Half-year Financial Report January – June 2026

Key figures

HHLA Group

in € million

 

1–6 | 2026

 

1–6 | 2025

 

Change

Revenue and earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

910.9

 

884.5

 

3.0 %

EBITDA

 

156.3

 

165.2

 

- 5.4 %

EBITDA margin in %

 

17.2

 

18.7

 

- 1.5 pp

EBIT

 

51.3

 

79.4

 

- 35.3 %

EBIT margin in %

 

5.6

 

9.0

 

- 3.4 pp

Profit after tax

 

3.4

 

32.1

 

- 89.3 %

Profit after tax and non-controlling interests

 

- 4.2

 

19.1

 

neg.

Cash flow statement and investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from operating activities

 

98.0

 

129.2

 

- 24.1 %

Investments

 

221.8

 

247.9

 

- 10.5 %

Performance data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Container throughput in thousand TEU

 

2,959

 

3,172

 

- 6.7 %

Container transport in thousand TEU

 

985

 

997

 

- 1.2 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in € million

 

30.06.2026

 

31.12.2025

 

Change

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance sheet total

 

3,609.0

 

3,474.6

 

3.9 %

Equity

 

840.5

 

837.2

 

0.4 %

Equity ratio in %

 

23.3

 

24.1

 

- 0.8 pp

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of employees

 

7,396

 

7,269

 

1.7 %

HHLA subgroups

 

 

Port Logistics subgroup1,2

 

Real Estate subgroup1,3

in € million

 

1–6 | 2026

 

1–6 | 2025

 

Change

 

1–6 | 2026

 

1–6 | 2025

 

Change

Revenue

 

891.6

 

865.7

 

3.0 %

 

24.2

 

23.4

 

3.7 %

EBITDA

 

143.1

 

153.4

 

- 6.7 %

 

13.2

 

11.8

 

11.5 %

EBITDA margin in %

 

16.1

 

17.7

 

- 1.6 pp

 

54.4

 

50.6

 

3.8 pp

EBIT

 

43.7

 

72.4

 

- 39.7 %

 

7.5

 

6.7

 

11.0 %

EBIT margin in %

 

4.9

 

8.4

 

- 3.5 pp

 

30.9

 

28.8

 

2.1 pp

Profit after tax and non-controlling interests

 

- 8.3

 

15.3

 

neg.

 

4.1

 

3.8

 

7.7 %

Earnings per share in €4

 

- 0.11

 

0.21

 

neg.

 

1.51

 

1.40

 

7.7 %

1

Before consolidation between subgroups

2

Listed class A shares

3

Non-listed class S shares

4

Basic and diluted