With an upward trend began the IDEAL Holdings In 2025, showing reinforced performance In all the basic financial figures for the first quarter of the year.
According to the announcement, performance reflects the effectiveness and prospect of Ideal Holdings’ investment and business strategy, which combines organic growth, targeted acquisitions and international strategic partnerships. It is indicative that comparable EBITDA profits amounted to EUR 11.1 million increased by +52% while comparable pre -tax profits to EUR 6.3 million increased by +113%
Commenting on the results, IDEAL HOLDINGS Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Lambros Papaconstantinou, pointed out:
“The upward course of our sizes and our investments continued in the first quarter, creating positive prospects for the whole of 2025 and enhancing our potential for new investment initiatives. The most important developments include boosting our already differentiated portfolio by completing the acquisition of “Barba Station” which is our first investment in the food industry under a historical name of Greek industry. At the same time, the start of collaboration with Oak Hill Advisors (OHA) confirms the credibility and range of our investment strategy. We remain committed to our strategic goal of releasing the power of our investments, utilizing significant capital, reinforcing businesses, employees and sectors and creating strong returns for our investors. “
Main developments
Completion of Oak Hill Advisors’ first investment in Ideal Holdings of € 61.5 million. On April 15, 2025, Oak Hill Advisors completed the first investment in Ideal Holdings’ 100% subsidiary, contributing € 61.5 million to cash corresponding to 15% of the share capital. Under the agreement, OHA has the opportunity to invest further, acquiring an additional 10% against a monetary exchange of up to EUR 41 million within six months.
Successful restructuring in IT industry
Within the first quarter of 2025, Ideal Holdings successfully completed the corporate restructuring of the IT industry, creating a new sub-minor under the parent byte and looking forward to providing specialized IT solutions and services, simplifying the organizational structure and optimizing costs and costs.
The IT (Byte, Adacom, Bluestream and their subsidiaries) has shown a significant improvement in comparable sizes, and especially profitability despite revenue reduction to € 24.1 million (-30%) which is mainly attributed to large public works in Greece and abroad within 20th anniversary. EUR 4.0 million, raised by 17% as a result of successful organic restructuring, while the EBITDA margin rose to 16.8% from 10.0%, confirming focusing on higher value added projects and the integration of Bluestream revenue. Comparable pre -tax profits (EBT) rose 14%, reaching € 3.5 million.
Fixed Development in Specialized Retail (Attica)
The sector of Ideal Holdings’ specialized retail trade continues with steady growth rates, as Attica department stores showed an increase of 4%, to € 48.8 million, due to enhanced purchasing traffic from third-country travelers (Tax Free +21%) and further e-shops. Comparable EBITDA increased by 5% to € 3.5 million, while comparable pre -tax profits rose 9% and stood at € 1.9 million.
Upward trend in the Food Branch (Barba Station and Halvatzis)
The food industry increased by 4% in revenue to EUR 32.1 million as a result of increasing quantities and differentiation of the sales mix between distribution networks. Comparable EBITDA stood at € 3.2 million, up 6%. Comparable pre -tax profits (EBT) rose 90% and stood at € 1.6 million attributed to increased operating profitability and reducing lending compared to the corresponding quarter last year.