Spain's Indra lifts 2024 guidance after strong second quarter
Adds quote from conference call, analysts quote, shares move, details on Minsait, peer's performance
By Matteo Allievi
July 30 (Reuters) -Spanish defence and technology firm Indra IDR.MC lifted its guidance for 2024 after reporting a strong second quarter, helped by its fast growing defence unit.
The war in Ukraine and tensions with China are prompting Western nations to boost military spending and Indra is focused on building a position as one of the leading defence companies in Europe.
The group said it now expects its overall revenue in 2024 to exceed 4.80 billion euros ($5.19 billion) after defence revenue jumped 16% in the April to June quarter. In February it had forecast full-year revenue of 4.65 billion euros.
Chairman Marc Murtra pointed to "higher investments in transnational programmes" and the "growing importance in the command and control systems that are Indra's core", when asked by investors about the defence outlook for the next few years.
The company's shares, which have risen 37% in the year to date, were down 1% at 0958 GMT after falling as much as 3%.
Indra's second-quarter net profit rose 15% from a year earlier to 53 million euros, below the 62 million euros forecast by analysts polled by LSEG.
"Indra is used to outperform every quarter and this one it has underperformed, except in revenues. It may be profit taking," Renta 4 analysts said of the share price reaction.
More than half of Indra's revenue is generated by its tech unit Minsait, which posted quarterly revenue growth of 5.8% lagging the performance of Indra's defence and air traffic business, which grew 7.5% in the period.
"We are relatively confident with potential additional growth in the future," Minsait director Luis Abril told a conference call.
($1 = 0.9240 euros)
Reporting by Matteo Allievi, editing by Sarah Young and Susan Fenton
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