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First quarter 20251
Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced the company’s first quarter 2025 results.
“Our performance in the first quarter landed in line with expectations, showing sequential improvements across most of our businesses, with a strong contribution from our connected offerings. The Consumer business grew in all regions, improving both top and bottom-line performance. The Professional business maintained a resilient profit margin as improvements in other markets compensated for continued headwinds in Europe. In China, we saw a faster-than-expected return to growth in both professional and consumer segments.
We are now focused on executing our plan to mitigate the short-term impact of tariffs in Q2, while implementing more structural measures to address the second half of the year. Based on our visibility of the market and the measures we are taking across the business, we confirm our guidance for the year.
Our connected and specialty lighting offerings now represent more than a third of our business. We are pleased to see these continue to perform and gain market share, despite the current market volatility. Our strategy to further strengthen these businesses will ensure we are well positioned to capture share as the market develops." said Eric Rondolat, CEO of Signify.
Brighter Lives, Better World 2025
The first quarter 2025 marked the start of Signify’s fifth and the final year of its Brighter Lives, Better World 2025 sustainability program commitments that contribute to doubling its positive impact on the environment and society.
Signify is tracking ahead of its 2025 target to reduce emissions across the entire value chain by 40% against the 2019 baseline - double the pace required to achieve the Paris Agreement's climate ambitions.
Circular revenues increased to 36%, up 1% versus the previous quarter and surpassing the 2025 target of 32%. The main contribution was from serviceable luminaires in the professional business, with a strong performance from horticulture lighting.
Brighter lives revenues remained at 33%, ahead of the 2025 target of 32%. This includes a strong contribution from both consumer and professional products with EyeComfort that support health and well-being.
The percentage of women in leadership positions decreased by 1% to 27%, which is not in line with our 2025 ambitions. Signify continues its actions to increase representation through focused hiring practices for diversity across all levels, and through retention and engagement actions to reduce attrition.
Outlook
Signify is focused on executing its plan to mitigate the short-term impact of tariffs in Q2, while implementing structural measures to address the second half of the year. Based on the current visibility of the market and the measures being taken across the business, Signify confirms the guidance for the year.
Signify continues to expect sales momentum to build throughout the year, leading to low single digit comparable sales growth excluding Conventional. Signify also expects a stable Adjusted EBITA margin vs. 2024 with the Professional, Consumer and OEM combined compensating the drag of the Conventional business. Signify targets a free cash flow generation of 7-8% of sales.
Conference call and audio webcast
Eric Rondolat (CEO) and Željko Kosanović (CFO) will host a conference call for analysts and institutional investors at 9:00 a.m. CET to discuss the first quarter 2025 results. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available via the Investor Relations website.
Financial calendar 2025
April 25, 2025: Annual General Meeting
April 29, 2025: Ex-dividend date
April 30, 2025: Dividend record date
May 7, 2025: Dividend payment date
July 25, 2025: Second quarter and half-year results 2025
October 24, 2025: Third quarter results 2025
Forward-Looking Statements and Risks & Uncertainties
This document and the related oral presentation contain, and responses to questions following the presentation may contain, forward-looking statements that reflect the intentions, beliefs or current expectations and projections of Signify N.V. (the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), including statements regarding strategy, estimates of sales growth and future operational results.
By their nature, these statements involve risks and uncertainties facing the Company and its Group companies, and a number of important factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement as a result of risks and uncertainties. Such risks, uncertainties and other important factors include but are not limited to: adverse economic and geopolitical developments including the potential impact of trade tariffs, the impact of the increasing conflicts globally volatility in interest rates, inflation and currency fluctuations, changes in international tax laws, economic downturns in key geographies to the company, supply chain disruptions, new technological disruptions, cybersecurity risk, competition in the general lighting market, reputational and adverse effects on business due to activities in Environment, Health & Safety, compliance risks, ability to attract and retain talented personnel, pension liabilities.
Additional risks currently not known to the Group or that the Group has not considered material as of the date of this document could also prove to be important and may have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Group or could cause the forward-looking events discussed in this document not to occur. The Group undertakes no duty to and will not necessarily update any of the forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events, except to the extent required by applicable law.
Market and Industry Information
All references to market share, market data, industry statistics and industry forecasts in this document consist of estimates compiled by industry professionals, competitors, organizations or analysts, of publicly available information or of the Group’s own assessment of its sales and markets. Rankings are based on sales unless otherwise stated.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
Certain parts of this document contain non-IFRS financial measures and ratios, such as comparable sales growth, adjusted gross margin and indirect costs, EBITA, adjusted EBITA, free cash flow, Net debt, Working capital, Brighter lives revenues, Circular revenues and other related ratios, which are not recognized measures of financial performance or liquidity under IFRS. The non-IFRS financial measures presented are measures used by management to monitor the underlying performance of the Group’s business and operations. Not all companies calculate non-IFRS financial measures in the same manner or on a consistent basis and these measures and ratios may not be comparable to measures used by other companies under the same or similar names. A reconciliation of a number of non-IFRS financial measures to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measures is contained in appendix B, Reconciliation of non-IFRS financial measures, of this document. For further information on non-IFRS financial measures, see “Chapter 18 Reconciliation of non-IFRS measures” in the Annual Report 2024.
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Signify Investor Relations
Thelke Gerdes
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Signify Corporate Communications
Tom Lodge
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Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers and the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact systems and data-enabled services deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2024, we had sales of EUR 6.1 billion, approximately 29,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for eight consecutive years and have achieved the EcoVadis Platinum rating for five consecutive years, placing Signify in the top one percent of companies assessed. News from Signify can be found in the Newsroom, on X, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors is located on the Investor Relations page.
