EQS-News: wienerberger with revenue growth in H1 2025

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   wienerberger with revenue growth in H1 2025

   13.08.2025 / 07:00 CET/CEST
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   wienerberger with revenue growth in H1 2025

     • wienerberger achieves Group-wide revenue growth of 6% year-on-year to
       €2.3 billion (H1 2024: €2.2 billion)
     • Operating EBITDA of €383 million (H1 2024: €400 million) in
       challenging market environment
     • Full-year EBITDA guidance of ~ €800 million confirmed
     • Earnings per share rise to around €1 (H1 2024: €0)
     • Profit after tax grows to €108 million (H1 2024: €0.55 million)

   Vienna, August 13, 2025 – wienerberger reports a solid performance in
   H1 2025, demonstrating its resilience and ability to adapt to challenging
   conditions in core end markets. While macroeconomic headwinds, high
   interest rates, and weak new build activity continue to weigh heavily on
   the construction sector, wienerberger again confirms the strength of its
   diversified business model. In particular, the Group’s piping, roofing,
   and infrastructure solutions businesses showed a more positive development
   and helped offset the weaker performance in the new build market. Revenues
   amounted to €2.3 billion (H1 2024: €2.2 billion), while operating EBITDA
   reached €383 million (H1 2024: €400 million), reflecting the Group’s
   ability to maintain stable performance in a persistently volatile market
   environment. This underlines how wienerberger’s broad-based positioning
   across multiple end markets supports overall stability and contributed to
   growth in selected segments.

   Heimo Scheuch, CEO of wienerberger: “Our performance in H1 2025 clearly
   demonstrates the strength and adaptability of our organization. We reacted
   early and decisively to changing market conditions, focusing on
   efficiency, cost control and long-term growth. At the same time, we
   continued to invest in innovation and strategic acquisitions that
   strengthen our position in key markets. This enables us to remain on a
   solid course, even in a volatile market environment, and allows us to
   continue creating platforms for new growth.”

   Ongoing market weakness in new build, but selected European markets
   beginning to stabilize and recover
   Across all regions, persistent high interest rates – which have not
   declined as previously anticipated – continue to delay the recovery of new
   residential housing markets. This applies across the majority of European
   markets as well as in North America. As a result, wienerberger does not
   expect a meaningful market recovery in the new build segment for the
   financial year 2025. To address this, the Group will continue to implement
   resolute efficiency and optimization measures. Encouraging signs of
   certain market recovery in France, Belgium, the Netherlands as well as in
   the Nordics have been noted. On the other side, there is still no real
   turnaround of the German and Austrian new residential housing markets,
   both remaining at low levels.

   Southeastern European markets have performed generally speaking better
   than in H1 2024, whereas the rest of Eastern Europe has progressed only
   slightly. Both Canada and the US have seen a rather strong decline in the
   new residential housing construction market, especially due to higher
   interest rates than expected.

   At the same time, wienerberger’s diversified business model – driven by
   the piping, roofing, and infrastructure segments – proved resilient and
   supported solid results in H1 2025. The roofing business was further
   strengthened as a platform for growth, with the successful integration of
   Terreal serving as a prime example. In addition, the infrastructure
   business in North America recorded slight growth, contributing positively
   to the Group’s overall performance.

   Robust margins through operational discipline
   Cost inflation was higher than expected; therefore, stronger cost-cutting
   measures were taken. In order to address margin pressure early and
   sustainably as well as maintain robust margins, the Group implemented
   swift and decisive measures across regions, including capacity
   adjustments, targeted restructuring measures, and disciplined cost
   management. These actions helped to mitigate the effects of pricing
   pressure and secure the Group’s profitability.

   Strategic growth through targeted acquisitions in Europe
   Contrasting these developments, several European markets showed solid
   performance supported by strategic acquisitions.

   In Ireland and the UK, wienerberger continued to expand its pipe business
   with the acquisition of MFP, strengthening its footprint in both
   countries. This move builds on the successful acquisitions of Cork
   Plastics (Ireland) and FloPlast (UK) in 2021. With significant growth
   potential in the Irish construction sector, wienerberger is ideally
   positioned to capture further value in the infrastructure segment.

   In France, wienerberger increased its stake in GSE Integration (GSEi) to
   100%, reinforcing its role as Europe’s leading expert for solar solutions.
   This transaction builds upon the 2024 acquisition of Terreal, enhancing
   the Group’s offering of integrated roof and solar solutions and enabling
   further growth in the renovation market.

   Thanks to these acquisitions and the successful Terreal integration,
   wienerberger significantly strengthened its strategic positioning in core
   European growth segments.

   End Market Development H1
   In Western Europe, wienerberger achieved solid results amid early signs of
   market recovery, mainly supported by the expansion of its roofing and
   Solar PV business in France. Strong renovation-driven demand in the
   Netherlands, higher margins in roofing and pavers, as well as the
   integration of Grain Plastics and positive trends in Belgium further
   contributed to growth.

   In Germany, the construction market remained weak with limited recovery.
   The performance was stabilized through a targeted repositioning and
   improved product mix, however, margins remain substantially under Group
   level and improvement measures are implemented to offset the pressure.

   The UK and Ireland saw solid results, with stable growth in brick sales
   driven by a recovering new-build sector. The ramp-up of our new concrete
   roof tile plant Smeed Dean in the South will provide much needed capacity
   for the roofing operations in the second half of the year.

   In Eastern Europe, pricing and efficiency measures offset softer market
   momentum, with notable market share gains in Hungary and a positive
   outlook supported by easing inflation and lower interest rates.

   In North America, weaker macroeconomic conditions and price pressure
   impacted brick volumes, with piping solutions still showing good growth
   levels. Despite a tougher environment, the region continued to deliver
   earnings above pre-acquisition levels as a result of leveraging
   operational efficiencies post integration and strict cost and price
   discipline. North America remains well-positioned for future organic
   growth as markets stabilize.

   Outlook
   The macroeconomic environment will remain challenging on a global scale.
   Coupled with a slower-than-forecast normalization of interest rates, we do
   not expect a meaningful market recovery for the second half of the year.
   To maintain its robust margins, wienerberger will therefore continue its
   efficiency measures across regions.

   As these measures are anticipated to uphold their positive effect on
   results, the Group expects to prolong its solid performance into the rest
   of 2025 despite challenging conditions, and therefore re-confirms its
   previous operating EBITDA guidance of approximately €800 million for the
   full year 2025, in line with the guidance communicated earlier in the
   year.

   In parallel, strategic enhancements – such as portfolio optimizations,
   innovation initiatives, efficiency gains and a focused M&A activity - have
   continued to be delivered throughout the period. On this basis,
   wienerberger remains confident in achieving its mid-term target of more
   than €1.2 billion EBITDA.

   For the complete report on the first half of 2025, please visit: [1]Our
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   wienerberger
   wienerberger is a leading international provider of innovative, ecological
   solutions for the entire building envelope, in the fields of new build and
   renovation, as well as infrastructure in water and energy management. With
   more than 20,000 employees worldwide, wienerberger's solutions enable
   energy-efficient, healthy, climate-friendly, and affordable living.
   wienerberger is the world’s largest producer of bricks and the market
   leader in clay roof tiles in Europe as well as concrete pavers in Eastern
   Europe. In pipe systems (ceramic and plastic pipes), the company is one of
   the leading suppliers in Europe and a leading supplier of facade products
   in North America. At the beginning of 2024, wienerberger successfully
   completed the acquisition of Terreal, becoming the leading European
   provider of innovative all-in roofing and solar solutions, as well as
   solutions for the entire building envelope in Europe and North America.
   With its more than 200 production sites, wienerberger generated revenues
   of approx. € 4.5 billion and an operating EBITDA of € 760 million in 2024.

   For further information, please contact:
   Claudia Hajdinyak, Head of Corporate Communications Wienerberger AG
   t +43 664 828 31 83 | claudia.hajdinyak@wienerberger.com

   Therese Jandér, Senior Vice President Investor Relations Wienerberger AG
   t +43 664 780 02757 | investor@wienerberger.com

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   Language:    English
   Company:     Wienerberger AG
                Wienerbergerplatz 1
                1100 Wien
                Austria
   Phone:       +43 1 60 192-0
   Fax:         +43 1 60 192-10159
   E-mail:      investor@wienerberger.com
   Internet:    www.wienerberger.com
   ISIN:        AT0000831706
   Listed:      Vienna Stock Exchange (Official Market)
   EQS News ID: 2182728


    
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