Extracted Insight

  • Order backlog reached €10 bn, up 13.5% year‑on‑year and 4.9% sequential from Q4 2025.
  • Q1 order intake rose 14.7% to €1.77 bn; Poland contributed €331 m versus €161 m a year earlier.
  • First‑quarter EBIT was €14.3 m (+13.1%) with margin 1.1% (up from 1%); EBITDA €66.8 m (+3%); revenue €1.25 bn (‑1.5%).
  • Book‑to‑bill improved to 1.4× (Q4 2025 1×); Austria/Switzerland 1.9× despite a 26.8% drop in production output; Poland 1.5×.
  • Production output was €1.30 bn (+2.3%); cross‑border tunnelling was a standout performer; average staffing fell 1% to 19,939.
  • Civil engineering accounts for 60.6% of the backlog, residential construction 7.5%; data centres, healthcare infrastructure and educational facilities were cited as emerging growth drivers.
  • CEO Karl‑Heinz Strauss said the backlog exceeds one year’s output and reiterated a 2030 EBIT margin target of 3.5‑4% and moderate growth guidance, stopping short of an upgrade.
  • The company expects no significant burden on project margins from material or energy costs, citing contractual pass‑through clauses, active risk management and hedging measures, despite heightened global uncertainty.