COMFORT SYSTEMS USA, INC. vs FLUOR CORPORATION, two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FIX and FLR diverge most: on revenue growth, FIX reads +45.9% and FLR reads -8.4%; on fcf yield, FIX reads 3.5% and FLR reads -0.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FIX price has a different growth bar priced in than FLR (+37.4% implied for FIX vs +4.1% for FLR); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What FIX'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 | FIX | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1727.79 | $50.16 |
| Market cap | $60.9B | $7.4B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +37.4% | +4.1% |
| P/E | 42.5 | 22.9 |
| P/B | 18.93 | 2.52 |
| P/S | 5.42 | 0.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.8 | 29.5 |
| Revenue growth | +45.9% | -8.4% |
| Gross margin | 25.9% | 0.3% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 2.5% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 2.3% |
| Return on equity | 44.6% | 11.9% |
| Return on assets | 16.9% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 44.1% | 3.2% |
| FCF yield | 3.5% | -0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 32.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.78 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.23 | 8.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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