nVent Electric plc Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Overview

  • nVent delivered a record year in 2025 with strong growth across sales, EPS, and free cash flow, each increasing at or above 30% versus 2024.
  • Fourth-quarter results exceeded guidance for both sales and EPS, driven primarily by exceptional momentum in infrastructure and data centers.
  • The company completed a major portfolio transformation: divesting Thermal Management and acquiring EPG and other assets, expanding exposure to high‑growth infrastructure markets.
  • Infrastructure now accounts for 45% of sales, with data center revenue surpassing $1 billion in 2025 (up from $600 million in 2024).
  • Backlog ended at $2.3 billion, triple the prior year, providing strong forward visibility.

Key Financial Highlights

Fourth Quarter 2025
  • Sales: $1.067 billion, up 42% year over year. Organic growth was 24% (Q4 2024 comparison).
  • Adjusted Operating Income: $210 million, up 33%.
  • Adjusted EPS: $0.90, up 53%.
  • Free Cash Flow: $189 million, up 26%.
  • Organic orders rose ~30%, led by very large AI-driven data center orders.
Full-Year 2025
  • Sales: $3.9 billion, up 30% (13% organically).
  • Adjusted Operating Income: $786 million, up 21%.
  • Adjusted EPS: up 35%.
  • Free Cash Flow: $561 million, up 31%, with 102% cash conversion.

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Operator: Good day, and welcome to the nVent Electric plc Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. After today's presentation, to ask a question, you may press star then 1 on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then 2. Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Tony Riter, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Tony Riter: Thank you, and welcome to nVent Electric plc's fourth quarter 2025 earnings call. On the call with me are Beth Wozniak, our Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and Gary Corona, our Chief Financial Officer. Today, we will provide details on our fourth quarter and full-year performance, and 2026 outlook. All results referenced throughout this presentation are on a continuing operation basis unless otherwise noted. Before we begin, let me remind you that any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to future risks and uncertainties, such as the risks outlined in today's press release and nVent Electric plc's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results. Today's webcast is accompanied by a presentation, which you c

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