Feb 12 (Reuters) - Italy's Fincantieri on Thursday increased its 2025 margin guidance and announced a new 2026-2030 business plan as part of a presentation to investors. While confirming its main 2030
Fincantieri Aims to Boost Revenue and Profit Margins with Defence Focus
Fincantieri's Multi-Year Strategy
Feb 12 (Reuters) - Fincantieri on Thursday pledged to double its core profit to 1.25 billion euros ($1.49 billion) in 2030 under a new defence-centred multi-year strategy that will also double its shipyard production capacity in Italy and expand its underwater business.
Revenue and Profit Margin Goals
Rising demand from the defence sector as Europe steps up military spending, with new contracts coming in already this year, is driving the need to increase production capacity, Fincantieri said.
Production Capacity Expansion
The Italian shipbuilder projected a 40% increase in revenue through 2030, with a further target to double it to 18 billion euros by 2035 from the around 9 billion euros it expects to report for 2025.
Technological Developments and Acquisitions
It revised up its core profit margin expectation for 2025 to 7.4% and said it would further expand it to 13%, or 2.3 billion euros, in 2035.
To increase profit margins, Fincantieri aims to expand operations in Vietnam under a revamp of its shipyard production system.
It will shift part of the cruise‑ship section production to Romania and reorganise the offshore and specialised vessels business.
Fincantieri said it aimed to develop new technologies at its underwater division, deepening links with its defence business and pursuing selective acquisition opportunities in what it sees as a high‑tech, strategically important market.
It previously targeted a margin for earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation above 7% and a positive net profit for 2025. It now said its 2025 net profit would reach 110 million euros.
Shares rose 4% by 1201 GMT.
In 2026 the company is targeting revenue of between 9.2 billion to 9.3 billion euros, net profit above the previous year, and an EBITDA margin of around 7.5%.
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(Reporting by Mirko Miorelli in Gdansk and Valentina Za in Milan; Editing by Matt Scuffham, Kirsten Donovan)
