HERMLE able to expand in the first five months of 2026
HERMLE able to expand in the first five months of 2026
Orders received increased by 23% to €m 236.9
Group turnover increased by 9% to €m 194.4
Upper end of forecast range for 2026 appears to be achievable so far
Shareholders’ meeting approves dividend of € 9.55 per preference share
Ordinary election of Supervisory Board
Maschinenfabrik Berthold HERMLE AG enjoyed good development in the first five months of 2026. The southern German machine tool and automation specialist increased the number of orders received across the Group by 22.6% to €m 236.9 compared with the same period in the previous year (previous year: €m 193.3). As the Management Board reported at today’s shareholders’ meeting, HERMLE recorded sustained strong business momentum in the USA, alongside growing demand from the chip industry, the aerospace industry and the defence sector, and managed to secure major individual projects. New foreign orders rose by 25.4% to €m 176.1 (previous year: €m 140.4) between January and the end of May. In terms of domestic business, there was a 14.9% increase to €m 60.8 (previous year: €m 52.9). The order backlog across the Group as at 31 May 2026 totalled €m 133.2 compared to €m 113.4 on the same date in 2025 and €m 90.6 at the end of 2025.
Group turnover grew by 8.9% to €m 194.4 (previous year: €m 178.6) in the first five months of 2026. Domestic turnover increased by 19.0% to €m 56.5 (previous year: €m 47.5) and international turnover by 5.2% to €m 137.9 m (previous year: €m 131.1). The additional turnover and the resulting improvement in capacity utilisation more than offset factors weighing on earnings, like higher staff costs and depreciation, with the result that the operating result also picked up.
Due to the positive business performance so far, HERMLE has been able to suspend short-time working in the third quarter of 2026. Nevertheless, in light of the current global political and economic situation and the resulting high level of uncertainty, HERMLE is sticking to its existing forecast for the year as a whole. Given the strong start to the year, it now looks as though the upper end of the forecast range might be achievable. However, significant external risk factors remain.
At today’s shareholders’ meeting, the shareholders unanimously approved the dividend proposed by the Management Board and the Supervisory Board. This means that a dividend of € 9.50 per ordinary share (previous year: € 11.00) and € 9.55 per preference share (previous year: € 11.05) will be paid out for the 2025 business year. For the preference share, this results in a dividend yield of 5.8% based on the 2025 year-end share price. Following the dividend payment, HERMLE employees in Germany will receive a bonus linked to the amount of the distribution, as in previous years. At the end of May 2026, HERMLE had 1,638 employees across the Group (previous year: 1,605, 31 December 2025: 1,639).
The shareholders’ meeting also unanimously approved the proposal concerning the upcoming ordinary election of shareholder representatives to the Supervisory Board. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Sesselmann was newly elected to the Board. Dietmar Hermle, Lothar Hermle and Dr. Sonja Zobl-Leibinger were confirmed as members of the Supervisory Board. In the lead-up to the shareholders’ meeting, the employees elected Alexander Selig and re-elected Gerd Grewin as their representatives on the Supervisory Board. At the constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board, which took place after the shareholders’ meeting, Dietmar Hermle was re-elected as Chair of the Supervisory Board, and Dr. Sonja Zobl-Leibinger and Lothar Hermle were re-elected as Deputy Chairs of the Supervisory Board.
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