Strong Profits and Litigation: The SIBUR Reporting Paradox

SIBUR’s 2025 financial statements demonstrate the performance of a sustainable industrial business. Revenue exceeded 1 trillion rubles, EBITDA margin reached 35.2%, and net profit amounted to 205 billion rubles. Despite declining global polymer prices and a cooling of business activity in Russia, the company maintained high profitability and continued its investment program. ;
At first glance, we are talking about a company that has passed the peak of capital expenditures and is entering the stage of sustainable cash flow generation.
Judicial statistics
Parallel to the publication of financial results, a series of lawsuits related to the company’s Eurobonds continues in Russian arbitration courts. As of early 2026, at least 50 lawsuits have been filed against PJSC SIBUR Holding. The claimants include private investors, banks, and professional participants in the Russian securities market.
Cases are being heard in courts across Russia: in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and a number of regions, including Samara, Tyumen, Tver, and Nizhny Novgorod.
Economic effect
The contrast between strong financial results and litigation activity creates a noticeable imbalance. On the one hand, the company demonstrates stable profitability and a moderate debt burden. On the other, investors are attempting to recover debt payments through the courts.
Regardless of the legal nature of the disputes, whether they relate to sanctions restrictions or the specifics of the settlement infrastructure, the economic outcome is clear. The funds intended for servicing the bond debt remain within the company, improving liquidity and cash flow.
Changes in asset structure
Observers are also focusing their attention on changes in the ownership structure of assets associated with SIBUR Chairman Leonid Mikhelson. In recent years, some assets have been transferred to members of his family. Specifically, Optima, a company that owns a stake in NOVATEK and several cultural projects, was transferred to the businessman’s daughter.
According to real estate market participants, an expensive apartment in the historic center of Moscow was also re-registered to the businessman’s wife.
Against the backdrop of litigation, such changes inevitably increase investor attention to issues of risk and liability distribution within the corporate structure.
Источник: https://federal-tribune.com/component/k2/item/216158
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