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Balfour Beatty plc
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Balfour Beatty (LSE: BBY) nears record as £23bn backlog meets margin test
Balfour Beatty hit a record after raising 2026 guidance. Can its £22.9bn order book lift US construction and power margins further?
Balfour Beatty’s biggest revenue engine still runs at a 0.9% margin
US Construction generated almost 45% of Balfour Beatty plc’s first-half revenue but only about 14% of profit from earnings-based businesses. Even modest margin recovery could therefore have an outsized effect on group earnings.
Balfour Beatty raises 2026 profit outlook as UK power and US data centres reshape growth
Balfour Beatty plc has raised its 2026 profit outlook after first-half revenue reached about £5.6 billion, with UK power infrastructure and U.S. data-centre construction giving the contractor a stronger growth mix than traditional civil engineering alone.