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Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari posted a strong 17% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first quarter of 2025, but warned that U.S. import tariffs could pose a threat to its earnings outlook for the year ahead.
The company reported a net profit of €412 million ($466.3 million) for Q1, citing robust demand and increased vehicle personalization as key drivers of growth. Despite limited growth in shipments, Ferrari said all major financial metrics saw double-digit improvements.
“Another year is off to a great start,” said CEO Benedetto Vigna. “With very few incremental shipments year on year, all key metrics recorded double-digit growth, underscoring strong profitability driven by our product mix and continued demand for personalizations.”
However, the upbeat earnings were tempered by caution surrounding U.S. trade policy. In its earnings statement, Ferrari flagged the risk of a 50 basis-point reduction in its EBIT and EBITDA margins if new U.S. tariffs on EU automobile imports take full effect.
“The (2025) guidance is subject to a potential risk of 50 basis points reduction on profitability percentage margins (EBIT and EBITDA margins), in relation to the update of the commercial policy following the introduction of import tariffs on EU cars into the USA,” the company stated.
President Donald Trump’s shifting tariff policies have disrupted global automakers, especially luxury brands reliant on transatlantic trade. In April, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on European automobile imports, prompting Ferrari in late March to raise prices on some models by 10% in an effort to offset the added costs.
While Trump issued a partial rollback of certain overlapping duties—including extra tariffs on steel and aluminum—analysts say the core automobile import tariff remains in effect, posing a continuing risk to European carmakers.
Ferrari’s 2025 financial guidance projects adjusted earnings per share of €8.6, net sales exceeding €7 billion, and EBITDA of at least €2.68 billion. The company’s ability to maintain that trajectory, however, may hinge on the evolving U.S.-EU trade environment.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has enough stockpiled weapons to fight wars "forever"; in a social media post late on Monday. The remarks came hours before conflict in Iran and the Middle East entered its fourth day.
U.S. first lady, Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council meeting on children and education in conflict on Monday (2 March), a move criticised by Iran as hypocritical following U.S. and Israeli strikes that triggered a UN warning about risks to children.
A torpedo from a U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth told reporters as the Iranian conflcit entered its fifth day on Wednesday.
The U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones resulting in a limited fire and some material damage, the kingdom's defence ministry said in a post on X on Tuesday, citing an initial assessment.
Shahid Motahari Sub-Speciality Hospital in northern Tehran and parts of the Golestan Palace were bombed on day two of the U.S.‑Israel strikes. AnewZ Touraj Shiralilou is in Iran's capital city and said that the facility was flattened in an airstrike.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the United States is making gains in its conflict with Iran after a key Iranian naval target was destroyed, confirming that the strike was carried out by a U.S. submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka. Rescue efforts are now under way for the ship’s crew.
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Strikes across the Middle East are intensifying, fuelling travel disruption, driving up global energy prices and forcing diplomatic missions to shut their doors.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the United States has a “virtually unlimited supply” of munitions and is capable of sustaining military action indefinitely, as the conflict with Iran entered its fourth day.
The United Nations has called for an investigation into a deadly attack on a girls’ primary school in Iran, which Iranian officials say has killed more than 100 children. The U.S. has said its forces “would not” deliberately target a school.
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