Half-year Financial Report January – June 2025

Key figures

HHLA Group

in € million

 

1–6 | 2025

 

1–6 | 2024

 

Change

Revenue and earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

884.5

 

760.3

 

16.3 %

EBITDA

 

165.2

 

143.1

 

15.5 %

EBITDA margin in %

 

18.7

 

18.8

 

- 0.1 pp

EBIT

 

79.4

 

58.9

 

34.8 %

EBIT margin in %

 

9.0

 

7.7

 

1.3 pp

Profit after tax

 

32.1

 

23.4

 

37.4 %

Profit after tax and non-controlling interests

 

19.1

 

13.2

 

44.4 %

Cash flow statement and investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from operating activities

 

129.2

 

99.0

 

30.5 %

Investments

 

247.9

 

134.3

 

84.6 %

Performance data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Container throughput in thousand TEU

 

3,172

 

2,940

 

7.9 %

Container transport in thousand TEU

 

997

 

833

 

19.6 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in € million

 

30.06.2025

 

31.12.2024

 

Change

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance sheet total

 

3,497.8

 

3,284.0

 

6.5 %

Equity

 

862.9

 

823.8

 

4.7 %

Equity ratio in %

 

24.7

 

25.1

 

- 0.4 pp

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of employees

 

7,044

 

6,906

 

2.0 %

HHLA subgroups

 

 

Port Logistics subgroup1,2

 

Real Estate subgroup1,3

in € million

 

1–6 | 2025

 

1–6 | 2024

 

Change

 

1–6 | 2025

 

1–6 | 2024

 

Change

Revenue

 

865.7

 

742.5

 

16.6 %

 

23.4

 

23.0

 

1.8 %

EBITDA

 

153.4

 

131.3

 

16.8 %

 

11.8

 

11.7

 

0.7 %

EBITDA margin in %

 

17.7

 

17.7

 

0.0 pp

 

50.6

 

51.1

 

- 0.5 pp

EBIT

 

72.4

 

51.7

 

40.1 %

 

6.7

 

7.0

 

- 3.4 %

EBIT margin in %

 

8.4

 

7.0

 

1.4 pp

 

28.8

 

30.4

 

- 1.6 pp

Profit after tax and non-controlling interests

 

15.3

 

8.9

 

72.7 %

 

3.8

 

4.4

 

- 13.0 %

Earnings per share in €4

 

0.21

 

0.12

 

72.7 %

 

1.40

 

1.61

 

- 13.0 %

1

Before consolidation between subgroups

2

Listed class A shares

3

Non-listed class S shares

4

Basic and diluted