During 9M of 2025, the company focused on operational efficiency and enhancing profitability—particularly through its own brands—while navigating market volatility, supply chain disruptions, and working capital financing constraints.
Group Performance Highlights
- Gross margin improved to 30.4% in Q3 2025, up from 29.5% in Q3 2024, driven by COGS optimization and a favorable sales mix.
- Operating profit reached €7.0 million, an increase of €3.6. million year-on-year, including a €4.4 million gain from the sale of a warehouse in Lithuania in March 2025.
- Return on assets (ROA) improved to 0,7% and return on equity (ROE) to 1.9%, compared to -1.4% and -3.4% as of 31 December 2024, signaling continued momentum toward positive results despite market challenges.
Operational Efficiency & Strategic Focus
Despite ongoing challenges, ABG remains committed to improving operational performance and long-term profitability through:
- Efficiency gains in revenue management, sales promotion, demand planning, CRM, and lean-driven production/logistics.
- Profitability initiatives, including:
- Value/price adjustments across ABG Core brands
- Group-wide cost optimization, targeting both direct costs and overheads
- Centralized management of Baltic operations to unlock synergies
Unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine-month period in 2025 are available HERE
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