Megawide turnaround: strong 2023 results driven by construction and real estate

Strong construction and real estate sales helped tycoon Edgar Saavedra’s Megawide Construction Corp. post a turnaround in 2023 amid its gradual exit from the airport business.

Edgar Saavedra 
Megawide chair and CEO 

The construction and engineering giant ended the past year with a recurring profit of P269 million versus losses of P1.87 billion in 2022. 

Revenues soared 26 percent to P1.6 billion. 

The construction business drove performance with P18.1 billion in revenue, making up 97 percent of the total. 

Megawide also cited its landport operations and the real estate portfolios, contributing P348 million and P149 million, respectively.

Megawide, along with partner GMR Infrastructure of India, earlier completed the P25 billion sale of the Mactan Cebu International Airport project to Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. It will fully exit the project in October this year. 

Meanwhile, Saavedra said construction grew as it completed more projects in its existing pipeline. 

“Based on our timelines, 2024 will continue to reflect increased completion and should translate to higher revenues based on the S-curve. In addition, our pre-cast and construction unit continued to build its external portfolio, helping boost performance from the construction segment,” said Saavedra, Megawide’s chair and CEO.

One of the company’s promising growth segments was property development via PH1 World Developers Inc. 

Megawide said take-up of ongoing and new projects reached P4.6 billion, equivalent to 916 units. 

“As our operations steadily deliver the results, we also need to manage the balance sheet and reduce our interest-bearing liabilities to ease the impact of interest expenses on our profitability,” Saavedra said. “We are confident this two-pronged approach will help boost our margins and further improve our bottomline,” he added.
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Miguel R. Camus
Miguel R. Camus

Miguel R. Camus has been a reporter covering various domestic business topics since 2009.

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