Ecoslops, the cleantech company bringing oil into the circular economy, announces its unaudited results for the first half of the current financial year, as at 30 June 2025, as approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on 25 September 2025.

-Overall stable turnover despite lower oil prices, offset by higher volumes
-EBITDA close to break-even
-Positive operating cash flow (after investments)

In the first half of 2025, the group’s revenue amounted to €6 million, down slightly by 2% compared to the first half of 2024.

In a more difficult market context for oil prices (the price per barrel in euros fell by 16% between the two periods, from €77.2/bbl in 2024 to €65.1/bbl in 2025), Ecoslops Portugal managed to limit the decline in its refined products business to -8% by increasing sales volume by 8%, from 10,232 to 11,080 tons. The decline in revenue was also mitigated by revenue from port services, which grew by 16%.

The gross margin remained stable at around 59%.

Structural costs rose from €3.4 million at 30 June 2024 to €3.6 million at 30 June 2025. This increase is due, on the one hand, to Portuguese taxes on water and waste collection (which are passed on to customers and included in port services revenue) and, on the other hand, to maintenance costs, which rose by €0.16 million. In this regard, it should be noted that the major annual maintenance shutdown was carried out in the second half of 2024, whereas it was brought forward to the end of the first half of this year.

Taking these factors into account, the group recorded a slightly negative EBITDA of €57k (compared with +€310k on 30 June 2024), which breaks down as follows:

The financial result was €338k, an improvement of €182k compared to the first half of 2024. This improvement is linked to the new terms of the EIB loan, following the amendment signed as part of the debt restructuring.

Corporate income tax represents an income of €100k, mainly consisting of tax income of €125k relating to the research tax credit.

After taking into account the end of restructuring costs (for the group and the debt), the group’s net loss was €991k, unchanged from the previous year.

Notable items in the balance sheet as at 30 June 2025 are:

-Net debt stable at €12 million, with the decrease in cash corresponding to the amount
of loan repayments.
-The decrease in accounts payable and inventory levels, which were high as at 31 December 2024 due to an import of slops made just before the annual closing.

Financial position and cashflows

As at 30 June 2025, the Group had nearly €5.3 million in cash, including €4.5 million in available cash (taking into account €0.8 million in conditional advances on investment subsidies) and net debt of €12.0 million (unchanged vs. December 31, 2024). The change in cash and cash equivalents can be analyzed as follows:

Operating cash flow amounted to €0.83 million, attributable to the positive change in working capital related to the decrease in inventory and accounts payable as at 30 June 2025. As a reminder, an import of slops was carried out just before the 31 December 2024 annual closing.

Cash flow from investing activities amounted to -€0.46 million and consisted of the usual maintenance capital expenditures for the Group’s business.

Finally, financing activities resulted in a net cash outflow of €1.65 million, including €1.09 million in loan repayments and €0.6 million in interest on loans.

Perspectives & developments

In an extremely volatile petroleum products market, Ecoslops is focused on successfully completing the next stages of its strategic plan, namely:
-Renewal of the concession in the Port of Sines with GALP
-Securing medium-term supplies for the Sines unit
-Deployment of the Scarabox ® (Cameroon, Ivory Coast, other prospects)

Source: ECOSLOPS