Revenue increases 28%, totaling R $ 114.1 billion; The company says that performance in this quarter is the 2nd best for the period
It released this 3rd (13.MAI.2025) the results of the 1st quarter of 2025. The food sector company recorded net profit of $ 2.9 billion from January to March, an increase of 77.6%.
Net revenue totaled R $ 114.1 billion, an increase of 28% in the same comparison. The company states that performance in this quarter is the 2nd best in history for the period. Read the financial balance (PDF – 1 MB).
The adjusted EBITDA – Indicator that measures the operating result – was R $ 8.9 billion, a growth of 38.9% compared to the 1st quarter of 2024. The adjusted EBITDA margin was 7.8%, an advance of 0.6 percentage point.
The company attributes performance to protein diversification and the global presence in the markets in which it operates.
In bird and pig units, for example, the company evaluates that it benefited from national and international commercial dynamics and the increase in the portfolio of value -added products. In the quarter, 76% of sales came from domestic markets and 24% of exports.
Net debt over EBITDA has dropped from 3.66x to 1.99x in the last 12 months. The company ended the quarter with R $ 29.7 billion in cash and US $ 3.4 billion available in rotating credit lines.
Business Analysis
- Evening It had net revenue of R $ 12.6 billion (+22%) and Ebitda of R $ 2.5 billion (+109%), with a margin of 19.8%;
- Pilgrim’s Pride registered revenue of R $ 26.1 billion (+21%) and EBITDA of R $ 3.9 billion (+56%), with a margin of 14.8%;
- JBS USA Pork It had revenue of R $ 11.7 billion (+24%) and Ebitda of R $ 1.4 billion, with a margin of 12.4%;
- JBS Australia recorded revenue of R $ 9.5 billion (+32%) and EBITDA of R $ 937.2 million (+53%), with a margin of 9.9%;
- JBS BRAZIL reached revenue of R $ 18.5 billion (+30%) and EBITDA of R $ 766.1 million (+19%), with a margin of 4.1%;
- JBS Beef North America It had revenue of R $ 37.5 billion (+36%), but operated with negative EBITDA of R $ 587.2 million and margin of -1.6%, pressured by the livestock cycle.
