
(Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Post AG reported record earnings as its DHL express-delivery arm benefited from a surge in home shopping spurred by the coronavirus crisis.
Earnings before interest and tax jumped 17% to 4.84 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in 2020, according to a statement Tuesday, beating analyst forecasts and prompting Deutsche Post to predict further gains in profit this year and next.
A shift toward online purchases has accelerated during pandemic as people are forced to stay home and many shops close or go bust. Demand was strongest before Christmas as consumers were caught out by renewed lockdowns, while businesses are also sending more documents, the German company said.
“Better earnings should be here for a while,” Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Daniel Roeska said in a note, labeling the group’s express and German parcels businesses “star segments.”
Deutsche Post shares closed 2.2% higher at 41.83 euros in Frankfurt. The stock rose almost 20% last year.
A lack of airline belly space following a near grounding of passenger flights also spurred operations involving DHL’s fleet of more than 260 cargo planes, and led the company to announce a new order for eight Boeing Co. 777 freighters worth more than $2.8 billion at list prices.
Deutsche Post will report more detailed earnings figures on March 9.
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