Vidrala reported annual results for fiscal year 2025 in line with expectations, despite a challenging year marked by softening demand and intense competition. The glass packaging manufacturer’s performance underscores the resilience of companies navigating a complex global economic landscape.
Sales for 2025 reached €1.4652 billion, a decrease of 5.4%, while EBITDA stood at €441 million, improving the margin to 30.1%. Net profit exceeded €219.6 million, or €6.24 per share – a 6.8% decrease when excluding the impact of capital gains from the sale of its Italian business in 2024, the company said.
Strong cash generation, reaching €200.1 million, enabled the company to reduce net debt to €105.3 million as of December 31, 2025. The company maintains a low level of indebtedness, at 0.2 times EBITDA, reflecting its financial strength and providing a competitive advantage for investment plans.
Vidrala CEO Raúl Gómez stated that the results “are a demonstration of the solidity of the business built and the decisive impact of the measures adopted to boost geographical diversification —with the entry into South America— and the verticalization of the activity.” He added, “They also reflect our firm commitment to industrial investment and cost reduction, in order to constantly adapt the product and service to the expectations of brand owners and consumers.”
Gómez continued: “We are living through times of change in the world of consumption and I am convinced that glass will consolidate itself as the definitive packaging material: the preferred by the consumer, the most sustainable, infinitely and integrally recyclable and the healthiest. Looking to the future, we will invest with our client in mind and with the firm purpose of making our products and supplying our services in the most reliable, competitive and sustainable way possible, maintaining strict financial discipline. The future belongs to us.”
Strategic International Expansion
The company is continuing to advance its strategic priorities with a selective and disciplined international growth vision, focused on developing a business platform in South America to consolidate a more diversified and competitive organization.
Recent entry into the Chilean market through the acquisition of Cristalerías Toro, a glass packaging producer located in the Santiago metropolitan area, strengthens Vidrala’s presence in regions with solid foundations and long-term potential. The company serves a wide range of customers in the food and beverage segments, many of whom are global and complementary to Vidrala’s existing customer base.
The operation is part of Vidrala’s internationalization strategy, which maintains significant positions in Southern Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and since 2023, also in Brazil.
Increased Shareholder Returns
Vidrala announced a 15% increase in the annual dividend, bringing the total planned distribution to €1.7505 per share during 2026, in line with its policy of gradual growth in returns and sustainable value generation.
The first interim distribution of €1.2318 per share was paid on February 13, 2026. The second distribution, in the form of a complementary dividend, will amount to €0.4687 per share and will be disbursed on July 15, 2026. 5 euro cents per share will be offered as a premium for attendance at the general shareholders’ meeting.
As an additional extraordinary measure, a share repurchase program of up to 350,000 shares for a maximum cash amount of €33 million was announced in December 2025, to contribute to the shareholder return policy by increasing earnings per share.
