Earnings Release • May 11, 2010
Earnings Release
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Paris, 11 May 2010
The Bouygues group reported consolidated sales of €6.4 billion in the first quarter of 2010, down 2% year-onyear and 3% like-for-like and at constant exchange rates.
| Sales by business area (€ million) |
First-quarter 2009 |
First-quarter 2010 |
Change | Change like-for-like and at constant exchange rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouygues Construction | 2,291 | 2,161 | -6% | -7% |
| Bouygues Immobilier | 628 | 624 | -1% | -1% |
| Colas | 1,972 | 1,828 | -7% | -8% |
| TF1 | 538 | 597 | +11% | +11% |
| Bouygues Telecom | 1,272 | 1,340 | +5% | +5% |
| Holding company and other | 401 | 38 | ns | ns |
| Intra-Group elimination | (162)1 | (145) | ns | ns |
| Total | 6,5791 | 6,443 | -2% | -3% |
| France | 4,783 | 4,702 | -2% | -2% |
| International | 1,7961 | 1,741 | -3% | -4% |
1 Applying the same accounting policy as in 2010, excluding Finagestion's sales (€91 million in Holding company and other, -€15 million in Intra-Group elimination)
Bouygues Construction reported a 6% drop in sales. Stable on international markets, sales fell by 10% in France, where activity was affected by poor weather.
The order intake in the first quarter rose by 25% compared with the same period in 2009, to €2.8 billion. This figure includes the Barwa Financial District project in Qatar. The order book stood at a record level of €12.7 billion, up 6% on end-December 2009 and 4% on end-March 2009.
Sales at Bouygues Immobilier were almost stable, with a 16% rise in residential property and a 30% decline in commercial property.
Business activity in the first quarter of 2010 reflected the same trend as in 2009. Residential property reservations rose 46% to €494 million but the commercial property market remained sluggish. Overall, firstquarter 2010 reservations were up 43% at €500 million. The order book stood at €2.1 billion, 4% less than at end-December 2009 and 29% lower than at end-March 2009.
Colas recorded a 7% decline in sales, down 6% in France and 10% internationally, hit by a particularly severe winter. Given the strong seasonal nature of Colas' activities, first-quarter sales are not that representative of the entire year.
The order book at end-March 2010 remained high at €7.0 billion, up 13% on end-December 2009 and 4% on end-March 2009.
Sales at TF1 rose by 11%, driven by an upturn in the advertising market in a still uncertain economic environment.
Bouygues Telecom posted a 5% increase in sales. Sales from network grew 5% to €1,237 million. Stripping out the impact of the cut in voice and SMS termination rates, growth would have been 13%.
At 31 March 2010, Bouygues Telecom had 10,394,000 mobile customers, 8,075,000 of whom were on call plans, or 77.7% of the total customer base, an increase of 2.3 points over one year. 149,000 new mobile customers on call plans joined Bouygues Telecom in the first quarter of 2010, representing 24% of net market growth.1
The Fixed-line business continued to perform strongly, registering 117,000 net activations in the first quarter of 2010. At 31 March 2010, 428,000 Bbox routers had been activated2 , a year-on-year increase of 399,000.
1 Arcep (French communications regulator) data 2 Bbox routers in operation or the number of customers billed
First-quarter 2010 results will be published on 1 June 2010 at 5.45pm (CET).
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