In the first nine months of fiscal year 2009/10 REpower Systems AG realised total performance of € 932.1 million compared to € 842.9 million in the same period of the previous year. Sales increased year-on-year from € 850.5 million to € 920.5 million.
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Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the period from April to December 2009 stood at € 56.3 million compared to € 38.1 million in the previous year. Net profit increased from € 26.1 million as per end of December 2008 to € 32.1 million. In the first nine months of fiscal year 2009/10 REpower Systems AG installed and recognized sales for 311 wind turbines with a total rated output of 661.70MW (corresponding period of the previous year: 416 wind turbines with 850.00MW). The order backlog amounted to 607 wind turbines (31 December 2008: 708 turbines) with a total rated power of 1,390.66MW (31 December 2008: 1,502.60MW). This corresponds to a contractually confirmed order volume of around € 1.7 billion (31 December 2008: € 1.6 billion). For the 2009/10 fiscal year, REpower most recently forecasted sales of €?1.4?billion and an operating profit margin (EBIT margin) of 7.5%.