Siemens Healthineers expects up to $580 million tariff impact in 2026
The German medical technology company estimates a 400-500 million euro hit in the "most realistic case" for the financial year starting in October, CFO Jochen Schmitz told journalists.
He flagged a 200-250 million euro net impact from import duties on the current year. In May, the company had said it expected a 300 million euro hit in the second half of 2025.
Its Dutch med-tech peer Philips (PHG.AS), opens new tab also slashed its estimated tariff impact for this year on Tuesday.
The EU-U.S. deal sets out a 15% import tariff on most EU goods from next month, lower than the 30% U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to apply earlier in July.
With 10% tariffs having already been in place, Schmitz said Siemens Healthineers took a 100 million euro hit in the third quarter, the results of which it reported on Wednesday.
Over the medium term, Schmitz said he believed the company would be able to "manage away" all tariff effects.
"That will be a combination partly of pricing, but also value-add structure changes under certain circumstances," he said. However, he added that it was too early to make structural decisions as many aspects of the tariff deal were still unclear.
Siemens Healthineers also cited the tariff deal when slightly raising its full-year outlook.
It expects annual comparable revenue growth of 5.5% to 6%, after previously guiding for 5-6%, and adjusted basic earnings of 2.30-2.45 euros per share, versus 2.20-2.50 euros expected in May.
Its revenue was 5.66 billion euros in the third quarter, slightly above analysts' consensus.
The company's shares were up 1.6% in Frankfurt as of 0835 GMT.
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