Greek OPAP profits way down
Sales during the quarter plunged 18 %, below analyst forecasts, although the company’s management is sticking with its net profit forecast for 2013 of 116 million euros.
The company claims it has been held back by higher taxes and a deepening recession in the austerity-stricken Greek market. Greece’s cash-strapped government hit OPAP with a 30 percent levy on gross revenues before agreeing to privatise the company earlier this month. A five-day strike by OPAP’s sales agents in January also hit revenues.
Net income for the first three months of the year dropped 71 percent year-on-year to Euro 38.9 million. Sales fell 18 percent to Euro 869 million, missing analysts’ Euro 900-million forecast.
Management reported: “The economic environment remains unfavourable,” but stood by its forecast for net profit of Euro 116 million for the full 2013 year.
Greece earlier this month agreed to sell a controlling 33 percent stake in OPAP to Greek-Czech investment fund Emma Delta for Euro 652 million.
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