Strabag reaches record profit of 823 million euros - a look at 2025!

Strabag reaches record profit of 823 million euros - a look at 2025!

Austria's largest construction group Strabag achieved a record profit of 823 million euros in the 2024 financial year. This represents a remarkable increase of 31 percent compared to the previous year. The profit per share (EPS) also increased by 17 percent from 6.30 to 7.35 euros. These positive figures were reached under the direction of CEO Stefan Kratochwill, who described the result as the best in the company's history. Despite a stagnating sales of 17.4 billion euros - in the previous year it was 17.7 billion euros - the construction work was raised to 19.24 billion euros, which corresponds to a slight increase in 1 percent, such as Oe24 reported.

The company's order stock was 25.4 billion euros at the end of the year, which corresponds to an increase of 8 percent compared to 23.5 billion euros in 2023. This growth underlines the company's economic strength in a challenging market environment. EBITDA for 2024 amounts to 1.64 billion euros, which corresponds to an increase of 16 percent. The EBITDA margin also improved from 8 to 9.4 percent.

market environment and challenges

in 2024 Strabag had a mixed market environment. While there were strong impulses in the infrastructure sector, the company saw itself with challenges in building construction. Despite the declining trends in individual building regents, Strabag was able to compensate for them through strategic measures and achieve a strong result. The sales of sales from 17.7 to 17.4 billion euros was partly caused by these challenges. Nevertheless, the company reports consolidated sales of 17.422 billion euros, which corresponds to a stable decline of only 0.4 percent.

For 2025, those responsible from Strabag expect an increase in construction to around 21 billion euros and have raised the EBIT margin destination to at least 4.5 percent. These expectations are based on the high order stock and possible contributions from acquisition, such as Strabag newsroom supplemented.

context of the construction industry

The construction industry has gone through significant changes in recent years. The sustainable upswing in the industry has ended since 2022, which is due to the war of aggression on Ukraine and the associated economic turbulence. Increasing costs, prices and interest rates have had a negative impact on the construction industry, even if there is still a clear need for construction. This affects both residential construction and the maintenance of brass infrastructures, such as Building industry determined.