Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) (SVCBF) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

2025-04-25 08:19:49 ET

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) (SVCBF)

Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call

April 25, 2025, 4:00 am ET

Company Participants

Anders Edholm - SVP, Sustainability & Communications

Ulf Larsson - President & CEO

Andreas Ewertz - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Ioannis Masvoulas - Morgan Stanley

Robin Santavirta - Carnegie

Oskar Lindström - Danske Bank

Lewis Merrick - BNP Paribas

Victoria Adesina - Barclays

Presentation

Anders Edholm

Good morning, and welcome to this presentation of SCA's 2025 First Quarter Results. With me here today, I have President and CEO, Ulf Larsson; and CFO, Andreas Ewertz, to go through the results and take your questions.

Over to you, Ulf.

Ulf Larsson

Thank you, Anders. And also from my side, good morning, and a warm welcome to the presentation of our results for the first quarter 2025.

During the first quarter, SCA, again, showed that we can deliver good profitability even in a continued challenging environment. SCA's high degree of self-sufficiency in wood raw materials mitigated a big part of the higher cost related to wood supply, and we reached SEK1.65 billion on EBITDA level and, by that, an EBITDA margin of 32% for the quarter.

During the first quarter, SCA had strong delivery volumes, not the least in the Wood segment due to productivity improvements. In other segments, the volume increase has been supported by the ramp-up of strategic investments, and these investments will contribute to increased productivity and cash flow generation during upcoming years....

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