European Growth Leaders 2026

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Annual rank50

France · Energy

GTT

GTT provides containment systems for shipping and storing LNG under cryogenic conditions.

+161%revenue growth
FY2022–FY2025
+222%net-income growth
FY2022–FY2025
+78%stock return
FY2022–FY2025
+28%2026 stock return
current context only

Company profile

A membrane design licensed around the world

GTT designs and licenses the thin membrane systems that contain liquefied gases inside ships and floating facilities. It does not build or operate the vessels: licensed shipyards and outfitters erect the systems, while the order book separately identifies the shipowners. Around that specialist design business, GTT provides engineering, training and maintenance, and its GTT Marine division connects onboard equipment with voyage and performance data.

Cryogenic engineering

Two membranes, two ways to manage cryogenic contraction

At LNG temperatures, metal contracts. Mark III handles movement with a corrugated 1.2 mm 304L stainless-steel primary membrane above a composite secondary membrane and insulation panels. NO96 instead uses two identical 0.7 mm Invar membranes: one contains the cargo and the second provides 100% redundancy. Both systems are supported by insulation and the hull, while later variants reduce heat ingress and boil-off. The two short films make the contrasting geometries visible.

Gases and vessel missions

One membrane idea, several cargos and missions

GTT adapts containment designs for LNG carriers, ethane and multigas ships, floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), floating LNG-production units (FLNGs) and LNG bunker vessels. Ethane carriers can also handle gases such as propane, butane, propylene and ethylene; an LNG Cargo Ready notation anticipates a possible conversion. GTT MARS takes a different single-membrane approach for LPG at −55 °C to 0 °C. These are licensed applications, not GTT-owned vessels or terminals.

Licence network and demand

GTT sells design rights and technical help, not ships

GTT provides designs, licences and technical assistance; licensed shipyards and outfitters erect its membrane systems, while GTT's order book separately identifies the shipowners. The group reports relationships with around thirty shipyards, with named yards in China, South Korea, Spain, the United States, India, Japan and Singapore. At 31 December 2025, its order book excluding LNG-as-fuel units contained 288 units: 261 LNG carriers, 21 ethane carriers, three FSRUs and three FLNGs. That is future work, not a delivered fleet.

Before the keel and after delivery

Specialist studies become a vessel-data platform

Before construction, GTT can provide concept design, front-end engineering design (FEED), cargo-handling engineering and studies of boil-off gas, sloshing, transfers, cargo mixing and conversions. After delivery, GTT Marine combines Danelec, Ascenz Marorka and Vessel Performance Solutions; the portfolio spans voyage data recorders, data acquisition, voyage optimisation, performance analytics and fleet oversight. The group reports more than 17,000 marine and digital solutions deployed worldwide; that figure counts solutions, not 17,000 vessels.

Current 2026 update

What has changed in 2026?

Order announced 15 July 2026 · 15 July 2026

Order announced 15 July 2026latest official update
4company-specific highlights
+28%2026 stock return · context only

Revenue

Q1 revenue rose 1.0% to EUR 192.5 million, while GTT Energy revenue fell 3.6% to EUR 178.1 million and containment-system revenue fell 4.3% to EUR 172.7 million.

Three months ended 31 March 2026 · EUR 192.5m · +1.0%

Q1 orders

GTT recorded 32 Q1 orders: 29 LNG carriers, two very large ethane carriers and one onshore storage tank.

Three months ended 31 March 2026

2026 outlook

GTT confirmed 2026 targets of EUR 740-780 million revenue and EUR 490-530 million EBITDA.

Three months ended 31 March 2026

HD KSOE LNG-carrier order

GTT received an order for two 174,000 m³ LNG carriers to be built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, with delivery expected by Q1 2029.

Order announced 15 July 2026

Annual record

Ranking history

Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.

EditionMeasurement periodRankRevenue growthNet-income growthStock return
2026FY2022–FY202550+161%+222%+78%