Record first-half performance: Sales rose 12% to €857 million and adjusted EBIT increased 21% to €88 million, lifting the margin to 10.3% and adjusted net income by 80% to €53 million. Broad-based regional growth: Organic sales increased across all regions, led by Asia-Pacific at 14.6% and the Americas at 9.9%; agriculture was the fastest-growing business line, up 22% organically. Outlook reaffirmed: JOST expects 2026 sales to grow at a single-digit rate and adjusted EBIT at a mid- to high-single-digit rate, with management citing improving North American truck demand and continued Hyva synergy benefits.
JOST Werke (ETR:JST) reported record results for the first half of 2026, with sales rising 12% to €857 million and adjusted EBIT increasing 21% to €88 million. The company's adjusted EBIT margin improved to 10.3%, placing it within its strategic target range of 10% to 12%. Chief Executive Officer Joachim Dürr said organic sales increased about 9%, supported by growth across all three regions and business lines.
He also said the integration of Hyva was progressing as planned, with cross-selling synergies increasing and helping support profitability. → AST SpaceMobile Earnings Just Reminded Investors How Risky Space Can Be Second-quarter sales rose 13% to €440 million, while adjusted EBIT grew 19% to €44 million. The quarterly adjusted EBIT margin increased by 0.5 percentage points to 10.0%. Free cash flow was €17 million in the second quarter despite higher working capital needed to support sales growth, Dürr said.
JOST reported organic growth in each of its regions despite mixed underlying markets. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, organic sales rose 5.6% in the first half, aided by agricultural and transport products. The company said the truck and trailer market grew modestly, while tractor and hydraulics markets saw only slight growth. → Nebius' Q2 Beat Shows the AI Bottleneck Is Capacity, Not Demand In the Americas, organic sales increased 9.9% despite declines in North American and Brazilian truck, trailer and tractor markets.
Dürr attributed the performance to new agricultural customers, trailer market-share gains in North America and cross-selling benefits. The Americas generated €225 million in first-half sales, an all-time high for the region, according to Chief Financial Officer Oliver Gantzert. Gantzert said the company saw sequential improvement in specialty trailers and entered the second half with a strong order book in the Americas.
He said the North American market had begun to recover. → On Holding's Price Stumble May Be an Opening for a Company Built to Run Asia-Pacific organic sales grew 14.6%, with growth across business lines and subregions. The company benefited from Chinese customers increasing exports and from improving demand in India. First-half sales in the region reached a record €223 million, while adjusted EBIT rose 30% to €34.4 million and the adjusted EBIT margin reached 15.4%.
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