Hochtief Ag (HOCFF) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:06.163 Good afternoon to everyone, and thank you for joining this HawkTeeth 2024 results call. 00:00:06.163 -- 00:00:12.154 I'm Mike Pinckney, Head of Capital Market Strategy, and I'm here with our CEO, Juan Santamaria, 00:00:12.154 -- 00:00:14.779 and our CFO, Peter Sassenfeld, 00:00:14.779 -- 00:00:19.127 as well as our Head of IR, Tobias Loskamp, and other colleagues from the Senior Management 00:00:19.127 -- 00:00:24.306 Team of HawkTeeth. We're looking forward to taking your questions, but to kick off, our 00:00:24.306 -- 00:00:29.453 CEO will run us through the details of this strong set of numbers and provide 00:00:29.453 -- 00:00:33.598 you with an update on our group strategy. Juan, all yours. 00:00:33.598 -- 00:00:39.326 Thank you, Mike and Adim, and welcome to everyone joining us for this results call. 00:00:39.326 -- 00:00:44.373 Our growth strategy has delivered a very successful 2024 octave 00:00:44.373 -- 00:00:48.715 and will drive further growth in 2025 and beyond. 00:00:48.715 -- 00:00:53.981 we have consolidated leading positions in our strategic markets where growth is being 00:00:53.981 -- 00:00:59.689 driven by an unprecedented ramp-up in infrastructure investments by our public and private 00:00:59.689 -- 00:01:04.755 clients. We're deploying our geographic footprint to access this growth in all our 00:01:04.755 -- 00:01:09.481 regions, and we're expanding our presence in the value chains of these markets to enhance 00:01:09.481 -- 00:01:14.667 growth. This growth trajectory is supported by a solid balance 00:01:14.667 -- 00:01:20.568 sheet, a strong order book, and a strongly cash generative business. 00:01:20.568 -- 00:01:24.934 Turning to the numbers, a group delivers substantially higher sales and profits backed...