| 3rd quarter 2024 |
3rd quarter 2025 |
1st nine months 2024 | 1st nine months 2025 | |
| € million | € million | € million | € million | |
| Income after income taxes | 31 | (46) | (80) | (266) |
| Remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability for post-employment benefit plans | (3) | (6) | 122 | 75 |
| Income taxes | (1) | – | (3) | (4) |
| Other comprehensive income from remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability for post-employment benefit plans | (4) | (6) | 119 | 71 |
| Changes in fair values of equity instruments | (4) | – | (4) | (1) |
| Income taxes | 1 | – | 1 | (1) |
| Other comprehensive income from equity instruments | (3) | – | (3) | (2) |
| Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss | (7) | (6) | 116 | 69 |
| Losses from derivative financial instruments (cash flow hedge reserve) | (2) | 2 | (2) | (7) |
| Reclassified to profit or loss | – | (7) | – | (9) |
| Income taxes | 1 | (3) | 1 | 3 |
| Other comprehensive income from derivative financial instruments | (1) | (8) | (1) | (13) |
| Exchange differences of foreign operations | (29) | (9) | 15 | (368) |
| Other comprehensive income from exchange differences | (29) | (9) | 15 | (368) |
| Other comprehensive income that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss | (30) | (17) | 14 | (381) |
| Total other comprehensive income | (37) | (23) | 130 | (312) |
| attributable to noncontrolling interest | (1) | (1) | (2) | (3) |
| attributable to Covestro AG shareholders | (36) | (22) | 132 | (309) |
| Total comprehensive income | (6) | (69) | 50 | (578) |
| attributable to noncontrolling interest | (3) | – | (8) | (3) |
| attributable to Covestro AG shareholders | (3) | (69) | 58 | (575) |