Grid Modernization And Energy Transition Will Yield Mixed Results

Key Takeaways

• Overly optimistic expectations for rapid grid modernization, wind business turnaround, and international growth may not account for execution, policy, and affordability risks.
  
• Strong current order intake could mask future margin pressures, working capital strains, and potential revenue volatility from supply chain and market headwinds.
  
• Robust order growth, secular energy transition trends, operational turnarounds, and a healthy financial position all support sustained profitability, resilience, and long-term value creation.

Catalysts

Operates as an energy technology company worldwide.

• The share price may be factoring in an overly optimistic pace of global grid modernization and electrification, as recent strong order intake in Grid Technologies and Gas Services is fueled by major trends like surging data center demand and the energy transition. However, if grid upgrades and permitting slow or if customer affordability concerns in major HVDC projects grow, future revenue growth could fall short of current market expectations.
  
• Investors could be overestimating margin expansion, as the current strong pricing environment in gas turbines may normalize. Management acknowledged that price increases are already tapering, and elevated input costs or increased competition could limit further improvements in net margins and earnings.
  
• The current valuation may reflect a belief in a rapid and sustained turnaround in the wind business (Siemens Gamesa), with breakeven assumed as soon as fiscal 2026. Execution risks from ongoing restructuring, lingering 4.X and 5.X product issues, and potentially slower offshore market growth could lead to continued earnings volatility and delays in restoring net margins.
  
• The stock could be pricing in uninterrupted international growth, particularly from electrification and rising energy demand in the U.S. and emerging markets. However, elevated geopolitical tensions, trade barriers (e.g., tariffs with the EU and U.S.), and unpredictable policy shifts may lead to delayed or lumpier revenue streams.
  
• High current backlog and order intake may create the impression of long-term revenue visibility and strong future free cash flow. This overlooks risks like supply chain constraints, capacity bottlenecks, and large working capital requirements to deliver on these orders, which could compress free cash flow and profitability if execution difficulties arise.

Siemens Energy Future Earnings and Revenue Growth

Assumptions

• Analysts are assuming Siemens Energy's revenue will grow by 9.1% annually over the next 3 years.
• Analysts assume that profit margins will increase from 0.5% today to 7.3% in 3 years time.
• Analysts expect earnings to reach €3.6 billion (and earnings per share of €4.08) by about August 2028, up from €198.0 million today. However, there is some disagreement amongst the analysts with the more bearish ones expecting earnings as low as €2.1 billion.
• In order for the above numbers to justify the analysts price target, the company would need to trade at a PE ratio of 22.8x on those 2028 earnings, down from 393.7x today. This future PE is lower than the current PE for the DE Electrical industry at 42.5x.
• Analysts expect the number of shares outstanding to grow by 0.51% per year for the next 3 years.
• To value all of this in today's terms, we will use a discount rate of 6.52%, as per the Simply Wall St company report.

Siemens Energy Future Earnings Per Share Growth

Risks

• Continued record-high order intake and a growing order backlog (€136 billion, up 65% YoY and diversified across geographies and business lines) establish strong future revenue visibility, contradicting the risk of declining revenues in the long term.
  
• Secular demand drivers-such as electrification (especially for power-intensive data centers), energy transition (offshore wind, grid upgrades, HVDC), and decarbonization policies-are supporting robust multi-year growth in key Siemens Energy markets, which may lift revenues and order flows well into the future.
  
• Turnaround initiatives and productivity improvements at Siemens Gamesa, including the revised 4.X and 5.X turbines and offshore ramp-up, are positioned to reduce losses and potentially return the wind division (currently a drag on group profitability) to breakeven by fiscal year 2026, improving overall net margins and earnings.
  
• Leadership positions in grid technologies and gas turbines (with ongoing capacity expansion, positive pricing power, and increasing service revenues) are likely to sustain or improve profit margins and recurring earnings as long-term service agreements and modernization projects become a greater share of the business.
  
• Stronger financial profile (net cash position of €4.4 billion, maintained investment grade ratings, and de-risked capital structure post-Bund guarantee exit) enables both reinvestment for growth and shareholder capital returns, underpinning the company's ability to sustain dividends and absorb cyclical shocks, thereby supporting long-term valuation and share price stability.

Valuation

• The analysts have a consensus price target of €83.755 for Siemens Energy based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of €136.0, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just €37.0.
  
• In order for you to agree with the analyst's consensus, you'd need to believe that by 2028, revenues will be €48.7 billion, earnings will come to €3.6 billion, and it would be trading on a PE ratio of 22.8x, assuming you use a discount rate of 6.5%.
  
• Given the current share price of €98.66, the analyst price target of €83.76 is 17.8% lower. Despite analysts expecting the underlying buisness to improve, they seem to believe the market's expectations are too high.
  
• We always encourage you to reach your own conclusions though. So sense check these analyst numbers against your own assumptions and expectations based on your understanding of the business and what you believe is probable.