Eagers Automotive is leaning into scale at full speed, booking a double digit earnings lift as its Next100 strategy and recent acquisitions reshape the business. Underlying EBITDAI climbed 12.8% year on year to $620.9 million for the 12 months to 31 December 2025, supported by efficiency gains and a broader operating footprint.
Statutory and underlying revenue for the full year rose 16.5% to $13 billion, reflecting larger volumes and acquired operations flowing through the accounts. Profit before tax increased 17.3% to $393.7 million over the same period, outpacing revenue growth and pointing to margin leverage.
Net debt dropped sharply, down 87.7% to $100 million compared with $813.1 million a year earlier. Shareholders are set to receive a final dividend of 50 cents per share, taking the total payout for 2025 to 74 cents per share.
Record revenue is tied closely to the Next100 strategy, which focuses on building scale through targeted deals and modernising how the group sells and services vehicles. Integration of large platform acquisitions including CanadaOne Auto and a strategic alliance with Mitsubishi Corporation has broadened Eagers Automotive’s geographic spread and brand mix.
The group argues that bigger buying power and standardised processes are driving cost efficiencies across its network. Those levers underpin both the stronger earnings and the rapid balance sheet repair over the past year.
Sector conditions are not uniformly favourable and Eagers Automotive highlights several pressures that could crimp momentum. The company points to heightened geopolitical uncertainty, persistent cost of doing business inflation and softer consumer sentiment, all landing as the auto retail industry continues its structural shift and faces intense global competition.
Eagers Automotive guides that underlying profit before tax for the first half of 2026 should be broadly in line with or slightly ahead of the first half of 2025 in Australia and New Zealand. Management expects its scale and strategy to offset some of the external headwinds confronting the wider market.
