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Vestas Doubles Operating Profit in Q1 2017

Aarhus, Denmark - In the first quarter of 2017, Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas generated revenue of EUR 1,885m

EBIT increased by EUR 126m to EUR 211m. The EBIT margin was 11.2 percent compared to 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2016 and free cash flow amounted to EUR 8m compared to EUR (296)m in the first quarter of 2016.

The intake of firm and unconditional wind turbine orders amounted to 2,049 MW in the first quarter of 2017. The value of the wind turbine order backlog amounted to EUR 9.0bn at 31 March 2017. In addition to the wind turbine order backlog, Vestas had service agreements with contractual future revenue of EUR 11.0bn at the end of March 2017. Thus, the value of the combined backlog of wind turbine orders and service agreements stood at EUR 20.0bn



Source: IWR Online, 08 May 2017

 


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