Q1 2025 PNE AG Earnings Call Transcript

May 09, 2025 / 08:00AM GMT
Release Date Price: €15.06 (+9.93%)

Key Points

Positve
  • PNE AG (XTER:PNE3) reported a stable total output of EUR55.7 million in Q1 2025, despite challenging conditions.
  • The project pipeline in core markets like Germany, France, and Poland grew by 27% to 7.5 gigawatts.
  • The company successfully completed two wind farm projects in Germany, adding to its IPP portfolio.
  • PNE AG (XTER:PNE3) expanded its own IPP portfolio to 446 megawatts, with further projects under construction.
  • The Service segment showed growth with total output increasing to EUR8.8 million, driven by a strong order book.
Negative
  • EBITDA decreased significantly to EUR3.6 million from EUR8.5 million in the previous year, mainly due to weak wind yields.
  • The Power Generation segment's total output decreased to EUR20.1 million from EUR26.1 million due to lower wind yields.
  • The PV project pipeline decreased compared to the previous year, primarily due to the sale of the US PV pipeline.
  • Personnel expenses increased due to a rise in the average number of employees, impacting overall costs.
  • The equity ratio decreased to 15.1%, although adjusted for hidden reserves, it was at 26.5%.
Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the PNE AG Q1 2025 results conference call. I am Sandra, the Chorus call operator. (Operator Instructions) The conference is being recorded. (Operator Instructions) The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Heiko Wuttke, CEO.

Please go ahead, sir.

Heiko Wuttke
PNE AG - Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer

Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today in this conference call regarding the results of the first quarter of 2025. My name is Heiko Wuttke, CEO of PNE AG; and I'm accompanied by Harald Wilbert, our CFO. So let me give you a first overview of the presentation and the course of today's webcast on Slide 3, in the presentation.

As usual, I will begin with a summary of the first quarter 2025, followed by an update regarding the operating business. And then I will pass over to Harald for an update on the financials. And after that, I will conclude the presentation with the outlook for 2025, and we will then

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