The group Orpea, manager of nursing homes and clinics average stay and Psychiatry, has published its 2009 results on Wednesday. All of its performance indicators are up. Its turnover grew by 20.1% on year to 843.3 million euros in operating income up 25.1% to 133.8 million euros.
Net income reached 61 million euros, an increase of 26.1%. The Board of Directors will propose at the general meeting a dividend of 0.15 euro per share against 0.10 in 2008.
Optimistic outlook for the next three years
The group says it plans for the next three years, sustained growth in its turnover.For 2010, it hopes to reach 960 million euros in sales and $ 1.1 billion in 2011 and 1.225 billion in 2012 "while maintaining solid profitability, growth in cash flow from operations and debt ratios controlled.
For Dr. Jean-Claude Marian, CEO Orpea, the group will "continue its dynamic development pace of about 3 fast cash without a hassle.000 beds per year, both by creating new institutions, through the obtaining additional authorizations in the context of calls for projects that through targeted acquisitions.Indeed, in France, as in other European countries where the group, there is still considerable potential of an aging population, and offers a notoriously insufficient. "
Orpea available in March 2010 with a network of institutions spread over 300 sites in Europe for 28,073 beds, 22,892 beds in France on 252 sites, the rest spread between Spain, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland.
The title Orpea the Paris Stock Exchange climbed 2.79% to 31.35 euros to 9:05 Wednesday.
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Shipyards Couach gently back later. Their new "Pasha" since the summer, the industrial Fabrice Vial, the cap is fixed after the takeover of bankrupt: a first yacht was delivered in September2009, three others will be by June The best is yet to come to these sites Gujan-Mestre, near Bordeaux, specializing in powerboats.
Couach recently signed two new contracts. The first of 15 million euros for fifteen coastguard patrol boats ordered by the Indian Navy, whose assembly has just begun, the other an unknown amount, for a yacht of 50 meters for a Ukrainian Industrial anonymous.
To celebrate this good news, Fabrice Vial has offered advertising space. "You have to tell the good news, says the Figaro industrialist Marseilles. Couach The brand has great potential.It is necessary to capitalize. "These ads also help reassure the financial community and potential clients.
Couach offers at least a new beginning. Fabrice Vial took over last June at the helm of the Tribunal de Commerce de Bordeaux Business centennial whose name rhymes with "quack" in recent years. Suspended from quotation on the Stock Exchange in late 2008, the stock has been delisted December 31, 2009. Didier Cazeaux, the former boss had left a liability of 55 million euros to banks and 5million to subcontractors.
New call for tender in India
Fabrice Vial pledged to retain 300 jobs, $ 1.5 million for the repurchase, and provide 6.5 million in capital. A gamble that seems crazy, so much so that the pontoons rumor: Fabrice Vial included these sites would not lose a deposit of 3 million euros it would have paid on a "Couach.The complainant denied, but confirmed to be an aficionado of this cult brand, weakened by its diversification and costly in megayacht.
The 2008 crisis dealt the coup de grace: the few customers able to spend 20 million euros for a yacht were made discrete. In 2009, the craft market has dropped 50%, Genmar the U.S., the No. 2 worldwide, was placed under the protection of Chapter 11 in June. The French Rodriguez has been placed in backup procedure …
Today, the billionaires seem a little more comfortable. The revival of Couach can begin. "Fiscal 2009 was recipient provides Fabrice Vial, resolutely optimistic. The customers are there and we see momentum of recovery. We knew the restart of construction activity was the most difficult.A helping hand Bankers would be welcome. "
The captain keeps in focus a future order of 80 patrol vessels to the Indian Navy, but he is not alone in responding to the call for tenders. "If delivery of the first patrol went well, I am hopeful that we not only retain the 300 employees, says he, but in addition we are able to hire fifty people." With work for 5 years.
