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BMW Swings To $1.24 Billion Loss
2009年3月14日
BMW AG swung to a rare loss in the fourth quarter and its full-year net profit fell 90%, as sales of luxury cars plunged in the final three months of 2008.
The Munich-based company indicated it sustained a net loss of 962 million euros for the quarter, compared with net income of 991 million euros a year earlier. Revenue fell 18% to 15.6 billion euros as automobile sales dropped 30%.
BMW reported only full-year figures, but a comparison of the full-year results with those it previously reported for the first nine months revealed the size of its loss and the deep decline in its auto business.
The company said it booked charges of 1.13 billion euros in the fourth quarter, comprising 931 million euros for risk provisions and 197 million euros for a reduction in head count. BMW cut its work force last year by 7% to 100,041.
The loss at BMW underscores the deep trouble roiling the auto industry. Hurt by the global financial crisis and slumping economies around the world, auto sales have plunged in the U.S. and Europe over the past several months, and growth has slowed significantly in formerly booming markets like China and India.
As a result, almost every auto maker in the world is struggling. Toyota Motor Corp. now expects a loss of about $3 billion in its current fiscal year. General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC need billions of dollars in government loans to stay afloat.
On Thursday, Volkswagen AG warned it might record a loss in the first quarter and that earnings this year would be 'significantly lower' than in 2008. In the first two months of the year, Volkswagen's sales declined 15% to 809,200 vehicles, with its core VW passenger-car brand posting a 7.5% decline to 516,300 cars.
The global auto market 'appears to not have reached the bottom yet,' VW Chief Financial Officer Hans Dieter Poetsch said at a news conference. VW also suffered a dramatic decline in business in the fourth quarter, although VW managed to remain profitable.
In the fourth quarter, BMW sold 321,908 vehicles. BMW was particularly hard hit by the downturn in the U.S., which is its biggest single market.
The company is overhauling its U.S. strategy to focus on profitability rather than sales volume. Higher provisions for residual-value risks and bad debts relating to its financial-services business slashed 1.97 billion euros from earnings last year.
Full-year net profit fell to 330 million euros. Pretax profit slumped 91% to 351 million euros. Earnings before interest and tax fell 78% to 921 million euros.
BMW slashed its 2008 dividend to 30 European cents per common share and to 32 cents for preferred shares from 1.06 euros and 1.08 euros, respectively, a year earlier.
宝马四季度巨亏12.4亿美元
宝马汽车去年第四季度豪华车销量锐减，致使当季出现罕见的亏损，并拖累全年净利润锐减90%。
宝马汽车宣布去年第四季度亏损9.62亿欧元（合12.4亿美元），2007年同期盈利9.91亿欧元。由于汽车销售下降了30%，公司当季收入减少18%，为156亿欧元。
宝马只发布了全年数据，但将全年业绩和之前发布的08年前九个月的业绩相比，公司的亏损程度以及汽车业务的急速下滑趋势一目了然。
公司表示四季度记入了11.3亿欧元的支出，其中包括9.31亿欧元的风险准备金，以及1.97亿欧元的裁员费用。去年宝马将员工裁减7%至100,041人。
宝马的亏损凸现出汽车行业的困境。在全球金融危机和经济滑坡的打击下，过去几个月里，美国和欧洲的汽车销量大幅下降，而且在中国和印度等一度红火的市场，销售增长也显著放缓。
这种局面让全球几乎每家汽车生产商都陷入了挣扎。丰田汽车预计当前财年亏损将达到约30亿美元。通用汽车和克莱斯勒需要政府的数十亿美元贷款才能艰难度日。
大众汽车周四发布预警称，公司可能在第一季度出现亏损，而且今年的收益情况可能会明显逊于去年。公司前两个月销售减少了15%，降至809,200辆；其中核心品牌大众汽车销量减少了7.5%，为516,300辆。
大众汽车首席财务长鲍彻在一个新闻发布会上指出，全球汽车市场似乎还没触底。大众去年四季度的业绩也出现严重滑坡，不过还能勉强维持盈利。
去年四季度，宝马售出321,908辆车。作为宝马最大的单一市场，美国车市的低迷给该公司带来了尤其沉重的打击。
宝马正在调整在美策略，将重心从保销量转向保盈利。残值风险和金融服务业务相关坏帐拨备均有所提高，将公司去年的收益抹去了19.7亿欧元。
2008年全年，宝马净利润降至3.3亿欧元。税前利润减少91%，为3.51亿欧元。公司息税前利润减少了78%，报9.21亿欧元。
宝马将2008年普通股和优先股的派息分别减至每股0.3欧元和0.32欧元。而2007年时这两类股票的派息分别为1.06欧元和1.08欧元。
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