P&L Executive Review

Inspect the movement, follow the evidence, challenge the hypothesis.

Northstar Advisory / August 2026Synthetic data · €m

Revenue€428.6m+€33.2m vs plan

Gross margin60.7%€260.3m gross profit

EBITDA€136.2m€18.4m below plan

Where the €18.4m wentEBITDA bridge / select a driver

Plan EBITDA154.6

Actual EBITDA136.2

154.6 + 33.2 − 23.7 − 16.4 − 11.5 = 136.2

All bars share a 0–200 €m scale. Costs reduce EBITDA.

Illustrative management report. Numerical reconciliation is not confirmation of an operational cause.

Follow the numbers. Challenge the story.

Choose a line to inspect its draft explanation. Costs are shown as negatives.

August 2026 P&L · all values in €m · synthetic and illustrative
P&L line	Actual	Plan	EBITDA impact
	428.6	395.4	+33.2
	-168.3	-144.6	−23.7
	-79.7	-63.3	−16.4
	-28.1	-21.3	−6.8
	-16.3	-11.6	−4.7
EBITDA	136.2	154.6	−18.4

External capacity may explain part of the additional delivery cost.

Evidence still needed: Check supplier detail to distinguish volume, rates and timing before confirming a cause.

Delivery: not reviewed. No real review or request is submitted.

Prewritten hypotheses, not live AI output. Choices last only for this page session. Operational causes remain unconfirmed.