Krones continues its profitable growth path in third quarter and confirms financial targets for 2025:

From July to September 2025, Krones’ order intake rose significantly to €1,374.3 million, 6.2% higher than in the preceding quarter. Compared to the third quarter of the previous year (€1,323.2 million), the contract value of orders increased by 3.9%.

Revenue increased in the third quarter by 4.7% year on year to €1,380.9 million. The first nine months of 2025 saw revenue growth of 6.0%.

Krones improved EBITDA by more than revenue in the third quarter to €142.2 million (previous year: €134.9 million), despite expenses in the high single-digit million euro range for the drinktec trade fair. The EBITDA margin rose to 10.3% (previous year: 10.2%). Excluding the drinktec effect, the EBITDA margin for the third quarter is at the upper end of the guidance range of 10.2% to 10.8% for the full year 2025.

Krones increased ROCE from 18.3% to 19.5% in the first nine months of 2025 and generated free cash flow before M&A activities of €80.2 million.

Following the positive performance in the first three quarters, and despite the global uncertainties, Krones has confirmed the guidance for the full year 2025. The company expects revenue growth of 7% to 9%, an EBITDA margin of 10.2% to 10.8% and ROCE of 18% to 20%.

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