GEA Achieves Profitable Growth and Climate Milestones in 2025, Forecasts Accelerated 2026 Expansion

GEA achieved substantial growth and profitability gains in the 2025 fiscal year, with all divisions contributing to increased order intake and progress across strategic growth areas. The technology company met key interim climate targets ahead of schedule while entering Germany's premier DAX index and securing one of the largest contracts in its history. Order intake rose 6.7 percent to EUR 5.9 billion, with organic growth reaching 9.1 percent, driven by higher volumes of large orders exceeding EUR 15 million. Revenue increased 1.4 percent to EUR 5.5 billion, with organic revenue growth of 3.7 percent at the upper end of the guidance range following a July upgrade.

EBITDA before restructuring expenses rose 8.4 percent to EUR 907 million, with the margin improving to 16.5 percent from 15.4 percent the previous year. Net working capital improved to 3.2 percent of revenue from 6.0 percent, while free cash flow reached EUR 511.8 million. The Executive Board and Supervisory Board will propose a dividend increase to EUR 1.30 per share at the Annual General Meeting on April 29, 2026. GEA made progress across all six Mission 30 strategic growth drivers, with sustainable technologies now accounting for over 45 percent of revenue toward a 2030 target of 60 percent. The alternative proteins business generated approximately EUR 70 million in revenue, while digital solutions revenue increased to around EUR 80 million moving toward the 2030 target of over EUR 200 million.

The service business contributed EUR 2.2 billion to overall revenue, accounting for 40 percent of total revenue with a 2030 target of EUR 2.9 billion. The vitality index measuring revenue from solutions less than five years old increased to nearly 20 percent toward a 30 percent target by 2030. Order intake in innovative technologies with above-average growth surged 30 percent. GEA achieved key interim climate targets early, reducing Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 62 percent compared to 2019 by the end of 2025, a year ahead of schedule. Scope 3 emissions decreased 38 percent from 2019 levels, keeping the company on track for net-zero emissions by 2040.

The company follows an integrated sustainability strategy that includes donating one percent of net profit annually to charitable causes through the GEA Foundation, which donated over EUR 4 million in 2025 focusing on STEM education, clean water access, sustainable energy, combating child poverty, and emergency disaster relief. Fiscal year 2025 milestones included GEA's entry into the DAX index in September and securing one of the largest single orders in corporate history for constructing the world's biggest integrated milk powder production plant in Algeria with a volume of EUR 140 to 170 million. The company opened a technology center for alternative proteins in the United States and streamlined its organizational structure at year-end to boost flexibility and decision-making speed, reducing divisions to four: Pure Flow Processing, Nutrition Plant Engineering, Pharma & Food Applications, and Farm Technologies.

CEO Stefan Klebert was confirmed in office until the end of 2028 following an early supervisory board decision. For fiscal year 2026, GEA anticipates organic revenue growth between 5.0 and 7.0 percent, with the EBITDA margin before restructuring expenses guided between 16.6 and 17.2 percent. ROCE is forecast between 34.0 and 38.0 percent. More information about GEA can be found at https://www.gea.com and in their media center at https://www.gea.com/en/press/index.jsp.