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Last Earnings Call

Fiscal Period
Q2 2026
Call Date
Jul 16, 2026
AI Summary
Q2 2026

Record quarter: ABB reported another record Q2 for both orders and revenues, with broad-based demand, stronger earnings, solid margin improvement and good cash flow.

Outlook raised: Management raised full-year comparable revenue guidance to low double-digit to low teens growth and said margin should improve from last year.

Orders strong: Group orders reached about $12 billion, up 28% on a comparable basis, with particularly strong growth in Electrification and Motion and no sign of prebuying.

Margins mixed: Group operating margin improved, but Motion remained under pressure from Gamesa Electric, High Power inefficiencies and timing issues in Traction.

Big M&A step: ABB announced an offer to acquire Rotork, saying it fits strategically in the automation loop and would add roughly 3% to 2025 revenue and lift margin by about 20 basis points.

Data centers: Data center demand remained a major growth driver, with triple-digit orders in Electrification and strong activity also in Motion cooling-related businesses.

Key Financials
Orders
about $12 billion
Revenue
$9.5 billion
Operational EBITA
$1.9 billion
Operational EBITA margin
20.2%
Gross margin
40%
Book-to-bill
1.27
Backlog
$30 billion
Free cash flow
$881 million
Full-year free cash flow
$4.6 billion
Electrification orders
$7.0 billion
Electrification revenue
$5.2 billion
Electrification operational EBITA margin
24.9%
Electrification backlog
$13.7 billion
Motion orders
$2.6 billion
Motion revenue
$2.2 billion
Motion operational EBITDA margin
18.5%
Automation orders
$2.5 billion
Automation revenue
$2.2 billion
Automation operational EBITA margin
15.4%
Rotork revenue
GBP 777 million
Rotork adjusted operating margin
24.6%
Rotork offer price
503p per share
Rotork deal value
about $5.5 billion
Rotork EV/sales
about 5.3
Rotork EV/EBITDA
about 19.5%
Rotork impact on 2025 revenue
about 3%
Rotork impact on operational EBITA margin
about 20 basis points
Rotork closing timing
first half of 2027
E-mobility losses
$18 million
E-mobility full-year losses
around $50 million

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