The French Carmaker Renault Despite the persistently difficult location in the car industry, implemented more than ever before in day -to -day business. Sales climbed by 7.4 percent to 56.2 billion euros, while operating profit rose by almost 4 percent to around 4.3 billion euros, the group said on Thursday.
Renault thus exceeded the expectations of the analysts, which had expected 4.2 billion euros. Renault from the industry crash also set off with sales growth from 7.4 percent to 56.2 billion euros. As one of the few car manufacturers, the group did not have to revise its annual goals and also reached them: the operational return on sales was 7.6 percent compared to the aim of reaching at least 7.5 percent.
The bottom line was that Renault had to accept strong losses Nissan led to a high loss of book. Without this effect, the profit would have been 2.8 billion euros, an increase of 21 percent in the year.
As a result, the shareholders only had a surplus of 752 million euros last year. A year earlier, the car manufacturer had shown a profit of 2.2 billion. Nevertheless, the shareholders should receive more dividends for 2024: the distribution increases by around a fifth to 2.20 euros per share. Despite the promising figures, the Renault share recently noted slightly in the minus.
Vehicles from the new rows of Renault Scenic, Rafale and Dacia Duster sold particularly frequently. In the last quarter, these 24 percent of the sales made up, which indicates a good development in the year. Also that E-car-Modell Renault 5 sold better than expected. However, electric models continue to make up only 9 percent of sales in Europe. Renault is in the middle of a product offensive and revises its model range. Among other things, the introduction of the new fully electric R4 is planned.