ARGAN INC vs Ferrovial SE, two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AGX and FER diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), AGX reads +49.1% and FER reads -1.4%; on altman z (solvency), AGX reads 7.80 and FER reads 1.68. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AGX price has a different growth bar priced in than FER (+49.1% implied for AGX vs -1.4% for FER); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What AGX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What FER'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 | AGX | FER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $630.74 | $64.28 |
| Market cap | $9.0B | $46.2B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +49.1% | -1.4% |
| P/E | 55.4 | 47.7 |
| P/B | 18.91 | 5.55 |
| P/S | 8.59 | 4.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 54.5 | 78.0 |
| Revenue growth | +16.4% | +8.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 15.6% | — |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 11.9% |
| Return on equity | 34.1% | 15.0% |
| Return on assets | 12.5% | 4.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.2% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.4% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 1.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.80 | 1.68 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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