ME Group International plc (POMO.F) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts159.1K FollowersFollow5ShareSaveCommentsPlay Earnings CallPlay Earnings Call ME Group International plc (POMO.F) Q4 2025 Earnings Call March 23, 2026 6:00 AM EDT Company Participants Vladimir Crasneanscki - Deputy CEO, Head of Investor Relations & Executive DirectorStephane Gibon - Chief Financial Officer Presentation Operator Good morning, and welcome to the ME Group International plc Investor Presentation. [Operator Instructions] The company may not be in a position to answer every question received during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today and publish responses where it's appropriate to do so. Before we begin, I'd like to submit the following poll. And I'd now like to hand you over to the management team. Vlad, good morning, sir. Vladimir CrasneansckiDeputy CEO, Head of Investor Relations & Executive Director Good morning, Mary. Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to the ME Group 2025 Annual Results Presentation. My name is Vladimir Crasneanscki, Deputy Chief Executive Officer; and sat next to me is Stephane Gibon, who is our CFO. We'll start with an overview of the financial highlights for 2025, and we'll then provide a brief reminder of our business, our key activities today and the evolution of our business mix. We will then talk about the financial performance and our key geographic regions, followed by an update on our business areas, and we'll conclude with a summary of 2025 and the outlook for 2026. In terms of highlights, I'm pleased to report that 2025 has been another solid year for ME Group. We achieved record profitability with year-on-year profit before tax growth of 6.5%, and we generated GBP 115.5 million of cash from operations. The highly cash-generative nature of our business is a key strength, which funds our investment in future growth. This includes further expanding our washing operations, a key strategic focus with a record 1,326 new laundry machines installed in 2025. This is