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Eurofins Delivers 6.9% Revenue Growth in Q1 2025 and Continues to Make Progress on the Build Out of Its Best-in-Class, Fully Digital Global Laboratory Network

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LUXEMBOURG, April 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

The Eurofins (Paris:ERF) network of companies achieved solid growth in most business lines in Q1 2025:

  • Reported revenues in Q1 2025 totalled €1,767m, an increase of 6.9% vs Q1 2024, driven by organic growth13,A and acquisitions, despite a negative public working day impact.

  • Organic revenue growth13,A was 3.9%, which includes an adjustment for public working days of 1.2%:

    • In Europe, organic growth13,A of 3.9% (2.9% excluding adjustment for public working days) was supported by continued stable growth in Food and Feed Testing and Environment Testing but restrained by reimbursement cuts implemented in autumn 2024 in routine clinical testing in France.

    • In North America, organic growth13,A of 2.6% (0.9% excluding adjustment for public working days) was driven by solid growth in Food and Feed Testing and BioPharma Product Testing. On the other hand, adverse weather conditions affected growth in Environment Testing, while demand remained soft in early-stage clinical activities, BioPharma Central Laboratory, Genomics, and Agrosciences.

    • In Rest of the World, organic growth13,A of 8.8% (8.0% excluding adjustment for public working days) was bolstered by strong growth in Food and Feed Testing, Consumer Product Testing, and BioPharma Product Testing.

    • Start-ups contributed 1.0% to organic growth13,A in Q1 2025, with 5 new start-up laboratories and 14 blood collection points established in the period.

  • Eurofins sustained its pace of acquisitions in Q1 2025, closing 11 business combinations with FY 2024 pro-forma revenues of over €160m, which includes SYNLAB’s clinical diagnostics operations in Spain.

  • Supported by further improvements in its operational and financial performance, Eurofins continued its pragmatic approach of sustaining a strong balance sheet while prudently allocating capital:

    • In April 2025, the average life of financing instruments was proactively managed by raising €400m from new hybrid bonds with first call in January 2032, partially used to repurchase €194m of hybrid bonds with first call in November 2025.

    • During the period, remuneration to shareholders was supported by the repurchase of 4.78m shares at currently attractive valuation levels.

    • The Board of Directors has proposed an annual dividend of €0.60 per share, subject to approval at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on 24 April 2025 and payable on 30 April 2025.

    • Eurofins reiterates its commitment to respecting its target financial leverage range of 1.5-2.5x in the mid-term and to gradually bringing it down towards the lower end of the range by FY 2027. To this end, Eurofins intends to take appropriate action to sustain the strength of its balance sheet, in particular the continued improvement of its profitability, disciplined management of cash conversion, the controlled timing and quantum of reasonably priced acquisitions and of other real estate investments and, if needed, appropriate and in line with its return objectives, more actively consider potential divestments of non-core ancillary businesses.