ARGAN INC vs FLUOR CORPORATION, two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AGX and FLR diverge most: on revenue growth, AGX reads +30.6% and FLR reads -4.7%; on net margin, AGX reads 15.1% and FLR reads -12.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AGX price has a different growth bar priced in than FLR (+22.5% implied for AGX vs +0.2% for FLR); 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). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AGX | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $393.32 | $50.69 |
| Market cap | $5.6B | $7.1B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.5% | +0.2% |
| P/E | 31.1 | — |
| P/B | 10.99 | 2.57 |
| P/S | 4.69 | 0.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 28.1 | 12.1 |
| Revenue growth | +30.6% | -4.7% |
| Gross margin | 19.3% | 4.1% |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 3.1% |
| Net margin | 15.1% | -12.8% |
| Return on equity | 35.4% | -71.7% |
| Return on assets | 12.8% | -26.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.7% | 8.6% |
| FCF yield | 9.8% | -4.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 32.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.38 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.80 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.59 | 9.08 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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