FY 2024 RESULTS PRESENTATION
February 28th , 2025
FY 2024 | Results Presentation
Cash flow performance
Strong cash flow generation during the year
Euro Million | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | yoy | |
Profit Before Tax (PBT) | 1,127 | 993 | -134 | |
Non-cash extraordinary items | (1) | (237) | 222 | +459 |
D&A | 551 | 866 | +315 | |
Operating WC variation | (73) | 596 | +669 | |
Taxes, associates and other adjs. | 133 | 115 | -18 | |
Operating Cash Flow (OCF) | 1,502 | 2,793 | +1,291 | |
Net capex and op. leases | (449) | (699) | -249 | |
Net Operating Cash Flow (NOCF) | 1,053 | 2,094 | +1,041 |
▪ Strong NOC of €2.1bn in 2024, up €1,041mn yoy:
- Strong operating performance and excellent cash conversion
- Solid WC performance
- Net operating capex primarily contains mining and job-costed tunneling equipment purchased and deployed for major projects at CIMIC, now including Thiess
Change in NOCF (€mn)
2 | 26 | 2,0 | 4 | +€1,041 | |||||
1 | mn yoy | ||||||||
2 | 4 | 161 | |||||||
1,0 | |||||||||
NOC | Turner | CIMIC | &C | Infra | s and | NOC | |||
202 | non core acti ities | 2024 |
FY 2024 | Results Presentation
Financial position
Net debt position as of December 2024 of €702mn, reflecting accounting impact of Thiess' c.€1bn net debt consolidation
- The group closed 2024 with a net debt position of €0. bn, an increase of €1.7bn since September 2024
- The position in the year has increased by only €1.1bn, even after the consolidation of Thiess´ net debt of €1bn and €862mn of shareholder remuneration
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Strategic in estments of €1. bn, comprising equity contributions in Abertis
(€650mn), 10% Thiess acquisition (€194mn), additional HT stake (€130mn), strategic bolt-on acquisitions (PYBAR, Vulcan, Minsol, Prudentia) and equity investments - S&P affirmed ACS's long-term rating of BBB-/stablein July 2024
Net ebt ec | Net Operating | Net e uity | |
2 | Cash | lo | in estment and |
(NOC | ) | M&A |
Shareholders | (1) | Perimeter | (2) | |
remuneration | change, | and | ||
other |
Net ebt ec 24
FY 2024 Capital allocation
6 0 | Abertis capital increase | ||
862 | uity in estment and M&A | ||
€2.0bn | |||
10% Thiess ac uisition | |||
1 4 | 0 | Shareholders remuneration |
- Shareholder remuneration includes: €241mn of dividends distributed in cash to ACS shareholders, €273mn of dividends distributed in shares to ACS shareholders, €71mn of dividends distributed to HOCHTIEF minority interests, €56mn of dividends
distributed to other minority interests and €220mn of other treasury stock transactions. | |
(2) Includes the incorporation of the Thiess net debt of €1.0bn, the monetization of forward contracts, the repayment of debt associated with the stake in SH-288, exchange rate impact and other perimeter adjustments. | 6 |
FY 2024 | Results Presentation
Order backlog and new orders
Continued growth in backlog visibility and diversification towards growth markets
Other | igital | |
Infrastructure | ||
% | ||
10% | nergy | |
Natural resources | ||
% | ||
11% |
Sustainable mobility 1 %
New orders (€bn)
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1.1
.1 | 4 | .1 | 1. |
Transportation 18%
€88.2bn
& Social | |
infrastructure | |
14% | |
eneral building | Sustainable |
infrastructure | |
1 % | |
% | |
(1)
2022 202 2024
Ne orders ook to bill
Order backlog development (€bn)
- Rigorous approach to tendering, project delivery and risk management paying-off
- Order backlog of €88.2bn, up 19.9% FX-adj. on the back of €51.5bn of new orders (up
14.2% FX-adj.) and the incorporation of Thiess. Backlog visibility continues to be above 2 years - The process of de-risking our order backlog continues with lower risk contracts representing more than 85% of the total (vs. 65% in 2017)
- c.50% of new orders are in new generation infrastructure markets
24.24.4
.88.2
2022024
acklog | acklog isibility (in months)(2) | |
(1) Biopharma, Health and Education. | 7 |
(2) Production calculated assuming full consolidation of Thiess to ensure comparability. |
FY 2024 | Results Presentation
Selection of recent significant new orders
Energy transition
- Western Downs Battery, design and construct Stage 2 of the 270 MW project in Queensland, Australia
- 700MWac Cobbora Solar Farm, development rights for solar farm and co-located large-scalebattery energy storage system (BESS) project in New South Wales, Australia
- HumeLink West project, high voltage transmission project significantly increasing the capacity of the electricity network in Australia's eastern states
New sustainable mobility
- Metro Trains Melbourne, extension of contract to operate metropolitan passenger rail services, Australia
- Surrey Langley SkyTrain, construction of elevated metropolitan railway line in Vancouver, Canada
- Suburban Rail Loop East project, to deliver the first major tunneling package as part of a consortium, Victoria, Australia.
- Fast charging networks for electric cars; contract to finance, plan, build and operate a regional fast-chargingnetwork, Germany
- Long Slip Rail Enhancement, of 2,000-footadjacent to the Hoboken Terminal Yard
Digital infrastructure
- Meta data center >$10bn, build company's largest data center campus to date, Louisiana, USA(2)
- Several new orders in the semiconductor sector such as the expansion of an assembly and test facility for chip lithography machines in the U.S.
- Vantage Data Center Campus, $2bn project for cloud technologies and artificial intelligence in Ohio, USA
- Other data center projects across the US, Canada and Southeast Asia with a total value of >8bn
Sustainable infrastructures
- Choa Chu Kang Waterworks, Leighton Asia, reconstruction works for Singapore´s Nation Water Agency
- Major climate resiliency contracts, to combat storm surges, rising sea levels, environmental threats resulting from climate change in Virginia Beach and Port Arthur, Texas, USA
- Burnett River replacement dam wall project, infrastructure project to provide the region with a long- term water storage and security solution near Bundaberg, Australia
- Wild Horse Reservoir in Park County, Colorado, up to 93,000 acre feet of water to improve Aurora Water's system reliability and resiliency
BHE(1) and Social Infrastructure
- UC Merced, new Health & Behavioral Sciences Medical Education Building at the University of California, USA
- Tennessee Titans new stadium, centerpiece of the city's larger redevelopment in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- North District Hospital, Leighton Asia expansion project providing around 1,500 additional hospital beds, Hong Kong
- San Francisco Airport, modernization and expansion of Terminal 3 West, San Francisco, California, USA
- Life Sciences Public Health Lab on the Governor W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus in Albany, New York
Transportation
- SR 400 Express Lanes, new high-speed lanes of more than 25km in Georgia, USA(2)
- IH 10 Highway, Colorado, USA
- US Open Phase II, Roadway improvements, widening and reduced conflict intersections for 2029 US Open Golf Tournament, North Carolina, USA
- Tram Grade Separation Projects along the existing tram line from Adelaide's CBD to Glenelg, South Australia
Critical metals
- Stobie Open Pit nickel/copper mine, services including mining operations, maintenance and asset management at nickel/copper project for Vase Base Metals, Canada
- Eloise Copper Mine: development of an underground link and construction of storage piles.
(1) | Biopharma, Health and Education. | 8 |
(2) | Project not yet included in the backlog figure. |
FY 2024 | Results Presentation
Performance by Segment
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FY 2024 | Results Presentation
Turner
Margin expansion and new orders growing at 31% yoy support continued strong growth
Euro Million | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | yoy | yoy FX-adj. | |
Sales | 16,185 | 19,264 | 19.0% | 18.6% | |
EBITDA | 433 | 551 | 27.1% | 26.7% | |
% margin | 2.7 % | 2.9 % | 18 bps | ||
PBT | (1) | 416 | 570 | 37.2% | 35.5% |
% margin | 2.6% | 3.0% | 39 bps | ||
NPAT | (2) | 295 | 411 | 39.5% | 39.0% |
Attributable NPAT | 224 | 327 | 45.8% | 45.4% | |
New orders | 18,595 | 24,383 | 31.1% | 30.6% | |
Order backlog | 24,581 | 31,930 | 29.9% | 21.7% |
Project Order backlog (as of December 2024)
- Very strong PBT growth of 37% to €570mn(1), with FY sales growth of 19% and a margin expansion
- Continued significant PBT margin expansion up to 3.0%, driven by Turner's successful strategy focused on advanced-tech projects
▪ Exceptional Net Operating Cash lo of € 12mn, up €254mn yoy, bringing
year-end net cash to €3.1bn, an increase of €695mn yoy
▪ Strong growth in new orders, up 31% yoy to €24.4bn, driven by data center | |
projects (+138%) and healthcare (+62%) | |
▪ | New order backlog record of €31.9bn |
▪ | Dornan acquisition, successfully closed in January 2025, will reinforce Turner's |
expansion in the European advanced-tech market, where there is a backlog of |
4%
20%
%
€31.9bn
42%
2%
igital Infrastructure
nergy
& Social infrastructure
eneral building
Other
identified opportunities of o er €20bn |
Cash flow and financial position
Euro Million | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | yoy |
Net Operating Cash Flow | 458 | 712 | +254 |
(Net Debt) / Net Cash | 2.397 | 3.092 | +695 |
Nota:
- 2024 PBT excludes Dornan acquisition costs.
(2) Before HT minorities in ACS. | 10 |
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