AECOM (ACM) vs Quanta Services, Inc. (PWR)

AECOM and Quanta Services, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Quanta Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $76.7B against $8.6B — 8.9× the size. AECOM trades at the lower P/E: 30.2× against 45.3×. Quanta Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.1% against −4.24%. Quanta Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.51% vs 1.87%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.4% vs 9.62%). Both pay a dividend; AECOM yields more (1.86% vs 0.09%). Across the 23 metrics below, Quanta Services, Inc. leads on 14 and AECOM on 9.

Valuation

Metric ACM PWR Engineering & Construction median
P/E 30.23 45.31 27.65
P/S 0.56 2.06 0.85
P/B 3.58 7.25 3.04
Price to free cash flow 42.15 24.81 19.05
EV/EBITDA 12.16 22.39 11.89
EV/Sales 0.67 2.19 1.20
Earnings yield 3.31% 2.21% 2.77%
Free cash flow yield 2.37% 4.03% 2.00%

Profitability

Metric ACM PWR Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 5.68% 15.76% 18.76%
Operating margin 4.10% 6.83% 6.43%
Net margin 1.87% 4.51% 2.14%
Free cash flow margin 1.32% 8.33% 1.12%
Return on equity 11.30% 17.68% 6.05%
Return on assets 2.37% 6.06% 1.19%
Return on invested capital 9.62% 10.40% 2.52%

Growth

Metric ACM PWR Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.24%) 37.13% 18.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 42.71% 12.77% 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.04% 20.52% 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 18.21% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACM PWR Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.13 0.66 0.41
Current ratio 1.06 1.16 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.93 2.20 0.38

Dividend

Metric ACM PWR Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 1.86% 0.09% 0.68%
Payout ratio 0.57 0.04 0.18

Size

Metric ACM PWR Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 8.59b 76.70b 1.13b

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