Rocky Mountain Dealerships (RME), Case IH’s largest Canadian dealership, posted a 10% uptick in overall sales during the second quarter of 2020. The gain was attributed to unusually strong sales of used equipment and solid product support revenues. Overall, RME’s second quarter results surpassed analysts’ expectations.
Kuhn Group’s order intake was a bright spot in a period when the COVID-19 pandemic created production, distribution and sales challenges that caused a dip in revenues relative to 2019.
In addition to the earnings reports covered in this issue, other equipment ag manufacturers released earnings for the second quarter 2020 in recent weeks.
AGCO posted net sales of slightly over $2 billion during the second quarter of 2020, which was down 17% vs. the same period a year earlier. Net sales for the first 6 months of 2020 were about $4 billion, a drop of nearly 11% compared to the same period in 2019.
Cervus generated $8 million in adjusted income before income tax, a nearly fourfold improvement compared to second quarter of 2019, driven by the strong performance of its agriculture segment.
The Deutz engines business was already feeling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the first quarter of 2020 and, as the year progressed, all areas of the Company’s business were noticeably affected, as expected, in terms of both activities and performance.
For the six months ended June 30, 2020, revenue of Kubota Corporation and its subsidiaries (hereinafter, the “Company”) decreased by ¥86.7 billion or $820 million (–8.9%) from the same period in the prior year to ¥884.2 billion ($8.4 billion).
Net sales for the second quarter of 2020 were $286.1 million, compared to net sales of $390.6 million for the second quarter of 2019, representing a $104.5 million, or 26.7%, decrease.
Revenue for the quarter was C$76.6 million, up C$12.5 million from the prior year third quarter. Revenue for the first nine months of 2020 was C$185.7 million, up C$6.1 million from 2019.
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