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Essity reports quarterly earnings below market hopes
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 17, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 17, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Essity's Q2 earnings fell short of market expectations due to a weak economy and uncertain environment, with adjusted EBITA at 4.7 billion crowns.
-Swedish hygiene products maker Essity reported second-quarter earnings below market expectations on Thursday, citing a weak economy and an uncertain environment.
Essity's adjusted operating profit before amortisation (EBITA) fell to 4.7 billion Swedish crowns ($482.9 million) from 5.2 billion a year earlier, missing the 4.86 billion crowns expected by analysts polled by LSEG.
The company's adjusted EBITA margin increased to 13.7% from 13.5% in the first quarter.
"The quarter was dominated by a weak economy and an uncertain external environment, yielding limited volume growth," CEO Ulrika Kolsrud said in the earnings report.
Essity raised its price/mix, a metric indicating the selling price of its products, by 1.7% in the second quarter compared to the same period a year earlier.
Higher sales prices offset the increased costs of goods sold, which was mainly driven by higher raw material and distribution costs, including trade tariffs, Essity said.
($1 = 9.7326 Swedish crowns)
(Reporting by Vera Dvorakova; Editing by Matt Scuffham)
Essity's adjusted operating profit before amortisation (EBITA) fell to 4.7 billion Swedish crowns ($482.9 million) from 5.2 billion a year earlier.
The company cited a weak economy and an uncertain external environment as the main factors contributing to limited volume growth.
Essity raised its price/mix by 1.7% in the second quarter compared to the same period a year earlier, which helped offset the increased costs of goods sold.
Essity's adjusted EBITA margin increased to 13.7% from 13.5% in the first quarter.
CEO Ulrika Kolsrud stated that the quarter was dominated by a weak economy and an uncertain external environment, which yielded limited volume growth.
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