Leonardo: leap in revenues and Ebita in 2025. Debt falling to 1 billion | EUROtoday

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Leonardo arrives on the 2025 preliminary accounts take a look at with all indicators rising and above the steerage already communicated to the market on account of the change of tempo wished by CEO Roberto Cingolani, who got here to the helm of the group three years in the past now. Thus the outcomes accepted by the board are archived with a rise in Ebita of 18%, to 1.75 billion, and of 11% for revenues, to 19.5 billion, whereas orders present a progress of 15%, to 23.8 billion, supported above all by a maxi order within the Aeronautics sector.

Debt discount

The debt pattern can also be bettering, with the group closing 2025 by lowering its monetary publicity by 44%, which works from 1.8 billion in 2024 to 1 billion on the finish of final yr, because of the strengthening of money technology and the proceeds of 446 million euros obtained by means of the sale of the enterprise Underwater Armaments & Systems (Uas) to Fincantieri.

Cash technology

In the accounts launched earlier than the opening of the inventory change – the place, in the mean time, the inventory is shedding 1.22 % – the info on free working money move additionally stands out, which grew by 21% on the earlier yr, to 1 billion, confirming, because the group says, “the effectiveness of the actions undertaken”. Which are then on the middle of the Cingolani “cure” which aimed to speed up the effectivity of your entire “machine”.

Cingolani: outcomes are the completion of a virtuous path

It is not any coincidence that, in commenting on the outcomes simply dismissed by the board of administrators of the previous Finmeccanica, primary Cingolani positioned the emphasis on the trail adopted by the group in recent times. «The preliminary outcomes for 2025 spotlight a big improve in all economic-financial indicators in addition to a big discount within the group’s internet debt. Thanks to the targets achieved, we’ve got exceeded the difficult steerage already elevated in the course of the yr.”

This is, added the CEO who will illustrate the performance to the financial community together with CFO Giuseppe Aurilio this afternoon, «the completion of a virtuous path that began three years ago, during which we combined a clear strategic vision with efficient execution of the processes for the full realization of Leonardo “one firm”».