Nokia Co po atio Half Yea fi a cial epo t23 July 2026 at 08:00 EEST
- Q2
et sales g ew 9% y-o-y o a co sta t cu e cy basis (+8% epo ted). Netwo k I f ast uctu e et sales g ew 12% y-o-y o a co sta t cu e cy basis, led byOptical Netwo ks g owi g 20% a dIP Netwo ks g owi g 16%. Net sales toAI & Cloud custome s g ew 105%.Mobile I f ast uctu e et sales g ew with a stable yea -o -yea p ofit co t ibutio d ive by p oduct mix.- Q2
compa able g oss ma gi expa ded 70bps y-o-y to 46.0%.Repo ted g oss ma gi ose 60bps to 44.6%. - Q2
compa able ope ati g ma gi i c eased 70bps y-o-y to 9.0%.Repo ted ope ati g ma gi decli ed 430bps to (1.0)% due to a faste pace of est uctu i g. - Q2
compa able diluted EPS fo the pe iod of EUR 0.07;epo ted diluted EPS fo the pe iod of EUR 0.00. - Nokia has eclassified two busi esses p eviously i its Po tfolio Busi esses segme t i to disco ti ued ope atio s.
- Ope atio ally,
Nokia’s full yea outlook is u cha ged . The p ese tatio of these two busi esses as disco ti ued ope atio s has led to a EUR 0.1 billio tech ical evisio to the full yea compa able ope ati g p ofit a ge. Nokia’s outlook is ow fo EUR 2.1 to 2.6 billio of compa able ope ati g p ofit.
“Q2 demo st ates ou st ategy is delive i g esults. Si ce we set out ou pla late last yea , Team Nokia has focused o maximizi g ou oppo tu ity i the AI supe cycle. I am e cou aged by the executio a d p og ess we have made i a sho t pe iod of time. We e te the seco d half with mome tum a d emai o t ack to delive somewhat above the midpoi t of ou compa able ope ati g p ofit guida ce.
I Q2, ou AI & Cloud o de i take was EUR 2.8 billio , while sales mo e tha doubled yea -o -yea . The st e gth was b oad-based, as we secu ed lo g-te m o de s i both Optical Netwo ks a d IP Netwo ks. We expect a ou d half of these o de s to co ve t to eve ue ove the ext twelve mo ths. Dema d emai s st o g, while supply co ti ues to be the mai i dust y co st ai t, p ompti g ou custome s to place lo ge -te m o de s.
As AI evolves, t usted co ectivity becomes eve mo e c itical a d we a e delive i g ma ket leadi g i ovatio that helps custome s diffe e tiate a d captu e value i this ew e a. Last week we lau ched the i dust y’s fi st comme cial AI-RAN platfo m, which will help custome s u lock mo e f om thei etwo ks, i cludi g mo e tha 100% spect al efficie cy gai s by 2028. These be efits will be ta gible i 5G etwo ks a d the platfo m p ovides a softwa e upg ade path to 6G. This i ovatio is o e example of how we u lock value fo ou custome s a d ge e ate etu s fo ou sha eholde s.”
This is a summa y of the Nokia Co po atio Repo t fo Q2 a d Half Yea 2026 published today. Nokia o ly publishes a summa y of its fi a cial epo ts i stock excha ge eleases. The summa y focuses o Nokia G oup’s fi a cial i fo matio as well as o Nokia’s outlook. The detailed, segme t-level discussio will be available i the complete fi a cial epo t hosted at www. okia.com/fi a cials. I vesto s should ot solely ely o summa ies of Nokia’s fi a cial epo ts a d should also eview the complete epo ts with tables.
| EUR millio (except fo EPS i EUR) | Q2’25 | YoY cha ge | Q1-Q2’25 | YoY cha ge | Net sales | 4 443 | 8% | 8 743 | 6% | G oss ma gi % | 44.0% | 60bps | 43.0% | 160bps | Ope ati g (loss)/p ofit | 147 | 151 | (78)% | Ope ati g ma gi % | 3.3% | (430)bps | 1.7% | (130)bps | P ofit f om co ti ui g ope atio s | 99 | (73)% | 60 | 118% | Loss f om disco ti ued ope atio s | (3) | (23) | P ofit fo the pe iod | 96 | (95)% | 36 | 156% | EPS fo the pe iod, diluted | 0.02 | (100)% | 0.01 | 100% | Net cash a d i te est-bea i g fi a cial i vestme ts | 2 879 | (4)% | 2 879 | (4)% | Net sales | 4 448 | 8% | 8 748 | 6% | Co sta t cu e cy a d po tfolio YoY cha ge | 9% | 7% | G oss ma gi % | 45.3% | 70bps | 44.1% | 190bps | Ope ati g p ofit | 367 | 18% | 576 | 28% | Ope ati g ma gi % | 8.3% | 70bps | 6.6% | 130bps | P ofit fo the pe iod | 252 | 64% | 426 | 70% | EPS fo the pe iod, diluted | 0.04 | 75% | 0.08 | 63% |
| Netwo kI f ast uctu e | MobileI f ast uctu e | Po tfolioBusi esses | EUR millio | Q2’25 | Q2’25 | Q2’25 | Net sales | 1 825 | 2 531 | 89 | YoY cha ge | Co sta t cu e cy YoY cha ge | G oss ma gi % | 40.3% | 50.0% | 16.9% | Ope ati g p ofit/(loss) | 117 | 310 | 0 | (11) | Ope ati g ma gi % | 6.4% | 12.2% | (12.4)% |
| Compa able ope ati g p ofit(1),(2) | EUR 2.1 billio to EUR 2.6 billio (tech ical evisio f om EUR 2.0 billio to 2.5 billio ) |
1 Please efe to Alte ative pe fo ma ce measu es sectio i Nokia Co po atio Repo t fo Q2 a d Half Yea 2026 fo a full expla atio of how this te m is defi ed.2 Outlook is based o a EUR:USD ate of 1.14 fo the emai de of 2026.
Ope atio ally, Nokia’s outlook is u cha ged fo full yea 2026. Howeve , a cha ge i the p ese tatio of two busi esses (Fixed Wi eless Access CPE a d E te p ise Campus Edge) which a e ow t eated as disco ti ued ope atio s evises the compa able ope ati g p ofit outlook by EUR 0.1 billio . As a esult Nokia’s compa able ope ati g p ofit guida ce a ge is ow EUR 2.1 to 2.6 billio (was EUR 2.0 to 2.5 billio ).
The outlook a d the u de lyi g outlook assumptio s a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts subject to a umbe of isks a d u ce tai ties as desc ibed o efe ed to i the Risk Facto s sectio late i this elease.
Alo g with Nokia’s official outlook ta get p ovided above, Nokia p ovides the below assumptio s that suppo t the g oup level fi a cial outlook fo 2026.
| H2 seaso ality | Netwo k I f ast uctu e et sales g owth(1) | 12 – 14% | This i co po ates a assumptio fo combi ed IP a d Optical Netwo ks to g ow 18-20% i 2026. | Compa able fi a cial i come a d expe ses | Positive EUR 150 to 250 millio | Compa able i come tax ate | ~26-27% | Nokia’s effective tax ate emai s se sitive to geog aphic mix. | Cash outflows elated to i come taxes | EUR 500 millio | Capital expe ditu es | EUR 800 – 900 millio (update) | Reduced assumptio p ima ily due to cha ges i eal estate pla s. Nokia co ti ues to i vest i expa di g Optical ma ufactu i g capacity. | F ee cash flow co ve sio f om compa able ope ati g p ofit | 55% to 75% | FCF co ve sio will be i flue ced by custome payme t timi g, evolutio of egio al dema d a d capex timi g. | Rest uctu i g a d associated cha ges elated to cost savi gs p og ams | EUR 800 millio (update) | Nokia has p ovided a update o its est uctu i g actio s below. | Rest uctu i g a d associated cash outflows | EUR 700 – 800 millio (update) | Rest uctu i g a d elated outflows elati g to all Nokia est uctu i g p og ams (p evious assumptio based o ly o 2023-2026 p og am). |
1 Net sales g owth assumptio is o a co sta t cu e cy a d po tfolio basis.
2023 – 2026 est uctu i g p og am: I Oct 2023, Nokia i itiated a p og am to achieve betwee EUR 800 millio a d 1 200 millio i g oss cost savi gs by the e d of 2026. Nokia is cu e tly t acki g to achieve the high-e d of that a ge a d co ti ues to expect EUR 250 millio of est uctu i g cha ges i 2026 elated to the co clusio of the p og am.Simplifyi g Nokia’s ope ati g st uctu e i Chi a: I Ja ua y, Nokia a ou ced that havi g take full ow e ship of its joi t ve tu e i Chi a it would i teg ate the ope atio s i to its global ope ati g model. At the time this was expected to take 2-3 yea s with i teg atio cha ges of betwee EUR 350 a d 400 millio a d the expectatio to delive EUR 200 millio i cost savi gs. Nokia ow expects to ecog ize EUR 350 millio of the pla ed i teg atio cha ges by the e d of 2026 as we ta get to complete the i teg atio withi 2 yea s.Additio al est uctu i g actio s p ima ily i Eu ope: As a fu the step i simplifyi g Nokia’s ope ati g model a d allocati g esou ces towa ds g owth oppo tu ities, the compa y has al eady i itiated additio al est uctu i g p og ams p ima ily i Eu ope. These p og ams a e expected to lead to est uctu i g cha ges of EUR 200 millio i 2026.
U de the autho izatio by the A ual Ge e al Meeti g held o 9 Ap il 2026, the Boa d of Di ecto s may esolve o the dist ibutio of a agg egate maximum of EUR 0.14 pe sha e to be paid i espect of fi a cial yea 2025. The autho izatio will be used to dist ibute divide d a d/o assets f om the ese ve fo i vested u est icted equity i fou i stallme ts du i g the autho izatio pe iod u less the Boa d decides othe wise fo a justified easo .
O 23 July 2026, the Boa d esolved to dist ibute a divide d of EUR 0.04 pe sha e. The divide d eco d date is 28 July 2026 a d the divide d will be paid o 6 August 2026. The actual divide d payme t date outside Fi la d will be dete mi ed by the p actices of the i te media y ba ks t a sfe i g the divide d payme ts.
Followi g this a ou ced dist ibutio , the Boa d’s emai i g dist ibutio autho izatio is a maximum of EUR 0.06 pe sha e.
Nokia a d its busi esses a e exposed to a umbe of isks a d u ce tai ties which i clude but a e ot limited to:
- Competitive i te sity, which is expected to co ti ue at a high level as some competito s seek to take sha e;
- Cha ges i custome etwo k i vestme ts elated to thei ability to mo etize the etwo k o oppo tu ities elated to AI a d data ce te g owth;
- Ou ability to e su e competitive ess of ou p oduct oadmaps a d costs th ough additio al R&D i vestme ts;
- Ou ability to p ocu e o ma ufactu e ce tai compo e ts (e.g. semico ducto s), the costs the eof a d ou ability to alig ou i ve to y levels a d supplie commitme ts with custome dema d
- Distu ba ce i the global supply chai ;
- Impact of i flatio , i c eased global mac o-u ce tai ty, majo cu e cy fluctuatio s, cha ges i ta iffs a d highe i te est ates;
- Pote tial eco omic impact a d dis uptio of global pa demics;
- Wa o othe geopolitical co flicts, dis uptio s a d pote tial costs the eof;
- Othe mac oeco omic, i dust y a d competitive developme ts;
- Timi g a d value of ew, e ewed a d existi g pate t lice si g ag eeme ts with lice sees;
- Results i tech ology lice si g; costs to p otect a d e fo ce ou i tellectual p ope ty ights; o -goi g litigatio with espect to lice si g a d egulato y la dscape fo pate t lice si g;
- The outcomes of o -goi g a d pote tial disputes a d litigatio ;
- Ou ability to execute, complete, successfully i teg ate a d ealize the expected be efits f om t a sactio s;
- Timi g of completio s a d accepta ces of ce tai p ojects;
- Ou p oduct a d egio al mix;
- U ce tai ty i fo ecasti g i come tax expe ses a d cash outflows, ove the lo g-te m, as they a e also subject to possible cha ges due to busi ess mix, the timi g of pate t lice si g cash flow a d cha ges i tax legislatio , i cludi g pote tial tax efo ms i va ious cou t ies a d OECD i itiatives;
- Ou ability to utilize ou Fi ish defe ed tax assets a d thei ecog itio o ou bala ce sheet;
- Ou ability to meet ou sustai ability a d othe ESG ta gets, i cludi g ou ta gets elati g to g ee house gas emissio s;
as well the isk facto s specified u de Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts of this elease, a d ou 2025 a ual epo t o Fo m 20-F published o 5 Ma ch 2026 u de Ope ati g a d fi a cial eview a d p ospects-Risk facto s.
Ce tai stateme ts he ei that a e ot histo ical facts a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts eflect Nokia’s cu e t expectatio s a d views of futu e developme ts a d i clude stateme ts ega di g: A) expectatio s, pla s, be efits o outlook elated to ou st ategies, p ojects, p og ams, p oduct lau ches, g owth ma ageme t, lice ses, sustai ability a d othe ESG ta gets, ope atio al key pe fo ma ce i dicato s a d decisio s o ma ket exits; B) expectatio s, pla s o be efits elated to futu e pe fo ma ce of ou busi esses (i cludi g the expected impact, timi g a d du atio of pote tial global pa demics, geopolitical co flicts a d the ge e al o egio al mac oeco omic co ditio s o ou busi esses, ou supply chai , the timi g of ma ket cha ges o tu i g poi ts i dema d a d ou custome s’ busi esses) a d a y futu e divide ds a d othe dist ibutio s of p ofit; C) expectatio s a d ta gets ega di g fi a cial pe fo ma ce a d esults of ope atio s, i cludi g ma ket sha e, p ices, et sales, i come, ma gi s, cash flows, cost savi gs, the timi g of eceivables, ope ati g expe ses, p ovisio s, impai me ts, ta iffs, taxes, cu e cy excha ge ates, hedgi g, i vestme t fu ds, i flatio , p oduct cost eductio s, competitive ess, value c eatio , eve ue ge e atio i a y specific egio , a d lice si g i come a d payme ts; D) ou ability to execute, expectatio s, pla s o be efits elated to t a sactio s, i vestme ts a d cha ges i o ga izatio al st uctu e a d ope ati g model; E) impact o eve ue with espect to litigatio / e ewal discussio s; a d F) a y stateme ts p eceded by o i cludi g “a ticipate”, “co ti ue”, “believe”, “e visage”, “expect”, “aim”, “will”, “ta get”, “may”, “would”, “could“, “see”, “pla ”, “e su e” o simila exp essio s. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e subject to a umbe of isks a d u ce tai ties, ma y of which a e beyo d ou co t ol, which could cause ou actual esults to diffe mate ially f om such stateme ts. These stateme ts a e based o ma ageme t’s best assumptio s a d beliefs i light of the i fo matio cu e tly available to them. These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e o ly p edictio s based upo ou cu e t expectatio s a d views of futu e eve ts a d developme ts a d a e subject to isks a d u ce tai ties that a e difficult to p edict because they elate to eve ts a d depe d o ci cumsta ces that will occu i the futu e. Facto s, i cludi g isks a d u ce tai ties that could cause these diffe e ces, i clude those isks a d u ce tai ties ide tified i the Risk Facto s above.
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