SMA Group kicks off 2025 fiscal year in line with expectations
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SMA Group kicks off 2025 fiscal year in line with expectations
As expected, sales in the Home Solutions and Commercial & Industrial Solutions segments (merged as of May 1, 2025 into the Home & Business Solutions division) in the first quarter of 2025 were significantly influenced by a normalized demand situation, coupled with still partially high inventory levels at distributors and installers. Against this backdrop, sales in the Home Solutions segment amounted to €21.9 million (Q1 2024: €62.6 million) and in the Commercial & Industrial Solutions segment to €26.3 million, after €70.5 million in the first quarter of 2024. As planned, the Large Scale & Project Solutions segment posted significant sales growth from €228.7 million in the same quarter of the previous year to €279.5 million in the first quarter of 2025. The group’s EBITDA amounted to €24.6 million1, compared to €49.9 million2 in the same quarter of the previous year. This corresponds to an EBITDA margin of 7.5% (Q1 2024: 13.8%). The main reasons for the change compared with the previous year were lower sales and the resulting lower fixed cost degression in the Home Solutions and Commercial & Industrial Solutions segments. EBIT amounted to €11.4 million1 (Q1 2024: €38.2 million2). This corresponds to an EBIT margin of 3.5% (Q1 2024: 10.6%). The Large Scale & Project Solutions segment further improved its profitability compared with the same quarter of the previous year, thanks to the high level of sales and the associated increase in productivity, achieving EBIT of €50.3 million (Q1 2024: €41.3 million). EBIT in the Home Solutions and Commercial & Industrial Solutions segments decreased due to the lower level of sales. The Home segment reached –€19.6 million (Q1 2024: –€3.6 million), the C&I segment achieved –€26.4 million (Q1 2024: –€18.2 million). “We saw a slight improvement in order intake in the Home Solutions and Commercial & Industrial solutions segments in the first quarter of 2025,” said Jürgen Reinert, CEO of SMA. “Looking ahead to the coming quarters, we expect order intake to be less volatile overall due to the further normalization of inventories in distribution within these two segments, thereby returning to normal levels compared to the last two fiscal years. The large-scale PV power plant segment also continued to perform well, with order intake remaining roughly at the high level of the previous year’s quarter. However, the unclear U.S. tariff policy and its potential consequences for the global solar industry, for example through investment postponements, remain a major source of uncertainty.” “Sales and earnings in the first quarter of 2025 are in line with our expectations,” added Kaveh Rouhi, CFO of SMA. “The Large Scale & Project Solutions segments continued its successful sales and earnings performance. As planned, the operating performance of the Home Solutions and Commercial & Industrial Solutions segments was lower than in the same quarter of the previous year. In addition, we are consistently working on implementing our restructuring and transformation program in order to gradually achieve the planned improvement in earnings.” Net income amounted to €5.5 million (Q1 2024: €28.5 million). Earnings per share thus amounted to €0.16 (Q1 2024: €0.82). The SMA Group’s free cash flow significantly rose to €96.1 million after –€45.7 million in the previous year. Net cash also improved significantly due to the early successes of the restructuring program and, at €176.5 million as of March 31, 2025, was clearly above the level at the end of the year (December 31, 2024: €84.2 million). With an equity ratio of 34.0% (December 31, 2024: 35.9%), SMA continues to have a solid equity capital base. The order backlog was €1,293.9 million as of March 31, 2025 (March 31, 2024: €1,467.8 million). At €972.1 million, more than three-quarters of this is attributable to product business (March 31, 2024: €1,102.3 million). Consequently, the product-related order backlog decreased only marginally compared with December 31, 2024 (€1,033.3 million). Due to the deterioration of the macroeconomic environment and increased uncertainties caused by volatile tariff policies, along with their potential direct and indirect impacts on SMA's business, the Managing Board expects sales and EBITDA to be in the lower third of the guidance range of €1,500 million to €1,650 million and €70 million to €110 million.
The quarterly statement for January to March 2025 can be found online at www.sma.de/en/investor-relations/publications. SMA will discuss its business development during a conference call for analysts and investors at 9:30 a.m. on May 8, 2025. An overview of analyst estimates (consensus) is available at Analyst Coverage & Consensus | SMA Solar.
As a leading global specialist in photovoltaic and storage system technology, the SMA Group is setting the standards today for the decentralized and renewable energy supply of tomorrow. SMA’s portfolio contains a wide range of efficient PV and battery inverters, holistic system solutions for PV and battery storage systems of all power classes, intelligent energy management systems and charging solutions for electric vehicles and power-to-gas applications. Digital energy services as well as extensive services round off SMA’s range. SMA inverters installed throughout the world within the last 20 years with a total output of approximately 144 GW help avoid the emission of more than 64 million tons of CO2. SMA’s multi-award-winning technology is protected by more than 1,600 patents and utility models. Since 2008, the Group’s parent company, SMA Solar Technology AG, has been listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (S92) and is listed on the SDAX index.
SMA Solar Technology AG Sonnenallee 1 34266 Niestetal Germany
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | SMA Solar Technology AG |
| Sonnenallee 1 | |
| 34266 Niestetal | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 0 |
| Fax: | +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 100 |
| E-mail: | info@sma.de |
| Internet: | http://www.sma.de |
| ISIN: | DE000A0DJ6J9 |
| WKN: | A0DJ6J |
| Indices: | SDAX, |
| Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
| EQS News ID: | 2132250 |
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