paragon Exceeds Revenue Forecast for 2020 and Wants to Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels in the Current Year
Delbrück, Germany, March 30, 2021 – paragon [ISIN DE0005558696] has exceeded its own expectations and left the impact of the coronavirus pandemic behind. According to
preliminary, unaudited numbers, the Tier 1 supplier and technology partner of the
automotive industry achieved revenues significantly exceeding the indicated corridor of
€ 110–120 million in its core automotive business in the 2020 fiscal year. The earnings
forecast was clearly achieved. The driving force behind this was the very positive
development in the Sensors and Digital Assistance business units. The company is already
planning to exceed the revenue result achieved in 2019 in the current fiscal year thanks to
the constant high rate of customer call-offs.
Strong performance in the second half of the year compensates for coronavirus- related revenue shortfalls – best half-year in the company’s history
Decline in revenues of only 6% to € 127.2 million (prior year: € 135.9 million) – forecast of € 110–120 million clearly exceeded
Earnings significantly increased – paragon Automotive preliminary EBITDA margin for the 2020 fiscal year of 10.8% (prior year: 6.7%) despite coronavirus-related plant closures
Forecast for 2021 raised after a good start to the year: Revenues from automotive customers around € 145 million and EBITDA margin of 12–15% – free cash flow in double-digit millions expected
