- - GN Store Nord
- - GN Hearing
- - GN Audio
Quotes from executive management
Gitte Aabo, CEO of GN Hearing, comments: “Needless to say our Q2 financial results are not a pretty story. However, amidst the COVID-19 situation our employees have done a great job in ensuring our company gets through COVID-19 stronger than ever focusing on fundamentals and on bringing ReSound ONE to market as an entirely new class of hearing aids. With this exciting launch we deliver on our strategy of bringing individualized customer experience to market – something I am excited and optimistic about.”
René Svendsen-Tune, CEO of GN Audio, comments: “Albeit partly on the somber background of the COVID-19 pandemic, our global team and leading product portfolio have performed outstandingly in helping both existing and many new customers preserving their employees’ productivity when working from home. We see this very strong current demand continue into Q3, and in the mid-term we expect a more normalized – but still strong – demand in line with our mid-term financial targets.”
Marcus Desimoni, CFO of GN Store Nord, comments: “In an extremely challenging COVID-19 market situation for GN Hearing, we are very pleased to be able to deliver a positive EPS for the quarter. With our continued sound balance sheet and access to ample sources of liquidity this is a testimony to the resilience of the company.”
Financial overview Q2 2020
GN Hearing | GN Audio | GN Store Nord | |||||||
DKK million | Q2 2020 | Q2 2019 | Growth | Q2 2020 | Q2 2019 | Growth | Q2 2020 | Q2 2019 | Growth |
Revenue | 715 | 1,585 | -55% | 1,944 | 1,466 | 33% | 2,659 | 3,051 | -13% |
Organic growth | -54% | 8% | 32% | 26% | -13% | 16% | |||
Gross profit | 332 | 1,090 | -70% | 1,009 | 745 | 35% | 1,341 | 1,835 | -27% |
Gross margin | 46.4% | 68.8% | -22.4%p | 51.9% | 50.8% | +1.1%p | 50.4% | 60.1% | -9.7%p |
EBITA | -336 | 299 | -212% | 408 | 268 | 52% | 25 | 523 | -95% |
EBITA margin | -47.0% | 18.9% | -65.9%p | 21.0% | 18.3% | +2.7%p | 0.9% | 17.1% | -16.2%p |
Earnings per share (EPS) - DKK | 0.06 | 2.29 | -97% | ||||||
Free cash flow excl. M&A | -117 | 290 | -407 | 579 | 232 | 347 | 517 | 472 | 45 |
Teleconference
GN Store Nord will host a teleconference at 11.00 a.m. CEST today. Please visit www.gn.com/investor to access the teleconference. Presentation material will be available on the website prior to the start of the teleconference.
For further information, please contact:
Investors and analysts
Morten P. Toft
Vice President – Investor Relations & Treasury
Tel: +45 45 75 46 07
Or
Rune Sandager
Senior Manager – Investor Relations
Tel: +45 45 75 92 57
Press and the media
Lars Otto Andersen-Lange
Head of Media Relations & Corporate Public Affairs
Tel: +45 45 75 02 55
About GN Group
The GN Group enables people to Hear More, Do More and Be More through its intelligent hearing, audio and video collaboration solutions. Inspired by people and driven by our innovation leadership, we leverage technological synergies between our hearing and audio divisions to deliver unique and increasingly individualized user experiences in our products and solutions.
150 years ago, GN was founded with a truly innovative and global mindset. Today, we honor that legacy with world-leading expertise in the human ear, sound and video processing, wireless technology, miniaturization and collaborations with leading technology partners. GN's solutions are marketed by the brands ReSound, Beltone, Interton, Jabra, BlueParrott and FalCom in 100 countries. Founded in 1869, the GN Group employs 6,500 people and is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (GN.CO).
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