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 implied growth (priced in), AGX reads +46.7% and FLR reads -0.4%; on revenue growth, AGX reads +16.4% and FLR reads -8.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AGX price has a different growth bar priced in than FLR (+46.7% implied for AGX vs -0.4% for FLR); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What AGX's price implies is an extreme bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What FLR'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 | $550.67 | $49.07 |
| Market cap | $7.8B | $7.3B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +46.7% | -0.4% |
| P/E | 48.4 | 22.4 |
| P/B | 16.51 | 2.46 |
| P/S | 7.50 | 0.48 |
| EV/EBITDA | 47.3 | 28.6 |
| Revenue growth | +16.4% | -8.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.0% | 0.3% |
| Operating margin | 15.6% | 2.5% |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 2.3% |
| Return on equity | 34.1% | 11.9% |
| Return on assets | 12.5% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.2% | 3.2% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | -0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 33.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 1.78 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.57 | 8.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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