q.beyond achieves expected return to profitability in Q3 2025

EQS-News: q.beyond AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results/Quarterly / Interim Statement q.beyond achieves expected return to profitability in Q3 2025 10.11.2025 / 07:30 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. q.beyond achieves expected return to profitability in Q3 2025

• Quarterly consolidated net income rises year-on-year by € 1.4 million to € 0.5 million, while EBITDA grows by € 0.8 million to € 3.0 million
• Full-year outlook for 2025 unchanged: EBITDA still planned to rise to between € 12 million and € 15 million and sustainably positive consolidated net income

Cologne, 10 November 2025. Despite persistently weak growth in Germany, IT service provider q.beyond managed to increase its earnings and financial strength once again in the third quarter of 2025. Based on revenues of € 43.6 million (Q3 2024: € 47.0 million), EBITDA rose to € 3.0 million compared with € 2.2 million in the previous year. Operating earnings, i.e. EBIT, and consolidated net income both increased by € 1.4 million to € 0.5 million. Free cash flow improved to € 1.7 million, up from € 1.0 million in the previous year’s period. As of 30 September 2025, q.beyond increased its net liquidity by a further 7% to € 41.3 million, corresponding to € 0.33 per share.

“Our growing earnings and financial strength despite the weak economic climate demonstrates the success of our far-reaching transformation since spring 2023”, comments q.beyond’s CEO Thies Rixen. The prioritisation of profitability over growth was also proving its worth. In the past quarter, q.beyond additionally benefited unexpectedly from the completion of the external tax audit performed on the 2019 sale of its Plusnet telecommunications subsidiary. The definitive tax assessment notices now available resulted in q.beyond conclusively receiving other operating income of € 2.6 million.

Almost 70% of revenues are recurring

The resilience of the business model is boosted by a high share of recurring revenues, which stood at 69% in the past quarter. These revenues are based on contracts with average terms of 48 months, for which 95% of customers extend the terms and often the scopes as well. This high level of customer retention stabilises the business at times in which German medium-sized companies are showing a massive reluctance to invest. This factor is holding back new business, particularly in the “Managed Services” segment. In the second segment of “Consulting”, however, revenues and earnings continued to grow in the third quarter of 2025, with gross profit even doubling.