Second Quarter 2025 Results / Half-Year Financial Report

Bayer Q2 2025 Media Update

Bayer posts positive second quarter and progress on strategic priorities
  • Group sales at 10.739 billion euros (Fx & p adj. plus 0.9 percent)
  • EBITDA before special items at 2.105 billion euros (minus 0.3 percent)
  • Crop Science posts higher sales (Fx & p adj.), earnings up significantly
  • Pharmaceuticals sales at prior-year level (Fx & p adj.), earnings down substantially
  • Consumer Health reports stable sales (Fx & p adj.) and higher earnings
  • Core earnings per share rise 30.9 percent to 1.23 euros
  • Net income at minus 199 million euros – special charges for litigations partially offset by impairment loss reversals at Crop Science
  • Free cash flow declines to 125 million euros
  • Net financial debt at 33.274 billion euros
  • Upgraded guidance for currency-adjusted sales and earnings, negative currency effects anticipated

NEWS RELEASE

Strategy and Financial Update

Bayer CEO Bill Anderson shares an overview of where Bayer stands at the half-year mark – in 90 seconds.

Media Update Recording

Speaker

Q2 2025 Nickl & Anderson

Wolfgang Nickl

CFO of Bayer AG

Bill Anderson

CEO of Bayer AG