Glanbia delivers ‘robust performance in 2025’
Optimum Nutrition delivered double digit volume growth in the second half of the year
Print25 February 2026
Glanbia has delivered a ‘robust performance in 2025’ despite a ‘challenging macroeconomic and operating environment, its latest financial results showed.
According to the ‘Better Nutrition company’ preliminary results for the 2025 financial year ended 3 January 2026, it delivered volume and like-for-like revenue growth across all three segments, with performance somewhat offset by record whey inflation.
Optimum Nutrition delivered double digit volume growth in the second half of the year.
The group noted that it also saw strong volume growth across Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition.
‘Excellent cash flow’
Commenting on the results, Hugh McGuire, chief executive officer, Glanbia, said: “We generated excellent cash flow, with 91% operating cash conversion, allowing us to invest in our brands and ingredients and return cash to shareholders.
“We increased our dividend by 10% and returned approximately €197 million to shareholders via our share buyback programme.
“Today we are announcing the Board has approved authority for an additional €100 million of share buybacks.
“We continue to execute against our strategic priorities including the acquisition of Sweetmix and Scicore and progressed capacity expansion within H&N.
“In parallel, we are advancing our group-wide transformation programme, targeting annual cost savings of $60 million by 2027.
Protein powerhouse
McGuire highted that Glanbia is a protein powerhouse at the heart of better nutrition with a portfolio of world-class brands and ingredients that help consumers globally achieve their everyday fitness, health and nutrition goals.
“In line with our new medium-term guidance, we expect adjusted EPS growth of 7% to 11% constant currency in 2026, which will be driven by category and end-use market demand and a strong operating performance across all three segments,” he said.
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