VAT Group AG Forecasts Growth Despite Market Challenges

VAT Group AG, a leader in high-end vacuum valves, has updated its financial targets for 2025 to 2029, predicting sustainable growth. Driven by digitalization and AI, demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment remains strong. The company plans to achieve net sales of CHF 1.5 to 1.7 billion by 2027. VAT targets sales growth in the low to mid-teens with an EBITDA margin of 30% to 37% and aims for a free cash flow conversion of 60% to 70% of EBITDA.

CEO Urs Gantner highlighted VAT's strengthened position since the last Capital Markets Day in 2022. Despite short-term challenges, the semiconductor market is expected to exceed USD 1 trillion by 2030. VAT's focus on technology and customer intimacy positions it well to outpace market growth.