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Gerresheimer's shares fall 12% after it cuts guidance again
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 9, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 9, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Gerresheimer's shares fell 12% after a third guidance cut this year, amid slowing demand and regulatory investigation into accounting practices.
(Reuters) -Shares in Gerresheimer fell 12% on Thursday after the German packaging and medical equipment maker cut its 2025 guidance for the third time this year.
Its shares were trading at 33 euros ($38.32) at 0746 GMT and at the bottom of the German midcap index.
Gerresheimer's profit warning, issued late on Wednesday, comes amid slowing demand for personal care and beauty products that has weighed on consumer goods companies.
Gerresheimer, which makes rounded jars for creams and roll-on bottles for deodorants, said it expects its organic revenue to decline between 2-4% this year, after previously expecting between 0-2% growth.
Its shares have lost almost half of their value since January, also taking a knock from an investigation started by Germany's financial regulator which alleged accounting rule violations. Gerresheimer said at the time that it would cooperate fully with the regulator.
The stock is amongst the most shorted in Europe, with a 8.4% short interest, according to data by Mediobanca as of October 3.
A short seller borrows stock at a higher price betting its value will decline.
($1 = 0.8613 euros)
(Reporting by Paolo Laudani in Gdansk; additional reporting by Danilo Masoni; Editing by Matthias Williams and Susan Fenton)
A profit warning is a statement issued by a company indicating that its earnings will be lower than expected, often due to unforeseen circumstances affecting its business performance.
Organic revenue refers to the income generated from a company's existing operations, excluding any revenue from acquisitions or mergers, reflecting the true growth of the business.
Short selling is an investment strategy where an investor borrows shares and sells them, hoping to buy them back at a lower price, profiting from the decline in the stock's value.
Market capitalisation is the total market value of a company's outstanding shares, calculated by multiplying the share price by the total number of shares, indicating the company's size.
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