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Forterra H1 2025 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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H1 2025 earnings summary29 Jul, 2025

Executive summary

  • Revenue rose 20.4% year-over-year to £195.1m, driven by strong volume growth and modest price increases, especially in housebuilding products.

  • Adjusted EBITDA increased 23% to £29.9m, with adjusted PBT up 82.4% to £16.6m; interim dividend up 90% to 1.9p per share.

  • Net debt before leases reduced to £69.4m (1.4x adjusted EBITDA), reflecting strong operating cash flow.

  • Strategic investments in capacity and operational excellence, with ramp-up at Desford and commissioning at Wilnecote and Accrington underway.

  • Strategic exits from non-core Formpave and Bison Bespoke businesses announced, expected to be margin and cash flow accretive.

Financial highlights

  • Revenue: £195.1m (up 20.4%); adjusted EBITDA: £29.9m (up 23%); adjusted PBT: £16.6m (up 82.4%).

  • Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 15.3% (up 30 bps year-over-year).

  • Operating cash flow was £30m, up over 125% year-over-year, with 100% conversion to adjusted EBITDA.

  • Adjusted EPS rose 81.3% to 5.8p; statutory EPS fell due to exceptional items.

  • Interim dividend: 1.9p per share (up 90%).

Outlook and guidance

  • H2 adjusted EBITDA expected to be modestly ahead of H1; full-year adjusted EBITDA and PBT now forecast above previous expectations.

  • Board remains cautious on UK economic fragility and potential impact on housing, but confident in long-term market recovery.

  • Year-end leverage expected just above 1x adjusted EBITDA, with further debt reduction anticipated.

  • Current trading conditions expected to persist through November, with no further volume increases but continued strong demand from housebuilders.

  • Recent investments in production capacity position the group to benefit from market recovery.

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Forterra plc manufactures and sells masonry products in the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Bricks, Blocks, and Bespoke Products. The company offers bricks; aircrete and aggregate blocks; and bespoke products comprising precast concrete flooring, concrete block paving, and chimney and roofing components, as well as other building products under the London Brick, Butterley Brick, Ecostock, Cradley, Thermalite, Conbloc, Bison Precast, Jetfloor, Red Bank, and Formpave brand names. It serves builders' merchants, residential homebuilders, specialized brick merchants, contractors, and subcontractors

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