Ferroglobe Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Announces Actions to Improve Profitability
Third Quarter Highlights
LONDON, Nov. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ: GSM) (“Ferroglobe”, the “Company”, or the “Parent”), a leading global producer of silicon metal, silicon-based and manganese-based specialty alloys, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2026.
Financial Highlights
(1) Cash outflows for capital expenditures
(2) Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow less capital expenditures
Dr. Marco Levi, Ferroglobe’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Third quarter results reflect a challenging operating environment driven by external factors, primarily higher energy costs resulting from the Middle East conflict, and excess ferrosilicon imports into Europe. We are focused on managing what we can control, and today we are announcing decisive actions to improve our cost structure.
“We are rationalizing our footprint, planning to close five plants* and shifting production to our most competitive facilities with the goal of improving our capacity utilization to approximately 80%. As a result of this action, together with a 20% overhead reduction, we expect to enhance our adjusted EBITDA by $85 to $115 million at full run rate, with minimal changes to our annual volumes. Simultaneously, we continue to pursue trade measures to protect our markets from predatory imports, while continuing to make great strides in advancing our critical materials strategy,” concluded Dr. Levi.
* Subject to information and consultation processes with employee representative bodies in the relevant jurisdictions
Consolidated Sales
Third quarter sales were $369.8 million, a 2.3% decrease from the prior quarter and an 18.6% increase from the comparable prior-year period. The sequential decrease in revenue was primarily driven by lower shipments of silicon metal and silicon-based alloys, together with slightly lower pricing in silicon-based alloys. This was partially offset by higher sales volumes of manganese-based alloys and improved realized prices for both silicon metal and manganese-based alloys. Sales of silicon metal decreased by $3.9 million and silicon-based alloys by $8.2 million, while manganese-based alloys increased by $6.3 million compared with the prior quarter.
Product Category Highlights
Silicon Metal
Silicon metal revenue in the third quarter was $101.9 million, a decrease of 3.7% from the prior quarter. The average selling price increased by 3.0%, reflecting higher realized prices across both the U.S. and EMEA. Shipments decreased by 6.5%, primarily driven by reductions in U.S. and European volumes. Market conditions in Europe remained challenging, with subdued demand and continued pressure from low-priced imports, particularly from China and emerging alternative suppliers. The interim EU review of antidumping duties on Chinese silicon metal highlights increasing efforts to address unfair trade practices and protect domestic production. Meanwhile, persistent overcapacity in China's polysilicon industry continued to weigh on the broader silicon value chain, despite initiatives aimed at improving supply discipline. Adjusted EBITDA improved to $(2.3) million in the third quarter, compared with $(2.7) million in the prior quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to (2.2)% in the third quarter from (2.5)% in the prior quarter.
Silicon-Based Alloys
Silicon-based alloy revenue in the third quarter was $116.7 million, a decrease of 6.6% from the prior quarter. The average selling price decreased slightly by 0.7%, as higher realized prices in Argentina were offset by a significant decline in EMEA and a modest decrease in the U.S. Shipments decreased by 6.0%, primarily driven by lower volumes in EMEA, partially offset by increased shipments in the U.S. European market conditions remained weak, reflecting subdued steel production, cautious customer purchasing and continued competitive pressure. Despite the implementation of EU safeguard measures on certain ferroalloy imports, the European steel industry has yet to experience a meaningful recovery in underlying demand. In addition, higher energy costs across the ferroalloy value chain continued to create pressure on producers’ operating margins. Adjusted EBITDA turned negative at $(2.0) million in the third quarter, compared with $14.5 million in the prior quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin declined to (1.7)%, from 11.6% in the prior quarter.
Manganese-Based Alloys
Manganese-based alloy revenue in the third quarter was $114.0 million, an increase of 5.9% from the prior quarter. The average selling price increased by 4.7%, reflecting higher realized prices across both Europe and the U.S. Shipments increased by 1.1%, driven by higher volumes in the U.S., partially offset by a decline in Europe. In Europe, pricing continued to benefit from the implementation of trade safeguard measures aimed at limiting the impact of low-priced ferroalloy imports. However, higher energy costs offset the benefit of improved pricing. The U.S. market showed comparatively stronger commercial momentum, supporting an overall increase in shipments despite continued weakness in Europe. Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $11.4 million, compared with $13.0 million in the prior quarter, with the adjusted EBITDA margin declining to 10.0% from 12.1%.
Raw materials and energy consumption for production
Raw materials and energy consumption for production increased slightly to 51.7% of sales in the third quarter of 2026, compared with 51.5% in the prior quarter, despite a higher positive fair value adjustment related to long-term energy contracts of $76.8 million, compared with $59.9 million in the second quarter. Excluding the impact of these adjustments, raw materials and energy consumption represented 72.5% of sales, compared with 67.3% in the prior quarter, primarily reflecting higher production due to substantially higher energy costs, mainly in Spain.
Net Profit Attributable to the Parent
In the third quarter of 2026, net profit attributable to the parent was $57.9 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, compared to a net profit attributable to the parent of $60.4 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, in the prior quarter. The slight decrease was primarily driven by softer operating performance, partially offset by the higher positive fair value adjustment related to long-term energy contracts. The Company reported an adjusted diluted loss per share of $(0.06) for the third quarter of 2026, compared to breakeven adjusted diluted earnings per share in the previous quarter.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA turned negative at $(2.4) million in the third quarter of 2026, compared with $13.1 million in the prior quarter, primarily due to higher energy costs in Spain and, to a lesser degree, a challenging ferrosilicon market.
Total Cash, Adjusted Gross Debt and Working Capital
(1) Total cash is comprised of restricted cash and cash and cash equivalents
(2) Adjusted gross debt excludes bank borrowings on our factoring program and the impact of IFRS16
(3) Total working capital is comprised of inventories, trade receivables and other receivables minus trade and other payables
Total cash was $93.3 million as of September 30, 2026, an increase of $0.1 million from $93.2 million as of June 30, 2026. Adjusted gross debt increased by $4.4 million to $135.3 million, resulting in net debt of $42.1 million as of September 30, 2026, representing an increase of $4.4 million from the prior quarter.
During the third quarter, cash flows provided by operating activities were $25.9 million, and net cash used in investing activities was $18.3 million. Cash used in financing activities was $8.0 million as a result of lease payments of $3.9 million, dividend payments of $2.8 million, interest payments of $2.4 million, the principal repayments of other financing liabilities of $0.4 million, and financing facilities payments in France and Spain totaling $1.6 million, partially offset by net cash proceeds from the sale of short-term commercial paper totaling $3.1 million.
Total working capital was $363.6 million as of September 30, 2026, a decrease of $34.8 million from $398.4 million at the end of the prior quarter. The decrease in our working capital balance during the quarter was primarily driven by a decrease of $23.6 million in inventories, $20.0 million in trade receivables and an increase of $5.0 million in trade and other payables, partially offset by a $13.8 million increase in other receivables.
Beatriz García-Cos, Ferroglobe’s Chief Financial Officer, commented, “Despite the negative third quarter adjusted EBITDA of $2.4 million, we generated $5.6 million of free cash flow with net debt slightly increasing to $42.1 million. We maintain our financial discipline while we continue to rein in costs within our control. From a cash flow perspective, we expect to further reduce working capital needs in the coming quarters as we consolidate our production footprint.”
Capital Returns
During the third quarter, Ferroglobe did not repurchase shares and paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.015 per share on September 29, 2026. Our next cash dividend of $0.015 per share will be paid on December 30, 2026, to shareholders of record as of December 22, 2026.
Management Update
Thomas Wiesner, Chief Legal Officer and Group Company Secretary, will step down from his role effective November 4, 2026, to pursue other opportunities. Dr. Marco Levi commented, “On behalf of the Board and the management team, I want to thank Thomas for his significant contributions to Ferroglobe over the past six years and wish him every success in the future.” The Company is in the final stages of selecting a successor and expects to announce an appointment in the coming weeks.
Conference Call
Ferroglobe invites all interested persons to participate in our conference call at 8:30 AM, Eastern Time on November 4, 2026. The call may also be accessed via an audio webcast.
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About Ferroglobe
Ferroglobe PLC is a leading global producer of silicon metal, silicon- and manganese- based specialty alloys and ferroalloys, serving a customer base across the globe in dynamic and fast-growing end markets, such as solar, electronics, automotive, consumer products, construction, and energy. The Company is based in London. For more information, visit http://investor.ferroglobe.com.
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Non-IFRS Measures
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