Siemens continues its growth trajectory

Profit Industrial Business declined 7 percent to €2.8 billion (Q3 2024: €3.0 billion) due to a sharp decline in profit at Digital Industries after an exceptionally strong profit at the software business in the prior-year quarter. At all other industrial businesses, profit and profitability increased. The profit margin of the Industrial
Business was 14.9 percent (Q3 2024: 16.5 percent).

Net income climbed 5 percent to €2.2 billion (Q3 2024: €2.1 billion), benefiting, among other things, from a €0.2 billion gain from the closing of the sale of part of the airport logistics business.

Smart infrastructure and mobility

Orders at Digital Industries decreased moderately to €4.4 billion (Q3 2024: €4.5 billion). Nevertheless, orders at the automation business were up from a low prior-year basis on higher demand in all three reporting regions, including substantial growth in China and the U.S. This increase was more than offset by a decline at the software business, where orders came in below the exceptionally strong Q3 2024, which had included a number of large contract wins for licensed software. Comparable revenue was down 10 percent to €4.4 billion (Q3 2024: €4.9 billion).

The substantial revenue decline at the software business was also largely due to the high level of licensed software contracts in Q3 2024. In contrast, revenue at the automation business increased year-over-year for the first time since Q4 2023, driven mainly by China. Profit (€642 million) and profitability (14.5 percent) decreased largely due to lower revenue at the software business and to higher severance charges related mainly to the automation business.

At €5.7 billion, comparable orders at Smart Infrastructure came in close to the strong prior-year level (Q3 2024: €6.0 billion), which had included a number of large contracts from data centers and energy customers. Revenue increased at all businesses and in all reporting regions, climbing 9 percent on a comparable basis to €5.7 billion (Q3 2024: €5.4 billion), led by the electrification business, which continued to execute strongly on its large order backlog from data centers and energy customers.

Smart Infrastructure again grew profit and profitability year-over-year on higher revenue, increased capacity utilization and ongoing productivity improvements. Profit increased 16 percent to €1.1 billion (Q3 2024: €923 million), and the profit margin rose to 18.8 percent (Q3 2024: 17.0 percent).

At Mobility, orders more than tripled to €7.9 billion (Q3 2024: €2.4 billion) on a sharply higher volume from large orders, including an order worth €3.5 billion from an existing framework agreement for a turnkey rail system in Egypt as well as a €1.7 billion order for high-speed trains and services in the U.S. Mobility increased ist revenue 19 percent on a comparable basis to €3.1 billion (Q3 2024: €2.6 billion) on
growth at all businesses, with the strongest growth contributions coming from the rolling stock and customer services businesses. Profit climbed 26 percent to €286 million due to higher revenue (Q3 2024: €227 million). The corresponding profit margin rose to 9.3 percent (Q3 2024: 8.7 percent).

Outlook confirmed

“Our third-quarter performance demonstrates that Siemens is delivering robust results despite the volatile global market. We’re posting sustained growth momentum in orders, revenue and net income. Digitalization and sustainability continue to be our growth drivers. In addition, with the closing of our acquisition of Dotmatics, we’re opening up new markets in life sciences and are combining scientific intelligence with our industrial AI technologies,” said Roland Busch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens. And Siemens CFO Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas is optimistic about the future: “In the third quarter, we posted an excellent €2.9 billion in free cash flow, and we are again aiming to achieve a double-digit free-cash-flow return for the full fiscal year. Looking ahead, we remain highly confident that we will deliver sustainable and profitable growth. We confirm our outlook for fiscal 2025,” he said.