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title: "Volkswagen lowers its operating profit margin forecast for 2025"
description: "Volkswagen of Germany adjusts its 2025 expectations. It expects an operating ROS of 2%-3% in 2025, while analysts expect 4.78%, and the company originally anticipated 4%-5%. It has lowered its mid-ter"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/258128882.md"
published_at: "2025-09-19T16:06:02.000Z"
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# Volkswagen lowers its operating profit margin forecast for 2025

> Volkswagen of Germany adjusts its 2025 expectations. It expects an operating ROS of 2%-3% in 2025, while analysts expect 4.78%, and the company originally anticipated 4%-5%. It has lowered its mid-term sales return expectations to 10%-15%. It expects a net cash flow of zero for the entire year, while the company originally expected between €1 billion and €3 billion. It anticipates that the annual operating results will be impacted by approximately €2.1 billion in one-time factors. These two factors will have an approximate negative impact of €5.1 billion on the annual performance

Volkswagen of Germany adjusts its expectations for 2025.

It is expected that the operating ROS for 2025 will be 2%-3%, while analysts expect 4.78%, and the company originally anticipated 4%-5%.

The mid-term sales return rate expectation has been lowered to 10%-15%.

It is expected that the net cash flow from automobiles for the entire year will be zero, while the company originally expected EUR 1 billion to 3 billion.

It is expected that the annual operating results will be impacted by approximately EUR 2.1 billion in one-time factors.

Two factors will have an approximate negative impact of EUR 5.1 billion on the annual performance

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