Veolia Environnement

Veolia has extended its partnership with Octave Intelligence by five years and is expanding deployment of the Octave Attune EAM software globally to more than 10,000 users in water, waste and energy. The SaaS solution is provided via the AWS Marketplace and is intended to improve field service, maintenance planning and asset performance management by integrating condition data and regulatory requirements. Octave reports a high gross margin of 76%; the company remains profitable despite a year-to-date share-price decline and is viewed by analysts as potentially undervalued. » Mere på de.investing.com

Veolia reports Q1 2026 EPS of 0.53 EUR and revenue of 11.4 billion EUR, both slightly below market expectations. Organic revenue grew 2.1%, EBITDA rose organically by 5.1% and the EBITDA margin improved by 73 basis points. Net financial debt stood at 20.8 billion EUR; net free cash flow improved by 144 million EUR. The company confirms full-year guidance of 2.8 EUR EPS and 54.42 billion EUR revenue and is focusing on digital/AI initiatives as well as an 8.5 billion EUR asset rotation under the GreenUp plan. » Mere på de.investing.com

In several federal states (Berlin, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Thuringia), Verdi has begun a one-day warning strike at Veolia. The union is demanding €300 more per month, experience-based pay levels, and hardship and dirt allowances with a contract term of twelve months; Veolia offered an increase of €0.45 per hour. Veolia describes Verdi’s account as misleading but stresses its willingness to talk and points to wages that are contractually above the minimum wage. According to Verdi, around 1,400 employees are affected; the next round of talks is scheduled for March 23 in Leipzig. » Mere på rnd.de

A one-day warning strike at Veolia has begun in Berlin, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony and Thuringia; Verdi blames the employer’s lack of willingness to negotiate for the action. The union is demanding €300 more per month, experience-based pay levels, and allowances for dirty work and hardship with a contract term of twelve months. Veolia calls Verdi’s statements misleading, stresses that collective wages are paid above the minimum wage, and signals willingness to talk. The next negotiating round is scheduled for 23 March in Leipzig; according to Verdi, about 1,400 employees work in the affected states. » Mere på finanzen.net

Veolia reports a historically high quarter for Q4 2025 with revenue of €44.4 billion and an EBITDA margin of 15.9%, although EPS of $0.58 missed the $0.59 estimate and reported revenue in USD was slightly below expectations. Net income attributable to shareholders rose 10.9% and organic EBITDA grew 6.3%, while leverage remained below 3x at a ratio of 2.79x. Management highlights strategic progress on PFAS treatment and urban energy supply and confirms ambitious revenue and EPS targets for the coming years; the stock reacted positively in premarket trading. » Mere på de.investing.com