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