WOOD Flash – Sphera Group: 2Q25 soft, but better than we expected; FY25E budget cut
On Friday (29 August), Sphera reported its 2Q25 results, and held a webcast to discuss them. Sphera’s 2Q25 saw a soft set of results, due to: i) consumer weakness, fuelled by the ongoing political and economic uncertainty in Romania; ii) the 23% minimum wage hike; and iii) higher taxation. While sales grew by only 2% yoy, the costs of food (+5% yoy) and labour (+9% yoy) expanded faster, driving EBITDA erosion of 33% yoy, to RON 26m, 33% above our forecast. On the bottom line, Sphera delivered a 75% yoy drop, 9% below our expectations. The company downgraded its FY25E budget, with the EBITDA midpoint cut by 25%, to RON 145m, down 18% yoy, and 28% below our estimate.
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