Jonathan Conator
Analyst, Goldman Sachs
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Vonovia Se Ord (OTC: VNNVF) Q1 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-05-07. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.723 -- 00:00:03.807 Thank you, Moritz, and welcome everybody to our update call. 00:00:03.807 -- 00:00:09.334 The speakers today are Luka Mucic, our CEO, and Philipp Grosse, our CFO. 00:00:09.334 -- 00:00:13.760 They will briefly present the main messages for today before we open up for Q&A, where 00:00:13.760 -- 00:00:16.143 both will be very happy to take your questions. 00:00:16.143 -- 00:00:17.986 With that, over to you, Luka. 00:00:17.986 -- 00:00:22.592 Yeah, thank you very much, René, and hello and welcome everybody from my side. 00:00:22.592 -- 00:00:26.998 Let me start with a brief summary of the main takeaways from the first quarter. 00:00:26.998 -- 00:00:31.148 We have had a good start with a strong performance in our core operations. 00:00:31.148 -- 00:00:36.554 Just at EBITDA grew 6.3% in our rental segment to 630 00:00:36.554 -- 00:00:41.659 million euros, even though we had about 4,000 fewer units compared to the same time 00:00:41.659 -- 00:00:47.045 last year. This very positive development was underpinned by 4% organic 00:00:47.045 -- 00:00:52.411 rent growth, around 98% occupancy, and more than 99% rent 00:00:52.411 -- 00:00:57.937 collection. Unsurprisingly, our largest segment was once again extremely robust 00:00:57.937 -- 00:01:02.300 and remains on its predictable long-term growth trajectory. 00:01:02.300 -- 00:01:07.605 In our value-add segment, we also delivered compelling growth with 30% more than last 00:01:07.605 -- 00:01:12.770 year for an EBITDA of 50 million. This increase was mainly driven 00:01:12.770 -- 00:01:16.374 by a higher contribution from our craftsman organization, 00:01:16.374 -- 00:01:19.958 as well as the continued growth in the energy business. 00:01:19.958 -- 00:01:25.563 We view this segment as a key di...