Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) (OTCPK:SVCBF) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 25, 2025 4:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Anders Edholm – SVP, Sustainability & Communications
Ulf Larsson – President & CEO
Andreas Ewertz – CFO
Conference Call Participants
Ioannis Masvoulas – Morgan Stanley
Robin Santavirta – Carnegie
Oskar Lindström – Danske Bank
Lewis Merrick – BNP Paribas
Victoria Adesina – Barclays
Anders Edholm
Good morning, and welcome to this presentation of SCA’s 2025 First Quarter Results. With me here today, I have President and CEO, Ulf Larsson; and CFO, Andreas Ewertz, to go through the results and take your questions.
Over to you, Ulf.
Ulf Larsson
Thank you, Anders. And also from my side, good morning, and a warm welcome to the presentation of our results for the first quarter 2025.
During the first quarter, SCA, again, showed that we can deliver good profitability even in a continued challenging environment. SCA’s high degree of self-sufficiency in wood raw materials mitigated a big part of the higher cost related to wood supply, and we reached SEK1.65 billion on EBITDA level and, by that, an EBITDA margin of 32% for the quarter.
During the first quarter, SCA had strong delivery volumes, not the least in the Wood segment due to productivity improvements. In other segments, the volume increase has been supported by the ramp-up of strategic investments, and these investments will contribute to increased productivity and cash flow generation during upcoming years.
Prices in SCA’s industrial segments were generally higher in Q1 2025 than in Q1 2024. And I expect these price increases that they will further contribute to earnings in the second quarter. Global uncertainty has increased with the U.S. tariffs. This also affects the global demand and business climate, and I will give some comments on each segment as we go through the presentation.
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