Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Ferrovial's H1 2026 evidence is operationally favorable: adjusted EBITDA increased 21.6% like-for-like, North American highways delivered strong pricing, Construction maintained its 3.5% long-term margin target with a record EUR18.046 billion order book, and New Terminal One reached 92% construction completion. The August selection of the Ferrovial-led consortium for Tennessee's USD9.2 billion I-24 Choice Lanes project reinforces the long-duration North American pipeline. Offsetting these merits are mixed traffic volumes across individual managed lanes, execution exposure to a small number of complex projects, government-contracting and financing risks, and remaining commissioning risk at New Terminal One.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets3 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$70.18
Mean target$77.65
High · most bullish analyst$92.58
Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$70.1823%

USD48 per Nasdaq-listed share. The bear case assumes traffic weakness broadens across North American assets, Construction margin falls below its long-term target, one or more large projects experience delay or cost pressure, and New Terminal One commissioning or airline commercialization underperforms.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$77.6558%
Matches the consensus mean

USD70 per Nasdaq-listed share. The base case assumes highway revenue remains supported by pricing despite mixed traffic, Construction holds around its 3.5% long-term margin target, New Terminal One progresses without a material reset, and the enlarged North American pipeline supports long-duration value creation.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$92.5819%

USD84 per Nasdaq-listed share. The bull case assumes sustained highway pricing above inflation, improving transaction growth across the managed-lane portfolio, successful completion and commercialization of New Terminal One, continued conversion of the record Construction order book near or above the 3.5% margin target, and effective execution of the I-24 Choice Lanes opportunity.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • H1 2026 adjusted EBITDA increased 21.6% like-for-like to EUR746 million, while revenue increased 11.3% like-for-like to EUR4.701 billion.
  • Highways revenue increased 15.8% like-for-like, with revenue per transaction rising between 8.7% and 18.9% across the five disclosed U.S. Express Lane assets.
  • Construction achieved a 3.5% adjusted EBIT margin and a record EUR18.046 billion order book, with North America representing 47.9% of that backlog.
  • New Terminal One reached 92% construction completion and had 32 airline agreements or letters of intent as of July 28, 2026.
  • The Ferrovial-led DriveTN consortium was selected for Tennessee's USD9.2 billion I-24 Southeast Choice Lanes project, expanding the North American development pipeline.
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Key Investment Risks
  • Traffic growth was mixed in H1 2026: transactions declined 2.0% at NTE and 5.2% at I-77 even as revenue per transaction increased.
  • Ferrovial identifies dependence on a small number of major projects, government contracting, competitive bidding and project cost or schedule estimation as material uncertainties.
  • New Terminal One remains exposed to completion, commissioning and airline-commercialization execution despite reaching 92% construction progress.
  • Large public-private partnership projects require sustained access to financing and successful management of joint ventures, subcontractors and public-sector counterparties.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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