(Boursier.com) — bigben returned to growth in the third quarter of its 2021-2022 financial year. Driven by the good performance of the two business segments, the group’s sales increased by 4.5% over the period to 91.3 ME. As a result, turnover for the first 9 months of the financial year reached 215.4 ME, i.e. a limited decline compared to last year of 3.4%, after a first half down 8.5%. .
Bigben confirms its annual objectives of achieving a turnover of between 270 and 300 ME and current operating profit of around 24 ME. Bigben anticipates for 2022-2023 a strong increase in its sales in its two areas of activity with a turnover which should be between 400 and 450 ME and a current operating margin of more than 14%.
This growth will come in particular from the very sustained editorial activity of Nacon Gaming (releases of more than 15 games over the financial year, including the highly anticipated Vampire: The Masquerade-Swansong and 4 other major games (Steelrising, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum , Session and Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown) and a Bigben AudioVideo/Telco division boosted by the good trend in the 5G smartphone market and by the full-year integration of Metronic.
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