MILAN (ITALPRESS) – The Board of Directors of Webuild has examined some data and information relating to the business trend since early 2026.
In the course of 2026, Webuild continued to strengthen on all major fronts – commercial, operational and financial.
On the commercial front, the new orders amounted to 3 billion euros, including 1 billion euros of competitions in which Webuild was best or only bidder, fully concentrated in low risk geographies such as Italy, Australia and North America, in full coherence with the portfolio de-risking strategy. The new most important projects concern the segment of sustainable mobility: in Italy the Lotto 1 of SS106 Jonica in Calabria, two new stations of the Line C of the Metro of Rome and the Variant of Mondovì; in the United States the modernization and extension of Interstate-4 in Florida. There are also initiatives in energy and water sectors, including the Kwinana gas station in Australia and the Naples East purification plant.
To these awards is accompanied by a short-term commercial pipeline of approximately 99 billion euros, “concentrated in geographical areas developed where Webuild boasts a consolidated presence and composed of contests presented and waiting for the award for 16 billion euros and competitions in preparation for 17 billion euros”.
On the operating front, the first months of 2026 were characterized by significant advances on the ongoing projects, in Italy and abroad. In the United States it was opened to traffic – almost three years in advance on the contractual deadline – a route of 11 km of new lanes of the Floridàs Turnpike highway project. The Senqu Bridge was inaugurated in Lesotho, the key work of the largest water transfer scheme in the African continent. In Italy, on the new high-speed/capacity line Genoa-Milano, the excavations of the railway interconnection tunnels of Novi Ligure were completed; on the new high-speed line Naples-Bari has been concluded the excavation of the most extended tunnel of the Lotto Apice-Hirpinia.
The Group’s technical and innovative capabilities, based on these operating results, have also been recognised in the ranking of the US TIME magazine on the most influential companies in the world in 2026, the TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026, which states that “Webuild has become the reference contractor for the infrastructure projects the world needs most, but which are often the most difficult to achieve.”
On the financial front, the Group successfully completed a liability management operation that saw the issue of a new 500 million euro senior bond with an expiry of 2032 and coupon of 4.5% and the concurrent repurchase, through tender tender tender tender, of about half of the bonds expiry in 2027. The new issue has registered a demand of more than 5 times the offer by the main international and domestic institutional investors, confirming the solidity of the results and prospects of the Group, “and has allowed to manage the corporate debt deadlines well in advance, further strengthening the structure of the capital”, continues the note.
“The Group continues to carefully monitor opportunities on strategic markets, where it enjoys a strong competitive position – Webuild points out. The international context continues to offer significant opportunities for infrastructure investments. In Europe, national development plans together with new NATO policies feed a structural demand for strategic infrastructure. In Italy there are multiannual programmes focused on transport, water networks and energy development infrastructure, with particular attention to the hydroelectric sector. North America, Oceania and Saudi Arabia also have prospects for cresthe development of the water and energy sectors and the planning of major international events that require modern and efficient infrastructure.”
In addition to its main markets, Webuild closely monitors other geographical areas “where it can take advantage of the local experience and technical skills acquired in recent years to achieve an adequate balance between risk and performance”.
Strong “of the industrial platform, a backlog and commercial pipeline record, focused on low-risk geographies, and a financial structure that has further strengthened with the recent liability management operation”, the Group faces 2026 “with full confidence, while maintaining careful monitoring of the geopolitical framework and its possible macroeconomic implications”. With reference to the context in the Middle East, the Group reports that its exposure to the area – where Webuild operates exclusively in Saudi Arabia – is limited “at about 5% of the backlog, with yards that continue regularly and in conditions of full security for Group staff and subcontractors”.
For 2026 the Group confirms the trajectory expected for the year: revenues in line with the record levels of 2025, supported by the significant backlog; continuation of initiatives of improvement of marginality and strengthening of the generation of operating cash; maintenance of a net positive financial position (net cash).
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