(CercleFinance.com) – Lacroix recorded revenue of 338.4 ME in the 1st half of 2022, up 32.8% compared to the 1st half of 2021 (254.8 ME). On a like-for-like basis, growth was 3.7% over the period.
Current EBITDA was 19.3 ME, compared to 14.9 ME a year earlier, i.e. virtually stable margin on current EBITDA at 5.7% of Group sales (-14 basis points compared to compared to the margin of the 1st half of 2021). The current EBITDA margin is down on a like-for-like basis to 5.3%.
The group is confident in its ability to deliver all of its 2022 financial objectives. It is aiming for growth of more than 30% in its turnover and a minimum maintenance of the current EBITDA margin – objectives which translate into a part by a turnover higher than 650 ME and a current EBITDA margin at least equal to 6.2%.