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Vestas builds and services giant wind turbines that turn moving air into electricity.
Vestas makes wind turbines. That's the whole business in one line, and it splits into two main money-makers: building and selling new turbines, which is roughly three-quarters of revenue, and servicing turbines already spinning in the field, which makes up the rest. The customers are utility companies, big energy developers, and governments that want clean power. They buy from Vestas because the company is one of the largest turbine makers on Earth, with decades of installed machines and a service network that keeps them running for years.
The turbine-selling half is a tough, lumpy business. A single order can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and a project takes a year or more to build, so revenue swings up and down depending on whether big deals close. The service half is the opposite: steady, recurring, and much more profitable. Once a turbine is up, someone has to maintain it for 20 or 30 years, and Vestas locks in long contracts to do exactly that. Think of it as a car company that also runs the only repair shop for its own cars, collecting a check every year long after the sale.
The wind industry has been through a rough patch. Rising interest rates, expensive steel, and supply-chain snarls squeezed profits across the sector, and Vestas has posted losses in recent years even as orders kept coming. The company is now pushing to fix its margins, cut costs, and lean harder into that steady service business, while also investing in newer, bigger turbines and offshore wind. It pays no meaningful dividend right now and is focused on repairing its balance sheet rather than buying back stock. The bet is simple: the world needs a lot more electricity from wind, and Vestas wants to build and maintain the machines that make it.
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