VenkatP
Physician, Growth & Value Stock Investor
Quanta Services' wide moat, huge backlog and free cash flow make it an appealing portfolio holding. Its Q3 earnings materials report record backlog of $63.7 billion and free cash flow of $1.20 billion, with 37.1% organic revenue growth and higher full-year revenue and adjusted EPS guidance. x.comÂ
Dycom looks compelling because its infrastructure backlog and operating execution position it to benefit from AI's demand for power, fiber, and data centers. Its backlog has grown to $12.2 billion from $8 billion a year ago, Building Systems EBITDA margins exceed 20%, and Power Solutions is running 30% ahead of acquisition expectations. The long-term growth opportunity may be underappreciated as the market focuses on near-term margin pressure. x.comÂ
Forgent Power Solutions is still one of the best growth stories in the market, and its post-earnings rally is the market catching up to an accelerating order book. Revenue grew 94%, and $1.5B of bookings in one quarter lifted book-to-bill to 3.3x. The $3.0B backlog covers all of fiscal 2027, whose guide of 76% revenue and 95% EPS growth is a floor after three straight beats of the top end. At $39 it trades at 29x forward earnings, a PEG of 0.3, while industrials growing 10% trade at 25x. x.comÂ
Quanta Services looks expensive against its earnings at $685.78. It trades at 35x earnings while engineering and construction firms usually get 19x. Fair value runs $328.40 to $417.97, about 19x next year's $19.64 a share, putting the stock 64% above the high end. This is a valuation read only, based on reported earnings and estimates. x.comÂ
