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VERBUND AG's earnings forecast for 2024 is significantly below market expectations.
The drop in wholesale prices for electricity and lower earnings in the Grid segment are impacting expected EBITDA and Group result.
VERBUND expects EBITDA of €2.6bn-€3.3bn and a Group result of €1.3bn-€1.75bn in 2024.

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VERBUND AG: Earnings forecast for financial year 2024 is significantly below market expectations

08-Feb-2024 / 18:30 CET/CEST
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The Executive Board of VERBUND AG announced today that the earnings forecast for financial year 2024 deviates significantly from market expectations. The rapid and massive drop in wholesale prices for electricity, caused by the fall in primary energy prices and the prices of emission allowances as well as lower earnings contribution in the Grid segment are having a negative impact on the expected EBITDA and the expected Group result for financial year 2024. These negative effects are not sufficiently reflected in the current market expectations (internally compiled consensus of analysts’ estimates; consensus 2024 as of 8^th February 2024: EBITDA approx. €3.8bn, Group result approx. €2.1bn). The analysts’ consensus is therefore significantly higher than VERBUND AG’s current earnings forecast.

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Forecast for 2024

Based on expectations of average levels of own generation from hydropower, wind power and solar power as well as the opportunities and risks identified, VERBUND expects EBITDA of between around €2,600m and €3,300m and a Group result of between around €1,300m and €1,750m in financial year 2024. The earnings forecast is contingent on VERBUND not being impacted further by possible energy policy measures to tax windfall profits at energy companies.

Further details will be announced when the 2023 annual results are published on 14 March 2024.

Contact:

Andreas Wollein
Head of Group Finance and Investor Relations
T.: +43 (0)5 03 13 - 52604
F.: +43 (0)5 03 13 - 52694
mailto:investor-relations@verbund.com

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Language:	English
Company:	VERBUND AG
	Am Hof 6A
	1010 Wien
	Austria
Phone:	0043-1-53113-52604
Fax:	0043-1-53113-52694
E-mail:	investor-relations@verbund.com
Internet:	www.verbund.com
ISIN:	AT0000746409
WKN:	877738
Indices:	ATX
Listed:	Vienna Stock Exchange (Official Market)
EQS News ID:	1833835