Revenues +3.1% LfL, mainly on the back of the COVID-19 impact on revenues in 2020 given the stoppages and the slowdown of works. International revenues accounted for 83%, focused on North America (37%) and Poland (29%).

COVID-19 impact has not been material compared to the volume of activity both in revenues and profitability, in line with previous quarters in 2021.

In 2021, Construction EBIT stood at EUR132mn vs. EUR101mn in 2020, absorbing the inflation impact on prices and improving the profitability achieved in 2020, with a significant improvement from Budimex. EBIT mg 2.2% (including EUR13mn capital gain from SCC divestment)  vs. 1.7% in 2020 (including EUR50mn of negative impact from COVID-19).

Details by subdivision:

• Budimex: Revenues increased by +2.7% LfL due to a different mix in execution contracts, in line with expectations. EBIT margin reached 7.3% in 2021 vs 5.8% in 2020 with EBIT +29.3% LfL, showing a substantial improvement. The extraordinarily high margin includes the emergence of the result in Budimex’s consolidated financial statements for internal works between the Construction division and the Real Estate division prior to the sale (EUR15mn). Excluding this extraordinary effect, EBIT would have been EUR112mn, maintaining the strength shown in last quarters (EBIT mg exc. one-off 6.4% vs. 5.8% in 2020). The Real Estate activity was classified as discontinued activity since 1Q 2021, and its contribution is excluded from Budimex results for 2021 and 2020.
• Webber: revenues decreased by -5.8% LfL, mainly due to the sale of the aggregate recycling activity along with the progressive withdrawal of the Non-Residential Construction activity, partially offset by the increase in the Civil Works activity as large projects entered into high execution phase, such as the I-10 San Bernard and Loop 12. EBIT margin increased extraordinarily to 3.6% in 2021 vs 2.1% in 2020, broadly due to the sale of the aggregate recycling activity.
• Ferrovial Construction: revenues grew by +5.6% LfL due to the impact of COVID-19 in 2020. EBIT stood at -EUR40mn, similar to previous year (-EUR26mn in 2020). In 2021, Ferrovial Construction has been affected by increases in prices of labor force, raw materials and energy prices, each with different impacts and mitigating factors depending on the different markets and clients, as well as by the cost of internal fees of onerous contracts which cannot be provisioned by accounting rules reaching -EUR43mn.
• Others: Infrastructure Maintenance Services in USA and Canada will remain within the perimeter of Ferrovial as part of the Construction business following the Services divestment decision. The business recorded EUR12mn of EBIT with 6.2% EBIT mg in 2021.

Record high order book reaching EUR12,216mn (7.4% LfL compared to December 2020). The civil works segment remains the largest segment (75%) and continues to adopt highly selective criteria when participating in tenders. The international order book accounts for 86% of the total.

The percentage of the construction order book (excluding Webber,  Budimex and others) from projects with Ferrovial reached 19% in 2021 (37% in 2020).

The order book figure at December 2021 does not include pre-awarded contracts or contracts pending commercial or financial agreement, which amount to EUR560mn, mainly from Budimex.

DIVESTMENT OF NON-CORE CONSTRUCTION ASSETS IN 2021

Budimex real estate business: Budimex sold its real estate business (Budimex Nieruchomości), which was classified as discontinued activity since 1Q 2021. In June, the sale materialized at the agreed price PLN1,513mn (EUR330mn, post transaction costs), implying a capital gain pre-tax & minorities of EUR131mn.

Prisiones Figueras and URBICSA: In 2021, Ferrovial completed the sale of 100% of the Group’s holding in Concesionaria de Prisiones Figueras & 22% of URBICSA to Aberdeen Infrastructure (Holdco) IV B.V for EUR42mn and EUR17mn respectively.

Nalanda sale: in March 2021, an agreement to sell Ferrovial’s 19.86% share of Nalanda Global (digital platform for documentation management) to PSG for EUR17mn.

SCC (Southern Crushed Concrete) asset sale: in June 2021 Ferrovial reached an agreement to sell its recycled aggregates activity at Webber for USD140mn (EUR112mn). The transaction was approved in 3Q 2021, implying a capital gain of EUR13mn.