Ferrovial N.V. (FER) vs Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J)

Ferrovial N.V. and Jacobs Solutions Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Ferrovial N.V. is the larger, with a market value of $35.2B against $16.6B — 2.1× the size. Across the 7 metrics below, Jacobs Solutions Inc. leads on 7 and Ferrovial N.V. on 0.

Valuation

Metric FER J Engineering & Construction median
P/E — 49.68 29.24
P/S — 1.17 1.09
P/B n/m 5.11 3.39
Price to free cash flow n/m 25.59 24.81
EV/EBITDA n/m 22.48 14.38
EV/Sales n/m 1.39 1.37
Earnings yield — 2.01% 2.83%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 3.91% 2.28%

Profitability

Metric FER J Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin — 22.07% 18.76%
Operating margin — 4.57% 6.26%
Net margin — 2.38% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 4.56% 1.83%
Return on equity — 9.56% 7.90%
Return on assets — 2.92% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 7.19% 2.52%

Growth

Metric FER J Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 20.14% 16.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (71.07%) (62.34%) 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (2.38%) 11.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — (10.07%) 0.00%

Health

Metric FER J Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.43 1.10 0.40
Current ratio 1.20 1.29 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA 3.82 0.91 0.38

Dividend

Metric FER J Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield — 0.99% 0.63%
Payout ratio — 0.50 0.17

Size

Metric FER J Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 35.23b 16.62b 1.09b

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