Sonova forecasts higher 2025 results, announces CEO change
09/05/2025 06:00
May 9 (Reuters) - Swiss hearing aid maker Sonova Holding SOON.S on Friday forecast higher sales and profitability for its 2025/26 fiscal year, aided by market share gains and solid momentum, after it reported better than expected annual results. The world's largest maker of hearing aids expects its operating earnings before amortisation (EBITA) to grow by 14% to 18% and sales to rise by 5% to 9% in the year through March 2026. It also said CEO Arnd Kaldowski would step down in September due to personal reasons. (Reporting by Amir Orusov and Anastasiia Kozlova in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak) ((Amir.Orusov@thomsonreuters.com; Anastasiia.Kozlova@thomsonreuters.com))