DOW JONES–Weak demand and the dollar exchange rate are causing problems for Aixtron. The manufacturer of equipment for the chip industry, which is listed in the MDAX and TecDAX, lowered its outlook for the full year. In the third quarter, volume shifts into the fourth quarter also impacted earnings.
Aixtron now sees sales at 530 to 565 million euros, which corresponds to the lower half of the originally targeted forecast. Exchange rate effects reduce the gross margin and the EBIT margin by around one percentage point. Aixtron now expects a gross margin of around 40 to 41 (previously 41 to 42) percent and an EBIT margin of 17 to 19 (previously 18 to 22) percent.
Aixtron now uses a dollar-euro exchange rate of 1.15 instead of 1.10.
According to preliminary figures, sales in the third quarter fell to 120 million euros from 156 million in the previous year. Gross profit fell to 46 million euros from 67.1 million. The gross margin fell to 39 from 43 percent. EBIT was 15 million euros after 37.5 million in the previous year. The margin fell accordingly to 13 from 24 percent.
Order intake fell to 124 of 143 million euros.
The full third quarter report will be published on October 30th.
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October 17, 2025 08:57 ET (12:57 GMT)
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