Louis Dreyfus Company Reports Resilient 2025 Results
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, March 18, 2026 – Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC) published today its consolidated financial and sustainability performance results for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Against a backdrop of persistent geopolitical, macroeconomic and environmental challenges in 2025, the Group delivered resilient financial results, with net sales amounting to US$53.2 billion, Segment Operating Results at US$2,256 million and EBITDA at US$1,831 million.
“Leveraging our proven risk management expertise, extensive global network and diversified business portfolio, we successfully navigated this uncertain landscape, delivering robust results for 2025 and creating value for our many stakeholders,” said Michael Gelchie, LDC’s Chief Executive Officer. “In parallel, our significant 2025 investments supported a continued strategic growth trajectory to position LDC as an increasingly integrated, diversified, innovative and sustainable food, feed, fibers and ingredients company.”
The Group’s capital expenditure reached US$1,986 million in 2025, supporting continued operational and safety maintenance and enhancements at existing LDC facilities on the one hand, while driving expansion of origination, logistics and processing capacity, both in core merchandizing activities and downstream business lines.
In North America, LDC continued to invest in expanded canola processing and new pea protein ingredient production capabilities, at the site of its existing complex in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Construction also advanced on its new soybean processing complex in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, US, and the Group was selected to operate the grain export facility at Burns Harbor, in Indiana.
In Argentina, LDC continued to invest in storage and logistics assets for grains, oilseeds and cotton, as well as a new specialized crushing line at its agro-industrial complex in Timbúes, to process high-oil-content seeds.
In Brazil, the company continued to invest in replanting citrus groves and operational capacity expansion at key Juice Platform facilities, and completed the construction of an intermodal inland transshipment terminal in Pederneiras, Brazil. LDC also advanced the construction of a logistics hub in Rondonópolis, Brazil, inaugurated in February 2026, supporting both fertilizers and cotton operations in the region.
In Central Europe, the Group concluded the purchase of business activities in Hungary and Poland, further reinforcing its European grains and oilseeds origination, processing and distribution capabilities. 2025 also saw the successful acquisition of a food and health performance ingredients business, including a production site in Germany and several application labs outside the country.
Finally in Asia, LDC inaugurated new glycerin refining and edible oil packaging facilities in Lampung, Indonesia, a new joint laboratory in Luohe, China, supporting food and feed ingredient R&D, as well as two new lines for specialty feed protein and lecithin production in Tianjin, China. Construction also began on a new food technology park in Dongjiakou – also in China.
“As a crucial enabler of business resilience over the long term, we also continued to advance our three-pillared sustainability roadmap with a focus on protecting the climate, stewarding the land and empowering people, and I am pleased to report positive progress reflected in performance indicators across all three areas,” said Michael Gelchie.
Pursuing its Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by 2030, the Group delivered a 9.31% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions. In parallel, supporting LDC’s Scope 3 targets announced in 2025, LDC achieved 98% deforestation- and conversion- free sourcing across global supply chains for volumes originated by LDC[1]. The company also continued to advance regenerative agriculture adoption across key supply sheds, covering 67,000 hectares as of the end of 2025 through various programs around the world, some in collaboration with commercial partners.
“2026 marks 175 years of LDC’s heritage in agribusiness, during which our Group has worked continuously to connect supply and demand for agricultural goods, helping to feed and clothe millions of people worldwide, guided by shared convictions that ensured we all pulled in the same direction, for the continued flow of essential goods,” said Michael Gelchie. “By remaining true to our shared values of entrepreneurship, excellence, trust and togetherness, I am confident that LDC will continue to fulfill its important mission and create fair and sustainable value across production chains, for the benefit of current and future generations.”
2025 Financial Highlights
- Net Sales: US$53.2 billion (US$50.6 billion for the year 2024)
- Segment Operating Results: US$2,256 million (US$2,348 million for the year 2024)
- EBITDA: US$1,831 million (US$1,883 million for the year 2024)
- Volumes: up 10.6% year on year
- Capital Expenditure: US$1,986 million (US$1,005 million for the year 2024)
- Net Income, Group Share: US$653 million (US$726 million for the year 2024)
- Return On Equity, Group Share: 9.8% (11.0% for the year 2024)
- Adjusted Leverage Ratio: 1.3x (0.5x as of December 31, 2024)
- Adjusted Net Gearing: 0.34 (0.15 as of December 31, 2024)
- Liquidity Coverage: 2.7x (3.0x as of December 31, 2024)
LDC’s 2025 Integrated Report is available for download via ldc.com/integrated-report-2025.
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About Louis Dreyfus Company
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods, founded in 1851. We leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world, delivering the right products to the right location, at the right time – safely, reliably and responsibly. Our activities span the entire value chain, from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines (platforms): Coffee, Cotton, Food & Feed Solutions, Freight, Global Markets, Grains & Oilseeds, Juice, Rice and Sugar. We help feed and clothe some 500 million people every year by originating, processing and transporting approximately 100 million tons of products. Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries across six geographical regions, and employs more than 20,000 people globally.
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[1] Commodities sourced directly from farmers – considered as direct suppliers, as well as commodities originated by LDC from cooperatives, local aggregators and other third-party suppliers – considered as indirect suppliers, in line with LDC’s DCF methodology.
