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august 11, 2022 - Daimler

Daimler Truck continues profitable growth in Q2, confirms full-year Group guidance

Aug 11, 2022 Leinfelden-Echterdingen

  • Group #sales slightly above prior year level: 120,961 units (Q2 2021: 116,845 units)
  • Significant increase in revenue: € 12.1 billion (Q2 2021: € 10.2 billion)
  • Adjusted Group EBIT increases to € 1.010 million (Q2 2021: € 878 million)
  • Adjusted Return on #sales in Industrial Business of 8.0 % (Q2 2021: 8.1 %)
  • Continuing strong demand environment, order backlog remains on high level
  • Company confirms Group guidance for 2022 and segments Mercedes-Benz, Trucks North America and Daimler Buses, adjusts guidance for segments Trucks Asia and #daimlertruck Financial Services

Leinfelden-Echterdingen – Despite ongoing supply chain constraints and headwinds from raw material prices #daimlertruck Holding AG ("Daimler Truck") continued its profitable growth path in Q2, increasing unit #sales, revenue and adjusted EBIT (EBIT adj.). The company was able to increase its Group unit #sales year-on-year to 120,961 units in Q2 2022 (+ 4 %, Q2 2021: 116,845 units). Supported by positive unit #sales, improved net pricing and higher contributions from aftersales business as well as positive effects from exchange rates (FX), Group revenue significantly rose by 18 % to € 12.1 billion (Q2 2021: € 10.2 billion). #daimlertruck sees a continued strong demand environment. The order backlog remains on a high level.

Group EBIT (adj.) increased by 15 % to € 1,010 million in the reporting period (Q2 2021: € 878 million). In the Industrial Business, EBIT (adj.) of € 940 million was around 16 % higher than in the same period of the previous year (€ 810 million). The adjusted Return on #sales (RoS adj.) aggregates to 8.0 % (Q2 2021: 8.1 %).

Martin Daum, CEO of #daimlertruck: “We are in the middle of our first year as an independent company and I’d like to take the opportunity to give a big ‘Thank You’ to our global #daimlertruck team for what we have accomplished so far. With an EBIT of one billion Euros in the second quarter, our results and achievements are a strong foundation to build on. Now we want to keep this positive momentum for the second half of the year.”

Jochen Goetz, CFO of #daimlertruck: “Given the ongoing challenges with the supply chain, raw materials and energy prices we can be satisfied with our Q2 results. Our financial targets for 2022 remain unchanged. However, the current year will continue to be demanding especially on the cost side. Therefore we will stay focused on execution in all segments.”

Mercedes-Benz segment with positive special effects

The Mercedes-Benz segment achieved an EBIT (adj.) of € 512 million and a RoS (adj.) of 10.5 %. including two positive special effects. One of these positive special effects is a one-time non-cash EBIT impact of approx. € 160 million from an earlier than anticipated recording of license income for the localization of Mercedes-Benz trucks in China. #daimlertruck had previously entered into a technology license agreement with its joint venture Beijing Foton Daimler #automotive (BFDA) in the context of localizing Mercedes-Benz trucks for the Chinese market. The license agreement includes the use of defined intellectual property from Mercedes-Benz Trucks Research & Development by BFDA. In addition to the licenses, increased interest rates have resulted in another positive valuation effect from discounting of non-current liabilities.

Segments Trucks North America, Financial Services with positive contributions

Trucks North America achieved an EBIT (adj.) of € 523 million and a RoS (adj.) of 10.2 %, realizing – as expected – a much stronger second quarter with an almost balanced price/cost development. Financial Services is reporting an increased EBIT (adj.) of € 71 million due to improved interest margin in North America and improved relative cost of risk situation, leading to an adjusted Return on Equity (RoE adj.) of 15.1 %. The segment Trucks Asia was heavily impacted by considerable supply chain constraints and negative effects from our Chinese joint venture BFDA due to the depressed Chinese market. Daimler Buses had a slightly negative contribution to the Group’s overall performance, due to low demand in the coach segment.

Daimler #truck is reporting a Free Cash Flow (FCF) of minus € 756 million in Q2 (Q2 2021: € 500 million), driven by a higher inventory mostly due to ongoing constraints in the supply chain and driver shortage affecting finished trucks delivery to customers, a € 250 million contribution to the Pension Fund as part of the spin-off and significant cash taxes effective in Q2.

Outlook 2022

Daimler Truck’s outlook assumption considers that the overall macroeconomic conditions will continue to be comparatively favorable for the global demand in commercial vehicles for the second half of 2022. However, supply and not demand is still the limiting factor. #daimlertruck continues to expect its revenue on Group level to be in the range between € 48.0 to 50.0 billion in 2022. The outlook for the RoS adjusted for the Industrial Business #daimlertruck remains unchanged between 7 and 9 %. The full year 2022 outlook for the segments Mercedes-Benz, Trucks North America and Daimler Buses remain unchanged compared to Q1. For the Trucks Asia segment the full-year guidance on the adjusted Return on #sales (RoS adj.) is updated to 1 – 3 % (previously 3 – 5 %). The segment #daimlertruck Financial Services is now expecting a higher Return on Equity for the full year 2022 of 9 – 11 % (previously 5 – 7 %).

Daimler Truck’s outlook is especially subject to the further developments in the war in Ukraine and its impact on the global economy as well as the development of the very high inflationary pressure and the associated central-bank increases in interest rates. The further macroeconomic, geopolitical as well as the COVID-19 pandemic development also harbor an exceptional degree of uncertainty. However, #daimlertruck is assuming decreasing supply bottlenecks compared with the first half of the year and no production downtimes due to the availability of gas.

The terms EBIT (adj.), RoS (adj.), RoE (adj.), FCF are defined on page 43 of the #daimlertruck Annual Report 2021.

Additional information and documents (Interim Report, Capital Market Presentation, Factbook etc.) including a detailed Q2 disclosure on Daimler Truck’s five reporting segments are available online in Daimler Truck’s investor relations section:

https://www.daimlertruck.com/investors/q2-2022-press.html

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