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Dycom Industries, Inc. (DY) vs Exponent, Inc. (EXPO)

Dycom Industries, Inc. and Exponent, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Dycom Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.8B against $4.1B — 1.4× the size. Dycom Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.7× against 36.1×. Dycom Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.8% against 15.4%. Exponent, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.4% vs 4.79%) and the higher return on invested capital (45.4% vs 7.37%). Across the 22 metrics below, Dycom Industries, Inc. leads on 14 and Exponent, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric DY EXPO Engineering & Construction median
P/E 18.70 36.10 27.18
P/S 0.91 6.12 0.91
P/B 3.03 13.11 3.28
Price to free cash flow 12.88 37.18 18.97
EV/EBITDA 9.49 28.45 12.32
EV/Sales 1.27 5.95 1.20
Earnings yield 5.35% 2.77% 2.69%
Free cash flow yield 7.76% 2.69% 1.84%

Profitability

Metric DY EXPO Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 20.53% 88.48% 18.76%
Operating margin 7.78% 21.31% 6.43%
Net margin 4.79% 17.40% 2.14%
Free cash flow margin 7.05% 0.00% 1.12%
Return on equity 19.20% 32.27% 6.05%
Return on assets 6.75% 15.77% 0.96%
Return on invested capital 7.37% 45.43% 2.52%

Growth

Metric DY EXPO Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.79% 15.35% 18.78%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.71% (1.90%) 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.63% 7.79% 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 52.28% 5.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric DY EXPO Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.37 0.00 0.41
Current ratio 2.35 1.94 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 3.01 (1.71) 0.38

Dividend

Metric DY EXPO Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield — 1.47% 0.68%
Payout ratio — 0.53 0.18

Size

Metric DY EXPO Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 5.81b 4.08b 1.02b

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