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New orders rise by 41.2% to €771.0 million; revenue advances by 8.4% to €530.0 million
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Adjusted EBIT jumps to €37.3 million; adjusted EBIT margin improves to 7.0%
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Future Fit program continuing to have a positive impact on earnings; engines business returns to profit
Cologne, May 7, 2026 – DEUTZ has started 2026 with significant increases in new orders, revenue, and earnings, as can be seen from the results released today for the first quarter. New orders rose by 41.2% compared with the first three months of 2025, reaching a substantial €771.0 million. Consolidated revenue advanced by 8.4% to €530.0 million, while adjusted EBIT (EBIT before exceptional items) improved by 45.7% to €37.3 million. The adjusted EBIT margin therefore stood at 7.0% (Q1 2025: 5.2%). This shows that DEUTZ maintained its growth trajectory from the second half of 2025 and started the new year with a margin that was above that of the traditionally strong fourth quarter, despite the first quarter usually being fairly weak.
“New orders, revenue, and earnings are all up sharply. DEUTZ has begun the new year with momentum, and the strategic transformation is increasingly paying off. Our engines business, our new energy and defense lines of business, and the service business – a key area of growth – are making a clear contribution even though the geopolitical situation and other factors mean that market conditions remain challenging,” explains DEUTZ CEO Dr. Sebastian C. Schulte.
The main growth driver was the restructuring of the portfolio, which is being implemented with clarity of purpose. Growth was also carried by early signs of a market recovery in the Construction Equipment and Agricultural Machinery application segments that were particularly evident toward the end of the quarter. The effects of the Future Fit cost-cutting program also played a key part in increasing profitability.
“The Future Fit action plan has now been implemented in full. We will exceed our original savings target of €50 million by around 10%. More than €40 million of the total savings are accounted for by the Engines segment alone, where profits were well into positive territory again,” says DEUTZ CFO Oliver Neu. “Having successfully implemented our cost-cutting program, we are on track to reach our goal of an adjusted EBIT margin of 10% by 2030.”
Results for the first quarter of 2026 in detail
At €771.0 million, DEUTZ received a high volume of new ordersin the first quarter of 2026 (Q1 2025: €546.1 million). The year-on-year rise of 41.2% was primarily attributable to the Engines, Energy, and Service segments. Signs of a market recovery, particularly in the Construction Equipment and Agricultural Machinery application segments, resulted in a good level of organic growth for new orders in the Engines segment. New orders in the Energy segment were boosted by the acquisition of Frerk Aggregatebau, which was completed at the start of February. Frerk contributed around €145 million to the increase in new orders at Group level.
The DEUTZ Group’s orders on hand stood at the very high level of €738.6 million at the end of the quarter (March 31, 2025: €521.0 million).
DEUTZ’s revenuealso rose significantly, advancing by 8.4% year on year to €530.0 million. All segments contributed to this growth, albeit to varying degrees. In absolute figures, the main drivers – in roughly equal proportions – were again the Engines, Service, and Energy segments.
Adjusted EBIT (EBIT before exceptional items)jumped by 45.7% to €37.3 million in the period under review (Q1 2025: €25.6 million). This increase was partly due to revenue growth and the associated improvement in capacity utilization at the factories. Another factor was cost savings resulting from the Future Fit program, especially in research and development (R&D): R&D spending was significantly reduced by aligning R&D projects more closely with market requirements, above all in the NewTech segment. The SOBEK Group continued to make a positive contribution to earnings, while DEUTZ subsidiary HJS Emission Technology achieved a particularly notable year-on-year improvement in its earnings. In line with the rise in adjusted EBIT, the adjusted EBIT marginsurged from 5.2% in the comparative period to 7.0% in the reporting period.
Cash flow from operating activities amounted to a net inflow of €25.9 million in the first three months of 2026 (Q1 2025: €50.9 million). This year-on-year decrease, despite the positive earnings performance, was primarily due to the more substantial increase in inventories owing to the level of orders, severance payments made in connection with the Future Fit program, for which provisions had been recognized in 2025, and factoring effects.
Free cash flow before mergers and acquisitions stood at minus €(7.2) million due to the change in cash flow from operating activities (Q1 2025: €23.4 million).
Business outlook for 2026
DEUTZ continues to anticipate consolidated revenue of between €2.3 billion and €2.5 billion in 2026, along with an adjusted EBIT margin of between 6.5% and 8.0%. Free cash flow excluding M&A expenditure is still predicted to be in the high-double-digit millions of euros.
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DEUTZ GROUP: OVERVIEW |
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| € million | ||||||
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Q1 2026 |
Q1 2025 |
Change |
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| New orders |
771.0 |
546.1 |
41.2% |
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Revenue |
530.0 |
489.0 |
8.4% |
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| EBITDA (before exceptional items) |
58.2 |
45.3 |
28.5% |
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| EBITDA margin (before exceptional items) |
11.0% |
9.3% |
+1.7pp |
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EBITDA |
54.6 |
19.6 |
178.6% |
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| Adjusted EBIT (before exceptional items) |
37.3 |
25.6 |
45.7% |
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| EBIT margin (before exceptional items) |
7.0% |
5.2% |
+1.8pp |
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| Exceptional items |
-6.2 |
-29.6 |
-79.1% |
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EBIT |
31.1 |
-4.0 |
– |
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Net income |
21.8 |
-10.0 |
– |
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Earnings per share (€) |
0.14 |
-0.07 |
– |
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| Earnings per share (before exceptional items, €) |
0.18 |
0.09 |
100.0% |
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| Equity (Mar. 31/Dec. 31) |
1,007.6 |
980.0 |
2.8% |
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| Equity ratio (Mar. 31/Dec. 31) |
47.3% |
51.3% |
-4.0pp |
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Free cash flow |
-99.2 |
23.8 |
– |
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| Free cash flow (before M&A) |
-7.2 |
23.4 |
– |
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| Net financial position (Mar. 31/Dec. 31) |
-385.1 |
-269.4 |
-42.9% |
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| Working capital (Mar. 31/Dec. 31) |
431.3 |
382.9 |
12.6% |
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| Working capital ratio (Mar. 31/Dec. 31) |
20.7% |
18.7% |
+2.0pp |
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| Working capital ratio (average) (Mar. 31/Dec. 31) |
18.9% |
18.6% |
+0.3pp |
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| Capital expenditure (after deducting grants) |
22.4 |
16.4 |
36.6% |
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thereof right-of-use-assets for leases under IFRS 16 |
3.3 |
1.0 |
230.0% |
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| R&D expenditure (after deducting grants) |
21.7 |
22.6 |
-4.0% |
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| R&D ratio |
4.1% |
4.6% |
-0.5pp |
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| Employees (number as at Mar. 31) |
6,014 |
5,511 |
9.1% |
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DEUTZ Group |
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| € million | ||||||
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Q1 2026 |
Q1 2025 |
Change |
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| New orders |
771.0 |
546.1 |
41.2% |
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| Revenue |
530.0 |
489.0 |
8.4% |
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| Adjusted EBIT (before exceptional items) |
37.3 |
25.6 |
45.7% |
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| EBIT margin (before exceptional items) |
7.0% |
5.2% |
+1.8pp |
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DEUTZ Engines |
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| € million | ||||||
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Q1 2026 |
Q1 2025 |
Change |
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| New orders |
373.2 |
296.1 |
26.0% |
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| Revenue |
306.7 |
291.3 |
5.3% |
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| Adjusted EBIT (before exceptional items) |
11.5 |
-0.3 |
– |
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| EBIT margin (before exceptional items) |
3.7% |
-0.1% |
+3.8pp |
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DEUTZ Service |
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| € million | ||||||
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Q1 2026 |
Q1 2025 |
Change |
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| New orders |
159.9 |
142.1 |
12.5% |
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| Revenue |
148.1 |
138.3 |
7.1% |
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| Adjusted EBIT (before exceptional items) |
26.0 |
27.0 |
-3.7% |
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| EBIT margin (before exceptional items) |
17.6% |
19.5% |
-1.9pp |
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DEUTZ Energy |
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| € million | ||||||
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Q1 2026 |
Q1 2025 |
Change |
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| New orders |
206.7 |
68.4 |
202.2 % |
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| Revenue |
50.8 |
38.9 |
30.6 % |
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| Adjusted EBIT (before exceptional items) |
3.3 |
6.9 |
-52.2% |
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| EBIT margin (before exceptional items) |
6.5% |
17.7% |
-11.2pp |
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DEUTZ NewTech |
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| € million | ||||||
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Q1 2026 |
Q1 2025 |
Change |
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| New orders |
4.9 |
1.0 |
390.0 % |
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| Revenue |
2.3 |
1.4 |
64.3 % |
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| Adjusted EBIT (before exceptional items) |
-6.4 |
-12.0 |
46.7% |
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EBIT margin (before exceptional items) |
-278.3% |
-857.1% |
+578.8pp |
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DEUTZ Defense & Other |
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| € million | ||||||
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Q1 2026 |
Q1 2025 |
Change |
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| New orders |
26.3 |
38.5 |
-31.7% |
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| Revenue |
22.1 |
19.1 |
15.7% |
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| Adjusted EBIT (before exceptional items) |
2.9 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
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| EBIT margin (before exceptional items) |
13.1% |
N.A. |
N.A. |
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