(News Bulletin 247) – The French logistics specialist Clasquin rose sharply on the Paris Stock Exchange on Thursday following the publication of ‘historic’ 2022 performance, even though the group warned that its market was now ‘on track’. standardization’.
At 140 million euros, the gross sales margin continued to grow (+14.9%) last year thanks to the acquisition of new customers (gaining market share) and the development of the activity with the existing customer portfolio, the group said in a press release.
Its net income group share increased by 25.4% due to a drop in financial expenses and an improvement in the foreign exchange result.
After a year 2021 marked by the dysfunction of global supply chains, the group has been talking about market conditions “in the process of normalizing” since the second half of the past financial year.
He specifies that this development has been accompanied by a drop in the volumes of goods transported by air and by sea on the world market, and a drop in freight rates.
For 2023, the group says it expects activity in volumes to be higher than the market, but on unit margins falling in line with the normalization of the market.
Following these announcements, the title gained more than 3% in a Parisian market which fell slightly.
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