• Organic sales up 1% driven by volume growth; revenue down 3%
• Operating income €259 million (2023: €354 million)
• Adjusted EBITDA €394 million (2023: €414 million); Adjusted EBITDA margin 14.8% (2023: 15.1%)
• Net cash from operating activities positive €294 million (2023: positive €297 million)
AkzoNobel CEO Greg Poux-Guillaume commented:
"We continued to demonstrate our ability to grow in flat markets, achieving a fourth consecutive quarter of volume growth. Although operating costs were higher year on year, they're down sequentially, while gross margin expansion continues. We've launched further cost and portfolio initiatives to ensure delivery of our mid-term ambitions. For 2024, we expect to achieve around €1.5 billion adjusted EBITDA."
Outlook
Based on current market conditions and constant currencies, AkzoNobel expects to deliver 2024 adjusted EBITDA of around €1.5 billion. The company aims to lower its leverage to around 2.7 times net debt/EBITDA by the end of 2024 and around 2 times in the mid-term, while remaining committed to retaining a strong investment grade credit rating.
Recent highlights
Superdurable powder coatings range strengthens carbon reduction commitment
Architectural customers can now take advantage of a superdurable low-bake powder coating developed by AkzoNobel, which helps to protect building surfaces in more challenging environments. Having launched a standard durability option in 2023, the newly introduced Interpon D2525 Low-E range has been specifically designed to withstand conditions in more extreme locations, such as those exposed to harsh weather.
Helping consumer electronics industry use more recycled plastics
Using recycled plastics to make consumer electronics has been made significantly more reliable and effective thanks to a professional grade series of coatings developed by AkzoNobel. Offering long-lasting protection for products such as computers, mobile phones and household appliances, the new coatings have been specifically designed for items made from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics.
Color of the Year radiates True Joy
If any color could paint a smile on your face, it's True Joy, AkzoNobel's Color of the Year for 2025. The sunny yellow shade is on a mission to fill our homes with optimism, pride and a splash of vibrant color. Supported by three complementary color palettes, True Joy is the result of extensive research into color, design, cultural, economic and social trends, which identified a desire to make a joyful leap into the unknown, celebrate craftsmanship and embrace who we are.
About this media release
This media release covers the highlights for the quarter. We recommend reading the media release in combination with the full quarterly report. The quarterly report provides additional information, including the IAS34 condensed consolidated financial statements. The interim condensed consolidated financial statements were discussed and approved by the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board. These condensed financial statements have been authorized for issue. All figures in this media release and in the AkzoNobel quarterly report are unaudited.
Forward looking statements are based on organic volumes and constant currencies, and assume no significant market disruptions. Please read the Safe Harbor statement in the full quarterly report.
The report for this quarter can be viewed and downloaded here: https://akzo.no/Q3-2024-results
Organic Sales, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin (%) are Alternative Performance Measures (APM's). AkzoNobel uses APM adjustments to the IFRS measures to provide supplementary information on the reporting of the underlying developments of the business. A reconciliation of the alternative performance measures to the most directly comparable IFRS measures can be found in the AkzoNobel quarterly report.
This is a public announcement by Akzo Nobel N.V. pursuant to section 17 paragraph 1 of the European Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014).
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we've been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people's lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that's dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let's paint the future together.
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