Colt CZ Group: Gun Sales Down, Revenue Up

Colt CZ Group is closing out the first nine months of 2025 with solid momentum, posting CZK 16.1 billion in revenue, a 7.3% jump over the same period last year.

The company says the ammo side of the house did the heavy lifting, powered by the full consolidation of Sellier & Bellot and strong demand across Europe and military/law-enforcement contracts.

Adjusted EBITDA climbed 13.6% to CZK 3.43 billion, with margins rising to 21.4%, again thanks to the high-profit ammunition segment. Adjusted net profit also ticked up 11.8%, hitting CZK 1.45 billion.

But it wasn’t all sunshine. Firearm unit sales dipped 10.4%, down to 415,146 guns, driven largely by the soft U.S. commercial market. CZ-branded handguns held their own, but Colt-branded products slipped year-over-year. Firearms revenue fell 24%, landing at CZK 8.4 billion.

From a regional standpoint, performance was a mixed bag. Revenue in the Czech Republic fell sharply due to last year’s unusually large MoD orders, while the United States saw a 15.9% decline tied to weak commercial sales.

Europe (outside the Czech Republic) was the big winner, jumping 58.2%, with Canada, Africa, and Asia also posting strong gains. Latin America was the only region besides the U.S. to see a decline.

CEO Radek Musil said the company is “satisfied” with results so far, pointing to broad margin improvements and strong ammo profitability. Still, fallout from the six-week U.S. federal government shutdown is forcing Colt CZ to revise its full-year guidance downward.

The halt in federal license processing delayed Q4 firearm sales into 2026, creating a revenue-timing mismatch that hit profitability.

Even so, the company’s year has been packed with major wins: a new CZK 4.26 billion framework agreement with the Czech Ministry of Defence, Colt Canada’s contract to supply 26,000 C8 MRR carbines to Denmark, and the successful issuance of CZK 6 billion in new bonds after investor demand doubled the original target.

With ammo driving profits, firearms stabilizing, and new contracts in hand, Colt CZ heads into 2026 with some headwinds, but also with plenty of horsepower behind it.

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