AECOM vs Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, two Consulting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACM and BAH diverge most: on operating margin, ACM reads -2.1% and BAH reads 10.0%; on return on equity, ACM reads 12.0% and BAH reads 64.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ACM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What BAH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ACM | BAH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.27 | $73.98 |
| Market cap | $7.6B | $8.9B |
| Sector | Consulting | Consulting |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.9% | — |
| P/E | 27.2 | 11.6 |
| P/B | 3.18 | 7.40 |
| P/S | 0.50 | 0.80 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 10.1 |
| Revenue growth | -4.1% | -7.3% |
| Gross margin | -0.9% | — |
| Operating margin | -2.1% | 10.0% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 12.0% | 64.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 10.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.3% | 16.2% |
| FCF yield | 2.7% | 12.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.0% |
| Debt / equity | 1.13 | 3.27 |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.58 | 3.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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