Gerresheimer Stock in Freefall After Another Profit Warning – Is the Worst Over?
Gerresheimer AG – a supplier of specialty packaging – delivered yet another profit warning for 2025, stunning investors. Late on October 8, the Düsseldorf-based firm announced it would abandon its previous annual guidance after third-quarter results came in far below expectationsreuters.comreuters.com. CEO Dietmar Siemssen was candid about the shortfall: “The operative performance of our business in the first nine months is clearly below our expectations,” he admittedfinanzen.at. As a result, Gerresheimer’s board withdrew its prior targets and issued gloomier new forecasts for the full yearboersen-zeitung.deboersen-zeitung.de. Under the revised outlook, Gerresheimer now anticipates organic revenue to shrink by 2–4% in 2025, versus the earlier guidance that ranged from flat to +2% growthboersen-zeitung.de. Likewise, the adjusted EBITDA profit margin is seen around 18.5–19% instead of ~20%boersen-zeitung.de. These figures confirm a significant slowdown: by comparison, Gerresheimer had still been guiding for modest growth at the start of the year. Management acknowledged that even an expectedly stronger Q4 won’t rescue the year – “the guidance for 2025 is therefore not achievable” under current conditionsreuters.com.
