Q2 2025 BICO Group AB Earnings Call Transcript

Aug 19, 2025 / 08:00 AM GMT

Transcript

Key Points

Positve

BICO Group AB (CLLKF) successfully divested Matek and Viscio to Sartorius, significantly strengthening their balance sheet and resulting in a net cash position.
The divestment proceeds will be used to reduce debt on their convertible bond, optimizing BICO's capital structure.
Life Science Solutions business area delivered flat sales growth in line with peers, showing resilience in a challenging market.
Operational improvement initiatives in Syanian resulted in healthy growth and profitability.
BICO Group AB (CLLKF) is implementing leadership and process changes to scale their lab automation business and unlock its full potential.

Negative

BICO Group AB (CLLKF) reported a negative organic growth of 17% for the second quarter.
Adjusted EBITA was negative 49 million, corresponding to a margin of negative 15%.
Lab automation sales were significantly impacted by fewer project starts and delays, resulting in a negative sales growth of 58%.
The macroeconomic environment, including cuts in NIH funding and tariff issues, introduced further uncertainty and hampered demand.
The company faces challenges with macroeconomic uncertainties and the transformation needed to strengthen and scale up their lab automation business.

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BICO.ST - BICO Group AB
Q2 2025 BICO Group AB Earnings Call
Aug 19, 2025 / 08:00AM GMT

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Welcome to BICO Q2 2025 report presentation. For the first part of the presentation, participants will be in listen-only mode. During the questions and answers, session participants are able to ask questions by dialing key 5 on their telephone keypad. Now I will hand the conference over to the speakers, CEO Maria Force and CFO Jacob Thornberg. Please go ahead.

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Hello and welcome to BICO's earnings call, where we will present the 2nd quarter of 2025. My name is Maria Force and I'm the President and CEO of BICO, and I will, together with BICO's CFO,

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