Feb 10, 2026 | 7 minute read
“In 2025, we delivered on our commitments as we scaled better care for more people. We strengthened our company while navigating a dynamic macro-environment. We ended the year with strong order growth and sales, robust margin expansion despite tariffs, solid cash generation, and we exit the year with a robust balance sheet.
Over the past three years, we have strengthened Philips at its core. Our employees live our culture of impact with care, guided by an expert leadership team. We prioritized quality, built supply chain resilience, and simplified how we operate. This focus delivered customer-driven innovation. We launched the new Azurion neuro biplane platform to advance minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment for neurovascular patients. We presented our latest innovations in 3.0T helium-free MR. We introduced centralized patient monitoring designed for enterprise-scale care. We expanded our OneBlade platform into an all-body solution. We remained true to our purpose, and delivered on our promise to create value with sustainable impact.
Today we enter our next phase of driving profitable growth. Our unique platform-based innovations in healthcare and self-care, combined with our strong execution capability and fully integrated impact ambitions, provide Philips with a strong growth foundation in a world where data and AI are rapidly transforming care. These structural advantages enable us to move forward with confidence.
Our talented, passionate team is energized and executing with purpose and discipline as we drive meaningful impact for patients, consumers and health systems.”

For the quarter, comparable order intake increased 7%, supported by growth in both Diagnosis & Treatment and Connected Care and continued strong performance in North America. Group comparable sales increased 7%, with growth in all segments.
Adjusted EBITA margin increased strongly by 160 basis points to 15.1% in the quarter, driven by higher sales, gross margin from recently launched innovations, and productivity, more than offsetting the impact from incremental tariffs. Free cash flow was EUR 1,200 million.
For the full year, comparable order intake increased 6% and comparable sales growth was 2%. Adjusted EBITA increased 80 basis points to 12.3%, driven by underlying gross margin and strong productivity, which more than offset the impact from increased tariffs after substantial mitigations. Free cash flow was EUR 512 million. Free cash flow included a EUR 1,025 million payment for Respironics recall-related medical monitoring and personal injury settlements in the US.
Diagnosis & Treatment comparable sales increased 4% in Q4. Adjusted EBITA margin was 11.8% in Q4, down 30 basis points, mainly due to tariffs and partly offset by higher gross margin from innovation and productivity. For the full year, the Diagnosis & Treatment Businesses recorded 0% comparable sales growth and an Adjusted EBITA margin of 11.7%.
Connected Care comparable sales increased 7% in Q4. Adjusted EBITA margin improved 150 basis points to 16.5% in Q4, driven by operating leverage, improved gross margin and productivity, and partly offset by tariffs. For the full year, the Connected Care Businesses recorded a 3% comparable sales increase, and Adjusted EBITA margin increased to 10.7%.
Personal Health comparable sales increased 14% in Q4. Adjusted EBITA margin increased 500 basis points to 23.0% in Q4, driven by higher sales and productivity, and partly offset by tariffs. For the full year, Personal Health comparable sales were 8%, and Adjusted EBITA margin increased to 18.0%.

[1] 3.0T Helium-free MR is Work in Progress and not available in any jurisdiction. Its future availability cannot be guaranteed.
Philips has successfully delivered its three-year, EUR 2.5 billion productivity program, including EUR 0.8 billion of productivity savings in 2025.
For 2026, Philips expects:
Within the context of an uncertain macro-environment, Philips' 2026 outlook includes currently known tariffs. It excludes ongoing Philips Respironics-related proceedings, including the investigation by the US Department of Justice.
Philips intends to submit to the 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders a proposal to declare a dividend of EUR 0.85 per common share, in shares or cash at the option of the shareholder.
Later today, Philips will present its plan to drive profitable growth to deliver sustainable value. The company enters this next phase of its strategy having strengthened its core fundamentals, team and culture, resilience and execution agility. Building on this foundation, Philips is leveraging its scalable platform-based innovation advantage, supported by a large global customer base and a trusted brand across healthcare and self-care. There are three pillars to this plan:
Creating value through segment-specific strategies that reflect the distinct needs of different customers, markets and technologies. By making deliberate choices on where to compete, how to win, and how to allocate capital, the company maximizes the potential of each segment while delivering consistent value across its portfolio.
Innovation as a key growth driver with platform-based solutions as our unique differentiator. Customer- and consumer-centric innovation and platform-based solutions integrate hardware, software, data, and AI. This will enable Philips to address clinical, operational and everyday health challenges, enabling better outcomes, improved experiences, and sustainable profitable growth.
Disciplined execution underpins this approach. Quality and compliance remain Philips' number one priority. Resilient operations will ensure Philips can continue to act with agility in an uncertain macro-environment. Simplification and AI will drive enhanced productivity and speed. The company will step-up commercial and service excellence. Philips will translate innovation into impact, scale solutions effectively, and deliver reliably on its commitments.
This plan will be delivered by Philips' expert leadership team and an engaged and talented workforce, supported by the company's culture of impact with care, focused on performance, innovation and growth.
As a result of this strategy Philips aims to deliver the following mid-term targets for 2026-2028:
Within the context of an uncertain macro-environment, Philips' mid-term targets include currently known tariffs. They exclude ongoing Philips Respironics-related proceedings, including the investigation by the US Department of Justice.
Philips launches its 2030 Impact Ambitions, building on strong achievement of its 2020-2025 ESG commitments. The ambitions are fully integrated into the company’s plan to drive profitable growth and deliver sustainable value. Embedded in business strategies and performance management with roadmaps per business, the ambitions focus on improving health and well-being, reducing absolute environmental impact across the value chain in line with science-based frameworks, enabled by strong governance.
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Roy Jakobs, CEO, and Charlotte Hanneman, CFO, will host a conference call for investors and analysts at 09:00 am CET today to discuss the fourth quarter results. Philips Capital Markets Day will also take place on the same day, and the live webcast will start at 12:00 pm CET. Replay of these events, and related materials, which includes additional information including forward-looking statements and further information on our outlook, will be available on the Philips Investor Relations webpage.
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