nVent Electric plc — Call Transcript 2026

Good day and welcome to the nVent Electric fourth quarter 2025 earnings conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Tony Riter, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you and welcome to nVent's fourth quarter 2025 earnings call. On the call with me are Beth Wozniak, our Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and Gary Corona, our Chief Financial Officer. Today we'll provide details on our fourth quarter and full year performance and 2026 outlook. All results referenced throughout this presentation are on our continuing operations basis, unless otherwise noted. Before we begin, let me remind you that any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to future risks and uncertainties, such as the risks outlined in today's press release and nVent's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results.Today's webcast is accompanied by a presentation which you can find in the Investor section of nVent's website. References to non-GAAP financials are reconciled in the appendix of the presentation. We'll have time for questions after prepared remarks. With that, please turn to slide 3, and I will now turn the call over to Beth. Thank you, Tony, and good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you today to share our outstanding fourth quarter and full-year results. 2025 was a record year for sales, EPS, and free cash flow, each growing at or above 30%. Through 2025, organic sales accelerated, resulting in consecutive record sales quarters. It was an important year as we transformed our portfolio with the divestiture of the thermal management business and the acquisition of EPG. These strategic moves increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical. Infrastructure now makes up 45% of our annual sales, with data center sales representing approximately $1 billion in 2025. Fourth quarter was our second consecutive quarter with sales of more than $1 billion. Both sales and EPS exceeded our guidance. We also had strong orders and backlog growth. Organic orders were up approximately 30%, primarily driven by large orders for the AI data center buildout. Excluding data centers, organic orders grew low double digits. With the strong orders, we ended the year with $2.3 billion in backlog, triple what it was a year ago. Our free cash flow was very strong in the quarter, and our balance sheet is healthy. In 2026, we expect another year of record performance. Our full-year guidance includes reported sales growth of 15%-18% and adjusted EPS growth of 20%-24%. Now onto slide four for a more detailed summary of our Q4 and full-year performance. Fourth quarter sales were up 42% and 24% organically, led by the infrastructure vertical. Adjusted operating income grew 33% year-over-year, with return on sales of 19.7%. Adjusted EPS grew 53%, and we generated $189 million in free cash flow, up 26%. Looking at our key verticals, infrastructure led the way, with organic sales up over 50%, driven by outstanding growth in data centers. Industrial grew high single digits, and commercial resi sales were up low single digits. Turning to organic sales by geography, both Americas and Europe were strong. Americas grew approximately 30%, while Europe was up high single digits. Asia Pacific was down. For the full year, we had sales of $3.9 billion, an increase of 30% and 13% organically. Adjusted operating income grew 21%, with margins of 20.2%. Adjusted EPS was up 35%. For the full year, we had record free cash flow of $561 million, growing 31%. Let me share a few strategic and operational highlights. First, we launched 86 new products in 2025, contributing approximately 10 points to our sales growth, and our new product vitality was 27%. Our innovation is delivering growth and solutions for our customers. Second, as I mentioned, the infrastructure vertical now makes up 45% of our sales, led by data centers, which grew over 50% for the year. Third, our organic growth and recent acquisitions more than offset the EPS impact from the thermal management business we divested in the first quarter. Importantly, we cannot accomplish these results without the dedication of our nVent team. Transforming our portfolio and accelerating to become a higher-growth company takes a lot of effort and teamwork. I'm very proud and appreciative of all the hard work by our nVent team to support our customers and deliver the outstanding performance in 2025. Looking ahead, we expect 2026 to be another record year of strong growth and value creation. Moving to slide five. Our portfolio transformation to become a more focused, higher-growth electrical connection and protection company is showing up in our results. We have increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical from 12% of sales at spin to 45% last year, and infrastructure is expected to be well over half of our sales in 2026. In addition, we have been aggressively investing in our data center business, which is rapidly growing and accelerating with the AI buildout. In January, we opened a new facility in Blaine, Minnesota, to expand our liquid cooling capacity. Production is online, and we are ramping quickly. Turning to slide six and our outlook for the verticals in 2026. We believe the infrastructure vertical has the highest growth opportunity with the trends of electrification, sustainability, and digitalization. Infrastructure is expected to grow at approximately 20% this year, driven by AI data center CapEx acceleration. In addition, power utilities, renewables, and energy storage are expected to grow with the increasing demand for power. For industrial, we expect mid-single digit growth with increasing CapEx investment, automation, and reshoring. The commercial resi vertical is expected to grow low single digits. This wraps up my remarks. I will now turn the call over to Gary for further details on our results, as well as our 2026 outlook. Gary, please go ahead. Thank you, Beth. We had another excellent quarter exceeding our guidance with record sales, strong adjusted EPS, and very strong free cash flow. Let's turn to slide seven to review our results. Sales of $1.067 billion were up 42% relative to last year. Organically, sales grew 24%, well ahead of our guidance, driven by stronger than forecasted data center sales. Acquisitions added $126 million to sales, or 17 points to growth, ahead of our guidance. Foreign exchange was roughly a 1-point tailwind. Adjusted operating income was $210 million, up 33%. Return on sales came in at 19.7%, a bit lower than expected due to higher investments, incentive compensation, and mix. Inflation was nearly $55 million, including more than $40 million in tariff impact. Price-plus productivity offset inflation, and we also continued to make investments for growth, particularly for data centers and our recent acquisitions. Q4 adjusted EPS was $0.90, up 53%, and above the high end of our guidance range. We generated robust free cash flow of $189 million, up 26% year-over-year. Now, please turn to slide eight for a discussion on the fourth quarter segment performance. Starting with Systems Protection, sales of $737 million increased 58%. Acquisitions contributed 23 points to sales and have performed ahead of expectations. Organically, sales grew 34%, with all verticals growing. Infrastructure grew approximately 70%, largely due to continued strength in data centers. Industrial was up high single digits. Commercial resi grew low single digits. Geographically, Americas and Europe were both strong. Americas grew over 45%, while Europe was up high single digits. Asia Pacific was down in the quarter. Fourth quarter segment income was $149 million, up 49%. Return on sales of 20.3% decreased 120 basis points year-over-year, impacted by inflation, growth investments, and recent acquisitions. Moving to Electrical Connections, sales of $330 million increased 15%. Organic sales were up 8%, and the EPG acquisition contributed 6 points to sales. From a vertical perspective, infrastructure led, growing approximately 25%. Industrial grew mid-single digits, and commercial resi was up low single digits. Geographically, all three regions grew. Sales were up high single digits in the Americas. Europe was up low single digits, and Asia Pacific grew double digits. Segment income was $91 million, up 8% versus last year. Return on sales of 27.6% decreased 180 basis points year-over-year, impacted primarily by inflation. That wraps up the quarter. Now, turn to slide nine for a recap of our full-year 2025 results. 2025 was an outstanding year with 30% or more growth in reported sales, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. We ended the year with sales of $3.9 billion, up 30%, or 13% organically. Acquisitions contributed 16 points to growth for the year. Adjusted operating income grew 21% to $786 million. Overall, return on sales came in at 20.2%. Inflation was more than $160 million, including approximately $90 million in tariff impact. Price-plus productivity offset inflation, and we also continued to make investments for growth. Free cash flow was $561 million, up 30%, with 102% conversion of adjusted net income. This included higher CapEx investments for growth and capacity. In summary, 2025 was a year of record performance and strong execution with nVent now a higher-growth company. Turning to the balance sheet and cash flow on slide 10. We ended the year with $237 million of cash on hand and $600 million available on our revolver, putting us in a strong liquidity position. Our debt stands at $1.6 billion, down approximately $600 million from a year ago. Our healthy balance sheet and strong liquidity position gives us financial flexibility to support our disciplined capital allocation strategy. Turning to slide 11, where we outline our capital allocation priorities. Our capital allocation strategy is all about investing in and capitalizing on opportunities that generate the highest returns for our shareholders. Our first priority is growth. We are investing in new products, capacity, and supply chain resiliency. In 2025, we invested $93 million in CapEx, up 26%. These increased investments are for recent acquisitions and new capacity to support growth in data centers and power utilities. We returned $383 million to shareholders in 2025, including share repurchases of $253 million, and we increased our quarterly dividend 5%. We exited the year with a net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio of 1.6 times, below our targeted range of 2-2.5 times. We believe we are well positioned and have additional capacity for future capital deployment, with our first priority being to invest in growth. Moving to slide 12 and our 2026 outlook. We are forecasting another year of strong sales and earnings growth. Reported sales are expected to grow 15%-18%, with organic growth in the range of 10%-13%. This assumes strong volume growth and positive price. Acquisitions are expected to contribute approximately four points to growth, and foreign exchange to be a one-point tailwind. Our outlook for full-year adjusted EPS is $4-$4.15, which represents growth of 20%-24%, and we expect free cash flow conversion to be between 90%-95% of adjusted net income. We expect net interest of approximately $70 million, our adjusted tax rate of approximately 22%, and shares outstanding of approximately 164 million. Price and productivity are expected to offset inflation, including tariffs. We forecast incremental tariffs of approximately $80 million, largely in the first half of the year. Corporate costs are expected to be approximately $130 million, CapEx of approximately $130 million, and depreciation and amortization of approximately $230 million. Moving to slide 13 and our first quarter outlook. We forecast reported sales growth of 34%-36%, with acquisitions contributing approximately 15 points to sales and foreign exchange approximately a 2-point tailwind. Organic sales growth is expected to be up 17%-19%. Price coupled with productivity are expected to offset inflation, including the tariff impacts in Q1. We expect adjusted EPS to be between $0.90 and $0.93, which at the midpoint reflects more than a 35% increase relative to last year. Wrapping up, our team delivered a strong year with record sales, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. We are well positioned for another record year in 2026. With that, I will now turn the call back over to Beth. Thank you, Gary. Please turn to slide 14. Key to our success and performance has been our people and our culture and making nVent a great place to work. We are focused on improving our employee experience and having a positive impact on our communities. On this slide, you can see numerous awards and recognitions that we have received as we focus on our people and building a more sustainable and electrified world. For the second consecutive year, we were recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere. We also earned a Gold Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, placing us in the top 5% of companies assessed, and we were certified as a great place to work for the fourth consecutive year. These are just a few of the many awards and recognitions we have received. I'm extremely proud of our nVent team and everything we have accomplished together, and there's always more we can do. We want people to grow their careers at nVent as we grow as a company. Turning to slide 15. On February 24th, we will be hosting our Investor Day, and I look forward to sharing more details about our growth strategy, new medium-term financial targets, and how nVent is inventing the electrified future. Wrapping up on slide 16. 2025 was a year of outstanding performance for nVent, delivering differentiated value for our customers and shareholders. Our portfolio transformation and data center organic investments are accelerating our growth, and we expect 2026 to be another record year of financial performance. Our future is bright. With that, I will now turn the call over to the operator to start Q&A. Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your touch-tone phone. If you're using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star then two. At this time, we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster. The first question comes from Deane Dray with RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, Deane. Hey, maybe we can start with getting a bit more color, and maybe you can size the impact of inflation and these growth investments in your 26 guide. And then also, if you can just give us some context as new capacity comes online, what does that do into your typical margin progression? Thank you. Thanks, Deane. This is Gary. I'll give a bit of color on inflation. We expect higher inflation in 2026 due to labor, metals, and as I mentioned in my script, approximately $80 million in carryover or tariff impacts. We plan to address that through strong productivity as well as pricing, and those two actions will offset the inflation in the year. As you mentioned, we'll continue to invest to support growth, and we have been doing that in the second half of 2025 as well as into 2026, and you're seeing that support the tremendous top-line growth that we've delivered in the quarter and will continue to deliver in 2026. With respect to your point on as we're investing and the margin impact, I would just say that we're ramping so quickly and having to train a lot of new people. There are some inefficiencies, and as we start to scale, we'll get better in terms of improving those inefficiencies and that productivity. That's real helpful. Thank you. Then just as a follow-up, really impressive new product introductions, new product vitality index. Maybe if we could, you made a lot of impact at Supercomputing this year launching a new line of standardized modular liquid cooling platforms. What's been the customer receptivity to the launch, and where does that stand today? Thanks. Yeah, thank you, Dean. Yes, we did showcase a lot of those new products at Super Compute, and some of those products start to launch here through Q1 and Q2. Customer reception to that has been very strong because, as you know, we've driven some very high-performance and very capable products that are very scalable and modular. And so as we see this year, a lot of those products launch, and we think that'll be part of our growth story as that ramps through 2026. Thank you. Thank you. The next question comes from Julian Mitchell with Barclays. Please go ahead. Hi, good morning. Good morning. Maybe just good morning. Just wanted to start perhaps with any color you could give us on that backlog kind of recognition profile. I think it was $2.3 billion at the end of December, so it's about 50% of your revenue guide for the next twelve months. Maybe help us understand, I suppose, how maybe the book-to-bill trended recently so we can get some sense of that orders-to-sales cadence. And how much of that backlog do you think will be recognized in the next twelve months? I think we get your RPO in the 10-K. Hi, Julian. Maybe I'll start, and I'll let Gary fill in. So as we transformed our portfolio and we talked about how we have more of a mix between short cycle and long cycle, you're seeing that we're more of a we have more backlog than we would have had traditionally. And so some of that is in data centers, some of that is in power utilities, and so you're just seeing the strength there. And I would say that most of that backlog is through 2026, although there's some beyond that, but a lot of that is what gives us confidence in our guide for the year given the strength of it. Yeah, I just would add we mentioned in the script the backlog is now three times what it was last year, primarily data center and our new Trachte and EPG business supporting the infrastructure vertical, but there also is healthy orders and backlog in our Electrical Connections business and our core Systems Protection business, Julian. So healthy backlog, orders were up nicely in the quarter, and we feel good about the momentum that we're carrying into 2026. Thanks very much. My second question would be on the operating margins. So I think the guidance embeds about a 70 basis point decline year-on-year in the first quarter, and then operating margins are up maybe 20 basis points or so for 2026 in aggregate. Just wanted to check those numbers are roughly okay. And I suppose more specifically, it seems like the organic operating margins maybe are not getting the lift yet that you had expected. So just wondered what you thought the main culprit there was. If it's price-cost, that's okay on the cost side, but has anything got worse on the price side because of all the capacity everyone's adding? Thanks, Julian. I'll take that one, and I'll talk about 2026 margin. We expect margin expansion in 2026, including better incrementals in 2026 than we had in 2025. As you mentioned, the inflation will persist, including the tariffs, but we expect price and productivity to offset it. We expect more price, and we've announced pricing that's in the market. The inflation driven by the tariffs will be more first-half oriented, and margins are expected to improve both year-over-year and sequentially. One thing to mention about Q1 is we expect margins to be flattish sequentially in the quarter but up, factoring in for the accelerated share-based compensation that we'll recognize in Q1, which is really phasing across the year. Great. Thank you. The next question comes from Nigel Coe with Wolfe Research. Please go ahead. Hey, good morning. This is Will Branco for Nigel. Hey, Will. Good morning. Morning. If I could kind of go back to the margin point for 2026 first. I think the implied incremental margins in the guide are around 25% next year or this year, which is obviously a step up from 25. But just in terms of the first half versus the second half, you have increasingly easy comps through the year. So just how should we think about the first half or second half weighting on incrementals? And then maybe if I could just extend that out beyond 2026, I think longer term, you've talked about, I think, incrementals in the 30%-35% zone. Obviously, the portfolio is very different now from a few years ago. So any color on how we should think about incremental margins in the business beyond 2026 as well? Thank you. Yeah. Thanks for the question. As you mentioned, incrementals will be better in 2026 than they were in 2025, and we expect that to progress nicely throughout the year. The first half has the impact of the carryover tariffs, the EPG acquisition, and some of these investments for growth that Beth mentioned as we get some new capacity online. Second half will be better as those headwinds abate. We're very confident in the direction that our margins are headed, and I'm not going to comment on anything beyond 2026. We will have the opportunity to speak to that as we're together in about a month at our Investor Day. Great. Thanks, Gary. And then maybe for my follow-up, I could focus on orders. Obviously, 30% growth in the quarter. Any color on maybe how orders trended Q over Q in fourth Q, and then obviously through January, maybe any color on year-to-date order trends, specifically any orders that may have pushed out of the fourth quarter into the first quarter? If any color there, it'd also be very helpful. Thank you. Yeah. As we commented in our last earnings call, our orders ex-data centers were up high single digits, and as I just remarked, orders for Q4 were up low double digits. So in the non-data center business, we've seen orders improve, and I would say orders continue to look good through January. Thanks, guys. Thank you. The next question comes from Joe Ritchie with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. Hi. This is Anvi for Joe. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah, thanks. I had a broader-level question around your 2026 guide. So in 2025, your order growth has averaged close to 30% through the year, and you exited Q4 with a 24% organic clip as well. So can you just help us understand the puts and takes on the growth guide of 10%-13% for 2026 and then the implied step-down after Q1? Yeah. I appreciate you recognizing the strong growth that we had in Q2 or Q4, and we expect really a strong Q1 on revenue and EPS, both growth over 30%, mid-thirties at the midpoint. Annually, I would just say, look, it's early in the year. We've entered a period of unprecedented growth for nVent, and we'll continue to update our outlook as we deliver the results quarter after quarter. Keep in mind we are overlapping 20% organic and 50% EPS growth in the second half of 2025, and we want to ensure that our guidance gives us the flexibility to invest to support growth in the long run. So we feel good about the momentum, and we'll continue to update you as we move throughout the year. Got it. That makes sense. Just as a follow-up, maybe a broader question around liquid cooling, and a lot of the growth today is driven by data centers, whether it's the orders or the top line. But liquid cooling still remains under-penetrated, and ultimately, data centers are going to need it forward. Can you give a higher level on how you're thinking about the TAM over the next 3-5 years and nVent's right to win on this opportunity? Sure. Well, one of the things that we just said is our data centers is now over $1 billion, and it's been growing significantly with liquid cooling. At Super Compute, we showcased a lot of new products that we're launching, so we see that liquid cooling is currently less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling, and that is going to grow significantly because of the heat loads and power densities, etc. So as we go forward, we have a lot of new products that are modular, that are scalable, that we've been investing in our capacity. So we just see a lot of opportunity with data centers and with the AI buildout and the need for liquid cooling. Okay. That's awesome. I'll get back in queue. Thank you. The next question comes from Jeff Hammond with KeyBank. Please go ahead. Hey, good morning, everyone. This is David Tarantino. I'm for Jeff. Maybe going back to orders, maybe just on the profile of the orders and data center versus the growth we saw in 3Q, are you seeing any change in the order patterns in terms of size, scale, and/or lumpiness of the orders quarter to quarter as these kind of larger data center projects are contributing to it? Look, I would say we've data center orders can be very lumpy, and so we had tremendous orders in Q3 and good orders in Q4, but I think we're going to continue to see large orders, and those are not going to be necessarily smooth as they go through the year. Okay. Great. That's helpful. And then there's been a lot of talk about the effects of operating data centers at higher temperatures as of late. Could you walk us through your view on what the implications this has around your portfolio, and maybe could you speak to your visibility around technology evolutions as you work with your customers on them? Sure. So one of our new CDU products that is launching this year, and we showcased at Super Compute, what we shared is that we've been working with NVIDIA, and we understand those technology roadmaps and those heat loads out of 2030, and we have designed those products with a lot of flexibility built into them. So in some cases, what we can do with this new CDU we're launching would have taken two CDUs in the past. So those higher heat loads, we're well aware of. We're working with all the chip manufacturers, and we're designing that into our product portfolio. Great. Thank you. The next question comes from Vlad Bystricky with Citi. Please go ahead. Hey, good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking my call this morning. Good morning, Vlad. So I just wanted to ask you, obviously, a lot of focus on data centers and infrastructure vertical, but I wanted to touch it for a second here on the third of your portfolio that's industrial. So can you just talk about how you're seeing underlying trends evolve in that market and your level of visibility and confidence to the mid-single-digit growth in industrial in 2026 and whether you're seeing orders currently sort of consistent with that demand? Well, as we discussed at ex-data center, our orders in Q3 were high single digits. Then they're in Q4, low double digits. And we're seeing that we're seeing industrial orders at a nice rate given investments in CapEx, investments in automation, and reshoring. So some breadth to the orders coming across some different industries. And it's really those order trends and what we're hearing from our channel partners and customers that gives us the perspective that we're going to see industrial grow mid-single digits for this year. Got it. That's really helpful, Beth. Appreciate that. And then just shifting back to data centers, can you just talk about as we're seeing the data center technology and architecture continue to evolve and as we're seeing new entrants try and come into the space, can you just talk about how you see your position in thermal management evolving going forward and maybe more specifically what you're seeing in terms of competition in liquid cooling? Sure. As you know, we've been doing liquid cooling for well over a decade and have been working with some large hyperscalers for a long time. We're several generations in here. When we think about our capability, we have a lot of application expertise. We've developed a lot of manufacturing and supply chain capability to be able to scale. A case in point is from when we announced that we were going to expand to a new facility and sign the lease to where we started actually producing, that was just over 100 days when I mentioned that we're up and running in January. I think that speaks a lot to our capability from a manufacturing supply chain perspective. So as we go forward, look, I think there's a lot of new entrants that want to get in because they see the growth opportunity here. And what I would just share is we continue to invest. We continue to launch a broader scale of products because we see that there's going to be demand for liquid cooling from hyperscalers to colos to enterprise to even non-data center applications in the future. And so our investment here, our investment in our labs, we've got good partnerships that I think we're going to continue to differentiate with our performance and our ability to scale. Thanks, Beth. Appreciate that. I'll hop back in the queue. Thank you. The next question comes from Brian Drab with William Blair. Please go ahead. Hi. Good morning. Thanks for taking a couple of questions. On the billion-dollar figure in data center, I just want to be clear. Is that a run rate that we're exiting the year at? And sorry if you said this, but I might have missed it. But is that a run rate, or is that the total for 2025? And that's my first question. Well, the first is that our 2025 revenue in data centers reached $1 billion. Okay. And then can you talk about what the comparable number was for 2024? And I know there's acquisitions in there. And then any color that you. In 2024, it was $600 million. Okay. And then can you talk at all about in 2025, what the different categories within data center, what type of growth you saw, at least maybe rank order cooling versus powering versus the enclosures and other business? Where are you seeing the fastest growth? I assume it's in liquid cooling, but I just want to see if you could add some color to that. Yeah. I mean, we're really seeing the fastest growth in liquid cooling and power, but behind that, I would say our cable management is also growing very nicely as well. Okay. All right. Thanks. I'll save my other questions for later. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The next question comes from Nicole DeBlase with Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead. Yeah. Thanks. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, Nicole. I don't think we've spent much time on power and utility yet in the Q&A, so just wanted to kind of dig in there, Beth, trends that you guys saw during the quarter with respect to orders. And then last quarter, you commented that Trachte and EPG were trending ahead of your deal plan. Is that still the case? Yes, it is. We're very pleased with those acquisitions and the growth that we're seeing in the performance. Look, power utilities, this is an area where we're seeing just solid growth and opportunity, and I think there's some very synergistic place for us as we're able to pull through more of our portfolio, especially into some of these integrated engineering building solutions. We just see some nice long-term growth in this area, very synergistic to what's in the rest of the nVent portfolio. Thanks, Beth. Just orders, were they up double digits in power and utility? I would assume so, but wanted to clarify that. I don't think we've been that specific. I don't think they've been as strong as data centers, but they're part of that overall everything ex-data centers is up low double digits. Okay. Understood. And then maybe on the M&A pipeline, if you could talk a little bit about the level of activity that you're seeing today and the level of excitement about potential M&A into 2026? Yes. I mean, first of all, our balance sheet and our net debt to EBITDA ratio are in really good shape. And when we think about our pipeline, it's very strong. It's very robust. We remain very disciplined. And I think there's always opportunity for us to find some new acquisitions like we did with Trachte and Avail that are really helping us build out infrastructure in particular. So you never quite control the timing of deals, but we've got a good pipeline that we're currently working through. Thank you. See you in a few weeks. Thank you. The next question comes from Scott Graham with Seaport Research Partners. Please go ahead. Hey, good morning. I have a question about, hey, Gary. Hi, Beth. I have a question about productivity, let's call it, let's say, away from the acquisition integration. So sort of in the first half of the year, we're going to have some dilution margin-wise with the ramp in the LC capacity, suggesting that the offset on productivity elsewhere has to be maybe a little bit higher. What are you doing in productivity elsewhere to kind of make some of that up? Yeah. I appreciate the question, Scott. And as I mentioned in my remarks, we plan to have our productivity as well as our pricing offset the mid-single digit inflation that we're expecting in the year. And what we've talked about is we're advancing our lean capabilities while we invest in our capability. We're working on driving capability in transportation, automation, and our funnels and our sourcing productivity side are quite good. So we're very focused on driving additional productivity, especially as we've increased our investment, and we're confident that price plus productivity will offset the inflation in 2026. Okay. Got it. Hey, I too wanted to ask a couple of questions about power. I know you're mostly grid T&D, but now, I think for the first time in a while, you've started to mention renewables as being 5%. I was just kind of wondering what the dynamics of renewables growth look like as well as generation. Do you have opportunities in generation? It's more for us through T and D and in particular substations. As you think about substations, whether that's for utilities or supporting data centers, that's where we see the most opportunity currently. Okay. Close enough. And then last one was on the penetration of liquid cooling. Is that a number you guys are able to update? Well, we will give an update at our investor day on February 24th. We've said that less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling today, and we see it growing significantly. Thank you. The next question comes from Neal Burk with UBS. Please go ahead. Thanks for the question. Question on data center. I mean, we see CapEx continuing to accelerate, but the guide for organic growth for this year has a pretty meaningful deceleration in the back half. Is this just comps getting harder, or is there some sort of kind of timing difference between what we see on the hyperscaler CapEx side and nVent's orders or sales? Yeah, Neal, I appreciate the question, and we're pleased with the backlog and our momentum that we have on data center. I'll just go back to the comment I made earlier, which is, look, it's early in the year. We're managing unprecedented growth here for nVent, and we'll continue to update you on the outlook as we deliver results here in the first half of the year. But we're confident in the momentum, and we'll talk about the multi-year opportunity in data center here in a month or so at our Investor Day. Thanks. Just like on the multi-year opportunity, so I look forward to hearing more on that. Do you just sort of high-level feel like you have a better level of visibility now as you scale this business? Obviously, backlog is a lot higher, but in terms of the data center project pipeline, do you feel like you are getting closer to customers as you grow this business and you have more visibility on future demand? Thank you. Well, I would say in general, with this portfolio transformation, it's given us more of a balance between short cycle and long cycle. Whether it's data centers or even power utilities, just because of the nature of those types of builds and projects, we certainly have more visibility into multi-year projects or even just understanding technology roadmaps and where they're going. Both of those are very important and are helping us to think about our capacity as well as our new product technology roadmap. Thank you. Thank you. This concludes our question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Beth Wozniak, Chair and CEO, for any closing remarks. Thank you for joining us today. I'm extremely proud of our performance in 2025. We will continue to focus on delivering for our customers, employees, and shareholders by executing on our growth strategy. We believe nVent is a top-tier high-performance electrical company well-positioned for the electrification, sustainability, and digitalization trends. Thanks again for joining us. This concludes the call. The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.

Speaker 10: Good day and welcome to the nVent Electric fourth quarter 2025 earnings conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Tony Riter, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good day and welcome to the nVent Electric fourth quarter 2025 earnings conference call. good day and welcome to the nvent electric fourth quarter 2025 earnings conference call All participants will be in listen-only mode. all participants will be in listen-only mode Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. should you need assistance please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. after today's presentation there will be an opportunity to ask questions To ask a question, you may press star then one on a touch-tone phone. to ask a question you may press star then one on a touch-tone phone To withdraw your question, please press star then two. to withdraw your question please press star then two Please note that this event is being recorded. please note that this event is being recorded I would now like to turn the conference over to Tony Riter, Vice President of Investor Relations. i would now like to turn the conference over to tony riter vice president of investor relations Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 12: Thank you and welcome to nVent's fourth quarter 2025 earnings call. On the call with me are Beth Wozniak, our Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and Gary Corona, our Chief Financial Officer. Today we'll provide details on our fourth quarter and full year performance and 2026 outlook. All results referenced throughout this presentation are on our continuing operations basis, unless otherwise noted. Before we begin, let me remind you that any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to future risks and uncertainties, such as the risks outlined in today's press release and nVent's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Thank you and welcome to nVent's fourth quarter 2025 earnings call. thank you and welcome to nvent's fourth quarter 2025 earnings call On the call with me are Beth Wozniak, our Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and Gary Corona, our Chief Financial Officer. on the call with me are beth wozniak our chair and chief executive officer and gary corona our chief financial officer Today we'll provide details on our fourth quarter and full year performance and 2026 outlook. today we'll provide details on our fourth quarter and full year performance and 2026 outlook All results referenced throughout this presentation are on our continuing operations basis, unless otherwise noted. all results referenced throughout this presentation are on our continuing operations basis unless otherwise noted Before we begin, let me remind you that any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to future risks and uncertainties, such as the risks outlined in today's press release and nVent's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. before we begin let me remind you that any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to future risks and uncertainties such as the risks outlined in today's press release and nvent's filings with the securities and exchange commission Forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results.Today's webcast is accompanied by a presentation which you can find in the Investor section of nVent's website. References to non-GAAP financials are reconciled in the appendix of the presentation. We'll have time for questions after prepared remarks. With that, please turn to slide 3, and I will now turn the call over to Beth. Forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. forward-looking statements are made as of today and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results. actual results could differ materially from anticipated results Today's webcast is accompanied by a presentation which you can find in the Investor section of nVent's website. today's webcast is accompanied by a presentation which you can find in the investor section of nvent's website References to non-GAAP financials are reconciled in the appendix of the presentation. references to non-gaap financials are reconciled in the appendix of the presentation We'll have time for questions after prepared remarks. we'll have time for questions after prepared remarks With that, please turn to slide 3, and I will now turn the call over to Beth. with that please turn to slide 3 and i will now turn the call over to beth

Speaker 2: Thank you, Tony, and good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you today to share our outstanding fourth quarter and full-year results. 2025 was a record year for sales, EPS, and free cash flow, each growing at or above 30%. Through 2025, organic sales accelerated, resulting in consecutive record sales quarters. It was an important year as we transformed our portfolio with the divestiture of the thermal management business and the acquisition of EPG. These strategic moves increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical. Infrastructure now makes up 45% of our annual sales, with data center sales representing approximately $1 billion in 2025. Fourth quarter was our second consecutive quarter with sales of more than $1 billion. Both sales and EPS exceeded our guidance. We also had strong orders and backlog growth. Thank you, Tony, and good morning, everyone. thank you tony and good morning everyone It's great to be with you today to share our outstanding fourth quarter and full-year results. 2025 was a record year for sales, EPS, and free cash flow, each growing at or above 30%. it's great to be with you today to share our outstanding fourth quarter and full-year results 2025 was a record year for sales eps and free cash flow each growing at or above 30% Through 2025, organic sales accelerated, resulting in consecutive record sales quarters. through 2025 organic sales accelerated resulting in consecutive record sales quarters It was an important year as we transformed our portfolio with the divestiture of the thermal management business and the acquisition of EPG. it was an important year as we transformed our portfolio with the divestiture of the thermal management business and the acquisition of epg These strategic moves increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical. these strategic moves increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical Infrastructure now makes up 45% of our annual sales, with data center sales representing approximately $1 billion in 2025. infrastructure now makes up 45% of our annual sales with data center sales representing approximately $1 billion in 2025 Fourth quarter was our second consecutive quarter with sales of more than $1 billion. fourth quarter was our second consecutive quarter with sales of more than $1 billion Both sales and EPS exceeded our guidance. both sales and eps exceeded our guidance We also had strong orders and backlog growth. we also had strong orders and backlog growth Organic orders were up approximately 30%, primarily driven by large orders for the AI data center buildout. Excluding data centers, organic orders grew low double digits. With the strong orders, we ended the year with $2.3 billion in backlog, triple what it was a year ago. Our free cash flow was very strong in the quarter, and our balance sheet is healthy. In 2026, we expect another year of record performance. Our full-year guidance includes reported sales growth of 15%-18% and adjusted EPS growth of 20%-24%. Organic orders were up approximately 30%, primarily driven by large orders for the AI data center buildout. organic orders were up approximately 30% primarily driven by large orders for the ai data center buildout Excluding data centers, organic orders grew low double digits. excluding data centers organic orders grew low double digits With the strong orders, we ended the year with $2.3 billion in backlog, triple what it was a year ago. with the strong orders we ended the year with $2.3 billion in backlog triple what it was a year ago Our free cash flow was very strong in the quarter, and our balance sheet is healthy. our free cash flow was very strong in the quarter and our balance sheet is healthy In 2026, we expect another year of record performance. in 2026 we expect another year of record performance Our full-year guidance includes reported sales growth of 15%-18% and adjusted EPS growth of 20%-24%. our full-year guidance includes reported sales growth of 15%-18% and adjusted eps growth of 20%-24% Now onto slide four for a more detailed summary of our Q4 and full-year performance. Fourth quarter sales were up 42% and 24% organically, led by the infrastructure vertical. Adjusted operating income grew 33% year-over-year, with return on sales of 19.7%. Adjusted EPS grew 53%, and we generated $189 million in free cash flow, up 26%. Now onto slide four for a more detailed summary of our Q4 and full-year performance. now onto slide four for a more detailed summary of our q4 and full-year performance Fourth quarter sales were up 42% and 24% organically, led by the infrastructure vertical. fourth quarter sales were up 42% and 24% organically led by the infrastructure vertical Adjusted operating income grew 33% year-over-year, with return on sales of 19.7%. adjusted operating income grew 33% year-over-year with return on sales of 19.7% Adjusted EPS grew 53%, and we generated $189 million in free cash flow, up 26%. adjusted eps grew 53% and we generated $189 million in free cash flow up 26% Looking at our key verticals, infrastructure led the way, with organic sales up over 50%, driven by outstanding growth in data centers. Industrial grew high single digits, and commercial resi sales were up low single digits. Turning to organic sales by geography, both Americas and Europe were strong. Americas grew approximately 30%, while Europe was up high single digits. Asia Pacific was down. For the full year, we had sales of $3.9 billion, an increase of 30% and 13% organically. Adjusted operating income grew 21%, with margins of 20.2%. Adjusted EPS was up 35%. For the full year, we had record free cash flow of $561 million, growing 31%. Let me share a few strategic and operational highlights. First, we launched 86 new products in 2025, contributing approximately 10 points to our sales growth, and our new product vitality was 27%. Looking at our key verticals, infrastructure led the way, with organic sales up over 50%, driven by outstanding growth in data centers. looking at our key verticals infrastructure led the way with organic sales up over 50% driven by outstanding growth in data centers Industrial grew high single digits, and commercial resi sales were up low single digits. industrial grew high single digits and commercial resi sales were up low single digits Turning to organic sales by geography, both Americas and Europe were strong. turning to organic sales by geography both americas and europe were strong Americas grew approximately 30%, while Europe was up high single digits. americas grew approximately 30% while europe was up high single digits Asia Pacific was down. asia pacific was down For the full year, we had sales of $3.9 billion, an increase of 30% and 13% organically. for the full year we had sales of $3.9 billion an increase of 30% and 13% organically Adjusted operating income grew 21%, with margins of 20.2%. adjusted operating income grew 21% with margins of 20.2% Adjusted EPS was up 35%. adjusted eps was up 35% For the full year, we had record free cash flow of $561 million, growing 31%. for the full year we had record free cash flow of $561 million growing 31% Let me share a few strategic and operational highlights. let me share a few strategic and operational highlights First, we launched 86 new products in 2025, contributing approximately 10 points to our sales growth, and our new product vitality was 27%. first we launched 86 new products in 2025 contributing approximately 10 points to our sales growth and our new product vitality was 27% Our innovation is delivering growth and solutions for our customers. Second, as I mentioned, the infrastructure vertical now makes up 45% of our sales, led by data centers, which grew over 50% for the year. Third, our organic growth and recent acquisitions more than offset the EPS impact from the thermal management business we divested in the first quarter. Importantly, we cannot accomplish these results without the dedication of our nVent team. Transforming our portfolio and accelerating to become a higher-growth company takes a lot of effort and teamwork. I'm very proud and appreciative of all the hard work by our nVent team to support our customers and deliver the outstanding performance in 2025. Looking ahead, we expect 2026 to be another record year of strong growth and value creation. Moving to slide five. Our innovation is delivering growth and solutions for our customers. our innovation is delivering growth and solutions for our customers Second, as I mentioned, the infrastructure vertical now makes up 45% of our sales, led by data centers, which grew over 50% for the year. second as i mentioned the infrastructure vertical now makes up 45% of our sales led by data centers which grew over 50% for the year Third, our organic growth and recent acquisitions more than offset the EPS impact from the thermal management business we divested in the first quarter. third our organic growth and recent acquisitions more than offset the eps impact from the thermal management business we divested in the first quarter Importantly, we cannot accomplish these results without the dedication of our nVent team. importantly we cannot accomplish these results without the dedication of our nvent team Transforming our portfolio and accelerating to become a higher-growth company takes a lot of effort and teamwork. transforming our portfolio and accelerating to become a higher-growth company takes a lot of effort and teamwork I'm very proud and appreciative of all the hard work by our nVent team to support our customers and deliver the outstanding performance in 2025. i'm very proud and appreciative of all the hard work by our nvent team to support our customers and deliver the outstanding performance in 2025 Looking ahead, we expect 2026 to be another record year of strong growth and value creation. looking ahead we expect 2026 to be another record year of strong growth and value creation Moving to slide five. moving to slide five Our portfolio transformation to become a more focused, higher-growth electrical connection and protection company is showing up in our results. We have increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical from 12% of sales at spin to 45% last year, and infrastructure is expected to be well over half of our sales in 2026. In addition, we have been aggressively investing in our data center business, which is rapidly growing and accelerating with the AI buildout. Our portfolio transformation to become a more focused, higher-growth electrical connection and protection company is showing up in our results. our portfolio transformation to become a more focused higher-growth electrical connection and protection company is showing up in our results We have increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical from 12% of sales at spin to 45% last year, and infrastructure is expected to be well over half of our sales in 2026. we have increased our exposure to the high-growth infrastructure vertical from 12% of sales at spin to 45% last year and infrastructure is expected to be well over half of our sales in 2026 In addition, we have been aggressively investing in our data center business, which is rapidly growing and accelerating with the AI buildout. in addition we have been aggressively investing in our data center business which is rapidly growing and accelerating with the ai buildout In January, we opened a new facility in Blaine, Minnesota, to expand our liquid cooling capacity. Production is online, and we are ramping quickly. Turning to slide six and our outlook for the verticals in 2026. We believe the infrastructure vertical has the highest growth opportunity with the trends of electrification, sustainability, and digitalization. Infrastructure is expected to grow at approximately 20% this year, driven by AI data center CapEx acceleration. In January, we opened a new facility in Blaine, Minnesota, to expand our liquid cooling capacity. in january we opened a new facility in blaine minnesota to expand our liquid cooling capacity Production is online, and we are ramping quickly. production is online and we are ramping quickly Turning to slide six and our outlook for the verticals in 2026. turning to slide six and our outlook for the verticals in 2026 We believe the infrastructure vertical has the highest growth opportunity with the trends of electrification, sustainability, and digitalization. we believe the infrastructure vertical has the highest growth opportunity with the trends of electrification sustainability and digitalization Infrastructure is expected to grow at approximately 20% this year, driven by AI data center CapEx acceleration. infrastructure is expected to grow at approximately 20% this year driven by ai data center capex acceleration In addition, power utilities, renewables, and energy storage are expected to grow with the increasing demand for power. For industrial, we expect mid-single digit growth with increasing CapEx investment, automation, and reshoring. The commercial resi vertical is expected to grow low single digits. This wraps up my remarks. I will now turn the call over to Gary for further details on our results, as well as our 2026 outlook. Gary, please go ahead. In addition, power utilities, renewables, and energy storage are expected to grow with the increasing demand for power. in addition power utilities renewables and energy storage are expected to grow with the increasing demand for power For industrial, we expect mid-single digit growth with increasing CapEx investment, automation, and reshoring. for industrial we expect mid-single digit growth with increasing capex investment automation and reshoring The commercial resi vertical is expected to grow low single digits. the commercial resi vertical is expected to grow low single digits This wraps up my remarks. this wraps up my remarks I will now turn the call over to Gary for further details on our results, as well as our 2026 outlook. i will now turn the call over to gary for further details on our results as well as our 2026 outlook Gary, please go ahead. gary please go ahead

Speaker 6: Thank you, Beth. We had another excellent quarter exceeding our guidance with record sales, strong adjusted EPS, and very strong free cash flow. Let's turn to slide seven to review our results. Sales of $1.067 billion were up 42% relative to last year. Organically, sales grew 24%, well ahead of our guidance, driven by stronger than forecasted data center sales. Acquisitions added $126 million to sales, or 17 points to growth, ahead of our guidance. Foreign exchange was roughly a 1-point tailwind. Thank you, Beth. thank you beth We had another excellent quarter exceeding our guidance with record sales, strong adjusted EPS, and very strong free cash flow. we had another excellent quarter exceeding our guidance with record sales strong adjusted eps and very strong free cash flow Let's turn to slide seven to review our results. let's turn to slide seven to review our results Sales of $1.067 billion were up 42% relative to last year. sales of $1.067 billion were up 42% relative to last year Organically, sales grew 24%, well ahead of our guidance, driven by stronger than forecasted data center sales. organically sales grew 24% well ahead of our guidance driven by stronger than forecasted data center sales Acquisitions added $126 million to sales, or 17 points to growth, ahead of our guidance. acquisitions added $126 million to sales or 17 points to growth ahead of our guidance Foreign exchange was roughly a 1-point tailwind. foreign exchange was roughly a 1-point tailwind Adjusted operating income was $210 million, up 33%. Return on sales came in at 19.7%, a bit lower than expected due to higher investments, incentive compensation, and mix. Inflation was nearly $55 million, including more than $40 million in tariff impact. Price-plus productivity offset inflation, and we also continued to make investments for growth, particularly for data centers and our recent acquisitions. Adjusted operating income was $210 million, up 33%. adjusted operating income was $210 million up 33% Return on sales came in at 19.7%, a bit lower than expected due to higher investments, incentive compensation, and mix. return on sales came in at 19.7% a bit lower than expected due to higher investments incentive compensation and mix Inflation was nearly $55 million, including more than $40 million in tariff impact. inflation was nearly $55 million including more than $40 million in tariff impact Price-plus productivity offset inflation, and we also continued to make investments for growth, particularly for data centers and our recent acquisitions. price-plus productivity offset inflation and we also continued to make investments for growth particularly for data centers and our recent acquisitions Q4 adjusted EPS was $0.90, up 53%, and above the high end of our guidance range. We generated robust free cash flow of $189 million, up 26% year-over-year. Now, please turn to slide eight for a discussion on the fourth quarter segment performance. Starting with Systems Protection, sales of $737 million increased 58%. Acquisitions contributed 23 points to sales and have performed ahead of expectations. Organically, sales grew 34%, with all verticals growing. Infrastructure grew approximately 70%, largely due to continued strength in data centers. Industrial was up high single digits. Commercial resi grew low single digits. Geographically, Americas and Europe were both strong. Americas grew over 45%, while Europe was up high single digits. Asia Pacific was down in the quarter. Fourth quarter segment income was $149 million, up 49%. Q4 adjusted EPS was $0.90, up 53%, and above the high end of our guidance range. q4 adjusted eps was $0.90 up 53% and above the high end of our guidance range We generated robust free cash flow of $189 million, up 26% year-over-year. we generated robust free cash flow of $189 million up 26% year-over-year Now, please turn to slide eight for a discussion on the fourth quarter segment performance. now please turn to slide eight for a discussion on the fourth quarter segment performance Starting with Systems Protection, sales of $737 million increased 58%. starting with systems protection sales of $737 million increased 58% Acquisitions contributed 23 points to sales and have performed ahead of expectations. acquisitions contributed 23 points to sales and have performed ahead of expectations Organically, sales grew 34%, with all verticals growing. organically sales grew 34% with all verticals growing Infrastructure grew approximately 70%, largely due to continued strength in data centers. infrastructure grew approximately 70% largely due to continued strength in data centers Industrial was up high single digits. industrial was up high single digits Commercial resi grew low single digits. commercial resi grew low single digits Geographically, Americas and Europe were both strong. geographically americas and europe were both strong Americas grew over 45%, while Europe was up high single digits. americas grew over 45% while europe was up high single digits Asia Pacific was down in the quarter. asia pacific was down in the quarter Fourth quarter segment income was $149 million, up 49%. fourth quarter segment income was $149 million up 49% Return on sales of 20.3% decreased 120 basis points year-over-year, impacted by inflation, growth investments, and recent acquisitions. Moving to Electrical Connections, sales of $330 million increased 15%. Organic sales were up 8%, and the EPG acquisition contributed 6 points to sales. From a vertical perspective, infrastructure led, growing approximately 25%. Industrial grew mid-single digits, and commercial resi was up low single digits. Geographically, all three regions grew. Sales were up high single digits in the Americas. Europe was up low single digits, and Asia Pacific grew double digits. Segment income was $91 million, up 8% versus last year. Return on sales of 27.6% decreased 180 basis points year-over-year, impacted primarily by inflation. That wraps up the quarter. Now, turn to slide nine for a recap of our full-year 2025 results. Return on sales of 20.3% decreased 120 basis points year-over-year, impacted by inflation, growth investments, and recent acquisitions. return on sales of 20.3% decreased 120 basis points year-over-year impacted by inflation growth investments and recent acquisitions Moving to Electrical Connections, sales of $330 million increased 15%. moving to electrical connections sales of $330 million increased 15% Organic sales were up 8%, and the EPG acquisition contributed 6 points to sales. organic sales were up 8% and the epg acquisition contributed 6 points to sales From a vertical perspective, infrastructure led, growing approximately 25%. from a vertical perspective infrastructure led growing approximately 25% Industrial grew mid-single digits, and commercial resi was up low single digits. industrial grew mid-single digits and commercial resi was up low single digits Geographically, all three regions grew. geographically all three regions grew Sales were up high single digits in the Americas. sales were up high single digits in the americas Europe was up low single digits, and Asia Pacific grew double digits. europe was up low single digits and asia pacific grew double digits Segment income was $91 million, up 8% versus last year. segment income was $91 million up 8% versus last year Return on sales of 27.6% decreased 180 basis points year-over-year, impacted primarily by inflation. return on sales of 27.6% decreased 180 basis points year-over-year impacted primarily by inflation That wraps up the quarter. that wraps up the quarter Now, turn to slide nine for a recap of our full-year 2025 results. now turn to slide nine for a recap of our full-year 2025 results 2025 was an outstanding year with 30% or more growth in reported sales, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. We ended the year with sales of $3.9 billion, up 30%, or 13% organically. Acquisitions contributed 16 points to growth for the year. Adjusted operating income grew 21% to $786 million. Overall, return on sales came in at 20.2%. Inflation was more than $160 million, including approximately $90 million in tariff impact. Price-plus productivity offset inflation, and we also continued to make investments for growth. Free cash flow was $561 million, up 30%, with 102% conversion of adjusted net income. This included higher CapEx investments for growth and capacity. In summary, 2025 was a year of record performance and strong execution with nVent now a higher-growth company. Turning to the balance sheet and cash flow on slide 10. 2025 was an outstanding year with 30% or more growth in reported sales, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. 2025 was an outstanding year with 30% or more growth in reported sales adjusted eps and free cash flow We ended the year with sales of $3.9 billion, up 30%, or 13% organically. we ended the year with sales of $3.9 billion up 30% or 13% organically Acquisitions contributed 16 points to growth for the year. acquisitions contributed 16 points to growth for the year Adjusted operating income grew 21% to $786 million. adjusted operating income grew 21% to $786 million Overall, return on sales came in at 20.2%. overall return on sales came in at 20.2% Inflation was more than $160 million, including approximately $90 million in tariff impact. inflation was more than $160 million including approximately $90 million in tariff impact Price-plus productivity offset inflation, and we also continued to make investments for growth. price-plus productivity offset inflation and we also continued to make investments for growth Free cash flow was $561 million, up 30%, with 102% conversion of adjusted net income. free cash flow was $561 million up 30% with 102% conversion of adjusted net income This included higher CapEx investments for growth and capacity. this included higher capex investments for growth and capacity In summary, 2025 was a year of record performance and strong execution with nVent now a higher-growth company. in summary 2025 was a year of record performance and strong execution with nvent now a higher-growth company Turning to the balance sheet and cash flow on slide 10. turning to the balance sheet and cash flow on slide 10 We ended the year with $237 million of cash on hand and $600 million available on our revolver, putting us in a strong liquidity position. Our debt stands at $1.6 billion, down approximately $600 million from a year ago. Our healthy balance sheet and strong liquidity position gives us financial flexibility to support our disciplined capital allocation strategy. Turning to slide 11, where we outline our capital allocation priorities. Our capital allocation strategy is all about investing in and capitalizing on opportunities that generate the highest returns for our shareholders. Our first priority is growth. We are investing in new products, capacity, and supply chain resiliency. In 2025, we invested $93 million in CapEx, up 26%. These increased investments are for recent acquisitions and new capacity to support growth in data centers and power utilities. We ended the year with $237 million of cash on hand and $600 million available on our revolver, putting us in a strong liquidity position. we ended the year with $237 million of cash on hand and $600 million available on our revolver putting us in a strong liquidity position Our debt stands at $1.6 billion, down approximately $600 million from a year ago. our debt stands at $1.6 billion down approximately $600 million from a year ago Our healthy balance sheet and strong liquidity position gives us financial flexibility to support our disciplined capital allocation strategy. our healthy balance sheet and strong liquidity position gives us financial flexibility to support our disciplined capital allocation strategy Turning to slide 11, where we outline our capital allocation priorities. turning to slide 11 where we outline our capital allocation priorities Our capital allocation strategy is all about investing in and capitalizing on opportunities that generate the highest returns for our shareholders. our capital allocation strategy is all about investing in and capitalizing on opportunities that generate the highest returns for our shareholders Our first priority is growth. our first priority is growth We are investing in new products, capacity, and supply chain resiliency. we are investing in new products capacity and supply chain resiliency In 2025, we invested $93 million in CapEx, up 26%. in 2025 we invested $93 million in capex up 26% These increased investments are for recent acquisitions and new capacity to support growth in data centers and power utilities. these increased investments are for recent acquisitions and new capacity to support growth in data centers and power utilities We returned $383 million to shareholders in 2025, including share repurchases of $253 million, and we increased our quarterly dividend 5%. We exited the year with a net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio of 1.6 times, below our targeted range of 2-2.5 times. We believe we are well positioned and have additional capacity for future capital deployment, with our first priority being to invest in growth. Moving to slide 12 and our 2026 outlook. We are forecasting another year of strong sales and earnings growth. Reported sales are expected to grow 15%-18%, with organic growth in the range of 10%-13%. This assumes strong volume growth and positive price. Acquisitions are expected to contribute approximately four points to growth, and foreign exchange to be a one-point tailwind. We returned $383 million to shareholders in 2025, including share repurchases of $253 million, and we increased our quarterly dividend 5%. we returned $383 million to shareholders in 2025 including share repurchases of $253 million and we increased our quarterly dividend 5% We exited the year with a net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA ratio of 1.6 times, below our targeted range of 2-2.5 times. we exited the year with a net debt-to-adjusted ebitda ratio of 1.6 times below our targeted range of 2-2.5 times We believe we are well positioned and have additional capacity for future capital deployment, with our first priority being to invest in growth. we believe we are well positioned and have additional capacity for future capital deployment with our first priority being to invest in growth Moving to slide 12 and our 2026 outlook. moving to slide 12 and our 2026 outlook We are forecasting another year of strong sales and earnings growth. we are forecasting another year of strong sales and earnings growth Reported sales are expected to grow 15%-18%, with organic growth in the range of 10%-13%. reported sales are expected to grow 15%-18% with organic growth in the range of 10%-13% This assumes strong volume growth and positive price. this assumes strong volume growth and positive price Acquisitions are expected to contribute approximately four points to growth, and foreign exchange to be a one-point tailwind. acquisitions are expected to contribute approximately four points to growth and foreign exchange to be a one-point tailwind Our outlook for full-year adjusted EPS is $4-$4.15, which represents growth of 20%-24%, and we expect free cash flow conversion to be between 90%-95% of adjusted net income. We expect net interest of approximately $70 million, our adjusted tax rate of approximately 22%, and shares outstanding of approximately 164 million. Price and productivity are expected to offset inflation, including tariffs. We forecast incremental tariffs of approximately $80 million, largely in the first half of the year. Our outlook for full-year adjusted EPS is $4-$4.15, which represents growth of 20%-24%, and we expect free cash flow conversion to be between 90%-95% of adjusted net income. our outlook for full-year adjusted eps is $4-$4.15 which represents growth of 20%-24% and we expect free cash flow conversion to be between 90%-95% of adjusted net income We expect net interest of approximately $70 million, our adjusted tax rate of approximately 22%, and shares outstanding of approximately 164 million. we expect net interest of approximately $70 million our adjusted tax rate of approximately 22% and shares outstanding of approximately 164 million Price and productivity are expected to offset inflation, including tariffs. price and productivity are expected to offset inflation including tariffs We forecast incremental tariffs of approximately $80 million, largely in the first half of the year. we forecast incremental tariffs of approximately $80 million largely in the first half of the year Corporate costs are expected to be approximately $130 million, CapEx of approximately $130 million, and depreciation and amortization of approximately $230 million. Moving to slide 13 and our first quarter outlook. We forecast reported sales growth of 34%-36%, with acquisitions contributing approximately 15 points to sales and foreign exchange approximately a 2-point tailwind. Organic sales growth is expected to be up 17%-19%. Corporate costs are expected to be approximately $130 million, CapEx of approximately $130 million, and depreciation and amortization of approximately $230 million. corporate costs are expected to be approximately $130 million capex of approximately $130 million and depreciation and amortization of approximately $230 million Moving to slide 13 and our first quarter outlook. moving to slide 13 and our first quarter outlook We forecast reported sales growth of 34%-36%, with acquisitions contributing approximately 15 points to sales and foreign exchange approximately a 2-point tailwind. we forecast reported sales growth of 34%-36% with acquisitions contributing approximately 15 points to sales and foreign exchange approximately a 2-point tailwind Organic sales growth is expected to be up 17%-19%. organic sales growth is expected to be up 17%-19% Price coupled with productivity are expected to offset inflation, including the tariff impacts in Q1. We expect adjusted EPS to be between $0.90 and $0.93, which at the midpoint reflects more than a 35% increase relative to last year. Wrapping up, our team delivered a strong year with record sales, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. We are well positioned for another record year in 2026. With that, I will now turn the call back over to Beth. Price coupled with productivity are expected to offset inflation, including the tariff impacts in Q1. price coupled with productivity are expected to offset inflation including the tariff impacts in q1 We expect adjusted EPS to be between $0.90 and $0.93, which at the midpoint reflects more than a 35% increase relative to last year. we expect adjusted eps to be between $0.90 and $0.93 which at the midpoint reflects more than a 35% increase relative to last year Wrapping up, our team delivered a strong year with record sales, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. wrapping up our team delivered a strong year with record sales adjusted eps and free cash flow We are well positioned for another record year in 2026. we are well positioned for another record year in 2026 With that, I will now turn the call back over to Beth. with that i will now turn the call back over to beth

Speaker 2: Thank you, Gary. Please turn to slide 14. Key to our success and performance has been our people and our culture and making nVent a great place to work. We are focused on improving our employee experience and having a positive impact on our communities. On this slide, you can see numerous awards and recognitions that we have received as we focus on our people and building a more sustainable and electrified world. For the second consecutive year, we were recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere. We also earned a Gold Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, placing us in the top 5% of companies assessed, and we were certified as a great place to work for the fourth consecutive year. These are just a few of the many awards and recognitions we have received. Thank you, Gary. thank you gary Please turn to slide 14. please turn to slide 14 Key to our success and performance has been our people and our culture and making nVent a great place to work. key to our success and performance has been our people and our culture and making nvent a great place to work We are focused on improving our employee experience and having a positive impact on our communities. we are focused on improving our employee experience and having a positive impact on our communities On this slide, you can see numerous awards and recognitions that we have received as we focus on our people and building a more sustainable and electrified world. on this slide you can see numerous awards and recognitions that we have received as we focus on our people and building a more sustainable and electrified world For the second consecutive year, we were recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies by Ethisphere. for the second consecutive year we were recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies by ethisphere We also earned a Gold Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, placing us in the top 5% of companies assessed, and we were certified as a great place to work for the fourth consecutive year. we also earned a gold sustainability rating from ecovadis placing us in the top 5% of companies assessed and we were certified as a great place to work for the fourth consecutive year These are just a few of the many awards and recognitions we have received. these are just a few of the many awards and recognitions we have received I'm extremely proud of our nVent team and everything we have accomplished together, and there's always more we can do. We want people to grow their careers at nVent as we grow as a company. Turning to slide 15. On February 24th, we will be hosting our Investor Day, and I look forward to sharing more details about our growth strategy, new medium-term financial targets, and how nVent is inventing the electrified future. Wrapping up on slide 16. 2025 was a year of outstanding performance for nVent, delivering differentiated value for our customers and shareholders. Our portfolio transformation and data center organic investments are accelerating our growth, and we expect 2026 to be another record year of financial performance. Our future is bright. With that, I will now turn the call over to the operator to start Q&A. I'm extremely proud of our nVent team and everything we have accomplished together, and there's always more we can do. i'm extremely proud of our nvent team and everything we have accomplished together and there's always more we can do We want people to grow their careers at nVent as we grow as a company. we want people to grow their careers at nvent as we grow as a company Turning to slide 15. turning to slide 15 On February 24th, we will be hosting our Investor Day, and I look forward to sharing more details about our growth strategy, new medium-term financial targets, and how nVent is inventing the electrified future. on february 24th we will be hosting our investor day and i look forward to sharing more details about our growth strategy new medium-term financial targets and how nvent is inventing the electrified future Wrapping up on slide 16. 2025 was a year of outstanding performance for nVent, delivering differentiated value for our customers and shareholders. wrapping up on slide 16 2025 was a year of outstanding performance for nvent delivering differentiated value for our customers and shareholders Our portfolio transformation and data center organic investments are accelerating our growth, and we expect 2026 to be another record year of financial performance. our portfolio transformation and data center organic investments are accelerating our growth and we expect 2026 to be another record year of financial performance Our future is bright. our future is bright With that, I will now turn the call over to the operator to start Q&A. with that i will now turn the call over to the operator to start q&a

Speaker 10: Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your touch-tone phone. If you're using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star then two. At this time, we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster. The first question comes from Deane Dray with RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Thank you. thank you We will now begin the question and answer session. we will now begin the question and answer session To ask a question, you may press star then one on your touch-tone phone. to ask a question you may press star then one on your touch-tone phone If you're using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. if you're using a speakerphone please pick up your handset before pressing the keys If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, please press star then two. if at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question please press star then two At this time, we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster. at this time we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster The first question comes from Deane Dray with RBC Capital Markets. the first question comes from deane dray with rbc capital markets Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 5: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Thank you. thank you Good morning, everyone. good morning everyone

Speaker 2: Good morning, Deane. Good morning, Deane. good morning deane

Speaker 5: Hey, maybe we can start with getting a bit more color, and maybe you can size the impact of inflation and these growth investments in your 26 guide. And then also, if you can just give us some context as new capacity comes online, what does that do into your typical margin progression? Thank you. Hey, maybe we can start with getting a bit more color, and maybe you can size the impact of inflation and these growth investments in your 26 guide. hey maybe we can start with getting a bit more color and maybe you can size the impact of inflation and these growth investments in your 26 guide And then also, if you can just give us some context as new capacity comes online, what does that do into your typical margin progression? and then also if you can just give us some context as new capacity comes online what does that do into your typical margin progression Thank you. thank you

Speaker 6: Thanks, Deane. This is Gary. I'll give a bit of color on inflation. We expect higher inflation in 2026 due to labor, metals, and as I mentioned in my script, approximately $80 million in carryover or tariff impacts. We plan to address that through strong productivity as well as pricing, and those two actions will offset the inflation in the year. As you mentioned, we'll continue to invest to support growth, and we have been doing that in the second half of 2025 as well as into 2026, and you're seeing that support the tremendous top-line growth that we've delivered in the quarter and will continue to deliver in 2026. Thanks, Deane. thanks deane This is Gary. this is gary I'll give a bit of color on inflation. i'll give a bit of color on inflation We expect higher inflation in 2026 due to labor, metals, and as I mentioned in my script, approximately $80 million in carryover or tariff impacts. we expect higher inflation in 2026 due to labor metals and as i mentioned in my script approximately $80 million in carryover or tariff impacts We plan to address that through strong productivity as well as pricing, and those two actions will offset the inflation in the year. we plan to address that through strong productivity as well as pricing and those two actions will offset the inflation in the year As you mentioned, we'll continue to invest to support growth, and we have been doing that in the second half of 2025 as well as into 2026, and you're seeing that support the tremendous top-line growth that we've delivered in the quarter and will continue to deliver in 2026. as you mentioned we'll continue to invest to support growth and we have been doing that in the second half of 2025 as well as into 2026 and you're seeing that support the tremendous top-line growth that we've delivered in the quarter and will continue to deliver in 2026

Speaker 2: With respect to your point on as we're investing and the margin impact, I would just say that we're ramping so quickly and having to train a lot of new people. There are some inefficiencies, and as we start to scale, we'll get better in terms of improving those inefficiencies and that productivity. With respect to your point on as we're investing and the margin impact, I would just say that we're ramping so quickly and having to train a lot of new people. with respect to your point on as we're investing and the margin impact i would just say that we're ramping so quickly and having to train a lot of new people There are some inefficiencies, and as we start to scale, we'll get better in terms of improving those inefficiencies and that productivity. there are some inefficiencies and as we start to scale we'll get better in terms of improving those inefficiencies and that productivity

Speaker 5: That's real helpful. Thank you. Then just as a follow-up, really impressive new product introductions, new product vitality index. Maybe if we could, you made a lot of impact at Supercomputing this year launching a new line of standardized modular liquid cooling platforms. What's been the customer receptivity to the launch, and where does that stand today? Thanks. That's real helpful. that's real helpful Thank you. thank you Then just as a follow-up, really impressive new product introductions, new product vitality index. then just as a follow-up really impressive new product introductions new product vitality index Maybe if we could, you made a lot of impact at Supercomputing this year launching a new line of standardized modular liquid cooling platforms. maybe if we could you made a lot of impact at supercomputing this year launching a new line of standardized modular liquid cooling platforms What's been the customer receptivity to the launch, and where does that stand today? what's been the customer receptivity to the launch and where does that stand today Thanks. thanks

Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, Dean. Yes, we did showcase a lot of those new products at Super Compute, and some of those products start to launch here through Q1 and Q2. Customer reception to that has been very strong because, as you know, we've driven some very high-performance and very capable products that are very scalable and modular. And so as we see this year, a lot of those products launch, and we think that'll be part of our growth story as that ramps through 2026. Yeah, thank you, Dean. yeah thank you dean Yes, we did showcase a lot of those new products at Super Compute, and some of those products start to launch here through Q1 and Q2. yes we did showcase a lot of those new products at super compute and some of those products start to launch here through q1 and q2 Customer reception to that has been very strong because, as you know, we've driven some very high-performance and very capable products that are very scalable and modular. customer reception to that has been very strong because as you know we've driven some very high-performance and very capable products that are very scalable and modular And so as we see this year, a lot of those products launch, and we think that'll be part of our growth story as that ramps through 2026. and so as we see this year a lot of those products launch and we think that'll be part of our growth story as that ramps through 2026

Speaker 5: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Julian Mitchell with Barclays. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Julian Mitchell with Barclays. the next question comes from julian mitchell with barclays Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 7: Hi, good morning. Hi, good morning. hi good morning

Speaker 2: Good morning. Good morning. good morning

Speaker 7: Maybe just good morning. Just wanted to start perhaps with any color you could give us on that backlog kind of recognition profile. I think it was $2.3 billion at the end of December, so it's about 50% of your revenue guide for the next twelve months. Maybe help us understand, I suppose, how maybe the book-to-bill trended recently so we can get some sense of that orders-to-sales cadence. And how much of that backlog do you think will be recognized in the next twelve months? I think we get your RPO in the 10-K. Maybe just good morning. maybe just good morning Just wanted to start perhaps with any color you could give us on that backlog kind of recognition profile. just wanted to start perhaps with any color you could give us on that backlog kind of recognition profile I think it was $2.3 billion at the end of December, so it's about 50% of your revenue guide for the next twelve months. i think it was $2.3 billion at the end of december so it's about 50% of your revenue guide for the next twelve months Maybe help us understand, I suppose, how maybe the book-to-bill trended recently so we can get some sense of that orders-to-sales cadence. maybe help us understand i suppose how maybe the book-to-bill trended recently so we can get some sense of that orders-to-sales cadence And how much of that backlog do you think will be recognized in the next twelve months? and how much of that backlog do you think will be recognized in the next twelve months I think we get your RPO in the 10-K. i think we get your rpo in the 10-k

Speaker 2: Hi, Julian. Maybe I'll start, and I'll let Gary fill in. So as we transformed our portfolio and we talked about how we have more of a mix between short cycle and long cycle, you're seeing that we're more of a we have more backlog than we would have had traditionally. And so some of that is in data centers, some of that is in power utilities, and so you're just seeing the strength there. And I would say that most of that backlog is through 2026, although there's some beyond that, but a lot of that is what gives us confidence in our guide for the year given the strength of it. Hi, Julian. hi julian Maybe I'll start, and I'll let Gary fill in. maybe i'll start and i'll let gary fill in So as we transformed our portfolio and we talked about how we have more of a mix between short cycle and long cycle, you're seeing that we're more of a we have more backlog than we would have had traditionally. so as we transformed our portfolio and we talked about how we have more of a mix between short cycle and long cycle you're seeing that we're more of a we have more backlog than we would have had traditionally And so some of that is in data centers, some of that is in power utilities, and so you're just seeing the strength there. and so some of that is in data centers some of that is in power utilities and so you're just seeing the strength there And I would say that most of that backlog is through 2026, although there's some beyond that, but a lot of that is what gives us confidence in our guide for the year given the strength of it. and i would say that most of that backlog is through 2026 although there's some beyond that but a lot of that is what gives us confidence in our guide for the year given the strength of it

Speaker 6: Yeah, I just would add we mentioned in the script the backlog is now three times what it was last year, primarily data center and our new Trachte and EPG business supporting the infrastructure vertical, but there also is healthy orders and backlog in our Electrical Connections business and our core Systems Protection business, Julian. So healthy backlog, orders were up nicely in the quarter, and we feel good about the momentum that we're carrying into 2026. Yeah, I just would add we mentioned in the script the backlog is now three times what it was last year, primarily data center and our new Trachte and EPG business supporting the infrastructure vertical, but there also is healthy orders and backlog in our Electrical Connections business and our core Systems Protection business, Julian. yeah i just would add we mentioned in the script the backlog is now three times what it was last year primarily data center and our new trachte and epg business supporting the infrastructure vertical but there also is healthy orders and backlog in our electrical connections business and our core systems protection business julian So healthy backlog, orders were up nicely in the quarter, and we feel good about the momentum that we're carrying into 2026. so healthy backlog orders were up nicely in the quarter and we feel good about the momentum that we're carrying into 2026

Speaker 7: Thanks very much. My second question would be on the operating margins. So I think the guidance embeds about a 70 basis point decline year-on-year in the first quarter, and then operating margins are up maybe 20 basis points or so for 2026 in aggregate. Just wanted to check those numbers are roughly okay. And I suppose more specifically, it seems like the organic operating margins maybe are not getting the lift yet that you had expected. So just wondered what you thought the main culprit there was. If it's price-cost, that's okay on the cost side, but has anything got worse on the price side because of all the capacity everyone's adding? Thanks very much. thanks very much My second question would be on the operating margins. my second question would be on the operating margins So I think the guidance embeds about a 70 basis point decline year-on-year in the first quarter, and then operating margins are up maybe 20 basis points or so for 2026 in aggregate. so i think the guidance embeds about a 70 basis point decline year-on-year in the first quarter and then operating margins are up maybe 20 basis points or so for 2026 in aggregate Just wanted to check those numbers are roughly okay. just wanted to check those numbers are roughly okay And I suppose more specifically, it seems like the organic operating margins maybe are not getting the lift yet that you had expected. and i suppose more specifically it seems like the organic operating margins maybe are not getting the lift yet that you had expected So just wondered what you thought the main culprit there was. so just wondered what you thought the main culprit there was If it's price-cost, that's okay on the cost side, but has anything got worse on the price side because of all the capacity everyone's adding? if it's price-cost that's okay on the cost side but has anything got worse on the price side because of all the capacity everyone's adding

Speaker 6: Thanks, Julian. I'll take that one, and I'll talk about 2026 margin. We expect margin expansion in 2026, including better incrementals in 2026 than we had in 2025. As you mentioned, the inflation will persist, including the tariffs, but we expect price and productivity to offset it. We expect more price, and we've announced pricing that's in the market. The inflation driven by the tariffs will be more first-half oriented, and margins are expected to improve both year-over-year and sequentially. One thing to mention about Q1 is we expect margins to be flattish sequentially in the quarter but up, factoring in for the accelerated share-based compensation that we'll recognize in Q1, which is really phasing across the year. Thanks, Julian. thanks julian I'll take that one, and I'll talk about 2026 margin. i'll take that one and i'll talk about 2026 margin We expect margin expansion in 2026, including better incrementals in 2026 than we had in 2025. we expect margin expansion in 2026 including better incrementals in 2026 than we had in 2025 As you mentioned, the inflation will persist, including the tariffs, but we expect price and productivity to offset it. as you mentioned the inflation will persist including the tariffs but we expect price and productivity to offset it We expect more price, and we've announced pricing that's in the market. we expect more price and we've announced pricing that's in the market The inflation driven by the tariffs will be more first-half oriented, and margins are expected to improve both year-over-year and sequentially. the inflation driven by the tariffs will be more first-half oriented and margins are expected to improve both year-over-year and sequentially One thing to mention about Q1 is we expect margins to be flattish sequentially in the quarter but up, factoring in for the accelerated share-based compensation that we'll recognize in Q1, which is really phasing across the year. one thing to mention about q1 is we expect margins to be flattish sequentially in the quarter but up factoring in for the accelerated share-based compensation that we'll recognize in q1 which is really phasing across the year

Speaker 7: Great. Thank you. Great. great Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Nigel Coe with Wolfe Research. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Nigel Coe with Wolfe Research. the next question comes from nigel coe with wolfe research Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 14: Hey, good morning. This is Will Branco for Nigel. Hey, good morning. hey good morning This is Will Branco for Nigel. this is will branco for nigel

Speaker 6: Hey, Will. Hey, Will. hey will

Speaker 2: Good morning. Good morning. good morning

Speaker 14: Morning. If I could kind of go back to the margin point for 2026 first. I think the implied incremental margins in the guide are around 25% next year or this year, which is obviously a step up from 25. But just in terms of the first half versus the second half, you have increasingly easy comps through the year. So just how should we think about the first half or second half weighting on incrementals? And then maybe if I could just extend that out beyond 2026, I think longer term, you've talked about, I think, incrementals in the 30%-35% zone. Obviously, the portfolio is very different now from a few years ago. So any color on how we should think about incremental margins in the business beyond 2026 as well? Thank you. Morning. morning If I could kind of go back to the margin point for 2026 first. if i could kind of go back to the margin point for 2026 first I think the implied incremental margins in the guide are around 25% next year or this year, which is obviously a step up from 25. i think the implied incremental margins in the guide are around 25% next year or this year which is obviously a step up from 25 But just in terms of the first half versus the second half, you have increasingly easy comps through the year. but just in terms of the first half versus the second half you have increasingly easy comps through the year So just how should we think about the first half or second half weighting on incrementals? so just how should we think about the first half or second half weighting on incrementals And then maybe if I could just extend that out beyond 2026, I think longer term, you've talked about, I think, incrementals in the 30%-35% zone. and then maybe if i could just extend that out beyond 2026 i think longer term you've talked about i think incrementals in the 30%-35% zone Obviously, the portfolio is very different now from a few years ago. obviously the portfolio is very different now from a few years ago So any color on how we should think about incremental margins in the business beyond 2026 as well? so any color on how we should think about incremental margins in the business beyond 2026 as well Thank you. thank you

Speaker 6: Yeah. Thanks for the question. As you mentioned, incrementals will be better in 2026 than they were in 2025, and we expect that to progress nicely throughout the year. The first half has the impact of the carryover tariffs, the EPG acquisition, and some of these investments for growth that Beth mentioned as we get some new capacity online. Second half will be better as those headwinds abate. We're very confident in the direction that our margins are headed, and I'm not going to comment on anything beyond 2026. We will have the opportunity to speak to that as we're together in about a month at our Investor Day. Yeah. yeah Thanks for the question. thanks for the question As you mentioned, incrementals will be better in 2026 than they were in 2025, and we expect that to progress nicely throughout the year. as you mentioned incrementals will be better in 2026 than they were in 2025 and we expect that to progress nicely throughout the year The first half has the impact of the carryover tariffs, the EPG acquisition, and some of these investments for growth that Beth mentioned as we get some new capacity online. the first half has the impact of the carryover tariffs the epg acquisition and some of these investments for growth that beth mentioned as we get some new capacity online Second half will be better as those headwinds abate. second half will be better as those headwinds abate We're very confident in the direction that our margins are headed, and I'm not going to comment on anything beyond 2026. we're very confident in the direction that our margins are headed and i'm not going to comment on anything beyond 2026 We will have the opportunity to speak to that as we're together in about a month at our Investor Day. we will have the opportunity to speak to that as we're together in about a month at our investor day

Speaker 14: Great. Thanks, Gary. And then maybe for my follow-up, I could focus on orders. Obviously, 30% growth in the quarter. Any color on maybe how orders trended Q over Q in fourth Q, and then obviously through January, maybe any color on year-to-date order trends, specifically any orders that may have pushed out of the fourth quarter into the first quarter? If any color there, it'd also be very helpful. Thank you. Great. great Thanks, Gary. thanks gary And then maybe for my follow-up, I could focus on orders. and then maybe for my follow-up i could focus on orders Obviously, 30% growth in the quarter. obviously 30% growth in the quarter Any color on maybe how orders trended Q over Q in fourth Q, and then obviously through January, maybe any color on year-to-date order trends, specifically any orders that may have pushed out of the fourth quarter into the first quarter? any color on maybe how orders trended q over q in fourth q and then obviously through january maybe any color on year-to-date order trends specifically any orders that may have pushed out of the fourth quarter into the first quarter If any color there, it'd also be very helpful. if any color there it'd also be very helpful Thank you. thank you

Speaker 2: Yeah. As we commented in our last earnings call, our orders ex-data centers were up high single digits, and as I just remarked, orders for Q4 were up low double digits. So in the non-data center business, we've seen orders improve, and I would say orders continue to look good through January. Yeah. yeah As we commented in our last earnings call, our orders ex-data centers were up high single digits, and as I just remarked, orders for Q4 were up low double digits. as we commented in our last earnings call our orders ex-data centers were up high single digits and as i just remarked orders for q4 were up low double digits So in the non-data center business, we've seen orders improve, and I would say orders continue to look good through January. so in the non-data center business we've seen orders improve and i would say orders continue to look good through january

Speaker 14: Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys. thanks guys

Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Joe Ritchie with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Joe Ritchie with Goldman Sachs. the next question comes from joe ritchie with goldman sachs Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 1: Hi. This is Anvi for Joe. Good morning. Hi. hi This is Anvi for Joe. this is anvi for joe Good morning. good morning

Speaker 6: Good morning. Good morning. good morning

Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks. I had a broader-level question around your 2026 guide. So in 2025, your order growth has averaged close to 30% through the year, and you exited Q4 with a 24% organic clip as well. So can you just help us understand the puts and takes on the growth guide of 10%-13% for 2026 and then the implied step-down after Q1? Yeah, thanks. yeah thanks I had a broader-level question around your 2026 guide. i had a broader-level question around your 2026 guide So in 2025, your order growth has averaged close to 30% through the year, and you exited Q4 with a 24% organic clip as well. so in 2025 your order growth has averaged close to 30% through the year and you exited q4 with a 24% organic clip as well So can you just help us understand the puts and takes on the growth guide of 10%-13% for 2026 and then the implied step-down after Q1? so can you just help us understand the puts and takes on the growth guide of 10%-13% for 2026 and then the implied step-down after q1

Speaker 6: Yeah. I appreciate you recognizing the strong growth that we had in Q2 or Q4, and we expect really a strong Q1 on revenue and EPS, both growth over 30%, mid-thirties at the midpoint. Annually, I would just say, look, it's early in the year. We've entered a period of unprecedented growth for nVent, and we'll continue to update our outlook as we deliver the results quarter after quarter. Keep in mind we are overlapping 20% organic and 50% EPS growth in the second half of 2025, and we want to ensure that our guidance gives us the flexibility to invest to support growth in the long run. So we feel good about the momentum, and we'll continue to update you as we move throughout the year. Yeah. yeah I appreciate you recognizing the strong growth that we had in Q2 or Q4, and we expect really a strong Q1 on revenue and EPS, both growth over 30%, mid-thirties at the midpoint. i appreciate you recognizing the strong growth that we had in q2 or q4 and we expect really a strong q1 on revenue and eps both growth over 30% mid-thirties at the midpoint Annually, I would just say, look, it's early in the year. annually i would just say look it's early in the year We've entered a period of unprecedented growth for nVent, and we'll continue to update our outlook as we deliver the results quarter after quarter. we've entered a period of unprecedented growth for nvent and we'll continue to update our outlook as we deliver the results quarter after quarter Keep in mind we are overlapping 20% organic and 50% EPS growth in the second half of 2025, and we want to ensure that our guidance gives us the flexibility to invest to support growth in the long run. keep in mind we are overlapping 20% organic and 50% eps growth in the second half of 2025 and we want to ensure that our guidance gives us the flexibility to invest to support growth in the long run So we feel good about the momentum, and we'll continue to update you as we move throughout the year. so we feel good about the momentum and we'll continue to update you as we move throughout the year

Speaker 1: Got it. That makes sense. Just as a follow-up, maybe a broader question around liquid cooling, and a lot of the growth today is driven by data centers, whether it's the orders or the top line. But liquid cooling still remains under-penetrated, and ultimately, data centers are going to need it forward. Can you give a higher level on how you're thinking about the TAM over the next 3-5 years and nVent's right to win on this opportunity? Got it. got it That makes sense. that makes sense Just as a follow-up, maybe a broader question around liquid cooling, and a lot of the growth today is driven by data centers, whether it's the orders or the top line. just as a follow-up maybe a broader question around liquid cooling and a lot of the growth today is driven by data centers whether it's the orders or the top line But liquid cooling still remains under-penetrated, and ultimately, data centers are going to need it forward. but liquid cooling still remains under-penetrated and ultimately data centers are going to need it forward Can you give a higher level on how you're thinking about the TAM over the next 3-5 years and nVent's right to win on this opportunity? can you give a higher level on how you're thinking about the tam over the next 3-5 years and nvent's right to win on this opportunity

Speaker 2: Sure. Well, one of the things that we just said is our data centers is now over $1 billion, and it's been growing significantly with liquid cooling. At Super Compute, we showcased a lot of new products that we're launching, so we see that liquid cooling is currently less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling, and that is going to grow significantly because of the heat loads and power densities, etc. So as we go forward, we have a lot of new products that are modular, that are scalable, that we've been investing in our capacity. So we just see a lot of opportunity with data centers and with the AI buildout and the need for liquid cooling. Sure. sure Well, one of the things that we just said is our data centers is now over $1 billion, and it's been growing significantly with liquid cooling. well one of the things that we just said is our data centers is now over $1 billion and it's been growing significantly with liquid cooling At Super Compute, we showcased a lot of new products that we're launching, so we see that liquid cooling is currently less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling, and that is going to grow significantly because of the heat loads and power densities, etc. So as we go forward, we have a lot of new products that are modular, that are scalable, that we've been investing in our capacity. at super compute we showcased a lot of new products that we're launching so we see that liquid cooling is currently less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling and that is going to grow significantly because of the heat loads and power densities etc so as we go forward we have a lot of new products that are modular that are scalable that we've been investing in our capacity So we just see a lot of opportunity with data centers and with the AI buildout and the need for liquid cooling. so we just see a lot of opportunity with data centers and with the ai buildout and the need for liquid cooling

Speaker 1: Okay. That's awesome. I'll get back in queue. Okay. okay That's awesome. that's awesome I'll get back in queue. i'll get back in queue

Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Jeff Hammond with KeyBank. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Jeff Hammond with KeyBank. the next question comes from jeff hammond with keybank Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 4: Hey, good morning, everyone. This is David Tarantino. I'm for Jeff. Maybe going back to orders, maybe just on the profile of the orders and data center versus the growth we saw in 3Q, are you seeing any change in the order patterns in terms of size, scale, and/or lumpiness of the orders quarter to quarter as these kind of larger data center projects are contributing to it? Hey, good morning, everyone. hey good morning everyone This is David Tarantino. this is david tarantino I'm for Jeff. i'm for jeff Maybe going back to orders, maybe just on the profile of the orders and data center versus the growth we saw in 3Q, are you seeing any change in the order patterns in terms of size, scale, and/or lumpiness of the orders quarter to quarter as these kind of larger data center projects are contributing to it? maybe going back to orders maybe just on the profile of the orders and data center versus the growth we saw in 3q are you seeing any change in the order patterns in terms of size scale and/or lumpiness of the orders quarter to quarter as these kind of larger data center projects are contributing to it

Speaker 2: Look, I would say we've data center orders can be very lumpy, and so we had tremendous orders in Q3 and good orders in Q4, but I think we're going to continue to see large orders, and those are not going to be necessarily smooth as they go through the year. Look, I would say we've data center orders can be very lumpy, and so we had tremendous orders in Q3 and good orders in Q4, but I think we're going to continue to see large orders, and those are not going to be necessarily smooth as they go through the year. look i would say we've data center orders can be very lumpy and so we had tremendous orders in q3 and good orders in q4 but i think we're going to continue to see large orders and those are not going to be necessarily smooth as they go through the year

Speaker 4: Okay. Great. That's helpful. And then there's been a lot of talk about the effects of operating data centers at higher temperatures as of late. Could you walk us through your view on what the implications this has around your portfolio, and maybe could you speak to your visibility around technology evolutions as you work with your customers on them? Okay. okay Great. great That's helpful. that's helpful And then there's been a lot of talk about the effects of operating data centers at higher temperatures as of late. and then there's been a lot of talk about the effects of operating data centers at higher temperatures as of late Could you walk us through your view on what the implications this has around your portfolio, and maybe could you speak to your visibility around technology evolutions as you work with your customers on them? could you walk us through your view on what the implications this has around your portfolio and maybe could you speak to your visibility around technology evolutions as you work with your customers on them

Speaker 2: Sure. So one of our new CDU products that is launching this year, and we showcased at Super Compute, what we shared is that we've been working with NVIDIA, and we understand those technology roadmaps and those heat loads out of 2030, and we have designed those products with a lot of flexibility built into them. So in some cases, what we can do with this new CDU we're launching would have taken two CDUs in the past. So those higher heat loads, we're well aware of. We're working with all the chip manufacturers, and we're designing that into our product portfolio. Sure. sure So one of our new CDU products that is launching this year, and we showcased at Super Compute, what we shared is that we've been working with NVIDIA, and we understand those technology roadmaps and those heat loads out of 2030, and we have designed those products with a lot of flexibility built into them. so one of our new cdu products that is launching this year and we showcased at super compute what we shared is that we've been working with nvidia and we understand those technology roadmaps and those heat loads out of 2030 and we have designed those products with a lot of flexibility built into them So in some cases, what we can do with this new CDU we're launching would have taken two CDUs in the past. so in some cases what we can do with this new cdu we're launching would have taken two cdus in the past So those higher heat loads, we're well aware of. so those higher heat loads we're well aware of We're working with all the chip manufacturers, and we're designing that into our product portfolio. we're working with all the chip manufacturers and we're designing that into our product portfolio

Speaker 4: Great. Thank you. Great. great Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Vlad Bystricky with Citi. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Vlad Bystricky with Citi. the next question comes from vlad bystricky with citi Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 13: Hey, good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking my call this morning. Hey, good morning, everyone. hey good morning everyone Thanks for taking my call this morning. thanks for taking my call this morning

Speaker 6: Good morning, Vlad. Good morning, Vlad. good morning vlad

Speaker 13: So I just wanted to ask you, obviously, a lot of focus on data centers and infrastructure vertical, but I wanted to touch it for a second here on the third of your portfolio that's industrial. So can you just talk about how you're seeing underlying trends evolve in that market and your level of visibility and confidence to the mid-single-digit growth in industrial in 2026 and whether you're seeing orders currently sort of consistent with that demand? So I just wanted to ask you, obviously, a lot of focus on data centers and infrastructure vertical, but I wanted to touch it for a second here on the third of your portfolio that's industrial. so i just wanted to ask you obviously a lot of focus on data centers and infrastructure vertical but i wanted to touch it for a second here on the third of your portfolio that's industrial So can you just talk about how you're seeing underlying trends evolve in that market and your level of visibility and confidence to the mid-single-digit growth in industrial in 2026 and whether you're seeing orders currently sort of consistent with that demand? so can you just talk about how you're seeing underlying trends evolve in that market and your level of visibility and confidence to the mid-single-digit growth in industrial in 2026 and whether you're seeing orders currently sort of consistent with that demand

Speaker 2: Well, as we discussed at ex-data center, our orders in Q3 were high single digits. Then they're in Q4, low double digits. And we're seeing that we're seeing industrial orders at a nice rate given investments in CapEx, investments in automation, and reshoring. So some breadth to the orders coming across some different industries. And it's really those order trends and what we're hearing from our channel partners and customers that gives us the perspective that we're going to see industrial grow mid-single digits for this year. Well, as we discussed at ex-data center, our orders in Q3 were high single digits. well as we discussed at ex-data center our orders in q3 were high single digits Then they're in Q4, low double digits. then they're in q4 low double digits And we're seeing that we're seeing industrial orders at a nice rate given investments in CapEx, investments in automation, and reshoring. and we're seeing that we're seeing industrial orders at a nice rate given investments in capex investments in automation and reshoring So some breadth to the orders coming across some different industries. so some breadth to the orders coming across some different industries And it's really those order trends and what we're hearing from our channel partners and customers that gives us the perspective that we're going to see industrial grow mid-single digits for this year. and it's really those order trends and what we're hearing from our channel partners and customers that gives us the perspective that we're going to see industrial grow mid-single digits for this year

Speaker 13: Got it. That's really helpful, Beth. Appreciate that. And then just shifting back to data centers, can you just talk about as we're seeing the data center technology and architecture continue to evolve and as we're seeing new entrants try and come into the space, can you just talk about how you see your position in thermal management evolving going forward and maybe more specifically what you're seeing in terms of competition in liquid cooling? Got it. got it That's really helpful, Beth. that's really helpful beth Appreciate that. appreciate that And then just shifting back to data centers, can you just talk about as we're seeing the data center technology and architecture continue to evolve and as we're seeing new entrants try and come into the space, can you just talk about how you see your position in thermal management evolving going forward and maybe more specifically what you're seeing in terms of competition in liquid cooling? and then just shifting back to data centers can you just talk about as we're seeing the data center technology and architecture continue to evolve and as we're seeing new entrants try and come into the space can you just talk about how you see your position in thermal management evolving going forward and maybe more specifically what you're seeing in terms of competition in liquid cooling

Speaker 2: Sure. As you know, we've been doing liquid cooling for well over a decade and have been working with some large hyperscalers for a long time. We're several generations in here. When we think about our capability, we have a lot of application expertise. We've developed a lot of manufacturing and supply chain capability to be able to scale. A case in point is from when we announced that we were going to expand to a new facility and sign the lease to where we started actually producing, that was just over 100 days when I mentioned that we're up and running in January. I think that speaks a lot to our capability from a manufacturing supply chain perspective. Sure. sure As you know, we've been doing liquid cooling for well over a decade and have been working with some large hyperscalers for a long time. as you know we've been doing liquid cooling for well over a decade and have been working with some large hyperscalers for a long time We're several generations in here. we're several generations in here When we think about our capability, we have a lot of application expertise. when we think about our capability we have a lot of application expertise We've developed a lot of manufacturing and supply chain capability to be able to scale. we've developed a lot of manufacturing and supply chain capability to be able to scale A case in point is from when we announced that we were going to expand to a new facility and sign the lease to where we started actually producing, that was just over 100 days when I mentioned that we're up and running in January. a case in point is from when we announced that we were going to expand to a new facility and sign the lease to where we started actually producing that was just over 100 days when i mentioned that we're up and running in january I think that speaks a lot to our capability from a manufacturing supply chain perspective. i think that speaks a lot to our capability from a manufacturing supply chain perspective So as we go forward, look, I think there's a lot of new entrants that want to get in because they see the growth opportunity here. And what I would just share is we continue to invest. We continue to launch a broader scale of products because we see that there's going to be demand for liquid cooling from hyperscalers to colos to enterprise to even non-data center applications in the future. And so our investment here, our investment in our labs, we've got good partnerships that I think we're going to continue to differentiate with our performance and our ability to scale. So as we go forward, look, I think there's a lot of new entrants that want to get in because they see the growth opportunity here. so as we go forward look i think there's a lot of new entrants that want to get in because they see the growth opportunity here And what I would just share is we continue to invest. and what i would just share is we continue to invest We continue to launch a broader scale of products because we see that there's going to be demand for liquid cooling from hyperscalers to colos to enterprise to even non-data center applications in the future. we continue to launch a broader scale of products because we see that there's going to be demand for liquid cooling from hyperscalers to colos to enterprise to even non-data center applications in the future And so our investment here, our investment in our labs, we've got good partnerships that I think we're going to continue to differentiate with our performance and our ability to scale. and so our investment here our investment in our labs we've got good partnerships that i think we're going to continue to differentiate with our performance and our ability to scale

Speaker 13: Thanks, Beth. Appreciate that. I'll hop back in the queue. Thanks, Beth. thanks beth Appreciate that. appreciate that I'll hop back in the queue. i'll hop back in the queue

Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Brian Drab with William Blair. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Brian Drab with William Blair. the next question comes from brian drab with william blair Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 3: Hi. Good morning. Thanks for taking a couple of questions. On the billion-dollar figure in data center, I just want to be clear. Is that a run rate that we're exiting the year at? And sorry if you said this, but I might have missed it. But is that a run rate, or is that the total for 2025? And that's my first question. Hi. hi Good morning. good morning Thanks for taking a couple of questions. thanks for taking a couple of questions On the billion-dollar figure in data center, I just want to be clear. on the billion-dollar figure in data center i just want to be clear Is that a run rate that we're exiting the year at? is that a run rate that we're exiting the year at And sorry if you said this, but I might have missed it. and sorry if you said this but i might have missed it But is that a run rate, or is that the total for 2025? but is that a run rate or is that the total for 2025 And that's my first question. and that's my first question

Speaker 2: Well, the first is that our 2025 revenue in data centers reached $1 billion. Well, the first is that our 2025 revenue in data centers reached $1 billion. well the first is that our 2025 revenue in data centers reached $1 billion

Speaker 3: Okay. And then can you talk about what the comparable number was for 2024? And I know there's acquisitions in there. And then any color that you. Okay. okay And then can you talk about what the comparable number was for 2024? and then can you talk about what the comparable number was for 2024 And I know there's acquisitions in there. and i know there's acquisitions in there And then any color that you. and then any color that you

Speaker 2: In 2024, it was $600 million. In 2024, it was $600 million. in 2024 it was $600 million

Speaker 3: Okay. And then can you talk at all about in 2025, what the different categories within data center, what type of growth you saw, at least maybe rank order cooling versus powering versus the enclosures and other business? Where are you seeing the fastest growth? I assume it's in liquid cooling, but I just want to see if you could add some color to that. Okay. okay And then can you talk at all about in 2025, what the different categories within data center, what type of growth you saw, at least maybe rank order cooling versus powering versus the enclosures and other business? and then can you talk at all about in 2025 what the different categories within data center what type of growth you saw at least maybe rank order cooling versus powering versus the enclosures and other business Where are you seeing the fastest growth? where are you seeing the fastest growth I assume it's in liquid cooling, but I just want to see if you could add some color to that. i assume it's in liquid cooling but i just want to see if you could add some color to that

Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, we're really seeing the fastest growth in liquid cooling and power, but behind that, I would say our cable management is also growing very nicely as well. Yeah. yeah I mean, we're really seeing the fastest growth in liquid cooling and power, but behind that, I would say our cable management is also growing very nicely as well. i mean we're really seeing the fastest growth in liquid cooling and power but behind that i would say our cable management is also growing very nicely as well

Speaker 3: Okay. All right. Thanks. I'll save my other questions for later. Thank you. Okay. okay All right. all right Thanks. thanks I'll save my other questions for later. i'll save my other questions for later Thank you. thank you

Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 6: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Nicole DeBlase with Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Nicole DeBlase with Deutsche Bank. the next question comes from nicole deblase with deutsche bank Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 9: Yeah. Thanks. Good morning. Yeah. yeah Thanks. thanks Good morning. good morning

Speaker 2: Good morning. Good morning. good morning

Speaker 6: Good morning, Nicole. Good morning, Nicole. good morning nicole

Speaker 9: I don't think we've spent much time on power and utility yet in the Q&A, so just wanted to kind of dig in there, Beth, trends that you guys saw during the quarter with respect to orders. And then last quarter, you commented that Trachte and EPG were trending ahead of your deal plan. Is that still the case? I don't think we've spent much time on power and utility yet in the Q&A, so just wanted to kind of dig in there, Beth, trends that you guys saw during the quarter with respect to orders. i don't think we've spent much time on power and utility yet in the q&a so just wanted to kind of dig in there beth trends that you guys saw during the quarter with respect to orders And then last quarter, you commented that Trachte and EPG were trending ahead of your deal plan. and then last quarter you commented that trachte and epg were trending ahead of your deal plan Is that still the case? is that still the case

Speaker 2: Yes, it is. We're very pleased with those acquisitions and the growth that we're seeing in the performance. Look, power utilities, this is an area where we're seeing just solid growth and opportunity, and I think there's some very synergistic place for us as we're able to pull through more of our portfolio, especially into some of these integrated engineering building solutions. We just see some nice long-term growth in this area, very synergistic to what's in the rest of the nVent portfolio. Yes, it is. yes it is We're very pleased with those acquisitions and the growth that we're seeing in the performance. we're very pleased with those acquisitions and the growth that we're seeing in the performance Look, power utilities, this is an area where we're seeing just solid growth and opportunity, and I think there's some very synergistic place for us as we're able to pull through more of our portfolio, especially into some of these integrated engineering building solutions. look power utilities this is an area where we're seeing just solid growth and opportunity and i think there's some very synergistic place for us as we're able to pull through more of our portfolio especially into some of these integrated engineering building solutions We just see some nice long-term growth in this area, very synergistic to what's in the rest of the nVent portfolio. we just see some nice long-term growth in this area very synergistic to what's in the rest of the nvent portfolio

Speaker 9: Thanks, Beth. Just orders, were they up double digits in power and utility? I would assume so, but wanted to clarify that. Thanks, Beth. thanks beth Just orders, were they up double digits in power and utility? just orders were they up double digits in power and utility I would assume so, but wanted to clarify that. i would assume so but wanted to clarify that

Speaker 2: I don't think we've been that specific. I don't think they've been as strong as data centers, but they're part of that overall everything ex-data centers is up low double digits. I don't think we've been that specific. i don't think we've been that specific I don't think they've been as strong as data centers, but they're part of that overall everything ex-data centers is up low double digits. i don't think they've been as strong as data centers but they're part of that overall everything ex-data centers is up low double digits

Speaker 9: Okay. Understood. And then maybe on the M&A pipeline, if you could talk a little bit about the level of activity that you're seeing today and the level of excitement about potential M&A into 2026? Okay. okay Understood. understood And then maybe on the M&A pipeline, if you could talk a little bit about the level of activity that you're seeing today and the level of excitement about potential M&A into 2026? and then maybe on the m&a pipeline if you could talk a little bit about the level of activity that you're seeing today and the level of excitement about potential m&a into 2026

Speaker 2: Yes. I mean, first of all, our balance sheet and our net debt to EBITDA ratio are in really good shape. And when we think about our pipeline, it's very strong. It's very robust. We remain very disciplined. And I think there's always opportunity for us to find some new acquisitions like we did with Trachte and Avail that are really helping us build out infrastructure in particular. So you never quite control the timing of deals, but we've got a good pipeline that we're currently working through. Yes. yes I mean, first of all, our balance sheet and our net debt to EBITDA ratio are in really good shape. i mean first of all our balance sheet and our net debt to ebitda ratio are in really good shape And when we think about our pipeline, it's very strong. and when we think about our pipeline it's very strong It's very robust. it's very robust We remain very disciplined. we remain very disciplined And I think there's always opportunity for us to find some new acquisitions like we did with Trachte and Avail that are really helping us build out infrastructure in particular. and i think there's always opportunity for us to find some new acquisitions like we did with trachte and avail that are really helping us build out infrastructure in particular So you never quite control the timing of deals, but we've got a good pipeline that we're currently working through. so you never quite control the timing of deals but we've got a good pipeline that we're currently working through

Speaker 9: Thank you. See you in a few weeks. Thank you. thank you See you in a few weeks. see you in a few weeks

Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Scott Graham with Seaport Research Partners. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Scott Graham with Seaport Research Partners. the next question comes from scott graham with seaport research partners Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 11: Hey, good morning. I have a question about, hey, Gary. Hi, Beth. I have a question about productivity, let's call it, let's say, away from the acquisition integration. So sort of in the first half of the year, we're going to have some dilution margin-wise with the ramp in the LC capacity, suggesting that the offset on productivity elsewhere has to be maybe a little bit higher. What are you doing in productivity elsewhere to kind of make some of that up? Hey, good morning. hey good morning I have a question about, hey, Gary. i have a question about hey gary Hi, Beth. hi beth I have a question about productivity, let's call it, let's say, away from the acquisition integration. i have a question about productivity let's call it let's say away from the acquisition integration So sort of in the first half of the year, we're going to have some dilution margin-wise with the ramp in the LC capacity, suggesting that the offset on productivity elsewhere has to be maybe a little bit higher. so sort of in the first half of the year we're going to have some dilution margin-wise with the ramp in the lc capacity suggesting that the offset on productivity elsewhere has to be maybe a little bit higher What are you doing in productivity elsewhere to kind of make some of that up? what are you doing in productivity elsewhere to kind of make some of that up

Speaker 6: Yeah. I appreciate the question, Scott. And as I mentioned in my remarks, we plan to have our productivity as well as our pricing offset the mid-single digit inflation that we're expecting in the year. And what we've talked about is we're advancing our lean capabilities while we invest in our capability. We're working on driving capability in transportation, automation, and our funnels and our sourcing productivity side are quite good. So we're very focused on driving additional productivity, especially as we've increased our investment, and we're confident that price plus productivity will offset the inflation in 2026. Yeah. yeah I appreciate the question, Scott. i appreciate the question scott And as I mentioned in my remarks, we plan to have our productivity as well as our pricing offset the mid-single digit inflation that we're expecting in the year. and as i mentioned in my remarks we plan to have our productivity as well as our pricing offset the mid-single digit inflation that we're expecting in the year And what we've talked about is we're advancing our lean capabilities while we invest in our capability. and what we've talked about is we're advancing our lean capabilities while we invest in our capability We're working on driving capability in transportation, automation, and our funnels and our sourcing productivity side are quite good. we're working on driving capability in transportation automation and our funnels and our sourcing productivity side are quite good So we're very focused on driving additional productivity, especially as we've increased our investment, and we're confident that price plus productivity will offset the inflation in 2026. so we're very focused on driving additional productivity especially as we've increased our investment and we're confident that price plus productivity will offset the inflation in 2026

Speaker 11: Okay. Got it. Hey, I too wanted to ask a couple of questions about power. I know you're mostly grid T&D, but now, I think for the first time in a while, you've started to mention renewables as being 5%. I was just kind of wondering what the dynamics of renewables growth look like as well as generation. Do you have opportunities in generation? Okay. okay Got it. got it Hey, I too wanted to ask a couple of questions about power. hey i too wanted to ask a couple of questions about power I know you're mostly grid T&D, but now, I think for the first time in a while, you've started to mention renewables as being 5%. i know you're mostly grid t&d but now i think for the first time in a while you've started to mention renewables as being 5% I was just kind of wondering what the dynamics of renewables growth look like as well as generation. i was just kind of wondering what the dynamics of renewables growth look like as well as generation Do you have opportunities in generation? do you have opportunities in generation

Speaker 2: It's more for us through T and D and in particular substations. As you think about substations, whether that's for utilities or supporting data centers, that's where we see the most opportunity currently. It's more for us through T and D and in particular substations. it's more for us through t and d and in particular substations As you think about substations, whether that's for utilities or supporting data centers, that's where we see the most opportunity currently. as you think about substations whether that's for utilities or supporting data centers that's where we see the most opportunity currently

Speaker 11: Okay. Close enough. And then last one was on the penetration of liquid cooling. Is that a number you guys are able to update? Okay. okay Close enough. close enough And then last one was on the penetration of liquid cooling. and then last one was on the penetration of liquid cooling Is that a number you guys are able to update? is that a number you guys are able to update

Speaker 2: Well, we will give an update at our investor day on February 24th. We've said that less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling today, and we see it growing significantly. Well, we will give an update at our investor day on February 24th. well we will give an update at our investor day on february 24th We've said that less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling today, and we see it growing significantly. we've said that less than 30% of data centers have liquid cooling today and we see it growing significantly

Speaker 11: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: The next question comes from Neal Burk with UBS. Please go ahead. The next question comes from Neal Burk with UBS. the next question comes from neal burk with ubs Please go ahead. please go ahead

Speaker 8: Thanks for the question. Question on data center. I mean, we see CapEx continuing to accelerate, but the guide for organic growth for this year has a pretty meaningful deceleration in the back half. Is this just comps getting harder, or is there some sort of kind of timing difference between what we see on the hyperscaler CapEx side and nVent's orders or sales? Thanks for the question. thanks for the question Question on data center. question on data center I mean, we see CapEx continuing to accelerate, but the guide for organic growth for this year has a pretty meaningful deceleration in the back half. i mean we see capex continuing to accelerate but the guide for organic growth for this year has a pretty meaningful deceleration in the back half Is this just comps getting harder, or is there some sort of kind of timing difference between what we see on the hyperscaler CapEx side and nVent's orders or sales? is this just comps getting harder or is there some sort of kind of timing difference between what we see on the hyperscaler capex side and nvent's orders or sales

Speaker 6: Yeah, Neal, I appreciate the question, and we're pleased with the backlog and our momentum that we have on data center. I'll just go back to the comment I made earlier, which is, look, it's early in the year. We're managing unprecedented growth here for nVent, and we'll continue to update you on the outlook as we deliver results here in the first half of the year. But we're confident in the momentum, and we'll talk about the multi-year opportunity in data center here in a month or so at our Investor Day. Yeah, Neal, I appreciate the question, and we're pleased with the backlog and our momentum that we have on data center. yeah neal i appreciate the question and we're pleased with the backlog and our momentum that we have on data center I'll just go back to the comment I made earlier, which is, look, it's early in the year. i'll just go back to the comment i made earlier which is look it's early in the year We're managing unprecedented growth here for nVent, and we'll continue to update you on the outlook as we deliver results here in the first half of the year. we're managing unprecedented growth here for nvent and we'll continue to update you on the outlook as we deliver results here in the first half of the year But we're confident in the momentum, and we'll talk about the multi-year opportunity in data center here in a month or so at our Investor Day. but we're confident in the momentum and we'll talk about the multi-year opportunity in data center here in a month or so at our investor day

Speaker 8: Thanks. Just like on the multi-year opportunity, so I look forward to hearing more on that. Do you just sort of high-level feel like you have a better level of visibility now as you scale this business? Obviously, backlog is a lot higher, but in terms of the data center project pipeline, do you feel like you are getting closer to customers as you grow this business and you have more visibility on future demand? Thank you. Thanks. thanks Just like on the multi-year opportunity, so I look forward to hearing more on that. just like on the multi-year opportunity so i look forward to hearing more on that Do you just sort of high-level feel like you have a better level of visibility now as you scale this business? do you just sort of high-level feel like you have a better level of visibility now as you scale this business Obviously, backlog is a lot higher, but in terms of the data center project pipeline, do you feel like you are getting closer to customers as you grow this business and you have more visibility on future demand? obviously backlog is a lot higher but in terms of the data center project pipeline do you feel like you are getting closer to customers as you grow this business and you have more visibility on future demand Thank you. thank you

Speaker 2: Well, I would say in general, with this portfolio transformation, it's given us more of a balance between short cycle and long cycle. Whether it's data centers or even power utilities, just because of the nature of those types of builds and projects, we certainly have more visibility into multi-year projects or even just understanding technology roadmaps and where they're going. Both of those are very important and are helping us to think about our capacity as well as our new product technology roadmap. Well, I would say in general, with this portfolio transformation, it's given us more of a balance between short cycle and long cycle. well i would say in general with this portfolio transformation it's given us more of a balance between short cycle and long cycle Whether it's data centers or even power utilities, just because of the nature of those types of builds and projects, we certainly have more visibility into multi-year projects or even just understanding technology roadmaps and where they're going. whether it's data centers or even power utilities just because of the nature of those types of builds and projects we certainly have more visibility into multi-year projects or even just understanding technology roadmaps and where they're going Both of those are very important and are helping us to think about our capacity as well as our new product technology roadmap. both of those are very important and are helping us to think about our capacity as well as our new product technology roadmap

Speaker 8: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. thank you

Speaker 10: This concludes our question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Beth Wozniak, Chair and CEO, for any closing remarks. This concludes our question and answer session. this concludes our question and answer session I would like to turn the conference back over to Beth Wozniak, Chair and CEO, for any closing remarks. i would like to turn the conference back over to beth wozniak chair and ceo for any closing remarks

Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us today. I'm extremely proud of our performance in 2025. We will continue to focus on delivering for our customers, employees, and shareholders by executing on our growth strategy. We believe nVent is a top-tier high-performance electrical company well-positioned for the electrification, sustainability, and digitalization trends. Thanks again for joining us. This concludes the call. Thank you for joining us today. thank you for joining us today I'm extremely proud of our performance in 2025. i'm extremely proud of our performance in 2025 We will continue to focus on delivering for our customers, employees, and shareholders by executing on our growth strategy. we will continue to focus on delivering for our customers employees and shareholders by executing on our growth strategy We believe nVent is a top-tier high-performance electrical company well-positioned for the electrification, sustainability, and digitalization trends. we believe nvent is a top-tier high-performance electrical company well-positioned for the electrification sustainability and digitalization trends Thanks again for joining us. thanks again for joining us This concludes the call. this concludes the call

Speaker 10: The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect. The conference has now concluded. the conference has now concluded Thank you for attending today's presentation. thank you for attending today's presentation You may now disconnect. you may now disconnect