Masterflex SE presents Annual Report 2024 + Dermapharm increases revenue and exceeds EBITDA forecast + Demand remains unbroken at CTS EVENTIM + Secunet Security Networks plans further growth

Masterflex SE $MZX (-6,92 %)presents annual report 2024

• Record operating result achieved despite challenging economic environment
• Group revenue at EUR 98.1 million (previous year: EUR 101.1 million)
• Record EBITDA of EUR 18.2 million (previous year: EUR 17.9 million) and operating EBIT of EUR 12.7 million (previous year: EUR 12.6 million) achieved
• Operating EBIT margin improved again to 13.0% (previous year: 12.4%)
• Balance sheet quality significantly improved with an equity ratio of 67.7% (previous year: 61.5%)
• Dividend of EUR 0.27 per share planned for 2024 (previous year: EUR 0.25)
• Liabilities to banks reduced by 25%
• Forecast for 2025: sales of EUR 100 million to EUR 105 million and EBIT of between EUR 12 million and EUR 15 million expected

Dermapharm $DMP (-1,73 %)increases sales and exceeds EBITDA forecast

• Group sales increase by 4.0 % to EUR 1,180.8 million
• Group EBITDA (unadjusted) increases by 10.2 % to EUR 308.9 million, unadjusted EBITDA margin is 26.2
• EBITDA (adjusted) of EUR 315.6 million corresponds to an adjusted EBITDA margin of 26.7 %, the adjustments of EUR 6.7 million are significantly lower than in 2023
• For the current financial year, Dermapharm expects further adjusted EBITDA growth at Group level to EUR 322 million to EUR 332 million with revenue of EUR 1,160 million to EUR 1,200 million and an improved EBITDA margin
• The Management Board will propose to the Annual General Meeting the payment of a dividend of 90 cents per share for the past financial year

At CTS EVENTIM $EVD (-2,57 %)demand is unbroken

• Demand is unbroken, says Eventim CEO Klaus-Peter Schulenberg to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
• "Eventim will continue to grow this year and is aiming for double-digit growth."
• With an adjusted EBITDA margin of 6.4 percent in the live sector, the company is a leader among global providers.
• "A year-on-year comparison is always difficult.
• Fluctuations are also related to the fact that event expenses are booked as costs long before the events.
• Income, on the other hand, is only booked after the event has taken place.
• Fluctuations are therefore inevitable.
• As a rule, however, we should achieve a margin of between 6 and 8 percent."
• The cost curve is flattening somewhat, while on the revenue side, efforts are being made to keep the base prices for group tickets stable.

Secunet Security Networks $YSN (-9,92 %)wants to grow further

• The IT security company Secunet Security Networks wants to continue to grow in the current year.
• The company, which has been listed on the small-cap index SDax since the beginning of the week, announced on Friday that turnover is set to increase by just under five percent to around 425 million euros.
• The profit margin before interest and taxes should be between 9.5 and 11.5 percent.
• The market environment remains challenging, particularly in the public sector in Germany, due to the formation of a government following the federal elections.
• However, the order backlog at the beginning of the year is already higher than in the previous year.
• In addition, Secunet CEO Axel Deininger expects demand for security solutions to remain strong, "which should be particularly visible in the second half of the year."
• Secunet confirmed preliminary figures for the past year.
• Turnover rose from 393.7 million euros in the previous year to 406.4 million euros.
• At 42.5 million, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were just below the previous year's level.
• The operating margin amounted to 10.5 percent.
• Below the line, Secunet earned 27.9 million euros after 29.0 million euros in 2023.
• Secunet had already announced a change of CEO in the coming year last Wednesday.
• Deininger's contract will not be extended beyond the regular expiry date of December 31, 2025.
• Marc-Julian Siewert is to be appointed to the Management Board from July and will then also be Deininger's designated successor.
• Secunet claims to be Germany's leading cybersecurity company and specializes in cloud security, among other things.
• Secunet's customers include federal ministries and more than twenty DAX-listed companies.

Friday: Stock market dates, economic data, quarterly figures

• ex-dividend of individual stocks
• Sartorius Vz. 0.74 EUR
• Sartorius St. EUR 0.74
• Swisscom 22.00 CHF
• British American Tobacco USD 0.75

• Quarterly figures / Company dates Europe
• 06:45 Basler annual result
• 07:30 Dermapharm | Dürr | GFT Technologies | Sixt Annual results
• 07:55 Energiekontor annual results
• 08:00 Secunet Security | Wüstenrot & Württembergische Annual results/
• 09:00 Wüstenrot & Württembergische Analyst Conference
• 11:00 Basler Investor Conference | HSBC Holdings Extraordinary General Meeting
• 13:00 Holcim Capital Markets Day
• 18:00 Deutsche Euroshop Annual Results

• Economic data

08:00 DE: GfK consumer climate indicator FORECAST: -22.5 points previously: -24.7 points | Employment February

08:00 UK: GDP (2nd release) 4Q PROGNOSE: +0.1% yoy/+1.4% yoy | Trade Balance January PROGNOSE: n.a. previous: -17.4 bn GBP

08:45 FR: Private consumption February FORECAST: n/a previous: -0.5% yoy/+0.4% yoy | Consumer prices (preliminary) March FORECAST: +0.4% yoy/+1.0% yoy previous: 0.0% yoy/+0.8% yoy

09:00 ES: HICP and consumer prices (preliminary) March HICP PROGNOSIS: n/a previous: +2.9% yoy

09:55 DE: Labor market data March seasonally adjusted unemployment rate FORECAST: +10,000 yoy previously: +5,000 yoy Unemployment rate seasonally adjusted FORECAST: 6.2% previously: 6.2%

10:00 EU: ECB, February consumer survey results

11:00 EU: Economic Sentiment Index March Eurozone Economic Sentiment Forecast: 97.0 Previous: 96.3 Industrial Confidence Eurozone Forecast: -10.6 Previous: -11.4 Consumer Confidence Eurozone Advance Estimate: -14.5 Previous: -13.6| Business Climate Index Eurozone March

13:30 US: Personal Spending and Income February Spending / Income FORECAST: +0.5% yoy/+0.4% yoy previous: -0.2% yoy/+0.9% yoy PCE Price Index / Total Rate FORECAST: +0.3% yoy/+2.5% yoy previous: +0.3% yoy/+2.5% yoy PCE price index / core rate PROGNOSE: +0.3% yoy/+2.7% yoy PREV: +0.3% yoy/+2.6% yoy

14:00 DE: ECB Governing Council member Nagel, participation in panel discussion on "Inflation expectations and reality: implications for the last mile of disinflation"

15:00 US: Consumer Sentiment Index Uni Michigan (2nd survey) March PROGNOSIS: 57.9 1st survey: 57.9 previous: 64.7