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Enel's profit in Italy grew by a hefty 1 billion euro in the first half of this year

Enel, the Italian utility, reported an increase of 1% in its core ordinary profit for the first half when asset sales are excluded. It also announced that it will launch a share-buyback program worth up to one billion euros in later this year.

EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) was 11.5 billion euro, which is above the analyst consensus of 11 billion euros.

Enel reported a normal EBITDA between January and June of 11,4 billion euros.

Enel stated that lower energy prices for end-customers and renewables in Italy affected its domestic margins. However, the positive impact from its Spanish business as well as grids in Italy or Argentina was more than offset.

Enel has confirmed that it expects an EBITDA between 22.9 and 23.1 billion euro and a net income between 6.9 and 7.9 billion euro for the entire 2025 period.

The Group's ordinary net profit rose by 4.4%, to 3.8 billion Euros, exceeding analysts' expectations of only 3.6 billion Euros.

The net financial debt at the end June was 55.5 billion euro, down from the 55.8 billion euro forecast at the end 2024.

Enel's shareholders granted the board in May the authority to launch an share buyback program worth up to 3,5 billion euros to reward investors along with dividends.

The company announced that the first tranche will be paid from August 1, until December 31, at the latest. (1 dollar = 0.8744 euro) (Reporting and editing by Elvira pollina, Alvise Armellini, Keith Welr)

(source: Reuters)