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Bastei Lübbe starts the 2025/2026 financial year according to plan
Bastei Lübbe starts the 2025/2026 financial year according to plan
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EQS-News: Bastei Lübbe AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results/Quarterly / Interim StatementBastei Lübbe starts the 2025/2026 financial year according to plan 07.08.2025 / 07:30 CET/CESTThe issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.Bastei Lübbe starts the 2025/2026 financial year according to planGroup revenues in the first quarter of 2025/2026 amount to EUR 23.0 millionGroup EBIT at EUR 1.2 millionGrowing momentum thanks to high concentration of bestsellers in the coming quartersOutlook for the full year 2025/2026 confirmedCologne, 7 August 2025 – Publishing Group Bastei Lübbe AG (ISIN ), which is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has started the 2025/2026 financial year as planned despite the persistently challenging situation in the book market. In the period from April to June 2025, Group revenues totalled EUR 23.0 million. Group EBIT for the reporting period totalled EUR 1.2 million, resulting in an EBIT margin of 5.2 percent.Soheil Dastyari, CEO of Bastei Lübbe AG: “While we have reaffirmed our performance at a high level, we are looking forward with great excitement to the numerous releases of our bestseller guarantors, which will lead to a significant momentum in our financial year.”In the first three months of the 2025/2026 financial year, community-driven business models accounted for 31 percent of sales, down on the previous year's figure of 41 percent. The previous year's figure was strongly influenced by the great success of the ‘Maxton Hall’ series by Mona Kasten at LYX and ‘A Good Girl's Guide to Murder’ by Holly Jackson at ONE. The digital share of revenues totalled 38 percent in the reporting period (previous year: 34 percent).Business development as planned with a consistently broad revenue base In a still challenging book market, Bastei Lübbe AG recorded a revenue development as planned on a sustained broad basis in the first quarter of 2025/2026. In the “Book” segment, revenues totalling EUR 21.4 million were achieved. As expected, the community labels “ONE” and “LYX” in particular failed to repeat the strong revenue result of the previous year. The challenging book market environment was also felt in all areas of the portfolio. The segment EBIT totalled EUR 1.2 million.In the ‘Novel Booklets’ segment, revenues of EUR 1.6 million were achieved in the reporting period. Segment EBIT totalled ...