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Earnings Release and Financial Results Q4 FY 2020: Excellent performance in remarkable times

Outlook

For our outlook for fiscal 2021 we assume that the COVID-19 pandemic will not have a long-lasting impact on the world economy. Given this condition, we expect a fairly robust return to global GDP growth. While we anticipate that important customer industries for Siemens will continue to face challenges related to the pandemic and industry-specific structural changes, and that this will cause growth in global fixed investments to lag behind GDP growth, we expect improved conditions particularly for our high-margin short-cycle businesses in the second half of fiscal 2021.
We further anticipate that negative currency effects will strongly burden both nominal growth rates in volume and Adjusted EBITA for our industrial businesses in fiscal 2021.
For comparable revenue, net of currency translation and portfolio effects, we expect the Siemens Group to achieve moderate growth and a book-to-bill ratio above 1.
Digital Industries expects fiscal 2021 comparable revenue to grow modestly year-over-year. Adjusted EBITA margin is expected at 17% to 18%.
Smart Infrastructure expects to achieve moderate comparable revenue growth in fiscal 2021. Adjusted EBITA margin is expected at 10% to 11%.
Due mainly to executing its large order backlog, Mobility anticipates mid-single-digit comparable revenue growth in fiscal 2021. Adjusted EBITA margin is expected to be 9.5% to 10.5%.
Assuming the expectations described above are fulfilled during fiscal 2021, we anticipate net income to increase moderately from €4.2 billion in fiscal 2020 despite the strong currency headwinds.
For our net income guidance, we assume that the divestment gain related to the announced divestment of Flender will be largely offset by burdens related to Siemens Energy. Within our equity investment in Siemens Energy, we expect an €0.3 billion impact from amortization of assets in addition to our participation in its profit after tax. We also expect expenses remaining from the spin-off transaction.
Excluded from this outlook are burdens from legal and regulatory issues and effects in connection with Siemens Healthineers’ planned acquisition of Varian Medical Systems, Inc., which is expected to close in the first half of calendar 2021.


Please read the complete Earnings Release and Financial Results:  
Earnings Release Q4 FY 2020 July 1 to September 30, 2020: Excellent performance in remarkable times


Financial Publications are available for download at:  www.siemens.com/ir


The Siemens team delivered a strong finish to a remarkable year. While shaping the structure of the new Siemens, our industrial and earnings performance in the quarter was up year over year. After the Energy spin-off and the Flender disposal, Siemens is very well positioned to lead the industrial transformation going forward.

Joe Kaeser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG 

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