Terex Q1 2026 Earnings Report

Terex EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $0.98
• Consensus EPS: $0.78
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$0.20
• One Year Ago EPS: $0.83

Terex Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $1.73 billion
• Expected Revenue: $1.70 billion
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$34.75 million
• YoY Revenue Growth: +41.10%

Terex Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q1 2026
• Date: 5/1/2026
• Time: Before Market Opens
• Conference Call Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
• Conference Call Time: 8:30AM ET

Terex (NYSE:TEX) is a global manufacturer of lifting and material-handling plant and equipment, serving a range of industries that includes construction, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing and shipping logistics. Its product portfolio encompasses aerial work platforms, rough terrain and tower cranes, port and cargo handling equipment, material processing machinery and utility products. These offerings are marketed under well-known brands such as Genie®, Terex® AWP, Terex® Cranes, Demag®, and Powerscreen®, and are designed to meet diverse application requirements from building sites to industrial facilities and ports.

Headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, Terex traces its roots back to 1933 and has grown through strategic acquisitions and organic expansion. The company became part of General Motors in the 1980s and was spun off as an independent, publicly traded entity in 1986. Over the decades, Terex has established manufacturing, sales and service operations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, enabling localized support and rapid response to customer needs. In recent years, the company has focused on streamlining its product lines and investing in digital tools for equipment monitoring, maintenance and aftermarket service.

Leadership at Terex is headed by President and Chief Executive Officer John L. Garrison III, supported by a team of executives responsible for finance, operations, engineering and global sales. Under their guidance, the company has prioritized operational efficiency, safety and sustainability, while pursuing growth in emerging markets and expanding its service footprint. Continued investment in research and development aims to deliver next-generation machines that minimize environmental impact and enhance productivity for customers worldwide.

Terex Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: Terex reported a strong Q1 with pro forma sales up ~10.8% (reported +41% including REV), EPS of $0.98 (includes ~$0.10 one‑time tax benefit), and backlog increased to $7.1 billion, and management reconfirmed its full‑year 2026 guidance.
• Positive Sentiment: The REV acquisition/Specialty Vehicles integration is progressing as planned with about $28 million of synergies expected in 2026 and line‑of‑sight to a $75 million run‑rate within 24 months, while Specialty Vehicles grew ~20% in the period and improved margins.
• Positive Sentiment: Materials Processing delivered notable momentum — Q1 pro forma sales +18.3%, bookings +38% YoY, backlog up 53% y/y and EBITDA margin expanded to ~15% (up 310 bps), positioning MP well for 2026.
• Neutral Sentiment: Aerials showed very strong bookings (132% book‑to‑bill, ~$1 billion backlog) giving forward visibility, but Q1 was break‑even on EBITDA due to seasonality, temporary mix and tariff effects, and the business is under a strategic review/divestiture process.
• Positive Sentiment: Financial position improved: net leverage reduced to 2.4x, net working capital/sales improved to 16.7% (from 26%), Q1 free cash outflow was seasonal (~$57M) and the company expects 80–90% free cash conversion for 2026.

Presentation

[Operator]

Greetings, and welcome to the Terex first quarter 2026 results conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. A brief question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Derek Everitt, Vice President, Investor Relations. Derek, please go ahead.

[Derek Everitt, VP of Investor Relations at Terex]

Good morning, and welcome to the Terex first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. A copy of the press release and presentation slides are posted on our investor relations website at investors.terex.com. In addition, the replay and slide presentation will be available on our website. We are joined today by Simon Meester, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jennifer Kong, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Their prepared remarks will be followed by a Q&A. Please turn to slide two of the presentation, which reflects our safe harbor statement. Today's conference call contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks that could cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied. These risks are described in greater detail in the earnings material and in our reports filed with the SEC.

[Derek Everitt, VP of Investor Relations at Terex]

On this call, we will be discussing non-GAAP financial information, including adjusted figures that we believe are useful in evaluating the company's operating performance. Reconciliations for these non-GAAP measures can be found in the conference call materials. Please turn to slide three, and I'll hand it over to Simon Meester.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thanks, Derek. Good morning. I would like to welcome everyone to our earnings call and appreciate your interest in Terex. We're off to a good start for the year, including our new Specialty Vehicles segment, which was in the portfolio for two months of the period and already making a meaningful contribution to the group. We grew sales by 11% on a pro forma basis, including growth in all four segments, led by Specialty Vehicles, which grew 20% compared to the same period last year. Terex Utilities was our fastest growing business this quarter. Utilities team is doing an excellent job ramping up production in a very bullish market. EPS increased 18% year-over-year to $0.98 or 6% improvement with a normalized tax rate.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Quarter ending backlog increased to $7.1 billion, which includes strong bookings trends, particularly in Materials Processing, Aerials and Terex Utilities, providing good forward visibility and consistent with our expectations for the year. As a result, we are reiterating our full year outlook and with the recent additions to our portfolio, remain laser focused on execution and integration. Which brings me to slide four. The REV integration is progressing as planned. We are executing the same playbook we used for the ESG integration, which we completed ahead of schedule and within budget with synergies above target. For the synergies with REV, we are on track to realize approximately $28 million in 2026 by eliminating duplicate overhead and have line of sight to achieving a $75 million run rate within our 24-month target.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

With regards to the integration effort, all work streams are at or ahead of schedule. In addition, I'm particularly encouraged by the way the Legacy Terex and Legacy REV teams are working together, and the two cultures are meshing really well. Last week, the Specialty Vehicles Team showcased our 3rd Eye Digital Solution at the Fire and Emergency Trade Show in Indianapolis, and we're very pleased with the level of interest it created. 3rd Eye is an AI-based solution that our Environmental Solutions segment developed for their customers to provide situational awareness around the vehicle and add tangible commercial and operational benefits. It's an integral part of what is now referred to as smart truck technology in the waste collection sector. Our digital team has already developed applications that leverage this technology for utility vehicles, cement mixers, and have now added fire and emergency vehicles to their scope.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Good progress on the REV integration and the synergies front. We're also pleased with the progress we are making with the strategic review of our Aerials business. We continue to engage with multiple interested parties and are working towards an outcome that maximizes value for our shareholders. We do not have any specific details to share at this time, but we will continue to update you as the process unfolds. Moving to page five. Over the past two years, we deliberately shifted our portfolio's end market exposure to more U.S.-based, resilient, and predictable sectors with attractive growth profiles. As a result, Terex is far less exposed to global macro dynamics and trade policy than in the past. Based on pro forma 2025 results, about 80% of our revenue was generated in North America, of which roughly 85% was manufactured in the United States.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Our end markets are more stable and our supply chain is more durable. Touching briefly on our primary verticals, demand for fire and emergency vehicles continues to be strong. We are making strategic investments to improve production efficiency and increase capacity in key areas such as ladder trucks, where we are increasing capacity by 35% at our Ocala, Florida plant. In South Dakota, we're increasing capacity for the pre-engineered S-180 Pumpers. Both investments will help to reduce lead times, and with the S-180 pumper, provide our customers with a lower cost alternative that we can deliver in about nine months. In waste and recycling, our customers are indicating that 2026 demand will be more skewed towards the second half, including anticipated pre-buys ahead of the 2027 EPA changes.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Aerials is well-positioned to outperform the market again this year due to its product portfolio, production quality, and its lead times. We continue to anticipate growth in aftermarket, retrofits, and digital sales this year. Of course, the long-term fundamental growth drivers for the segment remain intact. Utilities is poised for strong growth for 2026 and beyond as demand on the U.S. grid continues to increase, particularly from data center expansion and AI use cases. Industry forecasts call for 8%-15% annual CapEx growth through 2030. We're making good progress with our phased investment to bring 30% more capacity online by the end of next year. Finally, in construction, we see robust infrastructure activity supported by government funding. The pipeline of mega projects provides a tailwind through 2030.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

MP continues to grow its business in India, and we are starting to see improvements in Europe and Australia, although oil prices can potentially hamper some of that growth given the more vulnerable state both of those markets are currently in. In summary, in the past two years, we have built a highly resilient portfolio of businesses that enable us to navigate short-term macro and market-specific dynamics and deliver on our financial objectives predictably and consistently going forward. With that, I'll turn it over to Jen.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Thank you, Simon, and good morning, everyone. Let's look at our Q1 results on slide six. Our operational performance was in line with our expectations. We grew sales to $1.7 billion, an increase of $505 million, or 41% compared with the prior year on a reported basis. The growth was due to the merger with REV Group that closed on February 2nd, and growth in each of our legacy segments. On a pro forma basis, we grew 10.8%, led by strong growth in Specialty Vehicles, Materials Processing, and Terex Utilities. Excluding the impact of the merger and the sale of our cranes and Midwest businesses, organic revenue increased 8.1% with increased sales across all legacy segments.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Q1 EBITDA margin was 9.9%, down 50 basis points versus the prior year, primarily driven by Terex, which were not in effect in the prior year period, partially offset by improved performance in MP and SV. Interest and other expenses of $44 million was $1 million lower than Q1 last year. The first quarter effective tax rate was 11%, driven by favorable one-time tax attributes. EPS for the quarter was $0.98, which included approximately $0.10 of one-time tax benefit when the Q1 tax rate is compared to our 2026 full year expected tax rate of 21%. Our operational EPS improvement was $0.05 compared to last year, despite the tariff headwinds. Notably, our current Q1 EPS is based on 96.1 million shares outstanding, up from 66.9 million in the first quarter of 2025.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Free cash outflow in the quarter was $57 million, consistent with Q1 last year. Terex historical cash generation is seasonally weighted towards the back half of the year, with first quarter cash outflows reversing as volume increases and working capital unwinds through the remaining of the year. Importantly, our newer businesses, particularly Specialty Vehicles, have a more favorable working capital profile with significantly less seasonality. As a result, our Q1 net working capital as a percentage of sales improved to 16.7% compared to 26% in the same period last year. We also reduced our net leverage ratio to 2.4x and remain disciplined with our capital structure, focused on maximizing value for our shareholders. Please turn to slide seven to review our segment results, starting with Environmental Solutions.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

As expected, sales growth of 3.3% in ES was driven by Terex Utilities as they began to ramp up to meet strong demand for bucket trucks, digger derricks, and parts and services. Q1 EBITDA margin of 18% was lower than the prior year due to a higher mix of Utilities volume, where margins continued to improve, coupled with lower ESG volume, partially offset by higher synergy realization. Turning to slide eight. MP had a very good first quarter, growing bookings and sales and expanding operating margin. Sales of $419 million were 18.3% higher than prior on a pro forma basis, or 12% higher excluding the impact of foreign exchange rates. Growth in aggregates was the primary driver as sales grew in every region. The handling and environmental verticals also grew in the quarter.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

MP EBITDA margin continued to improve, reaching 15% of the quarter as higher volume, efficiency improvements and pricing actions drove the 310 basis point increase over the prior year. The margin actions and increasing bookings of backlog sets MP up well for the balance of 2026. Moving to slide 9. Our new Specialty Vehicles segment got off to a great start, generating $436 million of revenue in February and March, representing growth of 20% compared with the same period last year. The growth was a combination of price realization and higher unit deliveries across all product lines, partially due to weather-related delivery timing. EBITDA margin increased by 160 basis point to 14.2%, driven by higher throughput, price realization, and improved operational efficiency.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Turning to page 10, Aerials had another strong bookings quarter, with 132% book-to-bill, generating a $1 billion backlog, giving us forward visibility as we head into the annual selling season. Sales in the quarter were $469 million, up 4.2% year-over-year, largely due to positive foreign exchange rates. As suspected, Aerials EBITDA was break even because Q1 is typically a seasonally low volume quarter and due to tariffs which the business did not incur this time last year. In addition, the business faced some temporary unfavorable mix, but expects favorable price cost dynamics for the remaining of the year. Turning to bookings on slide 11.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Before going into each segment, for Terex overall, Q1 pro forma bookings of $2.1 billion represented 109% book-to-bill ratio and led to modestly higher backlog on a sequential and year-over-year basis. In Environmental Solutions, Q1 bookings were $347 million, slightly lower than prior quarters due to the timing of several large utilities bookings that were recorded in Q4. We expect bookings level and utilities to remain strong, and our focus remains on ramping up throughput to meet demand. On the ESG side, we expect orders to be more heavily weighted to the second half of the year, including additional orders for delivery in advance of the new 2027 EPA regulations. MP bookings of $623 million reflects 38% year-over-year growth on a pro forma basis.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

While aggregates was the main driver, bookings also increased in concrete, material handling, and environmental. MP ended the quarter with $594 million in backlog, up $205 million, or 53% versus the prior year, setting it up for strong performance through 2026. SV bookings came in at $501 million. As you can see on the chart, orders can be lumpy in the segment, but overall, the backlog remains elevated, and the team is focusing on bringing lead times down with calculated investments. Finally, Aerials bookings of $620 million in Q1, combined with $971 million in Q4, is 21% higher than the same six-month period a year ago. While growth was strongest in North America, we also saw modest growth in EMEA, providing good visibility for the balance of 2026.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Turn to slide 12 for our 2026 outlook. We are operating in a complex environment with many macroeconomic variables and geopolitical uncertainties, results could change negatively or positively. The outlook we are providing today reflects our current portfolio and does not account for any cost to achieve the synergies, purchase accounting adjustments, nor other non-recurring items. Our first quarter performance, booking trends, and backlog of $7.1 billion supports reconfirming the full year 2026 outlook that we provided in February. We continue to expect 2026 sales to grow approximately 5% on a pro forma basis to $7.5 billion-$8.1 billion. We further expect pro forma EBITDA to grow by approximately $100 million, or 12% year-over-year to between $930 million and $1 billion, or 12.4% EBITDA margin at the midpoint.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Included in our EBITDA outlook is approximately $28 million of synergies that we're well on our way to realizing. This is in line with our goal to achieve $75 million of run rate synergies within two years of closing the merger. We continue to anticipate interest and other expenses to be approximately $190 million, consistent with pro forma 2025, based on average debt outstanding of about $2.7 billion. The effective tax rate for the full year is still expected to be 21%. We expect 2026 EPS between $4.50 and $5.00. Please note, the share count for quarters two through four will be approximately 115 million.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

For modeling purposes, approximately 25% of our full year EPS is anticipated in the second quarter as we expect profitability in Aerials and Environmental Solutions to improve in the second half. We expect 2026 free cash conversion of between 80% and 90% of our net income. Our net leverage is expected to improve over the course of the year. Looking at our segments, we expect Environmental Solutions to grow mid-single digits in 2026, led by utilities where we continue to ramp up production to meet strong demand. We expect margin to improve in the second half due to higher volume, including digital and aftermarket, productivity improvements, and improved customer mix. We do not foresee a material impact from the recent tariff changes on ES performance.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Turning to MP, the strong start to the year and growth in bookings and backlog gives us confidence in a high single-digit pro forma growth outlook for the segment, largely driven by aggregates. We also expect margins to improve through 2026 due to higher volume, productivity, and favorable price costs. It's important to understand that mobile crushing and screening equipment, the primary products in the aggregate vertical that we import from the U.K., are not subject to two-three-two tariffs. Our new Specialty Vehicles segment got off to a great start, and with roughly two years of backlog, provides very good visibility for the balance of the year. We continue to expect sales growth of high single digits from an 11th-month pro forma prior total of $2.2 billion.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

We also continue to expect meaningful margin improvement compared to the prior EBITDA margin of approximately 12.5% due to higher throughput, price realization, and ongoing operational improvements. From a modeling perspective, we expect run rate revenue and margins in Q2 and Q3 to be similar to Q1, with a modest seasonal step down in Q4 due to fewer working days. We do not foresee a material impact from recent tariff changes on SV performance. Finally, in Aerials, we continue to anticipate 2026 sales and margin to be similar to 2025. We have good visibility with over $1 billion of backlog, following back-to-back quarters with strong bookings. Margins are expected to improve sequentially in the second and third quarters with higher volume, price realization, favorable customer mix, and disciplined cost management.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Even with a higher impact of tariffs versus last year, we expect Aerials to be largely price cost neutral for the full year. With Q1 behind us, healthy backlog, and fleet utilization, we expect the business to have bottomed and start its path to cyclical recovery. In summary, given that we are only one quarter into the year, and there are macro variables that we do not control, we believe it is prudent to hold our 2026 outlook at this point in time. We will obviously refine our outlook as the year unfolds. Please turn to slide 14, and I'll turn it back to Simon.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thanks, Jen. We delivered a solid start to 2026, with strength in Materials Processing and Utilities, and a strong initial contribution from our new Specialty Vehicles segment. Integration execution is progressing as planned, and we are on track to deliver our synergy commitments. Our portfolio is more resilient and predictable, with greater North America exposure and less sensitive to macro volatility and tariff changes than in prior years. Our teams are focused on disciplined execution against our strategy and our annual plan as we build on the progress that we've made to date. With that, I would like to open it up for questions. Operator?

[Operator]

Your first question comes from the line of Angel Castillo with Morgan Stanley. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

[Angel Castillo, Analyst at Morgan Stanley]

Hi, good morning, and happy Friday, and thanks for taking my question. Just wanted to start, I guess, you delivered a very solid Q1 here and an EPS beat. You know, you had very strong bookings and improving margins in all the segments and yet I guess you to hold the full year guidance constant. You know, Jennifer, I know that you kind of qualified it as prudent, but curious, I guess, is this primarily a function of macro tariff uncertainty or just more about conservatism?

[Angel Castillo, Analyst at Morgan Stanley]

You know, curious if you could add, to the extent that there is conservatism, in the guide, I guess, where are you seeing most areas of kind of uncertainty within the business, or where do you see the most kind of room for upside risk in terms of, you know, the segments or the products?

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Morning, Angel. Thanks for the question. The short answer is, as Jen said in her prepared remarks, that it's much more about discipline and timing than any change in how we feel about the fundamentals of the business. We are very pleased with how the year started. You know, Q1 execution, strong bookings and backlog improved, and we are seeing good momentum across the board. That said, we are only one quarter into the year. We are operating in an environment that still has a fair amount of uncertainty around macro conditions and tariffs. We believe that at this point it's most prudent to confirm the outlook that we set in February, which already contemplated solid growth and margin expansion and synergy realization.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

We feel like it reflects our confidence in delivering those commitments while also basically allowing us to see a bit more conversion and volume flow through the system. Importantly, I think is, you know, nothing that we've seen year to date has changed our confidence in the underlying trajectory of the business. As the year progresses, we'll, you know, we'll gain additional visibility and we'll continue to evaluate the outlook based on how we execute and how things evolve at the macro level. For now, we think reaffirming is the right and responsible approach.

[Angel Castillo, Analyst at Morgan Stanley]

That's totally fair. I guess as a follow-up to that, Simon, I was hoping you could unpack the backlog and booking trends a little bit more, I guess. First, just curious how orders have progressed, you know, through your segments in March and April. I think you just noted that there's maybe you haven't seen anything change so far, but just a little bit more color on that. You know, if also if you could expand on the MP bookings and backlog. I think that's the strongest we've seen in a couple of years here. Just can you talk about what you're seeing in terms of demand there and whether that was maybe more of a one-time step up or if it's just kind of a continuation that you anticipate in terms of demand?

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

I mean, we're very encouraged by the bookings in MP. We think there's strong momentum. MP's, you know, as you know, is mostly a dealer model. We see fleets at a healthy level. We see utilization at a healthy level. We see RPOs coming back in, which were being a little delayed in the last couple of quarters, but we're seeing the RPOs picking back up. We're very pleased with the momentum that we see building in MP and we expect that to carry forward in the remainder of the year. Pleased with the bookings in Aerials. We've got now six of the nine months covered.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

With, you know, some of that price cost coming our way for the remainder of the quarters, we feel good about where that's going. Then, on ES, very strong Environmental Solutions, very strong bookings, continued bookings in Utilities. Although, when the slide that we showed shows a little bit of a dip in Q1, that's mostly because we had bookings that we thought would drop in Q1, dropped in Q4 with Terex Utilities, so they were a bit lumpy. Secondly, we see the center of gravity for ESG bookings more in the second half tied to new product introductions, fleet replacements, and potential pre-buys. That explains a little bit the booking pattern in ES.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Last, SV continues to be moving strong on bookings. Although as lead times gradually and slowly start to improve, we expect bookings to start to come down at some point, because as you can see from our appendix in the earnings deck, the backlog basically in that business has been going up consistently for the last three years. As an industry, we've been very focused on bringing that down, hence the investments that I spoke about in my prepared remarks. We should be seeing bookings come down at some point in SV and see us working that backlog down. I think bookings strong story this quarter and particularly encouraged with some of our MP and Aerials that we see some early cycle signs here.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

You know, we see some independents picking up in Aerials, which is typically a sign for us that, you know, there might be some early cycle momentum building here that we're encouraged by for the year.

[Angel Castillo, Analyst at Morgan Stanley]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thank you.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Kyle Menges with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

[Kyle Menges, Analyst at Citigroup]

Great. Thank you. I was hoping if you could just talk about any changes to how you're thinking about margins across the segments for the year and tariff impacts. I think you said in the press release fairly negligible, but are tariffs at least somewhat of a incremental headwinds weighing on the guide?

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Right. Hey. Hey, Kyle. Good morning. This is Jen. Maybe I'll start with MP first. Given the great performance in Q1, we expect a further step up in our margin profile in Q2 and Q3.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Driven by the higher volume, support of our backlog and the higher bookings, and also favorable mix, and price cost favorability in that segment. We expect that to go up further. On ES, we expect that Q2 to be very similar than Q1. Our Q2 margin profile, our volumes continue to be driven by Utilities. We expect a meaningful step up in our margin profile in second half of the year for ES versus first half of the year, driven by ESG book-to-bill, that Simon actually referenced in his prepared remarks. We expect higher margin digital and aftermarket to drop through into second half of the year. Finally, Utilities continue to drive through prod as both of our Waukesha and Birmingham install facilities continues to ramp up.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Ending with maybe SV. On our SV margin, we expect, like I mentioned in the prepared remarks, the Q2 and Q3 run rate to be very similar to our Q1, and then a marginal step down in Q4 due to, you know, lower last working days and due to customer inspections. In terms of the Aerials segment, we do expect that Q2, we expect a natural step-up driven by our seasonal demand at 25% incremental. We expect Q3 a further step-up driven by favorable customer mix, favorable capitalized variances, and cost actions. Q4, which is a natural step down driven by seasonal lower demand, partially offset by realization of additional cost actions. Again, for Aerials, Q1 was price cost unfavorable. For the rest of the year is price cost favorable, which leads to a full year of price cost neutral.

[Kyle Menges, Analyst at Citigroup]

Got it. I'm just curious your confidence level in Aerials being price cost favorable for the rest of the year, with maybe some incremental tariff impacts. Curious if there's any ability to get additional price or getting some help perhaps from the higher mix of independents. Would just love to hear that.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Kyle, I forgot address your question on the tariff piece. From a sequential standpoint, I don't see additional headwind on our tariff. The reason why I mentioned that in the press release, it's negligible in the tariff is because the change in the 232 calculation is largely offset by the IEEPA going away. For us, for the Aerials business, we do have six months of backlog already in our backlog, we can see what is the margin profile of those backlog. We can see a favorable mix in our customer mix and also indies that is in our backlog and also the pipeline as well. We are very comfortable with the price cost favorability for the rest of the year.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah. Good forward visibility on price, cost, and mix. That basically is what giving us the confidence of the step up in margins in Aerials.

[Kyle Menges, Analyst at Citigroup]

Helpful. Thank you, guys.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thank you.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Thank you.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Mig Dobre with Baird. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

[Mig Dobre, Analyst at Baird]

Yeah. Thank you so much. Appreciate the time here. I guess it's great to hear that tariffs are not having much of an impact, but I'm curious as to how you're managing inflation more broadly, right? I mean, we're seeing it in material costs, we're seeing it in energy freight, components. You know, where are you today versus maybe where you were back when you initially issued this guidance from an overall cost standpoint? What are you doing to be able to maintain, you know, positive price costs like you talked about earlier? Is this a function of additional pricing adjustments on your end, or is there something else inherent in how you're operating this year that we should be aware of?

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Hey, Mig. Good morning. This is Jen. In terms of, you know, our cost inflation, any of our CPI index changes, it usually has a three to six months lag due to the hedging program that we do have, the vendor contracts that we're locked in for three to 12 months ahead of time. The commodity inflation is already baked into our current outlook. What we see, you know, in terms of the only risk from a cost inflation standpoint, it's higher inbound freight costs that we might have to incur for some of our international routes. From a mitigation standpoint, as you know, our SV segment already baked in 6% to 8% of value-added price in our backlog, which covers the CPI inflation based on delivery lead times.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

The SV segment also has commercial chassis that's on a pass-through pricing mechanism so that it doesn't really impact us at all. MP and ESG is more of a book-to-bill business right now given the normalization, which means that if we cannot mitigate the cost ourself, we have the ability to flow down them as a surcharge. Our 2026 guidance already conservatively accounts for the known energy and commodity headwinds. With North America now representing more than 80% of our revenue, where energy inflation is more moderate and end market fundamentals remain robust, I feel that we're well positioned to manage the energy price volatility in 2026 without any material downside risk to our current outlook.

[Mig Dobre, Analyst at Baird]

All right. Understood. My follow-up, in Materials Processing, very good order performance there. I'm wondering if this is a function of dealers finally starting to restock. If that's the case, I'm wondering relative to history, where do you think this process is? You know, how many more innings do we have in terms of dealer restock, and how do you separate out from actual end user demand at this point and how that's developing? Thank you.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah, a great question. It's a little bit of both. It's definitely end user demand is picking up as well, particularly in the U.S. We've had the tailwind of mega projects for quite some time. Now data centers, we actually see more spend actually landing in terms of infrastructure and road and bridge building, if you will. All those are mobile crusher applications. Obviously, that drives some of the sentiment, and that also drives some of the willingness of our dealers to replenish. We also see RPO conversions picking up as I think I mentioned earlier on this call. It's a little bit of both. Fleets are where they need to be. They're not high, they're not low.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Basically, most of the bookings in crushing and screening is triggered by RPO conversion. If a customer converts a rental into a procured unit, it turns it into a booking from our dealer onto us. It's a little bit of mix of both, of more end user demand, a little bit better sentiment, and then fleets being in the right place.

[Mig Dobre, Analyst at Baird]

Appreciate it. Thank you.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thanks, Mig. Good luck with the construction.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Tim Thein with Raymond James. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

[Tim Thein, Analyst at Raymond James]

Excellent. Thank you. Good morning. Just a first question on the Specialty Vehicles segment. With just a bit more time accrued under your belt, owning REV, I am just wondering if there have been any notable takeaways or findings that, you know, inform you about the outlook for the business and kind of the prospect for synergies as you look out. Maybe just kind of an update on REV to start.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah, no, appreciate the question. Obviously very excited. A lot of good things happening. They had a good start of the year. It's only two months. We actually had a slightly better start to the year than we had originally anticipated. Because of some of the weather in January, we weren't able to fly customers in to do for the final inspection of their trucks. Some of that kind of revenue that we were anticipating in January actually dropped into February. That's why they were up a bit more in February, March than I think they will be for the remainder of the year. That's why we're holding their guide to a high single-digit, even though they were well into the double-digits for the first two months.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah, I mean, it's obviously a lot of backlog to work through, so the focus needs to stay on production output, quality production output. That's what the team has been focusing on for the last six, seven quarters, and we wanna make sure that we help them maintain that momentum. That's really where the focus is. At the same time, you know, we are very inspired and encouraged by the synergies that we're seeing, not just from a, you know, an overhead standpoint, but also operational synergies. You know, looking at each other's supply chains, and there's a lot there. We're very encouraged by the synergy pipeline as that is ramping up and that's building out.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

As I said in my prepared remarks, we have eight or nine work streams to basically integrate the business and we're doing well, really well on all of those work streams. So far it's been, it's been a great first couple of months, and we're very excited with what that business can bring to our group overall.

[Tim Thein, Analyst at Raymond James]

Got it. Okay. Yeah, probably a bit of a stretch to call this a related follow-up, so be it. Maybe just wanted to spend a minute for an update on your stake in Apptronik. You know, there's obviously lots of buzz these days around humanoid robotics. There's been some speculation of additional funding rounds likely on the horizon, potentially at like a, you know, $15 billion or $20 billion implied valuation for that company. I was hoping if you can just remind us of your ownership stake, and I guess secondarily, how, if at all, you're leveraging that technology within your operations. Thank you.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thanks for the question. Maybe for context, Apptronik is a humanoid manufacturer, and we made an investment in Apptronik several years ago because we believed that humanoids would have application in our business. We're thinking about warehousing, manufacturing, maybe even job sites. Our stake has certainly nicely appreciated over the last couple of years. We have an active technology pipeline with Apptronik. We actually launched our first prototype of a zero-gravity arm that was developed by co-developed by Apptronik and Genie at the CONEXPO show a little over one month ago. Proudly, you know, voted as one of the 5 best innovations shown at the show by, I believe it was Construction Week.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

It's a great, you know, that's an industry, you know, game changer, we think, because it significantly increased safety and it allows basically one person in the platform to install, you know, ceiling panels or drywall because the zero-gravity arm holds it all in place, you know, effortlessly, and you can manipulate and operate that arm really with just one finger, you know. That's a great example of what Apptronik is bringing to our industry. The feedback that we received from customers at that show was really encouraging. Those are the kind of things that we're working on with Apptronik, and we're very pleased with that partnership.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Tim, this is Jen. If I could just add that we account for that at the cost perspective. The valuation that you talk about is not recorded.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of David Raso with Evercore ISI. Your line is open.

[David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI]

Hi.

[Operator]

Please go ahead.

[David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI]

Thank you for the time. Specialty Vehicles. I appreciate the January month when you did not own it, there was less shipments and you sort of got the benefit that if they shipped later in the quarter when you did own it. Let's just talk about the first quarter pro forma. It seems like Specialty Vehicles revenues pro forma, if you'd owned it the whole quarter, were about, you know, $615 million, $620 million, something like that. When you say revenue run rate to be similar to the first quarter, is that sort of the revenue number you're referencing? I just wanna follow up on that just so I get clarification first.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah. It's probably you're not far off on that number. It's probably gonna step up a little bit in Q2, Q3, then it's gonna come down in Q4 because we have less working days in Q4. You're not far off, David.

[David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI]

I guess the spirit of the question is, your ability to bring better throughput to REV Group's factories was a key aspect of maybe the opportunity to really leverage the backlog this year. Just curious why we would not see a step up. Now I understand if it's first quarter, we don't wanna look out too far and change the guidance. I'm just curious why we would think there's no throughput increase from that first quarter run rate, because it would imply the rest of the year has very little growth.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

We are.

[David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI]

from a year ago.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah. We are guiding high single digits for this segment. Typically, you know, two-thirds of that is probably price, and one-third of that is unit growth. Now we do have, I mentioned, investments coming online, those mostly will come online in the fourth quarter of the year, so they don't yet have a meaningful impact for 2026. That, yeah, we're going from mid-single to high single digit kind of unit growth. That's really the focus, you know, that we have for that business for 2020, 2027. Now, obviously, there's two years backlog. We think that that eventually will settle at a one-year kind of backlog level. That's what we think is the sustainable level. That's the trajectory that we're working on, David.

[David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI]

Again, the sequential, I was just thinking the backlog seemed to get repriced well, there'd be a little more sequential from that first quarter run rate. I'm just trying to level set everybody. Just that seems like an area where, especially trying to get that backlog down, I mean, as you said, it's a huge backlog. It's two years of backlog. You know, I appreciate that'll be coming down. Just trying to understand the factory opportunity, the backlog repriced opportunity, just to make sure we understand the revenue. I guess it is what it is. You're saying you think the revenue will be flat sequentially from a pro forma basis, kind of 1Q to 2Q, 3Q. I'm just making sure I understand fully.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah, no, I said step up from Q2 to Q1. Sorry, Q1 to Q2 will be a step-up, and then Q3 and then Q4 will be a step down because of working days. The units built per day is gonna continue to step up over the course of the year.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Yeah. David, this is Jen. If I could just add on to.

[David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI]

Jen, that's why. Okay, thank you. The earlier comment was revenue and margins 2Q and 3Q is similar to 1Q, and I just wanted to get clarification on that.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

All right.

[David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI]

All right. Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

All right. Thanks, David.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Jamie Cook with Truist Securities. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

[Jamie Cook, Analyst at Truist Securities]

Hi, good morning. Hi, good morning, congrats on [crosstalk] Ecotec. Sorry, another question on Specialty. Again, just want to make sure I understand the margins. You're going to do better than the 12.5% adjusted EBITDA margins for Specialty, Jen. I think last quarter you talked about sort of a 30% incremental. I guess, is that still the right way to think about it? How are you thinking about Specialty in terms of, like, where those margins can go longer term? It seems like we should be able to do better than what REV Group talked about in terms of their, you know, margin expansion. Where can that actual EBITDA margin number go? My second question is on, you know, Aerials.

[Jamie Cook, Analyst at Truist Securities]

I guess, Simon, with Aerials markets potentially getting better, you know, I'm just trying to understand how that's impacting, like, the bidding process in the sense that things are getting better. Like, to what degree would you want to hold off on the sale because markets are getting better? Perhaps maybe next year you can do better than the, you know, flat margin you're gonna do this year. Just trying to understand how the market's inflecting or impacting the decision on the sale. Thank you.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Yeah. Hey, Jamie. Good morning. In terms of margin profile for SV, maybe if I could just mention, you know, REV, they did an investor day probably two years ago on committing to a 2027 investor day margin profile. In fact, they're right now, in 2026, they will be achieving that, one year in advance. I'm very pleased with the performance. With regards to, you know, the margin step up over in Q2 and Q3, as you can see in our pro forma for just three months, January to March, the EBITDA margin is 13.1%, 100 basis point improvement versus last year. I expect this margin profile to continue to have a step up sequentially, more than 100 basis point year-over-year.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

Every single time that you look at it year-over-year, it will be more than this 100% basis point margin improvement throughout the year, even with the step down in product in the delivery in Q4. Very comfortable with the price and the backlog, very comfortable with the throughput that we're seeing. Most importantly, what makes this business margin sustainable and keep on improving is on the sourcing, that they do have a claw back mechanism with the vendor. There's a lot of centralized sourcing initiatives that have actually already started, and we do expect that that will prove through till the end of the year as well. At this point in time, the what I shared in the margin profile does not include any other synergies outside of corporate.

[Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO at Terex]

I'm very comfortable with the margin expansion year-over-year throughout the year, more than Q1 pro forma basis.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah. I'll take your follow-up, Jamie, on the process. Yeah, it doesn't really change the process. We've always been very clear that this is a through cycle discussion, that's exactly how, you know, the discussions with multiple parties have been. It has a long-term nature. The fact that, you know, I think it's well documented that Aerials is a cyclical business, that, you know, historically, you know, five, seven years up, two years down, we're now at the end of the second year. The fact that it cycles up a little faster than maybe some anticipate, for us, the first quarter came in as we expected. The bookings came in as we expected. It doesn't really change our view on the process and our view on the outlook. It's obviously a good problem to have to see the early signs of a cycle. Thanks for the question.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Tami Zakaria with JPMorgan Chase. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

[Tami Zakaria, Analyst at JPMorgan]

Hey. Hi, good morning. Thank you so much- ... for the time. I heard you say you're expecting some pre-buys in high ESG in the back half. I was wondering, how does that impact your view about orders and revenue growth potential for that segment in 2027 after you're done with the pre-buy related pickup?

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah, this business doesn't really cycle, Tami, very strongly. We're talking, you know, it's all within the margin, if you will. We don't see a major uptick in terms of pre-buys either. In the second half, we think there's some. We actually think that 2027 looks pretty good from just from a fleet expansion standpoint. There's, you know, what I did not mention, I believe, in my prepared remarks is that there's a lot of new technology coming out as well in the second half that we think will drive a lot of momentum for us going into 2027. We're obviously not guiding today for 2027, but we're not concerned that whatever happens in the second half will have a material impact on 2027. There's a lot of momentum there.

[Tami Zakaria, Analyst at JPMorgan]

Understood. That's very helpful. Related to that, given you're expecting a lot of technology to be introduced in the back half, should we expect stronger price realization as you price for these enhancements?

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Well, I mean, our mantra has always been to be price cost neutral and whatever value or cost we find or add is for the benefit of the shareholder. That's our mantra. You know, I don't think we should forget that this business is already operating in the high teens, performing really strongly. Part of the reason is because it's, you know, we're running a very efficient factory in Fort Payne, Alabama, and we're running a very creative product portfolio that is well accepted by its customer base because of the benefits that it creates for our customers. We'll take that same approach.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

We want to be market-based in terms of our pricing, and we wanna continue to create value for our customers. That's what's gonna drive that.

[Tami Zakaria, Analyst at JPMorgan]

Understood. Thank you.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thanks, Tami.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Jerry Revich with Wells Fargo Securities. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

[Jerry Revich, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Yes. Hi, good morning, everyone.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Morning.

[Jerry Revich, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Simon, hi. Simon, I'm wondering if we could just get your latest thoughts on capital deployment. If you do complete the Aerials divestiture, what are you seeing in terms of the M&A landscape? How likely is it that we'll be looking at stock buyback versus additional opportunities to expand the portfolio? Can you just give us your updated views?

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

I appreciate the question, Jerry. I really don't wanna get as ahead of myself here on this. Our immediate focus is on integration and execution, deliver on what we've committed to for the year. Really, if you think about it, you know, we've gone through quite some change in the last two years. Making sure that all the work streams get done in terms of the integration and building our proximity is our primary focus. Whatever the balance sheet will look like as we move forward, as always, we will look at what is best for our shareholders. We like the optionality. The optionality is only growing. It's only getting better for Terex.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Which means that our opportunity to add value for our shareholders is only going to increase going forward. We'll deal with it when it comes, but it will be. The tiebreaker will be whatever is best for our shareholder.

[Jerry Revich, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Super. Then separately on Specialty, really good operating performance in the quarter, as you shared in the pro forma financials. I wanted to ask from a booking standpoint, can you just talk about what kind of book-to-bill we should be expecting for in 2Q and 3Q? What's the cadence based on the awards pipeline that the team is working towards in that line of business?

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

You said Specialty, didn't you, Jerry?

[Jerry Revich, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Yes, Simon.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Yeah. The bookings are typically lumpy in Specialty Vehicles, so it's kinda touch and go. I can probably give you maybe more of a trend answer. We expect that at some point the bookings will start to soften just because, to David's question earlier, as we, you know, as we continue to ramp up throughput and lead times will start to slowly improve, you know, naturally bookings become a function of lead time and availability, and will have to come down. Terex trucks being put to use, you know, is a very consistent number that just grows, you know, at a mid-single digit CAGR every single year. The bookings will evolve as a function of how lead times improve.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

We expect bookings to slowly come down. Eventually, where supply-demand will meet is, we're planning for, is around that one-year lead time. That's how I see. I don't know if it will quite pick up this year yet, but certainly next year.

[Jerry Revich, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Thank you, Simon.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thank you.

[Operator]

There are no further questions at this time. I would now like to turn the call back to Simon Meester for closing remarks.

[Simon Meester, President and CEO at Terex]

Thank you, operator, and thank you, all for the questions. Terex is off to a good start of the year, and the integration of the Legacy REV business is progressing as planned. In less than two years, we have effectively merged three businesses into a single, much stronger company. Given that we're still early in the year and in light of ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, we believe it's prudent to maintain our full-year guidance at this time, and we remain firmly focused on delivering against it. I'm particularly proud of the 17,000 Terex team members who make it all possible day in, day out. Thank you for joining us today, and we look forward to speaking with you again next quarter. With that, operator, please disconnect the call.

[Operator]

This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect

Participants

Executives

• Derek Everitt, VP of Investor Relations
• Jennifer Kong, SVP and CFO
• Simon Meester, President and CEO

Analysts

• Angel Castillo, Analyst at Morgan Stanley
• David Raso, Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI
• Jamie Cook, Analyst at Truist Securities
• Jerry Revich, Analyst at Wells Fargo
• Kyle Menges, Analyst at Citigroup
• Mig Dobre, Analyst at Baird
• Tami Zakaria, Analyst at JPMorgan
• Tim Thein, Analyst at Raymond James