Half year report 2025
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13 % growth in revenue but decline in EBIT of DKK 3.4m
H1 was characterized by a continued subdued market which especially had a
negative impact on the Fasteners segment in Northern Europe. Despite this we
maintain our full year guidance.
Revenue increased by 13% in H1 compared with last year driven by the Minerals
segment and the large contract with OCP in Morocco. However, this revenue
growth did not result in higher EBIT which declined with a disappointing 34% in
H1. The decline in EBIT was due to delayed upstart of the OCP project where the
necessary build up of resources was in place at the start of the year. Capacity
costs also increased due to the recruitment of additional sales resources in
Germany and UK which had limited impact on revenue in their start up period.
Finally, a large German project had a low margin as we wanted to invest in this
important customer.
Despite the rather weak development in the first two quarters of the year we
maintain our guidance for the full year. We expect an improved performance in
H2 because of a strong order backlog and ramp up of the OCP project which is
expected to compensate for the delayed start in the beginning of the year.
Order intake, backlog and revenue
Order intake increased by 3.7% in H1 compared to last year mainly driven by
Northern Europe. Order backlog is up with 215% primarily driven by the OCP
contract but also a growth of 16% in the rest of our business.
The revenue growth of 13% in H1 was driven by a growth of 43% in Minerals
due to the OCP contracts. Recycling declined by 5.3% and Fasteners declined by
33% due to the subdued Northern European market but has a stronger order
backlog for the rest of the year.
Plant sales increase with 20% primarily due to the OCP project while aftersales
decrease with 5.4% due to the subdued North European market.
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Gross profit
Gross profit increased by 3.8% in Q2, driven by revenue growth. Gross profit
margin declined by 2.2 pp due to a lower margin on the OCP project and low
margin on a large German project as well as the higher share of lower margin
revenue from plant sales.
Capacity costs
Capacity costs increased with DKK 4.8m due to an increase in distribution costs
of DKK 3.1m and an increase in administrative expenses of DKK 1.7 m. Besides
normal salary increases this increase is driven by temporary hiring of engineers
etc. for the OCP project as well as the investment in additional salespeople to
grow our business in especially recycling.
Operating profit
Operating profit declined by DKK 3.4m due to a margin decline of 3.4pp to 4.8%
because of the mentioned increase in capacity costs.
Discontinued activities
Cost relating to discontinued activities amounts to DKK 1.9m and relates among
others to an unexpected claim in connection with an extended warranty on
equipment among others prior to the divestment of the Concrete activity.
Financial performance H1 2025
REVENUE Q2 2025 Q2 2024 H1 2025 H1 2024 FY 2024
Fasteners 5,843 7,908 11,813 17,559 32,326
Minerals 45,104 30,584 79,947 55,793 109,549
Recycling 23,688 21,954 41,312 43,620 82,804
Other 2,371 3,827 5,931 6,369 12,759
Total 77,006 64,273 139,003 123,341 237,438