The French telecoms giant Orange recorded a net profit multiplied by 3 in 2022, to 2.62 billion euros against 778 million euros in 2021, due to an increase in operating profit, a-t- he announced on Thursday, confirming that he had "
achieved
" his goals for the year.
Turnover was up slightly (+0.6%) over one year, at 43.47 billion euros, supported by the Africa and Middle East zone (+6.4%).
The objectives for 2022 have been "
achieved
", with in particular a gross operating surplus after rents up 2.5%.
Driving force of the group, the Africa and Middle East region is driven by the increase in 4G customers (53 million, +19%) and revenues up 18% in the mobile data segment.
In France, the group's main market, turnover fell by 1.1%, to 18 billion euros, despite the conquest of 339,000 new fiber customers over the year.
In Europe, where Orange is present in seven countries, it returned to growth (+0.6%) thanks to the recovery of its activities in Spain, which confirmed in the 4th quarter the rebound begun in the previous quarter, and the good performance of the Poland (+4.7%) and Belgium (+2%).
The turnover of Totem, the subsidiary that owns and manages the passive mobile infrastructures of telecommunications towers in France and Spain, reached 685 million euros (+14.9%).
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In 2023, Orange aims to achieve a “ slight increase
” in gross operating surplus after rents
or an organic “
cash-flow
” (cash flow) from telecom activities “
of at least 3.5 billion euros.
".
For this new financial year, Orange also announces to increase its "
dividend floor
" to 0.72 euro per share including an interim payment of 0.30 euro per share which will be paid in December 2023, "
subject to the approval of the General Meeting
".