The Catalan multinational fashion company Mango increased its profit by 11% in 2025, to 242 million euros, in line with the 13% increase in turnover compared to the previous yearMango's revenue reached nearly €3.8 billion, as reported this Thursday by the company's president and CEO, Toni Ruiz. "We have managed to turn a complicated year into a record year," Ruiz stated at the press conference presenting the results at the group's headquarters in Palau-solità i Plegamans (Vallès Occidental). The CEO noted that 2025 was "the first year without our founder," referring to the death of Isak Andic in December 2024. With these results, Mango maintains the upward trend of recent years, following the initial impact on the Catalan retail sector. Compared to 2019—the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic—the multinational has increased its revenue by approximately €1.5 billion. Ruiz celebrated that the group is "growing well above the market." "Mango is experiencing the strongest period in its history," he added. Looking ahead to this year, the president has set the company's goal of reaching €4 billion in revenue.

The Valencian shipping company Baleària closed 2025 with a record turnover of 801 million euros, 16% more than in 2024. Thanks to this increase, profits rose 152% compared to the previous year, reaching 63 million euros. This figure is, however, lower than in 2022, when it achieved a profit of 67 million euros. This was highlighted by the company's president, Adolfo Utor, this Wednesday at the presentation of the company's results, which took place at its headquarters in the town of Denia. Utor explained that the increase in turnover comes mainly from the growth in freight traffic with North Africa, specifically with Algeria and Morocco. The businessman emphasized the economic "explosion" being experienced in the port area of ​​Tangier, driven by the automotive and fruit and vegetable sectors. Regarding the increase in profits, he explained that the "reduction in fuel prices" was key. The shipping company emphasized that the company's strong results have allowed it to increase its workforce by 10%, reaching 3,100 employees throughout the year. "Balearia is very strong," he boasted before explaining that this strength is essential for the major challenges ahead for the company, the main one being "rejuvenating the fleet of ships." Regarding the company's financial health, he explained that its accumulated debt is €650 million, and that this year they have allocated €100 million to reduce it. Looking to the future, Utor highlighted that Balearia's main challenge at the moment is to expand into the Canary Islands with the acquisition of Armas Trasmediterránea. The operation is pending approval from the National Markets and Competition Commission, a situation the businessman has complained about, describing the acquisition as a "rescue" of a Canary Islands-based shipping company in a state of extreme weakness. "We are very worried," he insisted before criticizing the administration's slow pace. Adolfo Utor explained that, if the purchase goes through, it will increase the company's debt to €1 billion, a figure he believes he can manage thanks to the support of financial institutions. He explained that the acquisition of Armas Trasmediterránea will also involve a Canary Islands partner who could assume up to 30% ownership, as various politicians from the archipelago had requested. As expected, the 2026 results will depend on whether or not the purchase of Armas Trasmediterránea is completed. However, Utor has predicted a year of good results, better than in 2025, provided, of course, that fuel prices do not rise.

BBVA has definitively buried the chapter on the hostile takeover bid for Banc Sabadell. Now the financial institution wants to focus on the strategic plan outlined last summer, which requires continued growth, but independently, both within and outside the Spanish market. With the possibility of acquiring Sabadell now gone, Torres has closed the door on any alternative: "There are no possibilities for consolidation in Spain now that the Sabadell deal has passed," the executive stated. Likewise, when asked about the acquisition that Banco Santander has just announced in the United States, the BBVA chairman affirmed that the bank feels "no pressure to make an acquisition." "We must have a plan that generates organic value for shareholders," Carlos Torres reiterated during the presentation of the 2025 results, which are once again record-breaking – between January and December of last year, the bank earned €10.511 billion, a 4.5% increase. BBVA, in fact, decided to sell part of its US business in 2020. "It was the right decision," Torres stated. Santander, on the other hand, is taking the opposite approach: "You can't be a global bank without being in the United States," Ana Botín argued this Tuesday. Her words have been interpreted as a kind of lesson at the Bilbao-based bank. "I don't know what it means to be a global bank," Torres asserted, avoiding any comment on Santander's €12.2 billion acquisition of Webster Bank.

US microchip giant Nvidia, considered the world's largest company by market capitalization, exceeded analysts' expectations in the third quarter and announced on Wednesday evening an increase in profits and revenue. The earnings report was one of the most anticipated in recent months, as it was expected to provide clues about the company's health, which has recently suffered a drop in market value, and about the artificial intelligence (AI) industry at a time of growing speculation about a possible bubble. Specifically, the US company reported a net profit of $31.91 billion during the third quarter of the fiscal year, representing a 65% increase compared to the previous year. The company, a leader in the field of AI, released the results after the close of trading on Wednesday, with quarterly revenue of $57.006 billion, a 62% increase year-over-year. Data centers are the main driver of activity, generating $51.215 billion in revenue. These results exceed all expectations and, according to the company, dispel fears of an AI bubble bursting.

Pharmaceutical company Almirall increased its profits fivefold in the first three months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to a statement issued by the company to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). The company's profits rose from €7.2 million in the first three quarters of 2024 to €39.1 million in 2025.

The Catalan multinational swimming pool material company Fluidra closed the first half of the year with a net profit of 136 million euros, 21% more than in the same period in 2024, according to the company itself in a statement published with the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) this Thursday.

The trade war is having a direct impact on the results of European car manufacturers, and Seat has been no exception. In the first six months of the year, the Martorell-based company suffered a 90.6% drop in operating profit, to €38 million, due to market uncertainty and tariffs imposed by the United States government. In fact, given this situation, the company has postponed its operations. sine die the leap to the United States, initially planned for 2030.

The department store chain El Corte Inglés closed the 2024-2025 fiscal year (from March 1, 2024, to February 28) with an increase in sales and profit, the company reported in a statement on Thursday. Thus, the group increased its net profit by 6.7% to €512 million, while turnover grew by 2% to €16.675 billion.

The Catalan fashion company Mango earned 219 million euros last year, 27% more than in 2023, the company reported this Monday in a press conference. The group also increased its revenues, in this case by 7.6% (11.6% discounting the effects of currency exchange rates), to 3,339 million euros. This is the company's first presentation of results since the death in a mountain accident of its founder, Isak Andic, last December.

Idilia Foods – a food company that makes the Nocilla, Colacao, Paladín and Okey brands – closed last year with a turnover of 204 million euros, which represents an increase of 7.4% compared to the 2023 financial year, as reported by the company in a statement.

The supermarket and food company Ametller Origen closed the 2024 financial year with a turnover of 681 million euros, 23% more than last year, as reported by the company itself in a statement on Wednesday. This figure represents the highest sales volume that the group has recorded since its founding in 2001.