The IT service supplier Bechtle sees itself heading in the right direction regardless of headwinds. Specifically, the order backlog at a file degree and the constantly excessive funding habits of public clients gave rise to optimism, the corporate introduced on Friday in Neckarsulm. The fast results of the Iran conflict will be managed and the implications of the reminiscence chip disaster may also be “dealt with very effectively”. For the 12 months as an entire, boss Thomas Olemotz spoke of a constructive total view and confirmed the annual targets.

Within the first quarter, gross sales rose by 7.6 p.c to 1.57 billion euros in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, which was barely higher than analysts had estimated. Nevertheless, expectations for pre-tax revenue had been barely larger than the 61.6 million euros, which corresponded to a rise of 11.5 p.c. The underside line is that shareholders acquired a revenue of an excellent 45 million euros, 15.9 p.c extra.

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