STORA ENSO OYJ HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT 23 July 2025 at 8:30 EEST

HELSINKI, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 

Q2/2025 (year-on-year)

Sales increased by 5% to EUR 2,426 (2,301) million, mainly due to higher deliveries and a positive impact from structural changes.Adjusted EBIT decreased by 18% to EUR 126 (153) million. Adjusted EBIT margin decreased to 5.2% (6.7%). The ramp-up of the new consumer board line at the Oulu site had a negative impact of approximately EUR 50 million.Operating result (IFRS) was EUR 64 (92) million, including items affecting comparability of EUR -35 million, and fair valuations and other non-operational items of EUR -27 million.Earnings per share were EUR 0.03 (0.05) and earnings per share excl. fair valuations (FV) were EUR 0.05 (0.06).The fair value of the forest assets increased to EUR 9.0 (8.7) billion, equivalent to EUR 11.40 per share.Cash flow from operations amounted to EUR 145 (323) million, impacted by the lower profit and decreasing trade payables.The net debt to adjusted EBITDA (LTM) ratio improved to 3.3 (3.5).Adjusted ROCE excluding the Forest segment (LTM) increased to 3.3% (1.1%).

STORA ENSO OYJ HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT 23 July 2025 at 8:30 EEST

HELSINKI, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 

Q2/2025 (year-on-year)

Sales increased by 5% to EUR 2,426 (2,301) million, mainly due to higher deliveries and a positive impact from structural changes.Adjusted EBIT decreased by 18% to EUR 126 (153) million. Adjusted EBIT margin decreased to 5.2% (6.7%). The ramp-up of the new consumer board line at the Oulu site had a negative impact of approximately EUR 50 million.Operating result (IFRS) was EUR 64 (92) million, including items affecting comparability of EUR -35 million, and fair valuations and other non-operational items of EUR -27 million.Earnings per share were EUR 0.03 (0.05) and earnings per share excl. fair valuations (FV) were EUR 0.05 (0.06).The fair value of the forest assets increased to EUR 9.0 (8.7) billion, equivalent to EUR 11.40 per share.Cash flow from operations amounted to EUR 145 (323) million, impacted by the lower profit and decreasing trade payables.The net debt to adjusted EBITDA (LTM) ratio improved to 3.3 (3.5).Adjusted ROCE excluding the Forest segment (LTM) increased to 3.3% (1.1%).

STORA ENSO OYJ INVESTOR NEWS 9 July 2025 at 9:00 EEST

HELSINKI, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso will publish its Q2 results and Half-year Report for January–June 2025 on Wednesday 23 July at approximately 8:30 EEST (7:30 CEST).

Analysts, investors, and media are invited to participate in the webcast with a teleconference at 11:00 am EEST (10:00 CEST, 9:00 BST, 4:00 EDT) on the same day. The results will be presented by President and CEO Hans Sohlström and CFO Niclas Rosenlew. The presentation can be followed live via the link: https://stora-enso-oyj-q2-earnings-presentation-2025.open-exchange.net/

STORA ENSO OYJ INSIDE INFORMATION 18 June 2025 at 19:00 EEST

HELSINKI, Finland, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its stronger focus on renewable packaging, Stora Enso is initiating a strategic review of its Swedish forest assets. The review includes assessing a potential separation and public listing of the forest assets through a partial demerger. The initiative aims to further increase business focus, streamline operations, and fully unlock the value of both the forest assets and Stora Enso's core packaging business.

STORA ENSO OYJ INSIDE INFORMATION 18 June 2025 at 19:00 EEST

HELSINKI, Finland, June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its stronger focus on renewable packaging, Stora Enso is initiating a strategic review of its Swedish forest assets. The review includes assessing a potential separation and public listing of the forest assets through a partial demerger. The initiative aims to further increase business focus, streamline operations, and fully unlock the value of both the forest assets and Stora Enso's core packaging business.

STORA ENSO OYJ INVESTOR NEWS 22 May 2025 at 10:00 EEST

HELSINKI, May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso announces the appointment of Jutta Mikkola as new Senior Vice President and head of Investor Relations. Jutta will start her new role on 22 May and report to Niclas Rosenlew, Chief Financial Officer at Stora Enso.

Jutta has been with Stora Enso for eight years in several business and finance leadership roles, and most recently worked as Vice President in the Investor Relations team. Before joining Stora Enso, she worked at KPMG as Certified Public Accountant. Jutta holds a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance.

STORA ENSO OYJ INSIDE INFORMATION 21 May 2025 at 22:45 EEST

HELSINKI, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso has entered into an agreement to divest approximately 175,000 hectares of forest land, equivalent to 12.4% of its total forest land holdings in Sweden for an enterprise value of EUR 900 million, equivalent to SEK 9.8 billion.

Soya Group, will hold a 40.6% share in the newly formed company, and a MEAG led consortium will hold 44.4% of the shares. MEAG is the asset manager of Munich Re, a German insurance company. Stora Enso will retain a 15% ownership in the company.

STORA ENSO OYJ INSIDE INFORMATION 21 May 2025 at 22:45 EEST

HELSINKI, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso has entered into an agreement to divest approximately 175,000 hectares of forest land, equivalent to 12.4% of its total forest land holdings in Sweden for an enterprise value of EUR 900 million, equivalent to SEK 9.8 billion.

Soya Group, will hold a 40.6% share in the newly formed company, and a MEAG led consortium will hold 44.4% of the shares. MEAG is the asset manager of Munich Re, a German insurance company. Stora Enso will retain a 15% ownership in the company.

STORA ENSO OYJ INVESTOR NEWS 2 May 2025 at 8:00 EEST

HELSINKI, May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso has completed the acquisition of the Finnish sawmill company Junnikkala Oy, announced in October 2024. The acquired sawmills will be integrated with Stora Enso's packaging board site in Oulu, Finland, and secure a cost-efficient wood supply to the site, where a new packaging board machine recently started ramping up production.

The total enterprise value for the transaction is up to EUR 137 million, a significant part of it being contingent upon achieving specific production milestones.

STORA ENSO OYJ INTERIM REPORT 25 April 2025 at 8:30 EEST

HELSINKI, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --

Q1/2025 (year-on-year)

Sales increased by 9% to EUR 2,362 (2,164) million, mainly due to higher prices and deliveries. The average sales growth (LTM YoY) was 4.6% (-23.8%).Adjusted EBIT increased, for the fourth consecutive quarter compared year-on-year, to EUR 175 (149) million. Adjusted EBIT margin increased to 7.4% (6.9%). Higher prices, volumes and positive impacts from net currency exchange rates and depreciations more than offset higher fiber costs.Operating result (IFRS) was EUR 171 (141) million, including items affecting comparability of EUR -11 million, and fair valuations and other non-operational items of EUR 7 million.Earnings per share were EUR 0.14 (0.10) and earnings per share excl. fair valuations (FV) were EUR 0.13 (0.08).The fair value of the forest assets increased to EUR 9.3 (8.6) billion, equivalent to EUR 11.74 per share.Cash flow from operations amounted to EUR 192 (269) million, impacted by higher sales increasing trade receivables, and build-up of inventories partly related to the ramp-up of the new consumer board line at the Oulu site.The net debt to adjusted EBITDA (LTM) ratio improved to 3.2 (4.0).Adjusted ROCE excluding the Forest division (LTM) increased to 3.8% (-0.1%), the target being above 13%.