Krones Group Annual Report 2025
Krones published its 2025 Annual Report and confirmed its preliminary figures.
- Revenue at Krones rose by 7.0% year on year to €5,663.8 million in 2025. The company thus continued on its profitable growth path despite challenging conditions.
- Krones’ customers continue to show robust willingness to invest. At €5,564.7 million, order intake in 2025 exceeded the already high prior-year figure by 1.9%. Krones had orders on hand totalling €4,190.4 million at the end of 2025 (previous year: €4,289.5 million).
- Krones significantly strengthened profitability in 2025. EBITDA grew faster than revenue, rising 12.2% to €602.3 million. As a result, the EBITDA margin improved from 10.1% in the previous year to 10.6%.
- Krones generated a high free cash flow before acquisitions of €282.9 million in 2025. ROCE increased significantly to 19.1% (previous year: 18.2%).
- Krones plans to pay a dividend of €2.80 per share in 2025, an increase of €0.20.
- The Executive Board is realistically optimistic for the 2026 financial year and forecasts 3% to 5% growth in revenue adjusted for currency translation effects. The EBITDA margin is expected to improve further to between 10.7% and 11.1%. For the third financial performance target, ROCE, Krones expects between 19% and 20%.
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