Koenig & Bauer confirms its full-year guidance after a successful third quarter of 2025. With a significant improvement in the quarterly operating result, a significant step towards the operational turnaround was achieved, leading the nine-month period into operating profitability.
Operating EBIT improved significantly by +€37.6m to €6.4m after 9 months – ‘Spotlight’ delivers as planned; strong Q3-25 with €16.0m (previous year: €-0.1m). An improved profitability leads to positive free cash flow of €21.8m in Q3-25 and revenue increase of +5.0% to €860.9m after 9 months; order backlog remains at historically high level of over €1.0 bn.
Dr Stephen Kimmich, CEO, Koenig & Bauer AG, comments, “The Q3 figures speak for themselves: we have made a significant step towards the operational turnaround. This performance, in the context of a macroeconomic environment that continues to deteriorate, underscores the effectiveness of our strategic direction and the strength of our market position. In view of the challenging macroeconomic environment and the increased trade and geopolitical uncertainties, we confirm the guidance for the full year 2025, but see a higher probability of achieving our operating EBIT target in the lower half of the range.”
Koenig & Bauer confirms its guidance for the full year 2025. The Executive Board expects slight revenue growth to €1.3bn, with an increase in operating EBIT to a corridor between €35m and €50m. Due to the challenging macroeconomic environment and the increased trade and geopolitical uncertainties, target achievement for operating EBIT is currently seen with a higher probability in the lower half of the corridor.
