Meudon (France), February 27(th) , 2026
Vallourec, a world leader in premium seamless tubular solutions, announces today its results for the fourth quarter 2025. The Board of Directors of Vallourec SA, meeting on February 26(th) 2026, approved the Group's fourth quarter 2025 Consolidated Financial Statements.
Fourth Quarter 2025 Results
-- Q4 Group EBITDA of EUR214 million, strong 21% EBITDA margin
-- Excellent total cash generation of EUR177 million
-- Around EUR650 million distribution to shareholders targeted by August
2026a
-- Q1 2026 Group EBITDA expected to range between EUR165 million and EUR195
million
-- Resilient US customer demand while imports continue to decline
-- Early signs of activity rebound in key Middle East markets
HIGHLIGHTS
Fourth Quarter 2025 Results
-- Group EBITDA of EUR214 million, up 2% sequentially, EBITDA margin
remained strong at 21%
-- Tubes EBITDA per tonne of EUR548 down (12%) sequentially
reflecting negative mix effects
-- Mine & Forest EBITDA at EUR38 million increasing sequentially by
10%, reflecting higher iron ore market prices partially offset by
seasonally lower volumes
-- Adjusted free cash flow of EUR204 million; total cash generation of
EUR177 million -- aided by robust collections and inventory management
-- Ended the period with a net cash position of EUR39 million, improving by
EUR179 million sequentially
OUTLOOK
First Quarter 2026 Group EBITDA is expected to range between EUR165 million and EUR195 million:
-- In Tubes, EBITDA per tonne is expected to be broadly in-line with the Q4
2025 level, while volumes are expected to be below the Q4 2025 level.
-- In Mine & Forest, production sold is expected to be around 1.4 million
tonnes.
Full Year 2026 results are expected to be influenced by the following dynamics:
-- North America Tubes:
-- Sustained strength in sales volumes thanks to Vallourec's market
share gains during 2025
-- A slight near-term decrease in US market prices, with improving
industry supply-demand conditions leading to potential improvement
later in the year
-- International Tubes:
-- Lower sales volumes in H1 2026 due to slower bookings in H2 2025
-- An activity recovery in key Middle Eastern markets setting the
stage for higher second half volumes
-- Broadly stable market pricing versus the second half of 2025, with
discrete customer contracts driving selective price upside
-- Slightly lower year over year iron ore production sold (approximately 5.5
million tonnes) due to an improved production process focusing on value
over volume
Philippe Guillemot, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, declared:
"Vallourec delivered robust results once again in the fourth quarter. EBITDA was above the midpoint of our guidance and we produced a solid 21% EBITDA margin. We converted over 80% of EBITDA to cash -- a further demonstration of our consistent improvement in working capital management and operational efficiency. After paying over EUR370 million to our shareholders in 2025, we returned our balance sheet to a net cash position in December.
"From this solid financial base, we will deliver on our commitment to be one of the most shareholder friendly companies in our peer group. We are targeting returns to shareholders of approximately EUR650 million between January and August 2026, a nearly EUR280 million increase versus 2025. We have adopted a balanced distribution framework, limiting warrant dilution through buybacks, growing distributions through a targeted interim dividend payment of EUR1.75 per share in August(b) , and maintaining a defensive balance sheet.
"Reflecting on our 2025 results, I am pleased with the many milestones we have achieved. After reaching zero net debt at the end of 2024, we paid a substantial dividend to shareholders for the first time in a decade in 2025. We significantly narrowed the profitability gap with our primary peer to the lowest level since we embarked on the New Vallourec Plan in early 2022. Finally, our consistent improvement in profitability and financial resilience was recognized with Investment Grade credit ratings across all three rating agencies.
"Our focus in 2026 turns to profitable growth through targeted R&D and capital investments to solve the energy challenges of today and tomorrow. In doing so, we will remain committed to our core principles of value over volume and operational excellence. We are investing in value-added capacity enhancements, including our new high-torque threading line in the US and advanced coating capabilities like our Cleanwell$(R)$ solution. Meanwhile, we are progressing our ambitions in New Energies, with a recently-announced partnership with XGS Energy in the advanced geothermal arena, and a memorandum of understanding with Baker Hughes in the hydrogen space. We are seeing particularly strong momentum in geothermal markets as the industry searches for ways to deliver clean baseload power to meet rapidly growing energy demand, which is accentuated by rapid growth in artificial intelligence and energy--intensive data centers.
"In the US, our assets remain highly-utilized and recent booking activity remains strong. Industry pricing has softened slightly, but we are encouraged by the downward trend in imports due to Section 232 tariffs and the resilience of our customers' activity. In International markets, commercial activity remained subdued in the second half of 2025. In the Middle East we are seeing signs of acceleration -- especially in markets with higher levels of unconventional activity.
"We see potential for activity to increase in the second semester and beyond as the oil market rebalances, gas-related activity increases and the acceleration of depletion necessitates investments to maintain and grow production."
The consolidated financial statements are included in the pdf version of the press release.
Key Quarterly Data
Quarterly figures
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in EUR million, unless noted Q4 2025 Q3 2025 Q4 2024 QoQ chg. YoY chg.
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Tubes volume sold (k tonnes) 335 303 362 32 (27)
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Iron ore volume sold (m tonnes) 1.5 1.6 1.3 (0.1) 0.2
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Group revenues 1,043 911 1,065 132 (22)
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Group EBITDA 214 210 214 4 0
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(as a % of revenue) 20.5% 23.1% 20.1% (2.5) pp 0.4 pp
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Operating income (loss) 150 192 229 (41) (79)
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Net income, Group share 96 134 163 (38) (68)
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Adj. free cash flow 204 69 178 135 26
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Total cash generation 177 67 253 109 (77)
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Net cash (debt) 39 (140) 21 179 18
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INFORMATION AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "may", "assume", "plan", "intend", "will", "should", "estimate", "risk" and or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts and include statements regarding the Company's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, Vallourec's results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industries in which they operate. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that Vallourec's or any of its affiliates' actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industries in which they operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation. In addition, even if Vallourec's or any of its affiliates' results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industries in which they operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. These risks include those developed or identified in the public documents filed by Vallourec with the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marches financiers, or "AMF"), including those listed in the "Risk Factors" section of the Universal Registration Document
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