Fluor Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced financial results for its third quarter ending September 30, 2025.

“Fluor’s third quarter results demonstrate our commitment to disciplined project delivery and creating value for our clients and shareholders,” said Jim Breuer, chief executive officer of Fluor. “Despite continued short term uncertainty in some markets, we are well positioned with unmatched global engineering and construction expertise, disciplined execution, a predominantly reimbursable portfolio, and a clear capital allocation strategy. We remain confident in our ability to deliver significant value over time.”

Breuer continued: “Working with NuScale’s management and board over the past several quarters, we recently announced a comprehensive agreement for the conversion and monetization of our remaining stake in NuScale. This allows Fluor to realize significant value from this investment and return it to our shareholders.”

• Q3 2025 Highlights:
  • Revenue of $3.4 billion, down 18% y/y; reflects $653 million reversal for Santos ruling
  • GAAP net loss attributable to Fluor of $697 million reflects a $653 million charge for the Santos ruling in August plus $401 million for the reduction in NuScale’s share price
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $161 million, up 29% y/y
  • EPS of ($4.30); adjusted EPS of $0.68, up 33% y/y
  • Consolidated segment loss^[1] of $439 million reflects Santos ruling
  • Cash and marketable securities at the end of the quarter improved to $2.8 billion
  • G&A expenses of $43 million, up 16% y/y, includes $12 million in restructuring costs
• Q3 Operating Cash Flow: $286 million vs $330 million y/y, YTD improvements driven by reduced working capital needs and distributions from a large Energy Solutions project; full year guidance increased to $250 - $300 million
• NuScale: Received net proceeds of $605 million through early October for 15 million shares converted in Q3; Monetization of remaining 111 million shares expected to finish in the second quarter of 2026
• New Awards: Q3 new awards totaled $3.3 billion, up 21% y/y; 99% reimbursable
• Backlog: $28.2 billion at 82% reimbursable, down 10% y/y from $31.3 billion a year ago and flat with Q2
  
  [1] Non-GAAP Financial Measure. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information.

Outlook

Consistent with prior practice, we are not providing forward-looking guidance for U.S. GAAP net earnings or U.S. GAAP earnings per share, or a quantitative reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA or adjusted EPS guidance, because we are unable to predict with reasonable certainty all of the components required to provide such reconciliation without unreasonable efforts, which are uncertain and could have a material impact on GAAP reported results for the guidance period. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information.

The company is revising its adjusted EBITDA and EPS guidance as follows:

Estimates for 2025 assume a tax rate of 30%. Adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA guidance exclude items similar to those outlined in the reconciliation table at the end of this release.

Business Segments

Urban Solutions reported a profit of $61 million in the third quarter compared to $68 million in the third quarter of 2024. Results include an adjustment of $25 million for delay related effects on an infrastructure project, which was partially offset by a favorable negotiation with a designer on a separate infrastructure project. Results also reflect a ramp up of recently awarded projects in life sciences and mining. Revenue for the third quarter increased to $2.3 billion from $1.9 billion a year ago. New awards for the quarter were $1.8 billion compared to $828 million a year ago. Awards for the quarter included incremental awards on a mining project in Canada and a life sciences project in the United States. Ending backlog increased 8% to $20.5 billion compared to $19.0 billion a year ago.

Energy Solutions reported a loss of $533 million in the third quarter compared to a profit of $50 million in the third quarter of 2024. Results include $653 million for the ruling on the long-completed Santos project in Australia, which was recorded as a reduction to revenue. Payment is anticipated in the fourth quarter, and the company has submitted its appeal. Revenue for the quarter decreased to $262 million from $1.4 billion a year ago, reflecting the Santos litigation mentioned above. New awards in the quarter totaled $222 million, compared to $1.5 billion in the third quarter of 2024. Ending backlog was $5.1 billion compared to $8.8 billion a year ago.

Mission Solutions reported a profit of $34 million in the third quarter compared to $45 million in the third quarter of 2024. Segment profit reflects the recognition of reserves for certain questioned and disputed costs on a defense support project, mostly offset by the favorable resolution on a longstanding claim on a completed weapons project. Revenue for the third quarter increased to $761 million from $635 million a year ago. New awards for the quarter improved to $1.3 billion, compared to $274 million in the third quarter of 2024. New awards included a six-year contract to extend Fluor’s presence at the Portsmouth project in Ohio. Ending backlog was $2.6 billion compared to $3.1 billion a year ago.

Conference Call

Fluor will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Friday, November 7, 2025 which will be webcast live and can be accessed by logging onto investor.fluor.com. The call will also be accessible by telephone at 888-800-3960 (U.S./Canada) or +1 646-307-1852. The conference ID is 4438700. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This news release contains discussions of consolidated segment profit (loss) and margin, adjusted net earnings (loss), adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA that are non-GAAP financial measures under SEC rules. Segment profit (loss) is calculated as revenue less cost of revenue and earnings (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests. The company believes that segment profit (loss) provides a meaningful perspective on its business results as it is the aggregation of individual segment profit measures that the company utilizes to evaluate and manage its business performance. Adjusted net earnings (loss) is defined as net earnings (loss) from core operations excluding equity method earnings (loss) and the impacts of foreign exchange fluctuations, impairments and certain items that management believes are unrelated to actual normalized operational performance. Net earnings (loss) from core operations is net earnings (loss) attributable to Fluor excluding the results of our remaining Stork and AMECO equipment businesses that are no longer classified as discontinued operations but that continue to be marketed for sale or that have been sold. Adjusted EPS is defined as adjusted net earnings divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net earnings (loss) from operations before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), further adjusted by the same items excluded from adjusted net earnings. The company believes adjusted net earnings, adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA allow investors to evaluate the company’s ongoing earnings on a normalized basis and make meaningful period-over-period comparisons. However, non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation from or a substitute for measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Reconciliations of consolidated segment profit (loss), adjusted net earnings, adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in the press release tables. The company is unable to provide a reconciliation of its adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA guidance to the most comparable GAAP measure without unreasonable efforts because it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty all of the components required to provide such reconciliation, including the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations, which are uncertain and could have a material impact on GAAP reported results for the guidance period.

About Fluor Corporation

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is building a better world by applying world-class expertise to solve its clients’ greatest challenges. Fluor’s nearly 27,000 employees provide professional and technical solutions that deliver safe, well-executed, capital-efficient projects to clients around the world. Fluor had revenue of $16.3 billion in 2024 and is ranked 257 among the Fortune 500 companies. With headquarters in Irving, Texas, Fluor has provided engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services for more than a century. For more information, please visit www.fluor.com or follow Fluor on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube.

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