Comparatively to January through June of previous year, adjusted net income per preferred share was €1.95, down from €2.4. Operating profit fell from €1.296 billion to €684 million, a 1.9-fold reduction. Henkel’s sales increased at the same time by 10% to €10.913 billion. 8.9% of the growth was organic.
Sales increased by 13.8 percent to €5.642 billion in the second quarter, with 10.9 percent organic growth. Sales of repair, packaging, and other products in the Adhesive Technologies business increased by 18.5% to €2.836 billion, those of beauty care increased by 3.9% to €950 million, and those of laundry & home care increased by 11.3% to €1.802 billion.
Western Europe saw revenue growth of 3.8%, Eastern Europe – 14.2%, Africa and the Middle East – 4.8%, North America – 22.2%, Latin America – 30.7%, and Asia Pacific – 13.8%.
source: bloomberg.com
