European OEMs' 2012 outlooks: German Three and Renault aim for record sales
PSA posts net loss in H1 of 2012, preparing restructure and cost reduction plan
2012/08/24
- Summary
- With fall of sales by 13% to 1.62 million units and net loss, PSA announces restructure and cost reduction programs
- Renault aims to refresh the record unit sales throughout the year, despite fall in sales volume in the H1 2012 by 3.3%
- Fiat aims to sell 4.1 to 4.4 million units per year with Chrysler to make up for slumping Fiat
- VW sells a record of 4.55 million units in the H1, aiming to refresh the records of sales units and revenues throughout 2012
- BMW posts record sales volume and revenue in the H1 2012, aiming to refresh both records in full fiscal year
- Daimler sells 1.07 million units, up by 8% in the H1 2012, while aiming for record sales volume and revenue throughout 2012
Summary
Six European OEMs of PSA, Renault, Fiat, VW and BMW and Daimler sold 11.593 million units in the first half of 2012, up by 3.1% y/y. Despite the slumping European markets, soaring demands in North America, China and Russia and brisk sales of premium cars underpinned their global sales. Especially, the German three of VW, BMW and Daimler achieved the best sales records for the first six month of the fiscal year, respectively. On the contrary, Renault and PSA saw a drop in sales volume in the first half of 2012, because of shrinking European compact car markets. Fiat set off the drop in sales in Europe against an increase in sales in North America by its consolidated company Chrysler.
In financial aspects, three German OEMs posted record revenue, while BMW and Daimler of the three posted a fall in EBIT due to rising development costs. Fiat enjoyed a drastic increase in sales and EBIT thanks to the effects of the consolidation of Chrysler, while it posted a net loss in the non-consolidated results. Renault and PSA saw a fall in sales volume. As a result, Renault saw a decrease in sales and profit, while PSA saw a net loss and announced the restructuring and cost reduction programs.
Each of these companies projects that the 2012 global market will continue to expand centering on emerging countries and North America, although European markets will shrink further than the initial forecasts. Three German OEMs continue to aim to refresh the record results of 2011 based on strong performance in the first half. Despite the fall of sales over the first six months, Renault will keep the initial full-year sales target unchanged, which exceeds the record sales of 2011.
Related Reports: |
Fiat (May 2012), Renault (Jan. 2012), BMW (Nov. 2011) Mercedes-Benz Cars (Nov. 2011), Daimler's Commercial Vehicle Business (Nov. 2011) |
Six European OEMs' 2012 Business Forecasts |
PSA | PSA outlooks European markets will stay grim, and shrink by 8% (it was a 5% fall according to the forecast announced in February 2012). By implementing financial improvements such as selling assets in 2012, PSA will constrain the net debt scale to the level at the end of 2012 (2.4 billion Euros). |
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Renault | In the first half of 2012, sales volume was down by 3.3% y/y, and the free cash flow fell to negative 200 million Euros. However, it keeps the initial targets at sales volume exceeding the 2011 level, and positive free cash flow. |
Fiat | Fiat revised the initial sales forecast of 12.90 million - 13.40 million units to 12.70 million units for the European market, while altering the one upward to 14 million units for the US market where the Chrysler has been reporting strong sales. Fiat maintains the initial 2012 targets of the entire Fiat-Chrysler Group at sales of more than 77 billion Euros, a trading profit of 3.8 billion to 4.5 billion Euros and a net profit of 1.2 billion to 1.5 billion Euros. |
VW | VW sees that global passenger car and light commercial vehicle markets will continue to increase in the second half of 2012, although the growth rate will decelerate from that of the first half, which was 7.5% up y/y. VW expects that sales volume and sales will exceed the 2011 record levels, while aiming for a trading profit unchanged from the previous year. |
BMW | BMW aims for a second consecutive record sales volume in 2012, and also targets to have an EBIT surpassing the 2011 record level. |
Daimler | Daimler expects the worldwide market will be up by about 4% in 2012, centering on the US and Asia. It plans to bring the Group's sales volume and sales higher than 2011 levels. It set the EBIT target unchanged from 2011. |
Six European OEMs' business results |
(Euros in millions and global sales units in thousands) |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Jan.-Jun. | |||
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2011 | 2012 | |||||||
PSA | Global sales volume | 3,428 | 3,260 | 3,188 | 3,602 | 3,549 | 1,860 | 1,619 |
Revenues | 58,676 | 54,356 | 48,417 | 56,061 | 59,912 | 31,135 | 29,553 | |
Operating profit | 1,752 | 550 | (689) | 1,796 | 1,315 | 1,157 | 4 | |
Net profit | 885 | (363) | (1,161) | 1,134 | 588 | 806 | (819) | |
Renault | Global sales volume | 2,485 | 2,382 | 2,309 | 2,627 | 2,722 | 1,374 | 1,328 |
Revenues | 40,682 | 37,791 | 33,712 | 38,971 | 42,628 | 21,101 | 20,935 | |
Operating profit | 1,354 | 326 | (396) | 1,099 | 1,091 | 630 | 482 | |
Net profit | 2,734 | 599 | (3,068) | 3,490 | 2,139 | 1,253 | 786 | |
Fiat | Global sales volume | 2,234 | 2,153 | 2,152 | 2,082 | 4,000 | 2,063 | 2,121 |
Revenues | - | - | 32,684 | 35,880 | 59,559 | 22,363 | 41,745 | |
Operating profit | - | - | 736 | 1,112 | 2,392 | 776 | 1,876 | |
Net profit | - | - | (345) | 222 | 1,651 | 1,274 | 737 | |
VW | Global sales volume | 6,190 | 6,257 | 6,336 | 7,203 | 8,265 | 4,128 | 4,552 |
Revenues | 108,897 | 113,808 | 105,187 | 126,875 | 159,337 | 77,767 | 95,378 | |
Operating profit | 6,151 | 6,333 | 1,855 | 7,141 | 11,271 | 6,086 | 6,492 | |
Net profit | 4,122 | 4,688 | 911 | 7,226 | 15,799 | 6,496 | 8,827 | |
BMW | Global sales volume | 1,501 | 1,436 | 1,286 | 1,461 | 1,669 | 833 | 901 |
Revenues | 56,018 | 53,197 | 50,681 | 60,477 | 68,621 | 33,925 | 37,495 | |
Operating profit | 4,212 | 921 | 289 | 5,111 | 8,018 | 4,597 | 4,402 | |
Net profit | 3,134 | 330 | 210 | 3,224 | 4,907 | 2,917 | 2,626 | |
Daimler | Global sales volume | 2,089 | 2,073 | 1,551 | 1,895 | 2,111 | 989 | 1,072 |
Revenues | 99,399 | 98,469 | 78,924 | 97,761 | 106,540 | 51,067 | 55,895 | |
Operating profit | 8,710 | 2,730 | (1,513) | 7,274 | 8,755 | 4,612 | 4,373 | |
Net profit | 3,985 | 1,414 | (2,644) | 4,674 | 6,029 | 2,884 | 2,931 | |
Total | Global sales volume | 17,926 | 17,561 | 16,822 | 18,871 | 22,316 | 11,249 | 11,593 |
Revenues | - | - | 349,605 | 416,025 | 496,597 | 237,358 | 281,001 | |
Operating profit | - | - | 282 | 23,533 | 32,842 | 17,858 | 17,629 | |
Net profit | - | - | (6,097) | 19,970 | 31,113 | 15,630 | 15,088 |
Note: 1. | Global sales volume of Fiat represents those of Fiat Group Automobiles, which do not include that of Chrysler LLC by 2010. After 2011, it includes whole Fiat's and Chrysler's unit sales. Revenue and operating/net profit include those of Chrysler after June 2011. Fiat split off the commercial vehicles/industrial equipment division (Fiat Industrial) in January 2011. The 2009 and 2010 data represent the sales of the passenger car division announced retroactively. |
2. | VW's global sales include those of Scania which has been consolidated since July 2008, and those of MAN from November 2011. |
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