Quanta Services, Inc. Q4 FY2021 Earnings Call

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Overview

  • Quanta delivered record fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 results, including record revenues, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS, and backlog.
  • Strong performance driven by Electric Power and Renewable Energy Infrastructure Solutions segments, emergency storm response work, and contributions from recent acquisitions—most notably Blattner.
  • Management emphasized Quanta’s strategic positioning in the long-term energy transition, including grid modernization, EV charging infrastructure, renewable energy, and undergrounding initiatives.

Key Financial Highlights

  • Q4 2021 revenue: $3.9B (significant YoY growth).
  • Q4 adjusted diluted EPS: $1.54 (record, and higher than prior year).
  • Full-year adjusted EPS: $4.92, representing a CAGR of 26.6% since 2016.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for 2021: approx. $1.3B, a 16.8% CAGR since 2016.
  • Total backlog at year-end: record $19.3B, up more than $600M organically vs. Q3 (excluding acquisitions).
  • Free cash flow: $246M for 2021 (impacted by change-in-control payments; otherwise would have been higher).

Operational & Strategic Highlights

  • Continued advancement of “front-end solutions” strategy: design, engineering, permitting, environmental, and program management capabilities strengthened.

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Operator: Greetings and welcome to the Quanta Services Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Kip Rupp, Vice President, Investor Relations. Thank you. Please go ahead. Kip Rupp: Thank you and welcome, everyone, to the Quanta Services fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings conference call. This morning, we issued a press release announcing our fourth quarter and full year 2021 results, which can be found in the Investor Relations section of our website at quantaservices.com, along with a summary of our 2022 outlook and commentary that we will discuss this morning. Additionally, we will use a slide presentation this morning to accompany our prepared remarks, which is viewable through the call's webcast and is also available on the Investor Relations section of the Quanta Services website. Please remember that information reported on this call speaks only as of today, February 24, 2022. And therefore, you're advised that any time-sensitive information may no longer be accurate as of any replay of this call. This call will include forward-looking statements intended to qualify under the Safe Harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include all statements ref

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