Europe Movers: Aeroports de Paris, Flughafen Wien, Hercules, Peel Hunt

Inga Muller
17 Jun, 2025
Frankfurt

Flughafen Wien AG traded flat at €54.00 after the operator of Vienna, Malta, and Kosice airports released its traffic results for May 2025.

Total passenger volume rose by 3.7% to 3,884,572 travelers from a year ago, while Vienna Airport reported a 2.0% increase to 2,900,976 passengers.

The number of local passengers at Vienna Airport climbed 3.3% to 2,272,453 travelers, whereas transfer passenger traffic fell to 576,180 travelers, comprising a drop of 9.7% from the previous year.

The number of flight movements in May increased slightly by 0.5% year-on-year to 21,828 takeoffs and landings, and cargo volume totaled 27,945 tons, an increase of 14.7% from the comparable figure in May 2024.

Passenger traffic in May from Vienna Airport to Western Europe fell slightly by 1.0%; to Eastern Europe, it was up 1.5%; to North America, down 4.1%; to Africa, down 7.4%; to destinations in the Middle East, up 1.0%; and to the Far East, up 32.7%.

In the period from January to May, the total number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport increased by 3.2% from the previous year to 11,727,957 passengers, with cargo volume up 10.2% to 128,224 tons and total passenger volume up 5.5% to 15,566,977 travelers in the entire Flughafen Wien Group.

Hercules Plc. gained 2.1% to 48.00 pence after the staffing company for the UK infrastructure and construction sectors released financial results for the first six months of 2025 ending on March 31.

Revenue edged up to £54.6 million from £46.2 million, net profit rose to £1.1 million from £0.9 million, and adjusted earnings per share climbed to 2.11 pence from 1.77 pence a year ago.

The company has announced an unchanged interim dividend of 0.6 pence per share payable on August 22 to shareholders on record on July 18.

“With committed spend between £700 billion and £750 billion for the next 10 years, we are confident in meeting market expectations for the full year,” the company said in a release to investors.

The company’s civil projects division has won £12 million of project contracts since the start of fiscal year 2025.

For the six months, the company reported cash of £9.8 million, compared to £1.7 million a year earlier.

Peel Hunt Ltd. advanced 1.1% to 88.98 pence after the UK investment bank reported results for the fiscal year 2025 ending on March 31.

Revenue edged up to £91.31 million from £85.83 million, net loss narrowed to £2.73 million from £3.20 million, and diluted loss per share shrank to 2.3 pence from a loss of 2.7 pence a year ago.

The company reported net assets of £88.7 million and cash balances of £20.4 million in the year.

Revenue in the execution services and research and distribution segments increased, while investment banking sales were down to £31.5 million from £32.6 million a year earlier.

Aeroports de Paris SA slipped 1.01% to Є108.30 after the airport operator reported traffic figures for May 2025.

The company carried 32,373,902 passengers, an increase of 2.7% from 31,402,406 a year earlier.

At Paris airport, the traffic in May rose 3.3% to 9,394,290 travelers from 9,092,628 a year ago.

In mainland France, traffic in May declined 1.5%; in Europe, it was up 3.5%, and in the other international segment, traffic was up 5.0%.

Passenger count increased in the Schengen area, Africa, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and other parts of Europe as well, while in the U.K. and the European Union excluding Schengen, traffic fell 0.5% in the month.