While 2024 sales grew 35%, boosted by increased demand, there was a dip in sales at its power systems and trade divisions at the start of of the year.

Rheinmetall expects sales to surge 25% to 30% this year, after coming in slightly under 10 billion euros in 2024, and an operating margin of 15.5%, slightly above last year's 15.2%. The defence business makes up 80% of the company's sales.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the company moved quickly to meet Europe’s growing need for military spending.

Rheinmetall has become the popular way to play the European rearmament trend. Perhaps too popular. Following a 23% increase in a week, Rheinmetall’s market capitalization has now risen above that of any other European pure-play military contractor,

Rheinmetall, a major beneficiary of Europe's renewed push to invest in defence, said on Wednesday it expects significant sales growth in 2025 and promised to update guidance after recent geopolitical developments are taken into account.