Sika Ag Adr (SXYAY) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

Replay transcript excerpt

Good morning, I think everything has been said in the video, are there any questions? No, I think a great introduction, but at the same time as in SICK we start for now three years every meeting, every event with a safety moment also here, before we take off like in the airplane, just a little reminder, we don't expect to, but if there is any emergency, then please be reminded in the back there are the exits, the emergency exits, and then from there to the left and to the right to leave the building. So now let's buckle up and then get started. And I think here to start with the theme, oh, it doesn't show here. Can you make it on the screen as well? Okay, I just, okay, now it's here. So, at the end of today, we have great results we want to share with you, but at the same time, we would also like to emphasize Zika is stronger than ever. stronger than ever on multiple access and started with the sales growth. When we look at the past five years, we've given all the uncertainties that we had with COVID, with the supply chain disruption, with the integration of the largest ever transaction in CITES history, we have increased our sales year over year significantly and significantly also outperformed the market and our peers. It's a promise also for the future, that's the heritage of the company growing. But not only growing on top line, but also of course That's a must for us also to increase our EBITDA, our profit generation in absolute, but also in relative. With 19.3%, an all-time high has been achieved in last year. Again, stronger than ever, that's the base for 24. And it's important to reflect a bit regarding the last four years or five years. The jump in net profit of 17.4% of last year compared to prior year, but when you look also in retrospect the five years wi...