30 millions in profits obtained Sonda during 2013 first quarter

Net profits for USD $ 30.5 millions obtained Sonda during the first quarter of the current year, growing 17.4% compared with the same period of the last year, according to the information presented by the company to the chilean Securities and Insurance Supervisor Organism - SVS.

In the same period, the company obtained USD $ 334.4 milliones in consolidated revenues, which means a positive growth of 2.5% y/y.   In the case of the Operational Result, Sonda reached USD $42.8 millions increasing 6.8% from the results on the period ended on march, 2012.  The EBIDTA raised 3.2%, totalizing USD $57.6 millions. 

Considering the main ratios of the company, the Return on Equity (ROE)  was 13.7% and the Return on Assets (ROA) was 8.0%.

Following the analysis presented by the company, the operations outside of Chile recorded a rise of 6.0% in terms of revenues, reaching USD $ 185.0 millions, which represents 55.3% of  the consolidated results of Sonda. Currency fluctuations also have an effect on the results of the combinated operations outside of Chile, considering that without such effect would increase their income by 19.2%.

The volume of deals closed in the first quarter of 2013 reached USD $ 325.3 million, up by 12.5% over the same period of 2012.

About the company

Sonda is the leading Latin American IT services company.  Headquartered in Santiago, it provides consultancy services and information technology (IT) solutions. The Company's services and solutions are structured in three divisions: IT Services, including IT outsourcing, systems integration projects, infrastructure support, professional services and consulting and BPO (Business Processes Operation) services; Applications, oriented to support its clients' business processes through own or third-party software solutions; and Platforms, which provides platforms as a service and end to end solutions through a network of regional alliances and partnerships, such as Cisco, Autodesk, EMC, HP, IBM, VCE, Microsoft, Oracle and VMware, among others.

Today the company has presence in 10 countries: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay.