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Performance of Trucks North America continued to be strong, Daimler Buses’ profitability on record level, Mercedes-Benz in difficult market environment in Europe and positive effects in Brazil, Trucks Asia delivered solid results Q3 2024: Group revenue of €13.1 billion (Q3 2023: €13.9 billion), adjusted Group EBIT of €1.19 billion (Q3 2023: €1.34 billion), adjusted return on sales in the Industrial Business at 9.3% (Q3 2023:…

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  • Performance of Trucks North America continued to be strong, Daimler Buses’ profitability on record level, Mercedes-Benz in difficult market environment in Europe and positive effects in Brazil, Trucks Asia delivered solid results
  • Q3 2024: Group revenue of €13.1 billion (Q3 2023: €13.9 billion), adjusted Group EBIT of €1.19 billion (Q3 2023: €1.34 billion), adjusted return on sales in the Industrial Business at 9.3% (Q3 2023: 9.8%)
  • Outlook for 2024 financial year unchanged

Leinfelden-Echterdingen – In the third quarter, Daimler Truck Holding AG (Daimler Truck) delivered steady results on Group level in revenues, earnings, and profitability. While the performance in North America continued to be strong, Mercedes-Benz is facing an ongoing difficult market environment in Europe, with Brazil contributing positively. Markets in Asia remained weak, while the segment Trucks Asia delivered solid results in Q3. Daimler Buses achieved profitability at a record level.

With €13.1 billion the Group’s revenue is slightly below the previous year’s third quarter (Q3 2023: €13.9 billion). Adjusted Group EBIT in the reporting period was €1.19 billion (Q3 2023: €1.34 billion). In the Industrial Business (IB), adjusted EBIT was €1.15 billion (Q3 2023: €1.30 billion). Adjusted return on sales (adj. ROS) in the IB was at 9.3% (Q3 2023: 9.8%). Free cash flow (FCF) of the IB decreased to minus €41 million (Q3 2023: €1,088 million). Earnings per share in Q3 amounted to €0.77 (Q3 2023: €1.13). The Group's global unit sales in Q3 totaled 114,917 units (Q3 2023: 128,861). Sales of battery-electric vehicles grew by 36% to 666 vehicles (Q3 2023: 491).

Karin Rådström, CEO of Daimler Truck: “We are on track to deliver another solid year for the Daimler Truck Group in 2024. An important driver in Q3 has been our continued strong performance in North America. The successful turnarounds at Daimler Buses and in Brazil show, that the hard work of the last years is paying off. In the segment Mercedes-Benz Trucks we still have more potential and we are determined to continue to work to improve our performance.”

Outlook unchanged

The full-year guidance for 2024 remains unchanged: For the current financial year, the Group is expecting unit sales of 460 to 480 thousand units and a revenue of €53 to €55 billion. Adjusted EBIT is expected to be slightly below prior year's level, EBIT significantly below prior year’s level. For the Industrial Business, Daimler Truck expects a revenue of €50 to €52 billion and an adjusted ROS of 8% to 9.5%. The free cash flow of the Industrial Business is expected to be on prior year level.

Eva Scherer, CFO of Daimler Truck: “Our key focus is to further increase the resilience of our business. In North America, our vocational truck strategy is paying off. Despite the weakness in the on-highway market, Trucks North America delivered another strong quarter. For Q4, our full attention will be on Free Cash Flow. We are committed to delivering another year with an attractive cash return for our shareholders.”

Key Figures – Group and Segments

Group

 

Q3 2024

Q3 2023

+/-

YTD 2024

YTD 2023

+/-

Unit Sales

114,917

128,861

-11%

336,023

385,921

-13%

Revenue*

13,140

13,860

-5%

39,727

40,940

-3%

EBIT (adjusted)*

1,185

1,340

-12%

3,563

3,930

-9%

ROS (adjusted, IB)**

9.3

9.8

 

9.3

9.7

 

Free Cash Flow (IB)*

-41

1,088

 

888

1,638

-46%

Incoming Orders

94,709

99,070

-4%

293,085

318,941

-8%

Earnings per share (EPS) in €

0.77

1.13

-32%

2.69

3.14

-14%

 

Trucks North America

 

Q3 2024

Q3 2023

+/-

YTD 2024

YTD 2023

+/-

Unit Sales

49,176

47,249

4%

143,626

146,758

-2%

Revenue*

5,991

5,722

5%

17,814

17,500

2%

EBIT (adjusted)*

725

711

2%

2,324

2,169

7%

ROS (adjusted)**

12.1

12.4

 

13.0

12.4

 

 

Mercedes-Benz

 

Q3 2024

Q3 2023

+/-

YTD 2024

YTD 2023

+/-

Unit Sales

28,688

40,077

-28%

91,177

113,805

-20%

Revenue*

4,398

5,430

-19%

13,806

15,973

-14%

EBIT (adjusted)*

283

535

-47%

1,003

1,520

-34%

ROS (adjusted)**

6.4

9.9

 

7.3

9.5

 

 

Trucks Asia

 

Q3 2024

Q3 2023

+/-

YTD 2024

YTD 2023

+/-

Unit Sales

32,245

38,052

-15%

89,044

118,359

-25%

Revenue*

1,483

1,659

-11%

4,397

5,106

-14%

EBIT (adjusted)*

82

45

83%

50

216

-77%

ROS (adjusted)**

5.5

2.7

 

1.1

4.2

 

 

Daimler Buses

 

Q3 2024

Q3 2023

+/-

YTD 2024

YTD 2023

+/-

Unit Sales

6,677

6,789

-2%

18,929

18,540

2%

Revenue*

1,234

1,189

4%

3,676

3,117

18%

EBIT (adjusted)*

141

70

101%

315

112

181%

ROS (adjusted)**

11.4

5.9

 

8.6

3.6

 

 

Financial Services

 

Q3 2024

Q3 2023

+/-

YTD 2024

YTD 2023

+/-

New Business*

2,816

3,141

-10%

8,576

8,048

7%

Revenue*

831

688

21%

2,441

1,932

26%

EBIT (adjusted)*

39

45

-14%

102

161

-37%

Return on equity (adjusted)**

5.7

7.7

 

5.2

9.4

 

*in millions of €
**in percent

 

Additional information and documents such as the Interim Report, Factbook as well as a detailed Q3 2024 disclosure on Daimler Truck’s five reporting segments are available online in Daimler Truck’s investor relations section:

3rd Quarter Results | Daimler Truck

 

Daimler Truck Holding AG is listed in Germany's stock market index DAX. Daimler Truck Holding AG shares are traded on the Regulated Market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the stock symbol DTG. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) is DE000DTR0CK8, the German Securities Identification Number (WKN) DTR0CK.

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