Red Bull net income rose 12 percent, strongest since pandemic

Red Bull Posts Strongest Growth Since Pandemic

Energy drink maker Red Bull reported net income of 1.9 billion euros for 2025, a twelve percent gain that marked its strongest growth since the pandemic.

The Austrian company pushed athlete marketing past 1.5 billion euros for the first time in 2025, according to its annual filings. Sponsorship costs climbed twenty-two percent overall, while payments to athletes and teams represented forty-eight percent of the total marketing budget.

Red Bull widened its sports investments beyond football and motor racing in 2025, adding a Newcastle-based rugby union club to its portfolio and divesting part of Alinghi.

In Europe, regulators are conducting an in-depth antitrust investigation into claims the firm restricted rivals selling larger energy drink cans. Red Bull remains closely held under a longstanding no-debt policy and shares financial snapshots mainly through its Austrian corporate filings.

The firm has not yet announced a dividend on 2025 results, after owners Mark Mateschitz and the Thai Yoovidhya family collected 1.3 billion euros last year.

Quadient Reports First-Half 2026 Results

Quadient reported first-half 2026 revenue of 448 million euros, down 2.0 percent on an organic basis and 3.7 percent as reported. Free cash flow reached 34 million euros, up from negative 4 million euros reported in the same period of 2025.

Quadient said its digital annual recurring revenue reached 264 million euros, up 12.9 percent on an annualized organic basis, with bookings rising more than twenty percent.

Quadient agreed to sell its UK Lockers network for 65 million euros and launched a process for the remaining business. France's e-invoicing mandate entered at scale, with more than 950,000 entities registered and over 700,000 invoices already processed since September.

Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Godet said digital sits at the very heart of Quadient's strategy, calling the European mandatory e-invoicing transition a unique opportunity for customers.

Net attributable income fell to 9 million euros from 20 million euros a year earlier, and basic earnings per share declined to 0.26 euros from 0.60 euros.

Raiffeisen Partners With Bitpanda on Crypto Access

Raiffeisen is teaming up with Vienna-based Bitpanda to give its customers access to digital assets through the bank, the two firms said in a joint statement Wednesday.

Availability will expand gradually across Raiffeisen subsidiaries in central and eastern Europe, as crypto access moves into the existing banking relationships of millions of retail customers.

Bitpanda already provides similar crypto access for multiple banks, including Germany's N26 and Austria's provincial banks, which are Raiffeisen's largest shareholders. Beyond crypto, Bitpanda seeks deeper ties with banks and additional asset classes for retail investors to help offset market volatility.

The tie-up reflects a broader push by European banks to increasingly offer regulated digital asset services to their retail customers. Bitpanda said it is considering a potential stock listing as it seeks to broaden its business beyond cryptocurrency trading for banks.

For millions of Raiffeisen customers across central and eastern Europe, cryptocurrency access will soon arrive directly within their established banking relationship, expanding the bank's digital offering.