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EBITDA forecast for fiscal year 2026 raised

Covestro press releases Authoritative source Published 9th July 2026 Germany

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Already today, Covestro is publishing the following preliminary financial data for the first half year 2026: <ul><li data-list-item-id="eb23e8d6c5d9f46c10b9ea559d417cfa5">Preliminary sales amount to EUR 6,729 million.</li><li data-list-item-id="e07784136f548ca6db99d46a54d2f8c29">Preliminary EBITDA amounts to EUR 669 million. </li></ul>This development is mainly attributable to higher prices while raw material prices were increasing with a time-delay.  Consequently, for the fiscal year 2026, Covestro adjusts its EBITDA forecast. EBITDA is now expected significantly above previous year level. The previous forecast projected EBITDA around previous year level.  Unchanged, Free operating cash flow (FOCF) and ROCE over WACC each are expected significantly better than 2025 level. Unchanged as well, greenhouse gas emissions, measured via CO2 equivalents, are expected to be between 3.9 million tons and 4.5 million tons.  The interim statement of the first half year 2026 will be published on July 31, 2026.

Publication: Covestro press releases · Stock Exchange/Regulatory Announcements
Published: 9th July 2026
Original report: covestro.com

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Category: Supplier & Corporate Risk
Geography: Germany
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 29th September 2026 · 19:15

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Significance 1 · Low

Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Low (16.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (60.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.