Half Year 2025 Eiffage SA Earnings Call Transcript

Aug 27, 2025 / 03:40PM GMT
Release Date Price: $139.45

Key Points

Positve
  • Eiffage SA (EFGSY) reported a 7.5% increase in sales growth compared to the same period in 2024, driven by both organic and external growth.
  • The company has a strong order book, which increased by 4% to EUR29.5 billion, providing good visibility for medium and long-term projects.
  • Eiffage SA (EFGSY) has successfully expanded its presence in Europe, with 42% of its activity now outside of France, up from 31% four years ago.
  • The Energy Systems division is performing well, with an expected operating profit margin of 6% and revenue close to EUR8 billion.
  • The company has made strategic acquisitions, including HSM Offshore Energy, to strengthen its position in the energy services market, particularly in Europe.
Negative
  • The real estate market in France is facing significant challenges, with a downturn in both the tertiary and residential markets.
  • Eiffage SA (EFGSY) is experiencing a higher expense for the employee shareholding plan, impacting profit from ordinary activities.
  • The company faces geopolitical and political instability, which could affect its strategic direction and operations.
  • There is uncertainty regarding future tax burdens in France, with a special corporate income tax impacting the company's net profit.
  • The construction business faced a challenging first quarter with a significant downturn, although it recovered in the second quarter.
Benoit De Ruffray
Eiffage SA - Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Executive Committee

Good evening, all, and welcome to this presentation of the half-year results of Eiffage. As you have seen in the opening of the project of the substation, OSS Jasmund, for the wind farm Windanker in the Baltic Sea implemented by consortium HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders, and Iv. The know-how of HSM and Smulders are very complementary, and we have grabbed the opportunity to reacquire HSM Offshore Energy while we had already four projects in common and that the teams know each other well. This acquisition strengthens our presence as constructor on the market of substations very dynamic in Europe.

Let's move to the highlights of the first half year. It went very well according to our expectations and confirms our outlook for 2025. As expected, organic growth goes on to contribute to the growth of the group, plus the external growth. As announced, the Construction division, in spite of a downturn at the first quarter, is back to growth as of end of June. This half year signs

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