HCA Red Flag: Vestas' profit is twice as high as analysts' expectations (AI)
HC Andersen Capital
Summary
- Vestas reported an operating profit of 446 MEUR, significantly exceeding the expected 205 MEUR, and raised its margin range, indicating a potential positive impact on its share price.
- The company announced a share buyback program of 400 MEUR, which is substantially higher than the 100 to 150 MEUR anticipated by analysts.
- Despite a decline in service margins and offshore revenue falling short of expectations, Vestas improved its overall margin and raised its full-year guidance for the first time in three reports.
- The order backlog decreased slightly, with no new offshore orders, and the average price of new orders dropped due to American projects.
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Red Flag · First reading of the financial report · AI-generated content
Vestas (VWS) · Q2 2026 · August 12
The share price has fallen 7% in three months and is 13% below its April peak
Overall assessment
Positive assessment
Positive assessment Balanced Negative assessment
An operating profit of 446 MEUR vs. expected 205 MEUR, a raised margin range, and a share buyback of 400 MEUR should lead to a higher opening for the share, which entered the financial report 13% below its April peak. Service was the only segment that declined.
Red flags in the financial report
Service earns less than a year ago
Margin 16.6% · Q2 2025 17.2%
Service revenue of 896 MEUR met the expected 900 MEUR, but the margin fell due to higher depreciation on the vessels the company uses offshore. Vestas raised the group's margin range and left the service margin untouched at 15.5% to 17.5%, in the final year of a recovery plan targeting 25%.
Offshore did not deliver
Offshore revenue 989 MEUR · Est. 1,021 MEUR
Offshore revenue was below expectations, while onshore exceeded them by 222 MEUR, meaning the scaling up needed to close the gap to a group margin of 10% was carried by the older business. Vestas still does not publish a separate offshore margin, so the question analysts have pressed for in three quarterly conferences remains open.
Order backlog for turbines slipped
Order backlog 36.0 BEUR · March 36.3 BEUR
Order intake of 3,349 megawatts met expectations but was below the 3,504 megawatts delivered, and none of the orders were offshore. The average price of new orders fell to 1.00 MEUR per megawatt from 1.16 MEUR, which Vestas attributes to American projects where the company delivers a smaller portion of the work.
Green flags in the financial report
Profit more than doubled expectations
Actual 446 MEUR · Est. 205 MEUR
The operating profit before special items yielded a margin of 9.4% vs. the 4.5% analysts had expected. Power Solutions, the turbine business, returned to a margin of 10.4% from minus 0.4% in the previous year, an improvement of 10.8 percentage points.
The margin range was raised for the first time
New: 7% to 9% (previously 6% to 8%)
Vestas raised its full-year guidance after maintaining the old range for three consecutive financial reports, and issued a separate stock exchange announcement for the increase. The new midpoint is above the 7.2% analysts had estimated, so full-year estimates will need to be revised upwards.
A share buyback three times larger than expected
New: 400 MEUR
Vestas will begin buying back its own shares for 400 MEUR on August 13 and will continue the program until the end of the year, vs. the 100 to 150 MEUR Nordea analyst Claus Almer had expected. Free cash flow after adjustments turned positive at 94 MEUR vs. minus 227 MEUR in the previous year.
Disclaimer: This is an HCA AI-generated research commentary based solely on the company's published financial report. The commentary does not constitute investment advice and should not be the sole basis for investment decisions. Investing in shares involves a risk of loss. Seek professional advice. /HC Andersen Capital, 07.40, 12.08.2026