Belgium's Syensqo beats earnings expectations in first quarter
15/05/2025 06:08
May 15 (Reuters) - Belgian chemicals group Syensqo SYENS.BR reported first-quarter core earnings above market expectations on Thursday, and said its technology solutions division offset weaker performance in the speciality polymers business. Its underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell 15.1% organically to 311 million euros ($348 million), but beat analysts' average forecast of 301 million provided by the company. ($1 = 0.8937 euros) (Reporting by Dimitri Rhodes and Olivier Cherfan in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak) ((Dimitri.Rhodes@thomsonreuters.com; olivier.cherfan@thomsonreuters.com))