SLR Group with a solid start to financial year 25/26

SLR Group with a solid start to financial year 25/26

• Net sales in Q1 25/26 increased to EUR 49.3 million
• Adjusted EBITDA reached EUR 2.8 million, adjusted EBITDA margin at 5.8%
• Core segments of agriculture and construction robust with short-term sideways movement
• Forecast for financial year 25/26 confirmed: total production and tonnage sold expected to be in the range of 105 kilotons and adjusted EBITDA in the range of EUR 19 million to EUR 20 million

St. Leon-Rot, November 28, 2025 – SLR Group GmbH, a leading supplier of high-quality ductile iron components, today published its figures for the first quarter of the 25/26 financial year.

Net sales grew by 7.6% to EUR 49.3 million in the first quarter compared to the same quarter of the previous year (Q1 24/25: EUR 45.8 million). At the same time, tonnages sold in the first quarter of 25/26 rose by 11.6% to 24.5 kilotons, compared to 22.1 kilotons in the same period of the previous year. The company benefited in particular from positive product mix and price effects, as well as a slight upturn in market sentiment in the agricultural sector.

Furthermore, the SLR Group succeeded in significantly improving its profitability year-on-year: Adjusted EBITDA reached EUR 2.8 million in the first quarter of 25/26, compared to EUR -0.4 million in the same period of the previous year. Accordingly, the adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 5.8% (Q1 24/25: -1.0%). Meanwhile, unadjusted EBITDA amounted to EUR 2.6 million in the first quarter of 25/26, compared to EUR -0.6 million in the first quarter of the previous year. In addition to the increase in net sales, the successful implementation of the “Adapt & Grow” program in the past financial year, which enabled the company to streamline its operating processes and make them more efficient, contributed to this positive development.

Gunnar Halden, CFO of the SLR Group, comments: “Our core segments proved to be robust at the start of the new financial year, although the market situation remains tense in the short term and is characterized by high price sensitivity. In terms of sales, we were able to grow in all sales regions in the first quarter, reflecting the fundamentally improved order situation compared to the previous year. In the current environment, we will continue to focus on optimizing the profitability of our business through initiatives to increase efficiency.”

For the current financial year 25/26, the SLR Group confirms its forecast and continues to expect total production and tonnages sold to be in the order of 105 kilotons, slightly above the figures for financial year 24/25. In addition, the SLR Group expects adjusted EBITDA of EUR 19 million to EUR 20 million for financial year 25/26.

Jörg Rumikewitz, CEO of the SLR Group, looks ahead to the current financial year: “We see that strategic customers rely on our specific expertise in development and production, for example in the tractor sector. This has enabled us to win additional components for SLR from our long-standing blue-chip customer base. We want to build on these successes with targeted sales measures and thus benefit from the growth drivers in our markets in the long term.”

The report for the first quarter 25/26 is now available on the company website at slr-gruppe.de/en//investor-relations.


About SLR Group

SLR Group, headquartered in St. Leon-Rot, Germany, is a leading supplier of high-quality ductile iron components used primarily in large off-highway agricultural, infrastructure and construction equipment. SLR was founded in 1970 and today operates four state-of-the-art, fully invested production facilities in Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The Group sees itself as a full-service provider for its customers, ranging from development and toolmaking to casting and machined components. SLR has a first-class customer base with established single-source relationships in Europe and North America. Its main customers include market-leading OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. In the financial year 2024/2025, the SLR Group generated net sales of EUR 194.0 million. The company currently employs more than 700 people (HC). SLR Group GmbH has issued a bond in Nordic bond format with a volume of EUR 75 million, which is listed on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on Nasdaq Stockholm.


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