The analysts expect lower material costs and an appreciating Euro could help raise 2012 and 2013 EBIT(earnings beforeinterestandtax) margins to a five-year high of 6.7%, rising to 9.7% by 2015 with increased sales growth.
Daimler said that it expected 2013 earningsbeforeinterestandtax(EBIT) from continued operations to be below last year's 8.125bn euros, a level it had previously aimed to reach again this year.