先正达 2015 年上半年盈利下降 12% 受货币汇率和商品价格走低的影响。
上半年盈利为$12亿元，而一年前为$14亿元。期内销售额总计 $76 亿元，按固定汇率计算增长 3%。这考虑了 6% 的价格上涨和 3% 的销量下降。剔除草甘膦，上半年销量增长6%。由于大多数货币对美元贬值，上半年报告的销售额下降了 10%。
Chairman and Chief Executive Mike Mack said, “In 2015 our industry has experienced continuing softness in crop prices and low farm incomes. Despite these challenges, and our decision to reduce sales of glyphosate, we achieved sales growth at constant exchange rates of 3% in the first half.”
Mack said the company has been able to largely offset currency depreciation in emerging markets through price increases and this, together with its hedging program, mitigated the impact of currencies on EBITDA. Its accelerating operational leverage program saved it $104 million and “contributed to substantial margin improvement, demonstrating that we are on track to deliver a sustainable improvement in profitability.”
“In the first half we saw continuing momentum from our new fungicide Elatus and the successful launch in the USA of the new corn herbicide Acuron,” Mack said.