Friday, 30 March 2012

Finmeccanica - italy defence industry


Finmeccanica S.p.A. is an Italian conglomerate. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy. It operates in seven sectors: Aeronautics, Helicopters, Space, Defence and Security Electronics, Defence Systems, Energy and Transportation. The company has offices in over 100 countries. It is partially owned by the Italian government, which holds about 30% of Finmeccanica's shares.

Finmeccanica declared [PDF] a EUR 2.3 billion loss for 2011 (slightly more than $3B) on EUR 17.3B of revenue (-7% vs. 2010) because of high nonrecurring charges. Sales declined 22% to EUR 17.4B. Total backlog dropped 5% to 46 billion euros but from the company’s own admission it is “marked by a number of uncertain orders.”

2011 Results

· New orders: EUR 17.434 billion

· Order backlog: EUR 46.005 billion

· Revenues: EUR 17.318 billion

· Adjusted EBITA: EUR -216 million

· Net loss of EUR 2.306 billion, due to “exceptional events” and “non recurring charges

charges of EUR 3.18 billion

· Free operating cash flow: EUR -358 million

· Net debt: EUR 3.443 billion

· Headcount: 70,474

· Investment in research and development: EUR 2.02 billion


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