REVENUES AT €6.7 BILLION (+22%), EBITDA AT €564 MILLION (+38%) AND EBIT AT €375 MILLION (+65%)^[1]

€6.5 BILLION NEW ORDERS YEAR TO DATE: EXCEEDED 50% OF ANNUAL TARGET

STRONG MARKET CONTINUES DRIVEN BY MEGATRENDS: MORE THAN €37 BILLION IN TENDERS AWAITING OUTCOME OR TO BE SUBMITTED 

GROUP INVESTMENTS FOR €454 MILLION FUELING FUTURE GROWTH, CASH GENERATION 

95,000 PEOPLE ON GROUP PROJECTS WORLDWIDE, OVER 7,500 PEOPLE HIRED IN FIRST HALF 2025

2025 GUIDANCE CONFIRMED

• TOTAL ORDER BACKLOG AT €58.7 BILLION, PROVIDING FUTURE REVENUE VISIBILITY AMONG LONGEST IN INDUSTRY
• REVENUES^[1]AT €6.7 BILLION (+22% VS. FIRST HALF 2024); MORE THAN 65% OUTSIDE ITALY 
• EBITDA^[1]AT €564 MILLION (+38% VS. FIRST HALF 2024); EBITDA MARGIN AT 8.4% (7.5% IN FIRST HALF 2024)
• EBIT^[1] AT €375 MILLION (+65% VS. FIRST HALF 2024); EBIT MARGIN AT 5.6% (4.1% IN FIRST HALF 2024)
• NET PROFIT^[1]IMPROVED TO €132 MILLION (+61% VS. FIRST HALF 2024)
• NET CASH AT €275 MILLION (€419 MILLION ON COSTANT CURRENCY BASIS), POSITIVE FOR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE SEMESTER 
• GROSS DEBT AT €2,924 MILLION; FINANCIAL LEVERAGE STEADILY DECLINING AT 2.6x^[2], THANKS TO CAREFUL MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL STRUCTURE AMID INVESTMENT PLAN
• CONFIRMED ESG COMMITMENTS WITH INCLUSION IN 2024 CDP (FORMERLY CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT) A-LIST SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, HIGHEST SCORE FOR SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUP WORKING WITH SUPPLY CHAIN OF 17,500 COMPANIES

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MILAN, July 25, 2025 – The Board of Directors of Webuild (Euronext Milan: WBD) approved the consolidated half-year financial report at June 30, 2025 and examined the “Adjusted Consolidated Data1” for a better comparison on a homogenous basis.

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As proof of the resilience of its business model, Webuild reaffirms its trajectory of excellent performance, reporting double-digit growth in both revenues and margins in the first half of 2025, despite the uncertain macroeconomic scenario.

Revenues reached €6.7 billion, up 22% compared to the first half of 2024, while EBITDA rose significantly by 38% year-on-year to €564 million. EBITDA margin stood at 8.4%, an improvement of 100 basis points compared to the first half of 2024. Net cash position stood at €275 million, remaining positive for the sixth consecutive semester. Financial leverage further improved to 2.6 times, down from 3.0 times as of December 31, 2024, reflecting the continued strengthening of the Group's financial structure and credit standing. The Group’s scale, combined with the expertise it has developed and its solid presence in strategic international markets, place Webuild among Italy’s leading industrial groups.

New orders acquired since the beginning of the year amount to €6.5 billion, exceeding 50% of the full-year target. Orders include strategic infrastructure such as the Women and Babies Hospital in Perth, a new centre of excellence for the care of women and children in Australia; the extension of Line C of the Rome Metro, an important urban mobility infrastructure; the construction of a cultural and commercial hub in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, which includes more than 70 buildings and public spaces; and the extension and modernisation of Interstate 85 in North Carolina in the United States.

The order backlog exceeds €58 billion, of which approximately €50 billion refers to construction activities, providing strong visibility on future revenues and a solid foundation for the next business plan. The commercial pipeline, totaling around €85 billion, is supported by significant investments in strategic infrastructure for the transition to a low-carbon economy, energy security, population growth, and urbanisation. With solid expertise, established delivery capacity and investment in people and innovation, Webuild is confirmed as a major player in the industry, committed to improving people's quality of life and contributing to the security of the countries in which it operates.

Operational activities continued at a sustained pace across projects, with significant progress both in Italy and abroad. Key milestones include the completion of excavation works on the first lot of the Verona–Vicenza high-speed/high-capacity rail line; the laying of the first tracks on the Naples–Cancello section of the Naples-Bari high-speed rail line; the placement of the eleventh caisson of the Genoa breakwater; the completion of the I-275 highway segment in Florida; the excavation of the first section of the North East Link in Melbourne, Australia; and the activation of the second lot of the Riachuelo system in Buenos Aires, the largest wastewater treatment facility in the region.

In recognition of Webuild’s strong financial and operational performance, Fitch Ratings upgraded Webuild’s rating from “BB” to “BB+” with a “Stable” outlook, putting the Group one step to becoming investment grade. In addition, with the aim of proactively managing 2025 and 2026 maturities and extending the average debt maturity, the Group successfully completed a liability management transaction[3], which included the issuance of a €450-million bond maturing in 2031, and the early repurchase of bonds maturing in 2025 and part of those due in 2026. As a result, over 90% of its corporate debt outstanding as of June 30, 2025 is at fixed interest rates, providing effective protection against interest rate volatility.

On the ESG side, Webuild was awarded an “A-” rating in CDP’s 2024 Climate Change program and a “B” rating for Water Security category, reflecting its commitment to responsible water resource management and climate change mitigation. Webuild was also included in the “A-List” of the 2024 CDP Supplier Engagement Assessment, earning the highest score for the effectiveness of its actions to engage suppliers on climate change issues.

The strong results achieved in the first half of the year, the quality of the order backlog, and the visibility that it provides together with a global market rich in opportunities, enable Webuild to confirm another year of strong, sustainable growth and to confirm its targets for 2025, which were recently revised upwards in respect to the 2023-2025 Business Plan. The Group’s size, financial solidity, expertise and proven delivery capacity put it in a favourable position to embark on a new phase of development and value creation. 

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ADJUSTED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT DATA AT JUNE 30, 2025

Adjusted revenues for the first half of 2025 amounted to €6,676 million, an increase of €1,213 million (+22%) compared to the same period in 2024, confirming the expectations regarding the achievement of the guidance for 2025, which envisages higher targets compared to those set by the “Roadmap to 2025 - The Future is Now” plan.

The increase was due to the development of operating activities in Italy (high-speed/high-capacity railways between Milan-Genoa, Verona-Padua; high-speed railways between Naples-Bari and Palermo-Catania-Messina), in Australia (Snowy 2.0, Western Sydney Airport, Ceres urea plant and Melbourne North East Link), and Saudi Arabia (Trojena dams). More than 90% of revenue was generated in low-risk markets, confirming the Group's de-risking strategy and the strengthening of its presence in core markets.

Adjusted EBITDA amounted to €564 million (EBITDA margin at 8.4%), up 38% compared to the first half of 2024 (an increase of €156 million). Adjusted EBIT reached €375 million (EBIT margin at 5.6%), up 65% compared to the first half of 2024 (an increase of €148 million).

The results for the first half of 2025 reflect the quality of the order book, which is the result of a selective bidding process with projects acquired with the best technical bids - the effectiveness of contractual and technical solutions adopted to reduce operational risks, and the effort to optimise indirect and site costs.

Net financial costs showed net expenses of approximately €165 million (€48 million in the first half of 2024). This item includes:

• financial charges of €136 million (€134 million in the first half of 2024), partially offset by financial income of €61 million (€81 million in the first half of 2024);
• a negative net exchange rate result of €90 million (positive €5 million in the first half of 2024).

Financial income decreased by €21 million, mainly as a result of the reduction in average balances of interest-bearing deposits with credit institutions, partly absorbed to finance planned investments and support the development of industrial activities in the first half of 2025. Financial expenses also increased by €3 million, mainly due to the bond issues placed during 2024, partially offset by the reduction in interest related to lower average debt on corporate lines. Currency management was penalised by the performance of the U.S. dollar and the Saudi riyal against the euro.

Adjusted net equity investments contributed a negative result of €1 million (negative by €25 million in the first half 2024, mainly related to non-core initiative in Turkey currently in the divestment phase).

Adjusted profit before tax amounted to €209 million (€154 million in first half 2024), an increase of 36% compared to the first half of 2024.

Adjusted income taxes amounted to €88 million (€67 million in the first half of 2024).

The adjusted result from continuing operations was a positive €121 million (positive for €87 million in the first half of 2024).

The result from discontinued operations showed a loss of €9 million (loss of €3 million in the first half of 2024). It refers to the former Astaldi foreign divisions that do not meet Webuild’s commercial and industrial planning strategies.

The loss attributable to minority interests amounted to €20 million (profit €2 million in the first half of 2024).

The above dynamics resulted in an adjusted net profit attributable to the Group of €132 million (€82 million in the first half of 2024).

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA AT JUNE 30, 2025

The Net Financial Position of continuing operations at June 30, 2025 was positive at € 275 million (€ 1,445 million at December 31, 2024). The change compared to December 31, 2024 reflects the typical dynamics of the cycle related to the certification of works and payments by public administrations, which are more concentrated in the second half of the financial year, the important investment plan on technical equipment (totalling €454 million[4]), as well as the postponement to the second half of the year of the collection of contractual advances envisaged in the Group's business commercial plan for the 2025 financial year.

Gross debt amounted to €2,924 million (€2,945 million at December 31, 2024), with a Gross Debt/EBITDA ratio of 2.6 times, down sharply from about 3 times at December 31, 2024. At the same time, the Group reports total cash and cash equivalents of €2,126 million.

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ORDER BACKLOG AND MAIN NEW ORDERS IN 2025

In the first half of 2025, total order backlog amounted to €58.7 billion, of which €49.9 billion were related to construction and €8.8 billion to concessions and operation & maintenance. The construction backlog remains among the highest compared with European peers in the sector.

Over 90% of the construction backlog involves projects linked to the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In terms of markets, the order backlog is mainly distributed among Italy, Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Australia—primarily in segments linked to sustainable mobility, such as high-speed rail, conventional rail, and road infrastructure—bringing projects in these geographies to almost 90% of the construction backlog.

The following is a breakdown of the construction backlog by geographical and business areas:

Total new orders acquired from the beginning of the year, including variation orders, amounted to €6.5 billion, more than 95% of which in key markets with a low-risk profile. This includes €1.8 billion tenders in which Webuild was the best bidder. Below is the geographical distribution of the new orders:

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COMMERCIAL PIPELINE 

Webuild’s short-term commercial pipeline amounts to €84.7 billion including over €11.4 billion in tenders submitted and awaiting an outcome, as well as €26.2 billion in tenders to be presented.

The Group keeps monitoring closely opportunities in strategic markets such as Europe, Australia, North America, and the Middle East, where it holds a strong competitive position.

In Europe, infrastructure investments are expected to benefit from NATO’s new military spending target of 5% of GDP by 2035, with up to 1.5% potentially allocated to strategic infrastructure. This is in addition to the €500-billion plan launched by the German government to modernise transportation, education, water resources, and existing infrastructure. There is also future reconstruction efforts in Ukraine, where investment needs are estimated at $500 billion by 2033.

In Italy, infrastructure development is focused on two main areas that go beyond the resources allocated under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The first is transportation, with strategic projects such as high-speed rail lines (Salerno-Reggio Calabria) and metro line expansions. The second area is water and energy networks, the renovation of hydroelectric plants, and the construction of hospitals and stadiums. In addition, under NATO’s military spending objectives, up to 1.5% of GDP could be allocated to dual-use infrastructure, representing a potential of approximately €30 billion in annual investments.

In Australia, where the Group ranks among the country’s top five contractors, Webuild is well-positioned to seize opportunities in a rapidly growing market. Investments are expected to be driven by the energy and mining sectors, with large-scale projects in hydropower, water infrastructure, energy storage, and power grids. Infrastructure demand will also be supported by major federal and local investment plans in public transport, schools, hospitals, and social housing. The sector will further benefit from the development of the Brisbane area—including potential stadiums and rail projects—in view of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as from growing trade flows in the Asia-Pacific region, supporting investments in port infrastructure.

In the United States, the government’s strategy promotes greater private sector involvement in infrastructure development, creating opportunities for public-private partnerships (PPPs), with a focus on civil infrastructure, especially roads and bridges. The recently approved “One Big Beautiful Bill” is expected to stimulate activity in the construction sector, particularly in the manufacturing and energy sectors, as well as in the construction of defense infrastructure. In Canada, ambitious investment plans have been launched or proposed in several provinces, including Ontario and Québec, for the development of transportation infrastructure, healthcare facilities, schools, hydroelectric plants, and power infrastructure, such as transmission and distribution networks.

In the Middle East—particularly Saudi Arabia—investment in large-scale infrastructure projects is expected to remain strong, supported by the “Saudi Vision 2030” plan and upcoming international events such as the FIFA World Cup 2034 and Expo 2030. Key priorities include metro systems, high-speed railways, stadiums, airports, and other strategic infrastructure.

Beyond its core markets, Webuild also closely monitors other regions where it can leverage local experience and technical expertise developed in recent years to ensure an appropriate balance between risk and return.

Below is a breakdown of the short-term commercial pipeline by category and geographic area:

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OUTLOOK 

The operational and financial results achieved in the first half of the year, combined with a market environment rich in opportunities and the strength and quality of the order backlog, allow Webuild to confirm the financial guidance for 2025: a book-to-bill ratio greater than 1.0 times and a further improvement of results with revenues exceeding €12.5 billion and EBITDA greater than €1.1 billion. The Group remains focused on cash generation, maintaining a solid net cash position, which is expected to exceed €700 million.

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Massimo Ferrari, as manager in charge of preparing the corporate accounting documents, declares, pursuant to paragraph 2 of art. 154-bis of the TUF, that the accounting information contained in this press release corresponds to the state of the documentary evidence, books and accounting records.

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The Group will present its results for the first half of 2025 to the financial community on July 25, 2025 during a conference call at 9:30 a.m. CET (UTC +01:00).

For information, please refer to the contact details at the end of this press release.

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Disclaimer 

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Group's current expectations and projections regarding future events and, by their nature, are subject to an inherent component of risk and uncertainty. They are statements that relate to events and depend on circumstances which may or may not happen or occur in the future and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on them. Actual results may differ even significantly from those announced due to a variety of factors, including: volatility and deterioration of capital and financial markets, changes in commodity prices, changes in macroeconomic conditions and growth economic and other changes in business conditions, of an atmospheric nature, due to floods, earthquakes or other natural disasters, changes in legislation and the institutional context (both in Italy and abroad), difficulties in production, including constraints in the use of plants and supplies and many other risks and uncertainties, the majority of which are beyond the control of the Group.

[1] The data reported are adjusted economic data; for details, see the table attached to the press release

[2] Gross debt at June 30, 2025/EBITDA for the last 12 months (period June 30, 2024 - June 30, 2025)

[3]The early redemption launched on bonds maturing in 2025 is scheduled to be completed on 4 August 2025

[4]€412 million related to owned assets and €42 million to leased plant, machinery and equipment