By Leandro Silveira São Paulo, 12/02/2026 - The Sugarcane Technology Center (CTC) recorded a net profit of R$ 59.5 million in the third quarter of the 2025/26 crop year, ended in December, a 19.5% increase from the same period of the previous season, when it obtained a profit of R$ 49.827 million. In the accumulated nine months of the crop year, the net profit was R$ 176.6 million, an increase of 32.1% compared to the first nine months of 2024/25. Ebitda (profit before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) rose 5.3% on the same basis of comparison and reached R$ 61.1 million. The Ebitda margin for the third quarter of 2025/26 was 50.2%, which represents a decrease of 0.7 percentage points compared to the same period of the previous crop year. In the nine-month period, Ebitda was R$ 178.2 million, a growth of 18.7%, with a margin of 51.0%, an expansion of 2.4 percentage points. Net revenue grew 6.9% in the quarter, to R$ 121.8 million. In the nine-month period, net ...