Plus for Hornbach

In the first half of the 2006/2007 financial year (1 March to 31 August), Hornbach Baumarkt AG increased net sales by 6.6 per cent over the same period last years to € 1.298 bn. Business abroad accounted for € 468 mio of the total; the growth rate came to 9.3 per cent here. The company puts a figure of 1.6 per cent on overall growth in like-for-like terms. Earnings before interest, tax and appreciation (EBITDA) went up by 25 per cent to € 119.5 mio, and the operating profit was also up 34 per cent to € 87.9 mio.
The combined Hornbach Holding group recorded sales growth of 6.8 per cent to € 1.380 bn.