Valeo reports sales of 5.3 billion euros, down 1 percent in Q1 2025

Valeo reports first-quarter sales of 5.3 billion euros, down 1 percent on a like-for-like basis (LFL) and confirms its objective for 2025.

“In a turbulent environment, Valeo maintained its original equipment sales in the first quarter. This result was delivered thanks to a solid performance in Europe and in Asia excluding China, and despite delayed production start-ups in North America and the rapid change in the customer mix in China.

Valeo has taken the necessary decisions to ensure it meets its full-year 2025 objectives and to make 2025 a year in which it takes a new step in improving its profitability and cash generation. To this end, we are accelerating our restructuring plans, which aim to reduce, in the first half, our administrative and selling costs by around 5% and our investments in property, plant and equipment as well as intangible assets by around 15%, compared with the same period of 2024,” says Christophe Périllat, Valeo’s Chief Executive Officer.

Valeo is also conducting a review of its supply chain to “neutralize” the direct impact of US tariffs.

“Our rigorous approach to order intake, focused on profitability, remains a key component of our strategy. Strong business momentum in ADAS is demonstrated by the recent order intake from Volkswagen. It showcases our ability to advance innovation in driving assistance technologies and to increase our content per vehicle, particularly thanks to our expertise in hardware and software,” concludes Valeo’s CEO.