Dole plc released its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. Commenting on the results, Carl McCann, Executive Chairman, said: "We are very pleased to report a strong result for the second quarter of 2025. Group revenue increased 14.3% and Adjusted EBITDA increased 9.3% compared to the prior year, with good growth across all of our Continuing Operations.
Post quarter end, we completed the sale of the Fresh Vegetables Division to Arable Capital Partners. The completion of this sale represents an important strategic milestone for the Group and will enable us to further concentrate our efforts and investments on our core business activities.
For the current financial year, although the macroeconomic environment remains complex, we are pleased to announce an upward revision of our guidance and are now targeting full year Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $380.0 million to $390.0 million."
Group Results - Second Quarter
Revenue increased 14.3%, or $304.3 million, primarily due to positive operational performance across all segments and a favorable impact from foreign currency translation of $57.2 million, offset partially by a net negative impact from acquisitions and divestitures of $9.6 million. On a like-for-like basis, revenue increased 12.1%, or $256.7 million.
Net Income decreased 79.6%, or $70.1 million, to $18.0 million. This decrease was due to a loss of $35.0 million in discontinued operations (Fresh Vegetables) compared to income of $32.0 million in the prior year primarily due to an incremental non-cash held for sale fair value loss of $50.7 million ($37.8 million, net of tax), which adjusted the carrying value of the Fresh Vegetables division to its estimated fair value. There was also a decrease of other income of $25.1 million, primarily related to unrealized foreign currency losses which are offset by gains in other comprehensive income. These decreases were partially offset by a higher gain on asset sales in the current year.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 9.3%, or $11.7 million, primarily due to positive operational performance across all segments and a favorable impact of foreign currency translation of $2.2 million. On a like-for-like basis, Adjusted EBITDA increased 7.2%, or $9.0 million.
Adjusted Net Income increased 13.0%, or $6.1 million, predominantly due to the increases in Adjusted EBITDA noted above and lower interest expense, partially offset by higher depreciation expense. Adjusted Diluted EPS for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was $0.55 compared to $0.49 in the prior year.
Fresh Fruit
Revenue increased 14.2%, or $121.1 million, primarily due to higher worldwide volumes of bananas and pineapples sold, as well as higher worldwide pricing of bananas, pineapples and plantains, partially offset by lower worldwide volumes of plantains sold.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 3.0%, or $2.1 million, primarily driven by an improved performance in pineapples on a worldwide basis as well as strong growth in banana volumes. These improvements were partially offset by higher fruit costs following Tropical Storm Sara that impacted Honduras in November 2024, as well as higher shipping costs due to an operational disruption for one of our vessels servicing the North American market that has since been resolved.
Sale of Fresh Vegetables
On August 5, 2025, we completed the sale of our Fresh Vegetables division to Arable Capital Partners for total consideration of $140.0 million, comprising $90.0 million in cash and a $50.0 million seller note as well as a $10.0 million potential earn-out. Dole is retaining its facilities in Huron, California and Yuma, Arizona.
