Airbus raises dividend payout range and confirms 2025 guidance
Airbus raised the upper range of its dividend payout target ahead of a business update on Wednesday and confirmed its guidance for 2025 as it looked to reassure investors about its future prospects.
The company, which makes single-aisle jets used by passenger airlines, said it would target sustainable dividend growth and boost the upper end of its dividend payout range to 50%, from 30% to 40% previously.
The world's largest planemaker reaffirmed its commitment to profitable growth and a cash conversion target of around 1 over a 5-year period, a metric that tracks how effectively it turns profit into free cash.
Shares were up 3.8% in morning trading.
Airbus' business update comes as the global aerospace industry gathers at the 2025 Paris Airshow, where manufacturers are showcasing their resilience with major deals despite global conflicts, U.S. tariffs, and supply chain strains.
The company faces supply chain issues that have left almost 40 aircraft stranded without engines at its factories as shortages of cabin equipment and at power plants disrupt deliveries.
Since early 2025, Airbus has experienced 40% less disruptions by delayed components at its production facilities, the group's head of operations for the commercial aircraft business, Florent Massou, said during the business update.
However, he said that while easing engine bottlenecks would bring relief, strike-related disruptions at supplier sites deepens the vulnerability of the supply chain.
Analysts fear this could lead to new bottlenecks as the sector navigates a delicate ramp-up of production.
The company raised its 20-year jet demand forecast last week, telling investors the industry remains on course to weather ongoing trade tensions.
Commercial segment chief Christian Scherer said Airbus would boost dual sourcing efforts to cushion against trade risks.
Airbus said it remained "cautiously hopeful" of meeting its 2025 target of 820 deliveries, the CEO of its jetmaking arm said last week.
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