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Arcosa, Inc.
10/31/2025
We stand by. We're about to begin. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the ARCOSA third quarter 2025 earnings conference call. My name is Beau, and I will be your conference call coordinator today. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. Now, I would like to turn the call over to your host, Ms. Erin Drabeck, Vice President of Investor Relations for ARCOSA. Please go ahead, Ms. Drabeck.
Good morning, and thank you for joining ARCOSA's third quarter 2025 earnings call. With me today are Antonio Carrillo, President and CEO, and Gail Peck, CFO. A question and answer session will follow their prepared remarks. A copy of the press release issued yesterday and the slide presentation for this morning's call are posted on our investor relations website, ir.arcosa.com. A replay of today's call will be available for the next two weeks. Instructions for accessing the replay number are included in the press release. A replay of the webcast will be available for one year on our website under the News and Events tab. Today's comments and presentation slides contain financial measures that have not been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the closest GAAP measure are included in the appendix of the slide presentation. In addition, today's conference call includes forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Please refer to the company's SEC filings for more information on these risks and uncertainties, including the press release we filed yesterday and our Form 10-Q expected to be filed later today. I would now like to turn the call over to Antonio.
Thank you, Erin. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for a discussion of our third quarter results and the outlook for the rest of the year. Let me start with a few key takeaways on slide four. Q3 was a record quarter for Arcosa. We delivered double-digit revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth, with all three segments contributing to our strong results. Revenue increased 27% and adjusted EBITDA grew 51%, both excluding the impact of the divested steel components business. Likewise, our record adjusted a beta margin of 21.8% was a 340 basis points improvement over the same period last year. We believe our third quarter performance is a testament to the strength of the portfolio optimization strategy we have undertaken over the past few years, highlighted by the accretive contribution of the $1.2 billion Stavola acquisition, which we closed a year ago. The strength of our business model is underscored by the free cash flow generation and debt reduction we delivered during the third quarter. The team did a great job with particular focus on disciplined cash management. As a result, we ended the quarter with a leverage ratio of 2.4 times, putting us two quarters ahead of our stated plan to return to our 2 to 2.5 leverage target within 18 months of the Stavola acquisition. We are extremely proud of this progress. Now that we are back within our target range, we will continue to take a balanced approach on capital allocation, investing in the business to drive growth while maintaining a healthy balance sheet. Moving next to an update on our business units. Within construction products, third quarter adjusted segment Evita was a record $150 million and margin expanded 300 basis points. Stavola led our significant third quarter growth and was highly accretive to segment margins. The acquisition performed well in this first year, delivering $105 million in adjusted EBITDA, a 35.2% margin for the 12 months ending in September 30th. Overall, we saw higher ASPs and higher volume in the aggregates business, leading to double-digit unit profitability gains. Engineer Structures continues to deliver strong organic performance, benefiting from increased demand in our utility structures business and higher volumes in our wind tower business. In the third quarter, we increased adjusted EBITDA by 29%, expanding margins by 240 basis points. With significant tailwinds in the U.S. power market remains robust and our backlog in utility and related structures is at record levels. Additionally, we received new wind tower orders, improving our near-term production visibility while we wait for an anticipated uplift to demand in 2027 and beyond. The barge business executed well generating double-digit revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth with margin increasing 190 basis points. Our barge backlog is up 16% year-to-date, and we have production visibility for both hopper and tank barges extending well into the second half of 2026. Our outlook for the remainder of the year remains very positive. Overall, demand trends are favorable, and we believe our U.S.-focused operations are well aligned with long-term infrastructure and secular power market drivers. We have increased the midpoint of our 2025 adjusted EBITDA guidance range and anticipated 32% year-over-year growth, reflecting strong accretion from Stavola, as well as double-digit organic expansion. To wrap up, the third quarter performance reflects steady progress in executing our strategic priorities. And with a stronger balance sheet, we're once again in a position to look at potential M&A opportunities, as well as organic investments, as we seek to further enhance long-term shareholder value. I will now turn over the call to Gail to discuss our third quarter results in more detail. Gail?
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