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    Earnings call· Jun 2025(Q2 FY25)

    MASTEC Q2 FY25 earnings call MTZ

    Aug 1, 2025 Source

    Executive summary

    MasTec Q2 FY25 — Strong Organic Growth and Increased Outlook Driven by Accelerating Demand

    MasTec delivered robust organic growth in Q2 FY25, exceeding revenue and EPS guidance, driven by accelerating demand across all segments. The company is making significant investments in headcount and equipment to capitalize on strong market opportunities, particularly in pipeline and communications, which are expected to drive substantial growth and margin expansion in 2026 and beyond. Management expressed confidence in the long-term outlook, anticipating record backlog levels by year-end and continued strong performance.

    Highlights

    5

    • Q2 FY25 revenue exceeded guidance at $3.54 billion, a new quarterly record, growing 20% year-over-year and 25% sequentially.

    • Non-pipeline segments improved EBITDA by 42% year-over-year to $257 million, with revenue up 26%.

    • Total company backlog grew 23% year-over-year to $16.45 billion, including a 4% sequential increase, with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.2x.

    • Full-year 2025 adjusted EPS guidance midpoint increased 60% year-over-year to $6.34 per share.

    • Communications segment revenue grew 42% year-over-year, with adjusted EBITDA up 55% and margin improving 90 basis points to 9.9%.

    Concerns

    3

    • Free cash flow for Q2 was a use of $45 million, compared to a source of $253 million in the prior year, driven by higher working capital investment and accelerated capital expenditures.

    • Pipeline segment revenue declined 6% year-over-year and EBITDA dropped to $62 million from $135 million, primarily due to challenging comparisons from the MVP project wind-down.

    • Investments in increasing headcount (4,000 new team members) and equipment, particularly in the Pipeline segment, are slightly impacting 2025 margins.

    Guidance & targets

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    CategoryTargetConfidence
    Full-year 2025 Revenue
    $13.9B-$14B
    high materiality
    High
    Full-year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA
    $1.13B-$1.16B
    high materiality
    High
    Full-year 2025 Adjusted EPS
    $6.23-$6.44 (midpoint $6.34)
    high materiality
    High
    Q3 2025 Revenue
    $3.9B
    medium materiality
    High
    Q3 2025 Adjusted EBITDA
    $370M
    medium materiality
    High
    Q3 2025 Adjusted EPS
    $2.28
    medium materiality
    High
    Full-year 2025 Operating Cash Flow
    $700M-$750M
    high materiality
    High
    Full-year 2025 Net Cash Capital Expenditure
    $140M
    medium materiality
    High
    Power Delivery Full-year 2025 Revenue Growth
    mid-teens
    medium materiality
    High
    Power Delivery Full-year 2025 Margins
    high single-digit
    medium materiality
    High
    Pipeline Full-year 2025 Revenue
    ~$2B
    medium materiality
    High
    Pipeline Segment Margins
    improve sequentially in Q3, best performance in Q4
    medium materiality
    High
    Clean Energy Segment Margins
    about even with Q2
    low materiality
    High
    Communications and Power Delivery Segment Margins
    further sequential improvements
    medium materiality
    High
    Total Backlog
    record levels
    high materiality
    High
    Non-pipeline Segments Adjusted EBITDA Margin
    approaching double digits
    medium materiality
    High
    2026 Pipeline Business Revenue
    a lot more like our '24 pipeline business
    high materiality
    High
    2026 Total Revenue
    exceed $15B
    high materiality
    High
    2026 EBITDA Margins
    improve versus 2025
    high materiality
    High
    2026 EPS
    exceed $8
    high materiality
    High

    Segment performance

    4
    SegmentRevenueYoYQoQMargin
    Communications
    The market backdrop for telecom infrastructure remains very healthy and dynamic given robust capital investments being made by our customers to support broadband delivery and enable enhanced artificial intelligence applications. Wireless business continues to see strong growth from expanded geographies served and from continued broadening of services. In wireline, overall strong demand continues to be supported by broadband infrastructure build-outs and by federal investment.
    Adjusted EBITDA growth: +55%Adjusted EBITDA margin improvement: +90 bpsBacklog: $5B (record)Backlog growth YoY: +13%Backlog growth QoQ: +2%
    		—+42%—9.9%
    Power Delivery
    We believe we are on track to meet our full year targets and continue to expect margin improvement in the second half of the year from a combination of volume growth, mix improvement and solid execution. The need for substantial utility customer capital expenditures in the coming years is pressing as power demand drives the need to upgrade and add to an aging infrastructure.
    Backlog growth YoY: +14%
    		—+20%—as expected
    Clean Energy and Infrastructure
    Within this segment, both Renewables and Infrastructure had double-digit growth and solid margin performance. We are very confident that our customer mix, which is heavily skewed to the top-tier developers, will have a high level of success in their ability to safe harbor projects.
    Adjusted EBITDA: $83.3M (nearly doubled from $47.3M)Adjusted EBITDA margin improvement: +240 bps YoYNew awards Q2: $1.6BNew awards Q1: $1.1BBacklog: $4.9B (new record)Backlog growth QoQ: +11%Book-to-bill: 1.4x
    		—+20%—7.4%
    Pipeline Infrastructure
    The primary driver here being the challenging comparisons from the MVP project wind down last year. Gas-fired generation is clearly going to play a much more significant role in future years than we were expecting, and we fully expect to benefit from a multiyear investment curve in this important baseload generation source.
    Adjusted EBITDA: $62M (vs $135M YoY)Backlog growth QoQ: -5%New awards Q2: >$450M
    		$540M-6%+52% sequential increase11.5%

    Operational metrics

    10
    Adjusted EBITDA
    $257M+42% YoY
    Q2 FY25
    Adjusted EBITDA Margin
    8.5%+100 bps YoY, +230 bps QoQ
    Q2 FY25
    Days Sales Outstanding
    65 days-1 day QoQ
    Q2 FY25
    Share Repurchases
    $40M
    Q2 FY25

    Extinguished prior remaining authorization.

    Share Repurchase Authorization
    $250Madditional authorization
    Q2 FY25
    Total Liquidity
    $2B
    Q2 FY25
    Net Leverage
    2.0x
    Q2 FY25

    Expected to decrease in the back half of the year.

    Total Headcount
    +4,000>10% increase
    Q2 FY25

    Compares to an increase of a couple of hundred in last year's second quarter. These additions are a direct result of the demand we are enjoying today, but more importantly, for the need we see to scale up for what we are expecting in 2026 and beyond.

    New Awards
    $1.6Bcompared to $1.1B in Q1 FY25
    Q2 FY25
    New Awards
    >$450M
    Q2 FY25

    Did not include certain project verbal awards.

    Industry KPIs

    7
    MetricValueDetails
    Total backlog$16.45BUSD
    Book to bill ratio1.2xx
    End market pipeline—
    Acquisition contribution—
    Self perform activity mix—
    Same store organic revenue growth—
    Craft skilled labor headcount capacity+4,000team members

    Orderbook & backlog

    5
    Total Backlog (18-month)$16.45BQ2 FY25

    +4% QoQ, +23% YoY

    Another record level of total backlog for MasTec.

    Clean Energy & Infrastructure Backlog$4.9BQ2 FY25

    +11% QoQ

    New record level.

    Communications Backlog$5BQ2 FY25

    +2% QoQ, +13% YoY

    Record level.

    Power Delivery Backlognot statedQ2 FY25

    +14% YoY

    Pipeline Infrastructure Backlognot statedQ2 FY25

    -5% QoQ

    Did not include a number of verbally awarded projects whose contracts we expect to sign shortly.

    Deals & partnerships

    1
    nullRefinanced credit facilities

    Our strong balance sheet and well-structured debt profile provide us significant financial flexibility to pursue a disciplined return-focused capital allocation strategy.

    Risks & headwinds

    4
    Impact of Headcount/Equipment Investments on 2025 Margins2025

    slightly impacting margins

    Mitigation: While these additions should allow us to further increase our margin potential, we expect any impact to be short term, particularly in our Pipeline segment. We think we're absorbing those costs in 2025.

    Challenging Comparisons from MVP Project Wind-downQ2 FY25

    Pipeline revenue decline 6% and EBITDA dropped to $62 million from $135 million

    Mitigation: We now expect that we will revert to growth beginning in the third quarter to complement ongoing sequential growth.

    Free Cash Flow UseQ2 FY25

    -$45M

    Mitigation: The variance was driven mainly by higher working capital investment versus last year as well as somewhat higher capital expenditures as we accelerated certain capital investments for growth. We are increasing our expectation to $700 million to $750 million of cash flow from operations for 2025, assuming DSOs average around the mid-60s for the balance of the year.

    Macro Uncertainty (Policy/Geopolitical)2025 outlook

    null

    Mitigation: As we discount risk in our forecast planning.

    What to watch in Q3 FY25

    5

    Pipeline Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin

    Q3 FY25 and Q4 FY25
    Current11.5% (Q2 FY25)
    Targetsequential improvement, best performance in Q4

    Why it matters

    This indicates the effectiveness of current investments and the segment's return to historical profitability, crucial for overall company margins.

    We expect pipeline segment margins to improve sequentially in the third quarter and achieve its best margin performance in the fourth quarter, setting us up for strong performance going into 2026.

    Q&A highlights

    5

    How did the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' and policy uncertainty affect customer feedback and activity, especially for 2026 bookings, and how are Tier 1 customers positioned?

    Jose Mas stated that customer plans for '25 and '26 have been unaffected, and bookings success had nothing to do with the federal legislative process. He believes the bill solidified '25 plans and positioned them well for '26 growth. Top-tier developers are best positioned to manage safe harbor opportunities, allowing projects to play out until 2030. He also noted renewables are becoming competitive even without subsidies.

    “I'd say our customers so far have been unaffected, right? I think what everybody's plans were for '25 are ongoing, quite frankly, what everybody's plans were for '26 are ongoing.”

    asked by Steven Fisher · answered by Jose Mas

    2 min read6 chapters

    Detailed Narrative

    01

    Strong Demand Across Diversified End Markets

    MasTec experienced significant acceleration across all business segments in Q2 FY25, with non-pipeline revenue up 26% and EBITDA up 42% year-over-year. This broad-based demand is driven by robust capital investments in broadband, AI applications, grid upgrades, and a resurgence in pipeline infrastructure, positioning the company for continued growth into 2026 and beyond. The company's diversified end markets are showing strong momentum, with expectations for record backlog levels by year-end.

    02

    Strategic Headcount and Equipment Investments

    The company added nearly 4,000 new team members in Q2, a 10% workforce increase, and raised net cash capital expenditure guidance to $140 million for FY25. These investments are strategically aimed at scaling operations to meet anticipated future demand, particularly in the Pipeline segment, which is preparing for a large multi-year cycle starting in 2026. While these investments are slightly impacting 2025 margins, the company expects the impact to be short-term, with high utilization in 2026.

    03

    Clean Energy Market Clarity and Confidence

    The passage of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' has provided clarity on renewables tax credits through 2027 and a path for safe harboring projects through 2030. MasTec expresses high confidence in its top-tier developer customer mix to successfully navigate these policies and believes the market will remain strong due to the fundamental cost competitiveness of renewable energy, even without federal subsidies. New awards in Clean Energy and Infrastructure totaled $1.6 billion in Q2, up from $1.1 billion in Q1.

    04

    Pipeline Segment Resurgence

    Despite a Q2 revenue decline of 6% year-over-year due to challenging comparisons from the MVP project wind-down, the Pipeline segment saw a 52% sequential revenue increase to $540 million and is expected to return to growth in Q3. Management is highly bullish on the segment's short- and long-term outlook, anticipating a multi-year investment curve driven by gas-fired generation, LNG export, and domestic demand, with 2026 revenues expected to approach 2024 levels of $2.1 billion.

    05

    Communications Segment Growth Drivers

    The Communications segment continues to exhibit strong growth, with Q2 revenue up 42% year-over-year and adjusted EBITDA growing 55%. This is fueled by robust capital investments from telecom customers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile) in fiber passings, middle-mile broadband build-outs, and hyperscaler CapEx for data centers. The wireless business also continues strong growth, with the Ericsson project being a multi-year cycle, and the wireline market showing significant demand.

    06

    Capital Allocation and M&A Stance

    MasTec refinanced its credit facilities, enhancing liquidity to $2 billion and reducing net leverage to 2.0x. The company's capital allocation prioritizes organic growth investments, but management indicated a readiness to be more active in opportunistic, accretive tuck-in M&A, having largely completed the integration of IEA and achieved significant organic growth. The board authorized an additional $250 million share repurchase program in Q2.

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