Germany’s Henkel AG posted a 6.3% decline in revenue to €5.147bn in the third quarter of 2025 from €5.492bn in the same period last year, the company reported.
Organic growth (excluding currency movements and business purchases/sales) was 1.4 per cent.
Analysts on average had forecast revenue of €5.21bn and organic growth of 1.7%, according to LSEG.
Henkel’s revenue in Europe declined 2.8% (to €1.99bn) in July-September, 12.6% (to €1.32bn) in North America, 8% (to €369m) in Latin America, 7.4% (to €537m) in IMEA (India, Middle East and Africa) and 2.1% (to €895m) in Asia-Pacific.
The Adhesive Technologies business unit recorded a 3.3% decline in revenue to €2.7bn in July-September. Sales of the Consumer Brands business unit fell by 9.5% to €2.4bn. At the same time, organic growth was 2.5 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.
Henkel still expects organic revenue growth of 1-2% in 2025, in particular in Adhesive Technologies – by 2-3%, Consumer Brands – by 0.5-1.5%. The company also reaffirmed its forecast that the adjusted EBIT margin will be in the region of 14.5-15.5%, and adjusted earnings per share will grow by 1-9%, excluding currency fluctuations.
Henkel’s share price is up 0.5% during trading on Thursday. The company’s capitalisation has fallen by 12.2% (to 28 billion euros) since the beginning of this year, while the DAX stock index has added 20.8%.
Henkel was founded in 1876. The number of employees worldwide is about 47,000. The company’s portfolio includes such well-known brands as Persil, Schwarzkopf, Syoss, Fa, Palette, Ceresit, Loctite, Bref and others.