MAIRE into 2Q: Steady in E&C, NextChem M&A driving revenue growth

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MAIRE into 2Q: Steady in E&C, NextChem M&A driving revenue growth

Italy | Oil Services & Equipment

Maire EquityJulyResearch15, 2026

ESTIMATE CHANGEMAIRE into 2Q: Steady in E&C, NextChem

RATING BUYM&A driving revenue growth

PRICE €14.13^

At 2Q results (30 July), we expect +2%/+3% q/q improvement in group

revenue/EBITDA driven by higher STS (NextChem) revenues following PRICE TARGET | % TO PT €19.00 | +34%

Ballestra deal completion in June. We forecast IE&CS results broadly flat 52W HIGH-LOW €16.80 - €10.90

q/q, with execution on Middle East E&C projects continuing without major FLOAT (%) | ADV MM (USD) 45.0% | 8.15

disruption, similar to 1Q. >€2bn orders announced in 2Q takes ytd awards MARKET CAP €4.4B | $5.1B

to c.€7bn, already ahead of FY25 awards and likely lifts backlog >€16bn. TICKER MAIRE IM ^Prior trading day's closing price unless otherwise

noted.

IE&CS revenue likely similar to 1Q; still no material Middle East impact. During 1Q, Middle

East E&C projects; namely Hail & Ghasha (UAE) and Amiral (Saudi) "continued without major

FY (Dec) CHANGE TO JEFe JEF vs CONS

disruptions" and the call spoke to alternative corridors having been identified for the delivery

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of critical equipment should they be needed, but which would not be necessary earlier than

July or August. E&C execution therefore is expected to follow a similar trend to 1Q, and we REV NM NM +1% +1%

model revenues & margin flat q/q for €99m EBITDA / €1.7bn revenue. Hail & Ghasha project is EPS -2% -1% +2% +7%

expected to reach 90% overall completion by YE26, up from 70% as of 1Q26, with the majority

of that annual progression in 9M26e. 2026 (€) Q1A Q2 Q3 Q4 FY

EPS 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.25 0.93

STS (NextChem) revenue ramping on M&A, new STS backlog high. We model a 19% q/q PREV 0.95