Porsche AG HGB financial statements (condensed version)
Results of operations
In the reporting year, sales revenue decreased by 16.0% on the prior year from €30,795 million to €25,879 million. The decrease is mainly due to lower sales.
Sales revenue was largely offset by cost of materials of €16,608 million (2024: €18,500 million), personnel expenses of €2,743 million (2024: €3,070 million) as well as other operating expenses of €5,936 million (2024: €4,840 million). The decision to realign the product strategy in the fiscal year 2025 includes postponing the market launch of certain all-electric vehicle models and rescheduling of the development of the planned new electric vehicle platform for the 2030s. This rescheduling resulted in impairment losses on intangible assets and property, plant and equipment as well as provisions for outstanding obligations, which had a negative impact on the Porsche AG operating profit.
Of the other operating income of €1,562 million (2024: €2,337 million), €151 million (2024: €136 million) related to exchange rate gains and €879 million (2024: €628 million) to income from the measurement of derivatives.
Cost of materials relates to expenses for raw materials, consumables and supplies and for purchased merchandise of €13,920 million (2024: €15,413 million) and to expenses for purchased services of €2,692 million (2024: €3,087 million). The disproportionately low decline in cost of materials of 10.2% compared to the decrease in sales revenue is due to higher cost of materials per vehicle, particularly as a result of changes in the product mix and additional supplier costs.
Other operating expenses of €5,936 million (2024: €4,840 million) include exchange rate losses of €346 million (2024: €131 million). The increase in other operating expenses is mainly due to extraordinary expenses of €855 million in connection with the realignment of the product strategy. The decrease in personnel expenses by €327 million to €2,743 million is mainly due to a decrease in bonus and special payment expenses as well as a decline in the number of employees.
The investment result increased from €535 million in the prior year to €749 million. The increase is mainly the result of income from profit and loss transfer agreements of €1,318 million (2024: €372 million) due to the profit transfer from Porsche Nordamerika Holding GmbH, Ludwigsburg, of €794 million (2024: €3 million). This was offset by expenses from loss absorption of €481 million (2024: €206 million) and write-downs on financial assets of €166 million (2024: €73 million), of which €117 million is attributable to the shares in V4Smart GmbH & Co. KG, Nördlingen.
The negative interest result of €6 million (2024: €16 million) primarily contained interest income from affiliated companies, interest expenses from discounting non-current provisions as well as interest expenses for the debenture bonds issued.
Income tax for the fiscal year 2025 amounts to €129 million (2024: €1,135 million). The low tax rate of 11.2% (2024: 21.3%) is mainly due to tax-free dividends in the tax group for income tax purposes.
The net income for the year before appropriation of profit amounts to €1,006 million (2024: €4,175 million).
