IES Holdings, Inc. vs Quanta Services, Inc., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where IESC and PWR diverge most: on debt / equity, IESC reads 0.00 and PWR reads 0.07; on return on assets, IESC reads 19.9% and PWR reads 4.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What IESC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What PWR'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 | IESC | PWR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $743.80 | $667.40 |
| Market cap | $15.0B | $101.7B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.5% | — |
| P/E | 33.0 | 76.5 |
| P/B | 12.22 | 10.44 |
| P/S | 3.77 | 3.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.1 | 47.4 |
| Revenue growth | +22.1% | +26.2% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 16.2% |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 7.3% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 4.0% |
| Return on equity | 36.8% | 13.6% |
| Return on assets | 19.9% | 4.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 31.7% | 14.5% |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.07 |
| Current ratio | 1.63 | 1.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.03 | 4.94 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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