FRANKFURT, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Germany's stock exchange operator, Deutsche Boerse AG, reported robust growth in 2024 and remains on track to achieve its 2026 targets, the company announced on Wednesday.
Speaking at the company's annual press conference in Frankfurt, CEO Stephan Leithner highlighted significant revenue gains while acknowledging challenges ahead. "2025 will be a year full of challenges... marked by continued weak growth in Europe, the return of protectionism worldwide, and geopolitical tensions," he said.
Deutsche Boerse AG recorded a 15 percent increase in both net revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) last year. Net revenue rose to 5.829 billion euros (6.07 billion U.S. dollars), while EBITDA reached 3.396 billion euros.
The company has launched a new 500-million-euro share buyback program and proposed a dividend of four euros per share. Confident in continued growth, Leithner said, "We are well on track to achieve our strategic and financial targets for 2026."
For 2025, Deutsche Boerse expects further organic growth, projecting net revenue (excluding treasury results) of approximately 5.2 billion euros and EBITDA (excluding treasury results) of around 2.7 billion euros.
"With Deutsche Boerse, Europe has an operator of critical capital market infrastructure across the board that plays a role on a global level," Leithner said.
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange, run by Deutsche Boerse, remains the third-largest stock exchange in Europe, following the London Stock Exchange and Euronext in Paris. (1 euro = 1.04 U.S. dollars)
