Voestalpine rises on Q4 EBITDA and FCF beat amid challenging environment

Voestalpine AG

04/06/2025 09:11

** Shares in Austrian specialty steelmaker Voestalpine VOES.VI rise around 3% as its Q4 EBITDA and FCF beat expectations despite a challenging environment

** Q4 EBITDA came in at 378.1 million euros ($430.62 million), above analysts' estimate of 335.14 million euros according to LSEG

** FCF was 309 million euros for the year, above the company's guidance of 100 million euros

** Strong free cash flow could be seen as positive, Michael Marschallinger, analyst at Erste Group says

** "In addition, the share have recently suffered greatly from the U.S. steel tariff announcements," Marschallinger adds

** Shares of the company were up 3.7% at 0756 GMT to the top of the Austrian index .ATX, after rising as much as 5.3% earlier

($1 = 0.8780 euros)

 (Reporting by Isabel Demetz and Bernadette Hogg)

 ((Isabel.demetz@thomsonreuters.com))