.7%
Finance income/(costs) 6 8 (2) 22.5%
Profit before tax 623 711 (88) -12.3%
Income tax expense 184 226 (41) -18.3%
Net profit 439 485 (46) -9.5%
Earnings per share 0.34 0.37 (0.03) -9.5%

* The figures for Q1 2018 have been reclassified on the basis of the new scope of the Payments, Mobile & Digital SBU.

 

 

GROUP – TOTAL REVENUE BY OPERATING SEGMENT
(DATA IN MILLION EURO)

GROUP – TOTAL REVENUE BY OPERATING SEGMENT

 

The Group’s total revenue of €2.8 billion is down €42 million compared with the first quarter of 2018 (a reduction of 1.5%).

  • Mail, Parcels and Distribution services: total revenue amounts to €880 million, a 2% reduction compared with 2018. This reflects a decrease in traditional letter post and in other revenue, partly offset by the performance of parcels, where volumes were up 19.4% from 29 million items in the first quarter of 2018 to 35 million in the first quarter of 2019, resulting in a 14.6% increase in revenue from €175 million to €201 million.
  • Payments, Mobile and Digital: contributed revenue of €140 million, up 7.3% compared with the same period of the previous year, reflecting a good performance from card payments, where growth was 14.4%.
  • Financial Services: total revenue amounts to €1,485 million, a reduction of €47 million (-3.1%) compared with the first quarter of the previous year. This reflects a decrease in gross realised gains (down €141 million) in line with the Group’s new strategy of reducing the dependence of its results on non-recurring items.
  • Insurance Services: contributed total revenue of €337 million, marking an increase of €14 million. The improvement reflects the increase in the net investment result, which benefitted from the greater volume of assets under management, and a positive contribution from the P&C business.

 

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