Q3 2025 Dustin Group AB Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Dustin Group AB (STU:9DG) achieved an organic sales growth of 2.9% in Q3, with stabilization observed in the SMB market.
- The company successfully completed a rights issue, reducing leverage from 6.0% to 4.3%, which strengthens its financial position.
- Cost efficiency measures have been effective, with SGA expenses decreasing by 14% and a reduction of 150 full-time employees, contributing to improved cost structure.
- The strategic decision to exit the consumer market and focus on B2B is expected to enhance strategic focus and operational efficiency.
- Standardization of services in the Nordics has shown clear margin support, with plans to extend this initiative to other regions for further benefits.
- Gross profit decreased to SEK680 million from SEK821 million last year, primarily due to lower gross margins.
- Adjusted EBITA fell to SEK72 million from SEK130 million, with a reduced EBITA margin of 1.4% compared to 2.4% last year.
- The Netherlands market faced significant challenges, with price competition leading to a 20% year-over-year sales drop.
- Cash flow from operating activities decreased significantly to SEK139 million from SEK454 million last year, impacted by increased inventory and delayed payments.
- The Benelux region experienced a negative margin effect of 1.7%, driven by low-margin new contracts and price competition in the Netherlands.
Welcome to the Dustin Q3 presentation for 2024-2025. (Operator Instructions)
Now, I will hand the conference over to the CEO, Johan Karlsson and CFO, Julia Lagerqvist. Please go ahead.
Good morning, everyone, and a warm welcome to this Q3 presentation from Dusting Group. As previously said, Julia and I will try to take you through the main messages of the report.
We move to the content of today. We will go through the Q3 result. We will also follow up on the rights issue and talk about our strategic focus and the way forward. But if we look at slide 3 and the Q3 result, as in the last quarters, sales was affected by a weak market with continued general cautiousness by the customers in many of our customer groups. However, we saw some positive developments in both LCP and SMB sales.
Sales in the quarter was SEK5,089 million, representing an organic growth of 2.9%. Both segments performed at the same level, and S&P had an organic growth of 2.6%, while LCP was
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