Mutares Backs Full-Year Target as Divestments and a Bond Swap Reshape the Portfolio
Published on 11/15/2026 at 15:11 | Editorial boerse-global.de
Mutares is asking investors to look past a sharp drop in holding-level earnings, pointing instead to a confirmed full-year profit target and a busy pipeline of portfolio exits. The Munich-based buyout group said on Thursday that net income at the holding level fell to EUR 33 Mio. in the first nine months of 2026, down from EUR 84 Mio. a year earlier. Management left its guidance for the year untouched.
That guidance covers the holding only: Mutares still expects a full-year net profit of between EUR 165 Mio. and EUR 200 Mio. The group-level figures reported alongside it tell a different story, one of expansion rather than contraction.
Revenue across the group climbed to EUR 5,4 Mrd. in the nine-month period, up from EUR 4,7 Mrd. in the prior-year window. EBITDA came in at EUR 2,05 Mrd., compared with EUR 720 Mio. a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, Mutares swung to a positive EUR 57 Mio. from a negative EUR 63 Mio. in the same stretch of 2025.
Two Exits in Three Days
The operational update arrived in the middle of a heavy week of dealmaking. On Wednesday, Mutares agreed to sell all of its shares in Guascor Energy S.A.U. and Guascor Power USA, Inc. to Oaktree's Power Opportunities strategy at an agreed equity value of EUR 74,0 Mio. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary conditions including merger-control approvals.
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Two days earlier, the company had struck a deal to hand its Magirus firefighting business to Morita Holdings Corporation at an equity value of EUR 65 Mio. The defense and security arm, Magirus Defense & Security, stays inside Mutares and forms no part of that sale.
A Bond Exchange to Retire 2027 Paper
Financing runs in parallel with the disposals. On Friday, Mutares announced it would refinance its outstanding 2023/2027 floating-rate bond in full ahead of maturity, funding the move by upsizing the 2024/2029 bond by as much as EUR 165 Mio. The plan pairs a public exchange offer with a private placement.
Holders can tender from 17 November to 4 December 2026, with the offer closing at 12:00 CET on the final day. New notes are scheduled for issuance on 21 December 2026. The whole transaction remains conditional on market conditions.
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With the portfolio maturing and capital being recycled, Mutares has set 19 November 2026 for an Investor Day in London. Portfolio maturity, value creation, the planned divestments and capital allocation are all on the agenda.
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