AECOM (ACM) vs Fluor Corporation (FLR)

AECOM and Fluor Corporation are both Engineering & Construction companies. AECOM is the larger, with a market value of $8.6B against $6.0B — 1.4× the size. Fluor Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; AECOM trades at 30.2×. AECOM grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −4.24% against −4.78%. AECOM has the higher net margin (1.87% vs −12.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.62% vs −16.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, AECOM leads on 13 and Fluor Corporation on 5.

Valuation

Metric ACM FLR Engineering & Construction median
P/E 30.23 n/m 27.65
P/S 0.56 0.41 0.85
P/B 3.58 2.27 3.04
Price to free cash flow 42.15 n/m 19.05
EV/EBITDA 12.16 n/m 11.89
EV/Sales 0.67 0.28 1.20
Earnings yield 3.31% (27.02%) 2.77%
Free cash flow yield 2.37% (3.25%) 2.00%

Profitability

Metric ACM FLR Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 5.68% (0.80%) 18.76%
Operating margin 4.10% (1.39%) 6.43%
Net margin 1.87% (12.85%) 2.14%
Free cash flow margin 1.32% (1.32%) 1.12%
Return on equity 11.30% (45.56%) 6.05%
Return on assets 2.37% (20.66%) 1.19%
Return on invested capital 9.62% (16.58%) 2.52%

Growth

Metric ACM FLR Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.24%) (4.78%) 18.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 42.71% (102.52%) 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% (0.36%) 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACM FLR Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.13 0.38 0.41
Current ratio 1.06 1.80 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.93 8.72 0.38

Dividend

Metric ACM FLR Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 1.86% — 0.68%
Payout ratio 0.57 — 0.18

Size

Metric ACM FLR Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 8.59b 6.02b 1.13b

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