BMW confirms outlook, but says rest of 2021 to be volatile

BMW reiterated its full-year profit margin outlook on Friday, but said that it expected the rest of the year to remain volatile and that rising raw material costs could hurt earnings moving forward.

FILE PHOTO: A staff member stands near a BMW M3 GT2 vehicle displayed at the BMW booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Aly SongLONDON: BMW reiterated its full-year profit margin outlook on Friday, but said that it expected the rest of the year to remain volatile and that rising raw material costs could hurt earnings moving forward.

The German carmaker said that sales of its electrified vehicle models more than doubled in the first quarter, when it also benefited from higher prices and strong demand in China.BMW has previously reported a 370per cent jump in pre-tax profit as it bounced back more strongly than expected from a pandemic-ravaged first quarter last year.

Most of the auto industry has been hit by a global semiconductor chip shortage, shuttering many assembly plants, driving down inventories and pushing up prices for both new and used vehicles.BMW said that its first-quarter results also received a boost from the sale of previously leased vehicles, in particular in the U.S. market.BMW said it expects its pre-tax margin to come in at the upper end of its previous forecast of between 6per cent and 8per cent.

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