15.9%, Geberit Achieves Highest Sales Growth Since Launch

Geberit recently announced its revenues for 2021. It achieved the strongest sales growth since its IPO in 1999. This is despite considerable challenges in the supply chain, due to positive base effects and a renovation boom from the rebound of the epidemic blockade, as well as a real estate pull. در مقایسه با 2020, it posted a 15.9% increase in net sales to CHF 3.46 میلیارد ($24.15 میلیارد). در مقایسه با 2019, the increase was 16.7%. The EBITDA margin for 2021 is expected to be approximately 31%.

Net sales in the fourth quarter amounted to CHF 773 میلیون, بالا 6.7 percent from the previous quarter and 6.7 درصد سال به سال. The growth was driven by a pull effect from price increases. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, net sales increased by 14.1%.

که در 2021, net sales in Europe grew by a very strong 14.3% on a currency-adjusted basis, with Geberit holding the largest market share in the region.

Among these core markets, Italy grew 25.4%; Austria and Germany 19.9% و 11.9%, به ترتیب; بنلوکس 14.0%; Switzerland 7.5%; Eastern Europe 25.4%; the Iberian Peninsula 25.1%, فرانسه 14.9% and UK/Ireland 13.0%; and Northern Europe 7.9%. Outside of Europe, Far East/Pacific 28.8%; the Middle East/Africa 25.7%; and the U.S. 5.1%.