Profit of "Nova Poshta" rose to 2 billion hryvnias this year: what’s the situation with losses

Over the nine months of 2026, Nova Poshta significantly increased revenue and grew net profit compared with last year. At the same time, the third quarter was loss-making amid intensified Russian shelling, although the company continued to expand its network and invest in logistics.

How Nova Poshta’s revenue and profit changed

Nova Poshta, which is part of the NOVA group, recorded 2,63 billion hryvnias of net profit for January–September 2026, according to the financial report. This is 1,7 times more than for the same period of 2025.

At the same time, the company’s revenue rose by 32,5% — to 50,26 billion hryvnias. However, in July–September the company reported a net loss of 80,27 million hryvnias, while for the same period last year it had 348,45 million in profit.

Third‑quarter revenue increased by 33,8% — to 17,77 billion hryvnias. Other financial indicators also show mixed dynamics:

Gross profit for the nine months rose by 13,6% — to 8,8 billion hryvnias.

Operating profit for this period fell by 10,6% — to 3,1 billion hryvnias.

In the third quarter gross profit increased by 6,3% — to 2,76 billion hryvnias.

Operating profit for July–September decreased by 37,7% — to 711,37 million hryvnias.

The report also notes that Nova Poshta’s equity as of 30 September amounted to 11,76 billion hryvnias versus 13,36 billion at the beginning of the year.

Where the company directed the money

Capital investments of the NOVA group in Ukraine for January–September 2026 exceeded 2,9 billion. The largest share of funds was directed to the development of logistics and infrastructure. In particular, investments were allocated as follows:

1,2 billion hryvnias — to expand and maintain logistics capacities;

680 million hryvnias — to develop the network of branches and parcel lockers;

531 million hryvnias — to renew the vehicle fleet and BDF containers.

For comparison, for the whole of 2025 the year the NOVA group’s capital investments in Ukraine exceeded 4 billion hryvnias.

Despite ongoing shelling and attacks on logistics infrastructure, the company continues to work to maintain high delivery speed and ensure service continuity for customers across Ukraine

— Nova Poshta reported in the statement.

They also noted that over the nine months of 2026 the company transported more than 37 thousand tons of humanitarian cargo. Almost 1,3 billion hryvnias were allocated to social and charitable initiatives during that period.

Who owns Nova Poshta

Recall that the ultimate beneficial owners of Nova Poshta are Vyacheslav Klymov and Volodymyr Poperenyuk. These entrepreneurs founded the express delivery service in 2001, which later became one of the leading players in the Ukrainian logistics market.

The company is also developing its international direction. According to the official Nova Poshta website, it has representations working in European countries, and its service network covers international routes between Ukraine and European states.