In the first six months of 2014, Swiss Post made a Group profit of 370 million francs, which is virtually on a par with the previous year’s figure (377 million francs). At 472 million francs, the operating result (EBIT) is around 84 million francs down on the previous year’s figure (556 million francs). This decline in earnings is primarily due to higher general writedowns on financial assets. Operating income also fell slightly to 4,185 million francs, which equates to a decrease of 1.8 percent in comparison to the previous year’s figure.
Markets make varying contributions to profit
All four markets contributed to the Group result. Whereas the contribution to profits made by the communication and passenger transport markets proved higher than in the first half of the previous year, the contributions from the other markets declined. In the communication market, Swiss Post recorded an operating result (EBIT) of 154 million francs (previous year: 152 million francs).