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Fortum Q3 2025 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q3 2025 earnings summary29 Oct, 2025

Executive summary

  • Achieved power prices increased in Q3, but generation volumes were abnormally low due to hydro and nuclear outages, impacting profitability; these are expected to be temporary.

  • Efficiency improvement program targets EUR 100 million in annual fixed cost reductions by end of 2025, with full effect from 2026.

  • Renewables pipeline strengthened by acquiring a 4.4 GW wind project portfolio in Finland, bringing total onshore wind and solar projects in permitting to 8 GW.

  • Coal exit progresses with an EUR 85 million investment in the Zabrze CHP plant retrofit in Poland, supporting decarbonization goals.

  • Strategic focus remains on Nordic clean energy, decarbonisation, and growth in renewables.

Financial highlights

  • Q3 2025 sales were EUR 929 million, down from EUR 1,094 million in Q3 2024; comparable EBITDA was EUR 175 million, down from EUR 254 million.

  • Q3 comparable operating profit was EUR 97 million, down year-over-year due to lower generation volumes; comparable EPS for 9M 2025 was EUR 0.59.

  • Net profit for January–September 2025 was EUR 520 million, compared to EUR 820 million in the same period last year.

  • Operative cash flow for 9M 2025 was EUR 787 million, down from EUR 1,225 million.

  • Dividend of EUR 1.40 per share (EUR 1,256 million) paid in April 2025.

Outlook and guidance

  • Generation segment’s Nordic power sales hedged: 90% at EUR 42/MWh for 2025, 70% at EUR 41/MWh for 2026, 45% at EUR 39/MWh for 2027.

  • Annual nuclear output for 2025 is estimated to be 3.6 TWh lower than normal due to outages; hydro output for the last 12 months was 17.8 TWh versus a normal 20–20.5 TWh.

  • Optimization premium for 2025 is now estimated at EUR 10/MWh, up from previous guidance of EUR 7–9/MWh, driven by higher power price volatility.

  • Effective income tax rate guidance remains 18–20% for 2025–2026; Finnish corporate tax may decrease to 18% from 2027.

  • Capital expenditure for 2025–2027 is expected at EUR 1.4 billion, with EUR 250 million per year for maintenance and EUR 150–300 million per year for growth.

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Frequently asked questions

Fortum Oyj, operates in the generation and sale of electricity and heat. The company has hydroelectric power plants; cogeneration; wind power; solar power and bio mass power plants; and a heat network in Finland. It also involves into Baltic Sea oil shale-based power plant; Uusnurmes plant in Estonia; Eastern Wind Power Oy renewable energy projects, which consist of wind turbines; and Lohja Energy Ab, a waste-to-energy facility. In addition, the company operates a private nuclear power plant in Finland. The company is based in Epsoo, Finland.

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