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IOS

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IT Services & Consulting

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05-12	IONOS Group SE, Q1 2026 Earnings Call, May 12, 2026
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Published financial data: IONOS GROUP SE

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LTM

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenues	1.1B	1.29B	1.42B	1.56B	1.32B
Total Revenues	1.1B	1.29B	1.42B	1.56B	1.32B
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	535M	698M	738M	801M	534M
Gross Profit	568M	595M	686M	759M	782M
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	342M	384M	416M	426M	428M
Provision for Bad Debts	8.52M	8.6M	14.14M	17.05M	15.39M
Other Operating Expenses	-210K	-4.38M	-22.15M	-5.45M	-10.42M
Other Operating Expenses, Total	350M	388M	408M	437M	433M
Operating Income	217M	207M	278M	322M	349M
Interest Expense, Total	-95.56M	-94.37M	-84.65M	-24.01M	-11.7M
Interest And Investment Income	666K	706K	907K	2.74M	1.82M
Net Interest Expenses	-94.89M	-93.67M	-83.75M	-21.27M	-9.88M
Income (Loss) On Equity Invest.	-784K	112K	-251K	-1.76M	-325K
Currency Exchange Gains (Loss)	-4.24M	-579K	-692K	-3.85M	7.51M
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	-19.84M	-2.46M	29.65M	-36.18M	-39.17M
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	97.66M	110M	223M	259M	307M
Merger & Related Restructuring Charges	-	-	-7.82M	-15.16M	-10.35M
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	-	1.91M	-	-	-
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Assets	481K	-18K	150K	92K	-949K
Asset Writedown	-	-	-	-	-
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	98.14M	112M	215M	244M	296M
Income Tax Expense	36.2M	37.64M	41.07M	74.14M	93.57M
Earnings From Continuing Operations	61.94M	74.37M	174M	170M	202M
Earnings Of Discontinued Operations	-	-	-	-	27.34M
Net Income to Company	61.94M	74.37M	174M	170M	230M
Minority Interest	-1.02M	-600K	-15K	-6K	-7K
Net Income - (IS)	60.92M	73.77M	174M	170M	230M
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	60.92M	73.77M	174M	170M	230M
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	60.92M	73.77M	174M	170M	202M
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	-	204.92	1.24	1.22	1.65
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	-	204.92	1.24	1.22	1.46
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	-	360K	140M	140M	139M
Net EPS - Diluted	-	204.92	1.23	1.19	1.63
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	-	204.92	1.23	1.19	1.44
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	-	360K	141M	143M	141M
Normalized Basic EPS	-	189.51	1	1.16	1.38
Normalized Diluted EPS	-	189.51	0.98	1.14	1.37
Payout Ratio	0.03	0.01	-	-	-
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	310M	296M	363M	411M	437M
EBITA	241M	228M	296M	340M	368M
EBIT	217M	207M	278M	322M	349M
EBITDAR	313M	298M	365M	414M	438M
Total Revenues (As Reported)	-	1.29B	1.42B	1.56B	1.32B
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	36.89	33.6	19.07	30.41	31.62
Current Domestic Taxes	45.73M	42.12M	52.25M	55.63M	66M
Current Foreign Taxes	12.64M	13.59M	16.7M	17.08M	18.02M
Total Current Taxes	58.36M	55.71M	68.95M	72.71M	84.02M
Total Deferred Taxes	-22.16M	-18.07M	-27.88M	1.43M	9.55M
Normalized Net Income	60.02M	68.22M	139M	162M	192M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	2.43M	3.58M	4.28M	4.87M	5.14M
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Advertising Expense	-	-	-	-	-
Marketing Expenses	-	112M	112M	111M	125M
Selling and Marketing Expenses	265M	296M	319M	325M	327M
General and Administrative Expenses	74.45M	85.06M	95.51M	97.19M	99.74M
Net Rental Expense, Total	2.59M	2.56M	1.64M	3.31M	1.44M
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	1.57M	1.39M	838K	540K	135K
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	1.01M	1.17M	800K	2.77M	1.3M
Stock-Based Comp., Other (Total)	12.79M	4.21M	-7.75M	5.69M	4.24M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	12.79M	4.21M	-7.75M	5.69M	4.24M

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	49.52M	26.44M	22.65M	30.18M	27.33M
Short Term Investments	2.32M	674K	6.03M	993K	-
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	51.84M	27.11M	28.68M	31.17M	27.33M
Accounts Receivable, Total	60.96M	79.12M	85.2M	105M	67.45M
Other Receivables	21.17M	36.47M	75.68M	98.07M	91.71M
Total Receivables	82.13M	116M	161M	203M	159M
Inventory	14K	162K	69K	54K	20K
Prepaid Expenses	10.91M	14.5M	-	-	-
Other Current Assets, Total	16.68M	18.99M	35.15M	35.77M	66.14M
Total Current Assets	162M	176M	225M	270M	253M
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	605M	723M	707M	753M	768M
Accumulated Depreciation	-353M	-404M	-391M	-443M	-479M
Net Property Plant And Equipment	252M	319M	317M	310M	290M
Long-term Investments	5.54M	3.33M	5.04M	3.17M	6.6M
Goodwill	825M	821M	826M	830M	821M
Other Intangibles, Total	200M	176M	160M	142M	119M
Accounts Receivable Long-Term	2K	3.18M	2.86M	2.53M	2.33M
Deferred Tax Assets Long-Term	102K	28.11M	37.85M	50.97M	41.16M
Deferred Charges Long-Term	-	6.87M	13.63M	26.12M	30.26M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	26.32M	7.31M	9.18M	8.77M	7.8M
Total Assets	1.47B	1.54B	1.6B	1.64B	1.57B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	63.43M	86.89M	95.52M	119M	79.05M
Accrued Expenses, Total	48.17M	58.46M	54.93M	64.05M	59.96M
Short-term Borrowings	-	-	-	-	-
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	-	-	1.12M	102K	799M
Current Portion of Leases	10.23M	13.79M	14.39M	14.27M	13.84M
Current Income Taxes Payable	14.05M	19.47M	21.98M	35.8M	39.74M
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	71.63M	74.38M	88.01M	92.65M	106M
Other Current Liabilities	70.11M	46.28M	22.16M	34.65M	27.18M
Total Current Liabilities	278M	299M	298M	360M	1.13B
Long-Term Debt	1.32B	1.24B	1.15B	968M	-
Long-Term Leases	82.3M	115M	110M	103M	90.62M
Unearned Revenue Non Current	561K	1.1M	6.98M	7.16M	2.39M
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	25.21M	38.47M	33.65M	42.83M	45.45M
Other Non Current Liabilities	2.7M	4.58M	3.62M	3.86M	7.57M
Total Liabilities	1.7B	1.7B	1.6B	1.48B	1.27B
Common Stock, Total	360K	360K	140M	140M	140M
Treasury Stock	-	-	-	-12.17M	-51.49M
Comprehensive Income and Other	-235M	-163M	-143M	30.79M	210M
Total Common Equity	-234M	-162M	-2.92M	159M	299M
Minority Interest	2.6M	123K	138K	144K	151K
Total Equity	-232M	-162M	-2.78M	159M	299M
Total Liabilities And Equity	1.47B	1.54B	1.6B	1.64B	1.57B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	-	360K	140M	140M	138M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	-	360K	140M	140M	138M
Book Value / Share	-	-450.84	-0.02	1.14	2.16
Tangible Book Value	-1.26B	-1.16B	-989M	-814M	-641M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	-	-3.22K	-7.07	-5.83	-4.64
Total Debt	1.41B	1.37B	1.27B	1.09B	903M
Net Debt	1.36B	1.35B	1.24B	1.05B	876M
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	20.69M	20.46M	13.1M	26.5M	11.51M
Minority Interest, Total (Incl. Fin. Div)	2.6M	123K	138K	144K	151K
Equity Method Investments, Total	3.59M	2.42M	4.28M	2.41M	816K
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	3	3	3	3
Inventories - Finished Goods, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Inventories - Others	-	-	-	-	-
Land - (BS)	11.8M	25.03M	25.6M	26.78M	39.63M
Machinery, Total	471M	533M	507M	550M	555M
Full Time Employees	3.95K	4.25K	4.36K	4.18K	4.12K
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	9M	9.81M	14.07M	17.77M	16.28M

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Net Income	60.92M	73.77M	174M	170M	230M
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	82.65M	83.39M	82.75M	86.26M	84.53M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	23.81M	21.05M	18.18M	18.47M	18.67M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	106M	104M	101M	105M	103M
Amortization of Deferred Charges, Total - (CF)	6.19M	7.89M	6.98M	7.31M	5.52M
(Gain) Loss From Sale Of Asset	-481K	19K	-150K	-92K	970K
(Gain) Loss on Sale of Investments - (CF)	-	-1.91M	-	-	153K
Asset Writedown & Restructuring Costs	-	-	-	-	-
(Income) Loss On Equity Investments - (CF)	13K	94K	407K	1.87M	1.44M
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	12.79M	4.21M	-7.75M	-2.18M	-11.99M
Other Operating Activities, Total	1.82M	-11.77M	35.22M	76.96M	71.37M
Change In Accounts Receivable	-3.29M	-13.21M	-18.98M	-8.67M	22.2M
Change In Inventories	-1K	-148K	93K	15K	-10K
Change In Accounts Payable	10.68M	16.9M	8.9M	23.08M	-33.4M
Change in Unearned Revenues	-189K	3.28M	11.1M	8.19M	14.14M
Change In Income Taxes	-3.82M	6.85M	2.55M	13.82M	4.14M
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	9.46M	-2.08M	966K	-7.9M	-15.57M
Cash from Operations	201M	188M	314M	387M	392M
Capital Expenditure	-93.02M	-97.06M	-81.7M	-76.87M	-64.54M
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	2.28M	1.8M	1.56M	542K	-
Cash Acquisitions	-21.2M	-	-4.42M	-	-34M
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-2.02M	4.02M	-2.11M	-	-5.02M
Other Investing Activities, Total	25.37M	-19.33M	-27.5M	-23.98M	7.62M
Cash from Investing	-88.59M	-111M	-114M	-100M	-95.94M
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	-	302K	800M	-	-
Total Debt Issued	-	302K	800M	-	-
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-169M	-86.23M	-910M	-194M	-189M
Total Debt Repaid	-169M	-86.23M	-910M	-194M	-189M
Repurchase of Common Stock	-	-	-	-22.32M	-56.57M
Common Dividends Paid	-16K	-9K	-	-	-
Common & Preferred Stock Dividends Paid	-16K	-9K	-	-	-
Other Financing Activities, Total	-963K	-15.98M	-94.6M	-62.77M	-49.28M
Cash from Financing	-170M	-102M	-205M	-279M	-295M
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	1.84M	1.07M	406K	404K	-690K
Net Change in Cash	-56.28M	-23.08M	-3.79M	7.53M	386K
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	93.73M	86.92M	94.6M	62.77M	49.28M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	47.42M	55.11M	60.08M	63.26M	69.96M
Levered Free Cash Flow	173M	68.27M	89.59M	248M	240M
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	233M	127M	142M	263M	247M
Change In Net Working Capital	-64.39M	21.42M	49.72M	-20.78M	19.26M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-169M	-85.93M	-110M	-194M	-189M

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Profitability
Return on Assets	9.18	8.58	11.08	12.42	13.58
Return on Total Capital	13.89	10.82	14.01	16.01	17.84
Return On Equity %	-22.2	-37.76	-211.26	217.56	88.41
Return on Common Equity	-21.64	-37.2	-210.91	217.94	88.46
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	51.47	46	48.17	48.65	59.41
SG&A Margin	31.01	29.68	29.2	27.27	32.53
EBITDA Margin %	28.12	22.86	25.51	26.33	33.15
EBITA Margin %	21.86	17.62	20.8	21.82	27.93
EBIT Margin %	19.71	15.99	19.53	20.63	26.51
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	5.61	5.75	12.24	10.87	15.37
Net Income Margin %	5.52	5.71	12.24	10.87	17.44
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	5.52	5.71	12.24	10.87	15.37
Normalized Net Income Margin	5.44	5.28	9.79	10.37	14.58
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	15.68	5.28	6.29	15.88	18.23
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	21.09	9.84	10.01	16.85	18.78
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	0.75	0.86	0.91	0.96	0.82
Fixed Assets Turnover	4.74	4.52	4.48	4.98	4.39
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	20.16	18.46	17.33	16.44	15.31
Inventory Turnover (Average Inventory)	39.66K	7.93K	6.39K	13.03K	14.45K
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	0.58	0.59	0.75	0.75	0.22
Quick Ratio	0.48	0.48	0.64	0.65	0.17
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	0.72	0.63	1.05	1.07	0.35
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	18.11	19.77	21.06	22.26	23.84
Days Outstanding Inventory (Average Inventory)	0.01	0.05	0.06	0.03	0.03
Average Days Payable Outstanding	39.41	40.83	45.12	48.9	67.49
Cash Conversion Cycle (Average Days)	-21.29	-21.01	-24	-26.62	-43.62
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	-607.46	-847.25	-45.75K	683.57	302.12
Total Debt / Total Capital	119.71	113.38	100.22	87.24	75.13
LT Debt/Equity	-603.04	-838.75	-45.19K	674.52	30.31
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	118.84	112.24	99	86.08	7.54
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	115.74	110.52	100.17	90.34	80.96
EBIT / Interest Expense	2.28	2.19	3.28	13.41	29.84
EBITDA / Interest Expense	3.39	3.3	4.48	17.77	38.66
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	2.42	2.27	3.51	14.57	33.14
Total Debt / EBITDA	4.35	4.42	3.36	2.54	2
Net Debt / EBITDA	4.19	4.33	3.28	2.47	1.94
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	6.1	6.42	4.28	3.1	2.33
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	5.87	6.29	4.18	3.01	2.26
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	11.64	17.19	10.11	9.59	5.51
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	5.63	4.72	15.32	10.68	10.41
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	-2.27	-2.83	22.86	13.12	17.71
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	-4.28	-5.93	30.05	14.93	22.41
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	-3.42	-4.92	34.5	15.8	23.8
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	-18.49	20.07	134.29	-2.63	56.19
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	-19.32	21.09	136.17	-2.62	35.38
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	-17.93	13.66	85.7	16.11	40.96
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	-	21.09	-99.4	-3.25	58.24
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	25.71	29.79	7.69	22.73	-35.5
Inventory, 1 Yr. Growth %	7.69	1.06K	-57.41	-21.74	-62.96
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	18.57	26.5	-0.87	-2.09	-6.54
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	-1.13	4.75	3.55	2.96	-4.47
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	-7.12	-7.99	-14.67	-17.74	-21.26
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	-28.71	-30.73	-98.2	-5.53K	88.42
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	20.36	-6.09	14.17	22.99	1.31
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	39.27	4.35	-15.83	-5.91	-16.05
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	7.93	-60.53	31.22	140.12	8.16
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	3.02	-45.31	11.98	68.36	4.42
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	9.27	14.38	13.6	9.85	-3.83
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	5.86	5.18	9.89	12.98	6.81
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	5.77	-3.5	9.27	17.89	9.63
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	3.74	-4.93	10.6	22.25	11.43
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	5.68	-4.17	13.08	24.8	12.06
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	6.85	-1.07	67.73	51.04	7.76
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	6.26	-1.16	69.11	51.65	14.82
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	8.27	-3.42	52.37	46.84	17.39
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-1.16	-91.47	-92.38	8.2
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-23.58	27.73	18.22	14.96	-11.03
Inventory, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-36.75	253.01	122	-42.26	-46.16
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	16.02	22.48	11.98	-1.48	-4.34
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-0.95	1.76	4.15	3.26	-0.82
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-8.51	-7.56	-11.39	-16.21	-19.52
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-26.41	-29.73	-88.84	-1.14	911.86
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	9.58	6.32	25.23	18.5	11.62
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	11.7	20.55	-6.28	-11.01	-11.12
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	154.55	-34.73	-28.03	90.53	52.5
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	55.43	-24.94	-21.75	43.72	25.87
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	7.96	11.85	12.94	12.25	0.61
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	6.36	5.48	8.45	10.16	9.57
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	6.4	2.15	4.59	10.53	13.88
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	4.55	0.53	5.53	12.03	17.32
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	5.98	2.02	7.29	13.98	19.09
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.19	11.09	31.87	39.92	39.61
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	8.9	10.99	32.14	40.69	46.02
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	0.54	10.04	23.97	39.17	36.78
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	10.99	-81.97	-80.84	-80.85
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-9.46	-8.82	20.67	19.71	-5.18
Inventory, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-39.11	66.65	74.44	56.83	-50.21
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	18.39	19.42	14.14	7.08	-3.2
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-1.05	0.92	2.36	3.75	0.62
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-7.55	-8.34	-9.99	-13.56	-17.93
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-22.52	-27.88	-79.29	-12.19	22.57
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	24.17	4.08	23.58	24.48	12.47
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	6.53	9.19	6.95	-6.16	-12.72
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	36.75	-17.62	12.74	52.06
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	9.73	-14.23	4.15	24.8
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	10.18	11.05	5.91
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	7.76	8.42	7.79
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	7.12	8.18	6.58
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	7.01	8.71	7.85
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	8.76	10.59	9.17
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	29.64	25.62	21.64
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	29.86	25.75	24.92
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	18.73	25.87	21.29
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-61.98	-63.07
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	0.74	0.04	6.82
Inventory, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	2.16	9.06	9
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	15.79	10.57	6.35
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	1	1.85	1.07
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-9.11	-11.58	-13.93
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-64.31	-18.18	-1.88
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	24.59	18.29	18.65
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	1.21	0.61	-0.68
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	56.15	8.41
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	22.23	1.83