Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year. Accordingly, in the given quarter Severstal registered a net profit of $270 million, declining by 19.6 percent compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
In the first quarter of the current year, Severstal's sales revenues decreased by 28.3 percent year on year to $1.09 billion, primarily impacted by a substantial decline in average selling prices as well as by a marginal reduction in sales volumes at both the Russian Steel and Resources divisions, while also decreasing by 21.4 percent compared to the previous quarter.
Severstal's EBITDA in the first three months this year decreased by 53.2 percent year on year to $273 million, as operational enhancements only partially mitigated lower selling prices, while its EBITDA margin for the period was 24.9 percent, down from 38.1 percent recorded in the first quarter of 2015.