The facts

  1. Preliminary third-quarter sales were €5.713 billion, up 11% in reported terms. Organic growth, excluding currency and acquisitions or disposals, comprised 5.4% pricing and 1.1% volume. [1]

  2. The company narrowed its full-year adjusted return-on-sales outlook to around 15%, from a 14.5–16% range. This is a narrower range, not an across-the-board increase in profit guidance. [1]

  3. Adjusted earnings per preferred share at constant exchange rates are now expected to grow by a mid-single-digit percentage, replacing a low- to high-single-digit range. [1]

  4. Henkel described the quarterly figures as preliminary and scheduled its full nine-month trading statement for 10 November. [1]

Still unconfirmed

  • Full quarterly results are not yet available in this preliminary announcement.

Sources

References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 29 Oct 2026, 11:28 UTC.

  1. Henkel achieves very strong organic sales growth in the third quarter and updates outlook for 2026

    Henkel · Primary source · 29 Oct 2026

    Actual issuer announcement read, including the comparison ranges. EPS guidance is adjusted, for preferred shares and at constant exchange rates.

  2. Henkel lifts 2026 sales outlook

    Reuters / AOL · Reporting · 29 Oct 2026

    Reuters report by Paolo Laudani. Independently owned from Henkel; the actual public article names Vara Research as the consensus provider.

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