Biofuel manufacturer Verbio plans further growth and higher profits

The biofuel manufacturer Verbio wants to continue to grow after the strong last financial year. CEO Claus Sauter wants to further increase profits in the current financial year, as the company announced on Thursday in Frankfurt.

The aim is therefore to achieve earnings before taxes of up to 250 million euros by the end of June next year. At the same time, the group's debt should decrease significantly. Above all, higher contributions in the bioethanol and biomethane business should help.

Verbio has its administrative headquarters in Leipzig. The company produces, among other things, bioethanol and biodiesel from biomass in Zörbig and Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt as well as in Schwedt and Pinnow in Brandenburg. The company operates additional locations in Hungary, the USA and Canada and in Asia.

In the 2025/26 financial year, the group benefited from sharp increases in prices at the pumps in the wake of the Iran war. According to final calculations, the operating result rose to almost 194 million euros, more than thirteen times the previous year's value. Sales increased by almost a fifth to 1.87 billion euros.

The bottom line is that Verbio earned 64 million euros, after a loss of almost 138 million the previous year. At that time, falling fuel prices had taken a toll on the people of Leipzig. After a zero round, there should now be a dividend of 20 cents per share for shareholders.

The share recently fell a little more than two percent on the Tradegate trading platform before the trading session on Thursday. On Wednesday the price had risen almost five percent.