Geraldine JM Picaud
CEO & Director
Properly, good morning, everybody. Thanks for being right here for our annual 2025 outcomes presentation. So let me begin now right here with our first efficiency. Marta and I’ll undergo the complete monetary shows. However right here, I wish to begin with a few remarks. As we all know, for the entire world, 2025 has been a difficult yr, marked by worldwide conflicts and fluctuating or volatility in economic system. I am comfortable to say that at SGS, we have stored the course and even executed our greatest monetary efficiency ever. Now we have recorded the best gross sales in Swiss francs, highest adjusted working revenue and highest free money stream within the group historical past.
Gross sales grew by 2.2% regardless of a powerful antagonistic ForEx in the course of the yr, once more, offset by a powerful natural progress of 5.6% and good contribution from acquisitions. The adjusted working revenue margin has reached 16%, boosted by operational efficiency and value saving plans. Money technology and earnings per share have recorded wonderful progress, and Marta will give extra coloration about this. For 2026 now, we anticipate to comply with the identical traits. Natural progress ought to