FLUOR CORPORATION vs JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FLR and J diverge most: on revenue growth, FLR reads -4.7% and J reads +20.1%; on net margin, FLR reads -12.8% and J reads 2.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FLR price has a different growth bar priced in than J (+0.2% implied for FLR vs +21.2% for J); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What J'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 | FLR | J |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $50.69 | $139.30 |
| Market cap | $7.1B | $16.6B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.2% | +21.2% |
| P/E | — | 49.6 |
| P/B | 2.57 | 5.07 |
| P/S | 0.46 | 1.16 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1 | 24.4 |
| Revenue growth | -4.7% | +20.1% |
| Gross margin | 4.1% | 19.9% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 7.0% |
| Net margin | -12.8% | 2.4% |
| Return on equity | -71.7% | 10.4% |
| Return on assets | -26.5% | 2.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | 5.4% |
| FCF yield | -4.6% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 32.1% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.38 | 1.10 |
| Current ratio | 1.80 | 1.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.08 | 7.52 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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