Lonza raises mid-term targets: Lonza Group stock pre-market at EUR 650.40
Published on 10/16/2026 at 08:16 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSGrowth model and outlook
- Lonza announced upgraded mid-term ambitions on October 14, 2026.
- Lonza Group stock trades pre-market at EUR 650.40 at 8:14 a.m. CEST at Lang & Schwarz on October 16, 2026.
- The company reiterated 11 to 12 percent constant-exchange-rate sales growth and a 33 to 34 percent CORE EBITDA margin for 2026.
An October 14, 2026 announcement from Lonza Group said the company had upgraded its mid-term organic growth model and financial ambitions. Lonza also said its third-quarter 2026 performance was in line with expectations across all business platforms.
Pre-market price
Lonza Group stock trades pre-market at EUR 650.40 at 8:14 a.m. CEST at Lang & Schwarz on October 16, 2026. The quoted bid was EUR 648.80 and the ask was EUR 652.00. The further course from the Xetra open at 9:00 a.m. CEST is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Lonza Group stock.
Updated ambitions
Lonza’s revised model targets average organic constant-exchange-rate sales growth of 10 to 13 percent over time and a CORE EBITDA margin in the high thirties in the mid-term. The company also set a mid-term return-on-invested-capital ambition of two to three times today’s weighted average cost of capital and described free-cash-flow conversion as improving over time. These details were included in the company’s October 14 release.
2026 outlook reiterated
Lonza reiterated its full-year 2026 outlook of 11 to 12 percent constant-exchange-rate sales growth and a CORE EBITDA margin of 33 to 34 percent. It also expects a negative foreign-exchange impact of approximately 2 to 3 percent on 2026 sales growth, according to the same company announcement.
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