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Sonova lifts profitability, beats market with AI hearing solutions and record dividend

Story Highlights
  • Sonova grew faster than the hearing market in 2025/26, boosting local-currency sales and profitability through AI-driven products like Infinio Ultra and Virto R.
  • The group eyes 5–8% sales and 7–10% core EBIT growth in 2026/27, while proposing a record dividend and refining its portfolio by divesting consumer hearing operations.
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Sonova Holding AG ( (CH:SOON) ) has provided an announcement.

Sonova reported 2025/26 sales of CHF 3.61 billion, up 5.9% in local currencies but slightly down in Swiss francs due to adverse FX, while normalized EBITA rose 17.3% in local currencies to CHF 811.2 million, underscoring strong operating leverage and profitable growth. The company outpaced market growth on the back of successful launches such as the AI-driven Infinio Ultra platform and Virto R Infinio, with broad-based regional gains in hearing instruments offsetting cochlear implant weakness, particularly in China.

Management reaffirmed confidence in its renewed strategy, forecasting 2026/27 constant-currency sales growth of 5–8% and core EBIT growth of 7–10%, supported by a strong product pipeline and a shift to a regionalized organization. Reflecting robust performance and sustained value creation, the board will propose a record dividend of CHF 4.70 per share and introduce three new female board candidates, while proceeding with the planned divestment of the consumer hearing business to sharpen focus on core wholesale and retail activities.

The most recent analyst rating on (CH:SOON) stock is a Sell with a CHF169.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Sonova Holding AG stock, see the CH:SOON Stock Forecast page.

More about Sonova Holding AG

Sonova Holding AG, listed on SIX under ticker SOON, is a leading provider of innovative hearing solutions, spanning wholesale hearing instruments, audiological retail services and cochlear implants. The Swiss-based group focuses on AI-supported hearing technologies, rechargeable in-the-ear devices and advanced cerumen management systems, targeting global markets in EMEA, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

Average Trading Volume: 189,570

Technical Sentiment Signal: Sell

Current Market Cap: CHF10.31B

For a thorough assessment of SOON stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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