Germany's Symrise reports 2.8% organic sales growth in 2025

Symrise AG

04/03/2026 06:40

Overview

Germany's flavors and fragrances supplier reported 2025 organic sales growth of 2.8%

Adjusted EBITDA margin for 2025 improved to 21.9%

Company announced €400 mln share buyback and proposed dividend increase

Outlook

Symrise expects 2026 organic sales growth of 2.0% to 4.0%

Company forecasts 2026 adjusted EBITDA margin of 21.5% to 22.5%

Symrise sees 2026 Business Free Cash Flow margin above 14%

Result Drivers

COST SAVINGS - Symrise exceeded its target with €50 mln in cost savings and efficiency gains, driving adjusted EBITDA margin improvement

FOOD & BEVERAGE GROWTH - The Taste, Nutrition & Health segment's growth was led by mid single-digit organic sales growth in the Food & Beverage division

FRAGRANCE MOMENTUM - Scent & Care segment recorded growth driven by high single-digit organic sales growth in Fragrance

Company press release: ID:nEQ82hSZ8a

Key Details

Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
FY Revenue
EUR 4.93 bln
FY EBITDA
EUR 913 mln
FY Organic Growth
2.80%


Analyst Coverage

The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 17 "strong buy" or "buy", 4 "hold" and 4 "sell" or "strong sell"

The average consensus recommendation for the specialty chemicals peer group is "hold."

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Symrise AG is €95.00, about 29.8% above its March 3 closing price of €73.20

The stock recently traded at 18 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 18 three months ago

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