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Austria's OMV posts FY profit in line with view helped by chemicals segment
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 4, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 4, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
OMV's FY profit aligns with forecasts, driven by its chemicals segment. The company expects a 2025 Brent price of $75 per barrel and proposes a 2024 dividend of 4.75 euros per share.
(Reuters) - Austrian oil and gas firm OMV on Tuesday reported full-year adjusted operating profit in line with expectations, as better performance at its chemicals division offset weakness at the fuel and feedstock and energy segments.
The Vienna-based company reported a clean operating result of 5.14 billion euros ($5.29 billion), down 15% year-on-year, but roughly in line with expectations of 5.13 billion euros, according to a consensus compiled by Vara Research.
A clean operating result is based on the current cost of supply, and excludes one-off items and short-term gains and losses from energy inventory holdings.
OMV's chemicals division, viewed as a growth engine for the company as it moves away from polluting fossil fuels, produces chemicals used in gas and water pipes, car parts and medical syringes.
For 2025, the company said it expected the average Brent price to be around $75 per barrel, as well as an average realized natural gas price of around 35 euros per megawatt-hour.
In 2024, the average Brent price stood at $80.8 per barrel and the average realized natural gas price reached 25.1 euros per megawatt-hour.
The firm also said it will propose a total dividend of 4.75 euros per share for 2024, divided into a regular dividend of 3.05 euros and a special dividend of 1.70 euros. Last year, the dividend reached 5.05 euros per share.
($1 = 0.9714 euros)
(Reporting by Tristan Veyet and Isabel Demetz in Gdansk; Editing by Eileen Soreng)
The article discusses OMV's full-year profit report, highlighting the role of its chemicals segment in offsetting weaknesses in other areas.
OMV's chemicals division showed strong performance, helping to offset weaknesses in the fuel and energy segments.
OMV expects the average Brent price to be around $75 per barrel in 2025 and proposes a dividend of 4.75 euros per share for 2024.
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