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Continued high revenue growth and strongly improved profit margins
Key points Q4 2018
Revenue growth of 16% (yoy) to EUR 245 million over the quarter
Strong EBIT improvement, growing 69% (yoy) to EUR 10.7 million with EBIT margin up by 1.4ppt to 4.4%
All-time high number of 13,000 specialists and professionals.
Key points full year 2018
Revenue growth of 16% to EUR 915 million
Excellent results in Middle East, India and Russia in multiple verticals
Strong EBIT improvement, growing 90% (yoy) to EUR 34.1 million with EBIT margin up by 1.4ppt to 3.7%
Earnings per share (EPS) up 173% to EUR 0.41
Proposed dividend EUR 0.25 per share, versus EUR 0.15 in 2017
Jilko Andringa, CEO of Brunel: “Brunel’s 43rd and my first year was in many aspects a very good year. Thanks to the hard work of all our professionals at our clients and the colleagues in our offices, growth returned and accelerated in many regions through the year. We ended the year with almost 13,000 professionals working on projects at our local and global clients. An all-time record for Brunel, proof that our strategy to diversify to adjacent vertical activities is starting to pay off. To follow the successful course and performance of Team Brunel during last year’s Volvo Ocean Race: we will continue to execute on our strategy to further improve our growth and profitability and to create a more sustainable world for professionals and future professionals. We have seen continued strong growth in January 2019, so we expect another exciting year!”