Elanders reports lower sales but improved margins for 2025
Logistics company Elanders AB reported net sales of MSEK 12,201 for the full year 2025, a decrease compared to the previous year. The company implemented structural measures, leading to a reported operating loss from one-off items, but improved its adjusted EBITA margin.
Elanders AB, a global logistics provider, announced its full-year 2025 financial results, showing a net sales decrease to MSEK 12,201 from MSEK 14,143 in the prior year. The company reported an organic net sales reduction of three percent, excluding acquisitions and discontinued operations. Elanders undertook structural measures aimed at addressing a weaker market and improving long-term profitability.
These structural changes, expected to generate annual cost savings of approximately MSEK 232, resulted in a negative impact on operating profit due to one-off items totaling MSEK -206, compared to MSEK 14 in the previous year. Despite this, the adjusted EBITA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) increased to MSEK 776 from MSEK 879, with the adjusted EBITA margin improving to 6.4 percent from 6.2 percent.
For the fourth quarter of 2025, net sales declined by two percent to MSEK 3,053. However, adjusted EBITA saw an increase to MSEK 267 from MSEK 247, with the margin widening significantly to 8.7 percent. The company also reported an increase in adjusted net profit after tax to MSEK 65, up from MSEK 26 in the same period last year.
The Board of Directors has proposed a dividend of SEK 2.10 per share for 2025, a reduction from the previous year's SEK 4.15. Elanders also reported a reduction in its net debt by MSEK 1,123, bringing the total to MSEK 7,989 at year-end. Free cash flow per share was reported at SEK 29.49.