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Henkel Q4 2025 (Media) earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q4 2025 (Media) earnings summary11 Mar, 2026

Executive summary

  • Achieved organic sales growth of 0.9% in 2025, with total sales of €20.5 billion amid challenging macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions.

  • Adjusted EBIT margin improved by 50 basis points to 14.8%, despite negative foreign exchange effects.

  • Proposed a 1.5% dividend increase to €2.07 per preferred share, reflecting strong financial performance.

  • Completed the merger of consumer businesses ahead of schedule and executed strategic acquisitions to strengthen growth.

Financial highlights

  • Adjusted EBIT was €3.0 billion, slightly below prior year due to currency headwinds.

  • Adjusted EPS at constant exchange rates rose 4.7% to €5.33; nominally, adjusted EPS declined by 0.6%.

  • Free cash flow was €1.85 billion, down from €2.36 billion in 2024, mainly due to working capital changes and FX effects.

  • Net financial position improved to €109 million from -€93 million at end of 2024.

Outlook and guidance

  • For 2026, expects organic sales growth of 1.0–3.0% and adjusted EBIT margin of 14.5–16.0%.

  • Adjusted EPS at constant exchange rates projected to increase in the low- to high-single-digit percentage range.

  • Adhesive Technologies and Consumer Brands units both forecasted to deliver organic growth and margin expansion.

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Henkel AG & Co. KGaA provides adhesives, chemicals, and services to manufacturers of consumer goods worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care, and Laundry and Home Care. The Adhesive Technologies segment offers adhesives and surface coatings to industrial, automotive, and construction markets. The Beauty Care segment supplies hairdressing products; hair colorants; permanent hair straighteners; and sun-protection products, as well as professional styling products used by stylists in the beauty salons. Henkel AG & Co. KGaA was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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