Mitsubishi Motors Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results and Full Year Forecasts
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TOKYO – February 7, 2011: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced its sales and financial results for the first three quarters of the 2010 fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, and outlined its forecasts for the full fiscal year.
Performance Overview
Mitsubishi Motors posted consolidated
net sales of 1,310.9 billion Yen for the first three quarters of fiscal
2010 (April 1 through December 31, 2010), a 38 percent or 358.8 billion Yen
increase over the same period last fiscal year. Countering the negative
impact of the appreciation of the Yen, this increase was driven by higher
unit sales volume stemming from a recovery in the market and the
introduction of new models.
Mitsubishi Motors posted an operating profit of 13.0 billion Yen, an improvement of 32.8 billion Yen over the same period last fiscal year. The increase in sales volume together with factors such as reductions in material and other costs more than countered the negative impact of the higher Yen.
Mitsubishi Motors posted an ordinary profit of 11.4 billion Yen, an improvement of 32.6 billion Yen, and posted a net loss of 2.2 billion Yen, an improvement of 23.5 billion Yen over the same period last fiscal year.
Sales Volume
Global retail sales volume for the first three
quarters of fiscal 2010 totalled 807,000 vehicles, an increase of 17
percent or 118,000 units over the same period last year. Sales volumes by
region were as follows:
In Japan, Mitsubishi Motors posted total sales volume of 119,000 vehicles, an increase of 5 percent or 5,000 units over the same period last year. This increase came despite a decline in year-on-year third quarter sales volume as market demand fell due to the ending of eco-car incentives at the end of September.
In North America, the launch of the new Outlander Sport1 in October helped Mitsubishi Motors to post a year-on-year sales volume increase in the United States, but the volume for the region as a whole remained at 66,000 vehicles, on a level with the same period last year.
In Europe, Mitsubishi Motors posted a sales volume of 158,000 vehicles, an increase of 20 percent or 27,000 units over the same period last year. Factors contributing to this increase include continuing strong sales of the ASX2 introduced sequentially into markets from June and a rise in sales in Russia where the company has started local production of the Outlander.
In Asia & Other Regions, Mitsubishi Motors posted a sales volume of 464,000 vehicles, an increase of 23 percent or 86,000 units over the same period last year. The increase has been driven by China, where total demand continues to grow, by higher sales in major ASEAN bloc countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines and by growing sales in Brazil, the largest market in Latin America.
Fiscal 2010 full-year forecasts
After a careful review in the
light of the results for the first three quarters and recent market trends,
notwithstanding increases and decreases in some regions Mitsubishi Motors
has decided to keep its overall 2010 full-year sales volume plan of
1,124,000 units published on October 28, 2010 unchanged. The company has
also decided to leave its full-year forecasts (net sales of 1.9 trillion
Yen, operating profit of 45 billion Yen, ordinary profit of 30 billion Yen
and net profit of 15 billion Yen) published at the beginning of fiscal 2010
unchanged.
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other than historical facts, contain forward-looking statements and are
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A number of significant factors could therefore cause actual results to
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risk factors include:
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