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Prediction Series · Lock · Issue P-277
Prediction Series · P-277

Data centres need switchgear — 8.5% organic, at 92%.

92% probability Schneider Electric's FY2026 organic revenue growth reaches at least 8.5%. Guidance was raised to 10-13% from 7-10% on data-centre demand, with H1 adjusted EBITA of EUR 4.1bn, up 22% organically at a 19.3% margin.

Type · Prediction Lock · guidance-anchored floor, electrical equipment Locked · 2026-09-02 · before the FY2026 result Resolves · ~2027-02-18 · Schneider Electric FY2026 results (se.com) Scored · binary: reported FY2026 ORGANIC revenue growth >= 8.5% yes/no
Schneider Electric FY2026 organic revenue growth · our locked floor
8.5%
organic revenue growth · vs 10-13% guided, 7-10% before the raise

Schneider Electric reported H1 2026 adjusted EBITA of EUR 4.1bn, up 22% organically, with the adjusted EBITA margin expanding 120 basis points to 19.3%. Full-year 2026 guidance was raised: organic revenue growth to 10-13% from 7-10% previously, and the adjusted EBITA margin improvement target to 70-100 basis points from 50-80 basis points. Management attributed the upgrade to stronger-than-expected execution on pricing and industrial productivity, alongside data-centre demand. Source: Schneider Electric H1 2026 results.

— 1 · The Locked Call

Schneider Electric's FY2026 organic revenue growth is at least 8.5% — P = 0.92.

We lock a binary: Schneider Electric's reported organic revenue growth for full-year 2026 is 8.5% or higher. Confidence 92%.

Guidance was raised to 10-13% from 7-10%. Our threshold sits between the two: 1.5 points below the new floor and 1.5 points above the old one.

— 2 · The picks-and-shovels position in the AI build-out

Everyone locks the chips. Somebody has to power the building.

The series already carries ASML, TSMC and Arm on the semiconductor side of the AI build-out. Schneider is the other half of that capital expenditure: the switchgear, busways, uninterruptible power supplies and cooling that a data centre needs before a single chip is installed. It is a less glamorous exposure to the same wave and, in one respect, a more durable one — electrical infrastructure is installed once and serviced for decades regardless of which chip generation runs inside.

Placing the threshold between the old and new guidance floors is deliberate. The raise was large — three full points at both ends — and driven partly by pricing rather than volume, which is the component most likely to fade. Anchoring at the old floor of 7% would have been trivially cleared given H1 delivered 22% organic EBITA growth; anchoring at the new floor of 10% would inherit a freshly raised guide whole. 8.5% requires real delivery without requiring the upgrade to hold in full.

The residual 8% is the pricing component reversing, or a pause in data-centre capital expenditure of the kind that would show up first in orders rather than revenue.

Locked on 2026-09-02 — scored against Schneider Electric's reported FY2026 organic revenue growth.

RAOSCAFF locks P-277 on 2026-09-02, before the FY2026 result. Scored against organic revenue growth as reported by Schneider Electric for the twelve months to 31 December 2026.

Locked
2026-09-02 (commit timestamp on origin/main)
Resolves
~2027-02-18 — Schneider Electric SE FY2026 full-year results
Source
Schneider Electric SE FY2026 results, ORGANIC revenue growth (se.com investors)
Scored by
Binary: YES if reported FY2026 ORGANIC revenue growth is 8.5% or greater; NO if below. Organic growth — the basis the 10-13% guidance is issued on, excluding currency and scope effects — NOT reported revenue growth in euros, NOT the adjusted EBITA margin improvement (guided separately at 70-100 basis points), NOT adjusted EBITA itself, and NOT a single division such as Energy Management or Industrial Automation.

The threshold sits between the pre-raise floor of 7% and the raised floor of 10% — clearing the old guide is not evidence, and inheriting the new one whole is not a test.