Deutsche Post to hike FY guidance after Q3 profit rise

Reuters

Published Oct 10, 2022 07:53AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - German logistics company Deutsche Post (OTC:DPSGY) will hike its full-year guidance when it reports third-quarter financial results on Nov. 8, it said on Monday, citing a rise in quarterly profits.

Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose to 2.04 billion euros ($1.98 billion) in the three months through September from 1.77 billion in the year-earlier period, Deutsche Post said in an unscheduled statement.

That beat analysts' expectations for 1.93 billion euros, according to a consensus published on Deutsche Post's website.

The volume of e-commerce shipments to consumers improved in the quarter after pandemic-related base effects had caused declines in the first half of the year, it said, and capacity bottlenecks in ocean and air freight have eased.