EQS-News: AGRANA reports a very significant increase in EBIT in the first quarter of 2026|27

EQS-News: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Quarter
   Results
   AGRANA reports a very significant increase in EBIT in the first quarter of
   2026|27

   09.07.2026 / 07:30 CET/CEST
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   AGRANA Group: first quarter (Q1) key figures at a glance (1 March – 31
   May, 2026)

    

     • Revenue: € 855.3 million (–2.8 %; Q1 2025|26: € 880.2 million)

     • EBIT: € 35.4 million (+521.1 %; Q1 2025|26: € 5.7 million)

     • EBIT margin: 4.1 % (Q1 2025|26: 0.6 %)

     • Consolidated profit/(loss) for the period: € 19.3 million (+344.3 %;
       Q1 2025|26: € -7.9 million)

     • Equity ratio: 45.3 % (February 28, 2026: 44.1 %)

    

   As expected, the food and industrial goods group AGRANA recorded a very
   significant rise in earnings in the first quarter of 2026|27. Operating
   profit (EBIT) amounted to € 35.4 million and was thus very significantly
   higher than the prior-year figure of € 5.7 million. Revenue declined
   slightly, by 2.8 % to € 855.3 million.

   “We have made a solid start to the financial year, and we see the AGRANA
   Group in a strong position after the first quarter of 2026|27. It is
   particularly encouraging that the ACS – Starch and ACS – Sugar segments
   were able to significantly improve their contribution to earnings compared
   with the corresponding quarter of the previous year. This shows that our
   measures to improve efficiency are taking effect, and that operational
   performance is stabilising in important production and sales markets. At
   the same time, the integration projects centred on AUSTRIA JUICE and
   Mercator-Emba are progressing according to plan. Both investments are
   progressing as expected and further strengthening our diversified business
   model in the Food & Beverage Solutions sector,” explains AGRANA’s CEO
   Stephan Büttner.

    

   Segment Food & Beverage Solutions (FBS)

   In the first quarter of 2026|27, the revenue in the FBS segment remained
   stable at the previous year’s level, at € 448.7 million. EBIT fell
   slightly to € 33.6 million (previous year: € 36.4 million) in the first
   three months of the financial year due to lower contribution margins in
   the beverages business.

    

   ACS Segment – STARCH

   The revenue in the ACS – Starch segment amounted to € 252.0 million in the
   first quarter of 2026|27, slightly below the figure for the corresponding
   period of the previous year. Sales trends for the main products were
   positive overall. EBIT amounted to € 10.4 million and was very
   significantly higher than in the corresponding period of the previous
   year. The main reason for this was the increase in margins in the ethanol
   business.

    

   Segment ACS – SUGAR

   In the ACS – Sugar segment, the revenue in the first quarter of 2026|27
   amounted to € 146.1 million, significantly lower than in the corresponding
   quarter of the previous year. Higher sugar sales to retail customers were
   offset by significantly lower sales volumes in the industrial sector. EBIT
   in the first quarter of 2026|27 amounted to € –2.7 million and was thus
   significantly better than in the corresponding quarter of the previous
   year. Due to significantly lower production costs resulting from the
   cost-saving and restructuring measures implemented over the past two
   financial years, coupled with relatively stable sugar sales prices, the
   operating result improved to € –2.6 million (Q1 2025|26: € –10.7 million).

    

   Outlook

   For the financial year 2026|27, AGRANA's operating profit (EBIT) at Group
   level is expected to be significantly higher than in the previous year.
   Group revenue is projected to show a slight increase.

   In the context of the groupwide AGRANA NEXT LEVEL strategy, measures with
   a sustainable annual cost-saving effect of up to € 110 million are to be
   implemented in the financial year 2026|27.

   The Group’s total investment volume is expected to amount to around
   € 113 million, slightly higher than the figure for 2025|26, but below the
   planned level of depreciation (around € 117 million).

    

   For detailed financial information, please see the interim statement for
   the first quarter of 2026|27 at [1]https://www.agrana.com/en/ir/ .

    

   About AGRANA

   AGRANA converts agricultural raw materials into high-quality foods and
   numerous industrial intermediate products. With around 8,400 employees,
   the two business areas Food & Beverage Solutions and Agricultural
   Commodities & Specialities generate annual Group revenue of approximately
   € 3.2 billion at 50 production sites worldwide. Established in 1988, the
   company is the global market leader in fruit preparations and the world’s
   leading producer (and supplier) of apple juice concentrates and berry
   juice concentrates. AGRANA is the leading sugar company in Central and
   Eastern Europe and a major producer of customised potato, corn and wheat
   starch products as well as of bioethanol.

   For queries, please contact:

   Markus Simak, Public Relations
   +43 1 21137 12084, [2][email protected]

   Hannes Haider, Investor Relations
   +43 1 21137 12905, [3][email protected]
    

   This press release is available in German and English at www.agrana.com.

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   Company:     AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
                F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1
                A-1020 Wien
                Austria
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   Internet:    www.agrana.com
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