Q3 2025 Fuchs Se Earnings Call Transcript

Oct 31, 2025 / 11:00 AM GMT

Transcript

Key Points

Positve

Fuchs SE (FUPBY) experienced a strong recovery in Q3 after a challenging Q2, with sales rising by 1% to 2.7 billion.
The company achieved organic growth and growth through acquisitions, particularly in North America and Asia, with China showing excellent results.
Free cash flow was solid at 181 million, and the company confirmed its 2025 outlook.
The gross margin improved to 34.9%, indicating better profitability compared to the previous year.
Fuchs SE (FUPBY) has implemented cost control measures that have started to show positive effects in Q3.

Negative

The economic environment remains challenging, especially in Europe, with weak demand and market uncertainty.
Currency effects had a negative impact of 51 million, primarily due to the stronger EUR against the US and Australian dollars and the Chinese RMB.
Despite growth, profitability after 9 months was 2% below the prior year, reaching 326 million.
Functional costs increased due to recent acquisitions, inflationary cost increases, and one-time investments.
Net liquidity was reduced to 30 million due to dividend payments and acquisitions, despite solid operating cash flow.

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FPE3_p.DE - Fuchs Se
Q3 2025 Fuchs Se Earnings Call
Oct 31, 2025 / 11:00AM GMT

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Unidentified_1 [1]
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Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 3rd quarter Resorts 2025 analyst conference call of FO SE. This conference will be recorded as a reminder, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, there'll be an opportunity for analysts of FO to ask questions. May I now hand over to Andrea Shala, head of investor relations at FOSE, who will start the meeting today. Please go ahead.

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Yeah, thank you, Sharon. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is Andrea Schaller speaking on behalf of HOCSSE. I wish you a very warm welcome to

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