Stabilus SE: Third quarter of fiscal year 2025 impacted by the challenging market environment and currency effects

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Stabilus SE: Third quarter of fiscal year 2025 impacted by the challenging market environment and currency effects

 

• Revenue at €316.0 million in Q3 FY2025 (Q3 FY2024: €350.7 million), 4.6 percentage points of the 9.9% decline were due to currency effects

 

• Adjusted EBIT^[1] in Q3 FY2025 at €33.1 million compared to €43.1 million in Q3 FY2024, corresponding to an adjusted EBIT margin of 10.5% in Q3 FY2025

 

• Q3 result at €10.1 million (Q3 FY2024: €24.3 million) and adjusted FCF^[1] of €33.3 million (Q3 FY2024: €37.9 million)

 

• Amended Facilities Agreement with an additional €150 million facility due in 2029 anticipates the maturities of the next fiscal year and provides Stabilus with more flexibility through temporarily increased maximum net leverage ratio

 

• Stabilus specifies its outlook to the lower end of the respective range and now expects a revenue of c. € 1.3 billion, an adjusted EBIT^[1] margin of c. 11%, and an adjusted FCF^[1] of ca. €105 million for FY2025

 

 

Koblenz, August 4, 2025 – Stabilus SE (WKN: STAB1L, ISIN: DE000STAB1L8), one of the world's leading suppliers of motion control solutions for a wide range of industries, today published its quarterly statement for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025). The company is facing a market environment characterized by high uncertainty and an associated decline in demand. Business development was therefore weaker than in the same quarter of the previous year.

 

Group revenue in the third quarter of FY2025 decreased by 9.9% to €316.0 million (Q3 FY2024: €350.7 million). In addition to an organic decline in revenue growth of 5.3%, this was also due to significant currency effects of 4.6 percentage points, especially weakness in the US dollar.

 

Dr. Michael Büchsner, CEO of Stabilus , said: "Despite the challenging market environment, we remain on track thanks to our efficiency measures and are consistently focusing on profitability - particularly EBIT margin and free cash flow. Even though we believe that Stabilus is well positioned in the medium and long term, we cannot escape the ongoing challenges presented by current market conditions. Although we anticipate that the direct impact of tariffs in this fiscal year will be likely limited to a low single-digit million euro amount, it is becoming clear that the indirect effects are significant. Price adjustments in the supply chain, limited predictability and the associated general uncertainty have led our industrial customers to be hesitant in investing in capital goods. Furthermore, we are observing similar hesitancy within the automotive sector, particularly in the Americas. This decline in demand is being compounded by adverse currency exchange rates. In light of this overall development, we are intensifying our cost-cutting measures."

 

EMEA stable, revenue decline in the Americas and APAC

In the EMEA region, revenue in Q3 FY2025 was €140.0 million compared to €140.9 million in Q3 FY2024 (-0.6%). In the Americas region, revenue fell by 12.8% year-on-year to €116.7 million (Q3 FY2024: €133.9 million). Adjusted for currency effects, this resulted in a decline of 3.9%. In the Asia-Pacific region, the company recorded revenue of €59.3 million, which was 21.9% lower than in the same quarter of the previous year (Q3 FY2024: €75.9 million). Currency effects contributed 4.9 percentage points to this decline. In the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions, both the Automotive and Industrial business experienced declines. In contrast, in EMEA, the business units Automotive Powerise and Industrial Components reported an increase in revenue.

 

Additional headroom thanks to amended Facilities Agreement

As of July 31, 2025, the existing syndicated Facilities Agreement was extended by a new additional facility of €150 million with a term until June 2029. The funds are intended for repaying a tranche of the promissory note due in March 2026, thus anticipating the maturities of the next fiscal year. In addition, the covenant headroom was increased by temporarily raising the maximum net leverage ratio for the next quarters. While the amendment of the Facilities Agreement creates security and flexibility in the current challenging market environment, deleveraging remains a high priority for Stabilus .

 

Adjusted EBIT margin of 10.5% in the third quarter

Adjusted operating profit (adjusted EBIT^[1]) decreased by 23.2% to €33.1 million in Q3 FY2025 (Q3 FY2024: €43.1 million). This corresponds to an adjusted EBIT margin^[1] of 10.5% (Q3 FY2024: 12.3%).

 

In Q3 FY2025, profit was €10.1 million, which was below the figure for the same quarter of the previous year (Q3 FY2024: €24.3 million). Adjusted FCF^[1] amounted to €33.3 million (Q3 FY2024: €37.9 million).

 

Outlook specified for fiscal year 2025

Against the backdrop of a challenging international market environment, Stabilus narrows down its forecast to the lower end of the respective range and now expects revenues of c. €1.3 billion, an adjusted EBIT^[1] margin of c. 11%, and an adjusted FCF^[1] of c. €105 million for FY2025. The company has previously forecast a revenue of €1.3 billion to €1.45 billion, an adjusted EBIT^[1] margin of 11% to 13%, and an adjusted FCF^[1] of €90 million to €140 million.

 

The quarterly statement for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal year 2025 can be downloaded on the company's website at ir.stabilus.com.

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^[1] Cf. definition/calculation of KPI’s adjusted EBIT and adjusted FCF in the quarterly statement 9M FY2025, page 21 ff. and 25 ff. that can be downloaded from the company’s website at ir.stabilus.com.

 

Investor contact:
Andreas Schröder
Tel.: +49 261 8900 8198
E-Mail: anschroeder@stabilus.com
Web: ir.stabilus.com

 

Press contact:
Peter Steiner
Tel.: +49 69 794090 27
E-Mail: stabilus@charlesbarker.de
Charles Barker Corporate Communications

 

About Stabilus

Stabilus is one of the world's leading providers of motion control solutions for a wide range of industries including mobility, industrial machinery, automation, energy, construction, health, leisure and furniture. Stabilus offers reliable and innovative solutions that enable, enhance and automate precise movement, positioning, opening, closing, lifting, lowering and adjusting actions. The Group, which has its headquarters in Koblenz, has a global production and distribution network with eight thousand employees worldwide and generated revenues of €1.3 billion in the 2024 fiscal year. Stabilus SE is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is included in the SDAX index. For more information, see group.stabilus.com and ir.stabilus.com.

 

Important Notice

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Stabilus Group management and other information currently available to Stabilus . Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here.