ARGAN INC vs COMFORT SYSTEMS USA, INC., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AGX and FIX diverge most: on debt / equity, AGX reads 0.00 and FIX reads 0.02; on dividend yield, AGX reads 0.4% and FIX reads 0.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AGX price has a different growth bar priced in than FIX (+22.5% implied for AGX vs +41.7% for FIX); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What AGX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What FIX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AGX | FIX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $393.32 | $1715.98 |
| Market cap | $5.6B | $60.5B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.5% | +41.7% |
| P/E | 31.1 | 42.2 |
| P/B | 10.99 | 18.80 |
| P/S | 4.69 | 5.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 28.1 | 29.3 |
| Revenue growth | +30.6% | +45.9% |
| Gross margin | 19.3% | 25.9% |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 17.1% |
| Net margin | 15.1% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 35.4% | 44.6% |
| Return on assets | 12.8% | 16.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.7% | 44.1% |
| FCF yield | 9.8% | 3.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.21 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.59 | 8.23 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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