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Ontex Group NV
Ontex Group NV is an international personal hygiene group. The company is headquartered in Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen and currently employs 9,627 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2014-06-25. The firm is a producer of disposable personal hygiene solutions for babies, women and adults. The company offers a range of such products as baby diapers, baby pants, baby wet wipes, pads, pantyliners, tampons, light incontinence products, pull-ups, belt diapers, all-in-one tape systems, shaped pads and underpards. Its products are distributed through retail partner brands, as well as under its own brands (canbebe, canped and Moltex,) across several distribution channels, such as retail trade, care institutions and pharmacies. The firm is present in Europe, North America, Brazil, Northern Africa, Australia and Asia, among others.
Ontex Group NV is an international personal hygiene group. The company is headquartered in Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen and currently employs 9,627 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2014-06-25. The firm is a producer of disposable personal hygiene solutions for babies, women and adults. The company offers a range of such products as baby diapers, baby pants, baby wet wipes, pads, pantyliners, tampons, light incontinence products, pull-ups, belt diapers, all-in-one tape systems, shaped pads and underpards. Its products are distributed through retail partner brands, as well as under its own brands (canbebe, canped and Moltex,) across several distribution channels, such as retail trade, care institutions and pharmacies. The firm is present in Europe, North America, Brazil, Northern Africa, Australia and Asia, among others.
Quarter softer: Q1 was “relatively soft,” with revenue down 4% like-for-like year over year, but management said results were in line with what it had flagged in February.
Margin pressure: Adjusted EBITDA was EUR 30 million, flat versus Q4 2025 but down more than 20% from last year, as lower volumes and higher net costs cut the margin to 9.1%.
Demand mix: Adult Care kept growing, but weaker Baby and Feminine Care demand, plus lower contract manufacturing sales in the U.S. and overseas, held the business back.
Outlook unchanged: Management kept full-year guidance unchanged, still expecting adjusted EBITDA to rise 10%, free cash flow to turn positive again, and leverage to stay below 3.0x by year-end.
Cost action: The company said it is launching more savings actions, including a plan to cut SG&A positions by 15% over 12 to 18 months, while also right-sizing plants and managing working capital more tightly.
Price pass-through: Rising oil-linked input costs and transport prices are expected to pressure margins in the near term, but management said pricing actions should recover the cost increase over time, with a lag.
Strategic review: The strategic review is mostly complete in diagnostic form and is now moving into execution, with more details promised by the next earnings call.
