IES Holdings, Inc. vs MasTec, Inc., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where IESC and MTZ diverge most: on debt / equity, IESC reads 0.03 and MTZ reads 0.69; on return on invested capital, IESC reads 30.4% and MTZ reads 1.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What IESC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What MTZ'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 | IESC | MTZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $626.17 | $338.08 |
| Market cap | $12.6B | $26.6B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +30.8% | — |
| P/E | 33.4 | 59.2 |
| P/B | 11.78 | 7.77 |
| P/S | 3.48 | 1.74 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.4 | 49.4 |
| Revenue growth | +16.1% | +23.0% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 35.2% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 18.9% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 30.4% | 1.9% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 0.69 |
| Current ratio | 1.55 | 1.32 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.99 | 4.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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