Q3 2025 Trelleborg AB Earnings Call Transcript

Oct 24, 2025 / 08:00AM GMT
Release Date Price: $23.86

Key Points

Positve
  • Trelleborg AB (STU:TLLB) reported a solid quarter with organic growth of 4%, marking a significant improvement not seen for some time.
  • The company achieved an all-time high EBITDA margin of over 18% in the third quarter, indicating strong profitability.
  • Cash flow was surprisingly strong, contributing to a stronger balance sheet and overall business health.
  • The company completed several strategic acquisitions, including Masterseals in Singapore, enhancing its presence in the oil and gas markets.
  • Trelleborg AB continued its share buyback program, spending over SEK500 million in the quarter, reflecting confidence in its financial position.
Negative
  • Currency headwinds negatively impacted sales by 6%, affecting overall growth figures.
  • The construction industry remains muted, with a strong year-on-year decline despite slight sequential improvements.
  • The automotive sector showed mixed results, with strong growth in China but continued challenges in Europe and North America.
  • The company faced a substantial negative FX impact on EBITDA, amounting to nearly SEK100 million.
  • Restructuring costs and integration of recent acquisitions are expected to continue impacting margins in the short term.
Operator

Welcome to the Trelleborg Q3 2025 report presentation. (Operator Instructions) Now I will hand the conference over to CEO, Peter Nilsson; and CFO, Fredrik Nilsson. Please go ahead.

Peter Nilsson
Trelleborg AB - Chief Executive Officer, President

Hello, everybody. Peter Nilsson speaking. Welcome all of you to this Q3 of 2025 results. What we're going to give you some our, let's say, input on how the quarter developed. Joining me on this call is also Fredrik Nilsson, our Group CFO; and also Christofer Sjögren, who is Heading our Investor Relations.

So as usual, we're going to refer to a slide deck from our web page. And then on that, turning to Page 2 on that section, the agenda slide and a normal starting with some general highlights, some comments on the business areas, and then Fredrik's going to guide us through the financials and then finishing off with a summary and some comments on the outlook for the running quarter.

And then finally, ending our call with a Q&A session. So that's the agenda for this call this morning. Turning then

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