Ferrovial SE vs Quanta Services, Inc., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FER and PWR diverge most: on debt / equity, FER reads 0.00 and PWR reads 0.08; on net margin, FER reads 11.9% and PWR reads 3.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FER's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What PWR's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FER | PWR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $64.28 | $658.46 |
| Market cap | $46.2B | $100.1B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.4% | — |
| P/E | 47.7 | 90.3 |
| P/B | 5.55 | 10.95 |
| P/S | 4.41 | 3.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 78.0 | 55.1 |
| Revenue growth | +8.5% | +21.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 14.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | 15.0% | 12.1% |
| Return on assets | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 15.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.68 | 5.27 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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