Henkel posts first quarter sales below expectations

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

08/05/2025 06:30

May 8 (Reuters) - German consumer goods and adhesives maker Henkel HNKG.DE reported a 1% fall in first-quarter sales on Thursday, below market expectations.

    Its sales in the January-March period fell to 5.24 billion euros ($5.92 billion) from 5.32 billion a year earlier, below analysts' average estimate of 5.32 billion euros in a Vara Research poll.

($1 = 0.8844 euros)

 (Reporting by Isabel Demetz; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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