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Bechtle reports excellent start into the year - Seite 2

E-Commerce Achieves Two-Digit Growth

The revenue in the IT e-commerce segment grew 11.9 per cent to EUR239.8 million. The revenue growth amounted to 17.1 per cent in Germany and 10.1 per cent abroad. Almost all international subsidiaries contributed to this growth. In the first quarter of 2017, EBIT increased 6.8 per cent to EUR9.0 million. The EBIT margin was 3.8 per cent, a figure close to that of the prior year (3.9 per cent).

Further Headcount Increase for Future Growth

As of 31 March 2017, Bechtle had a total of 7,708 employees, a year-on-year increase of 439 persons or 6.0 per cent. The increase in the number of employees is largely the result of new recruitment. Compared to the prior year, the number of trainees went up almost 10 per cent to 479. Training remains a key focus of Bechtle's HR work. The headcount increase is expected to continue in 2017. Currently, Bechtle has about 500 job vacancies.

Further Investments in 2017

The Executive Board confirms the forecast made for 2017 as a whole, which predicts further significant revenue and earnings growth. "The strong first quarter confirms our positive outlook on the rest of the year. At the same time, our economic strength enables us to continue to make investments in 2017 to make Bechtle future-proof and to move ahead with our strategic projects," says Dr. Thomas Olemotz.


Bechtle KPIs for the First Quarter of 2017


Preliminary note:

Since 1 January 2017, the activities of the Comsoft companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland have been allocated to the IT system house & managed services segment (previously IT e-commerce). The prior-year figures of the two segments have been adjusted accordingly.