EPM Full-Year 2025 Profits Up Just 1% Year-on-Year

Medellin-based multinational electric-power and public-utilities giant Grupo EPM on March 17 reported a slight 1% year-on-year hike in full-year 2025 net income, at COP$5.3 trillion (US$1.4 billion).

Full-year 2025 revenues dipped 12% year-on-year, to COP$40.6 trillion (US$10.9 billion), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) declined 7% yer-on-year, to COP$11 trillion (US$2.9 billion), according to the company, which is 100% owned by the City of Medellin.

“The debt/EBITDA ratio [at 2.9 for the Group] remained below the contractual threshold, supporting our ability to meet obligations on time,” according to the company.

In total, “49% of profit came from the power generation business, driven by hydroelectric and thermal [power generation] operations,” according to EPM.

Another 27% of 2025 profits came from electric power distribution, while 15% came from drinking-water, sewerage, wastewater, and solid waste services. The remaining 3% of profits came from power transmission, plus 1% from natural gas distribution, according to the company.

“In 2025, the EPM Group achieved results that confirm our ability to move forward in complex scenarios,” said John Maya Salazar, CEO of EPM and leader of the EPM Group.

“As a concrete example of management that combines social impact with the creation of long-term public value, the EPM Group invested COP$5 trillion [US$1.35 billion] in works and projects that generated direct and positive effects in the territories,” the company added:

In total, EPM Group paid COP$3.7 trillion (US$999 million) in federal and local taxes, fees and contributions that included “programs with a direct impact on the populations,” according to the company.

“Another COP$5.6 trillion [US$1.5 billion] was reinvested in the Group’s companies to ensure operational continuity and infrastructure modernization, while COP$3 trillion [US$811 million] was allocated to the generation of direct and indirect employment.

“Additionally, EPM transferred COP$2.6 trillion [US$703 million] to the City of Medellín, equivalent to 55% of our profits — key resources for financing the District Development Plan,” the company added.