JACOBS SOLUTIONS 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 J and PWR diverge most: on operating margin, J reads -2.2% and PWR reads 4.3%; on debt / equity, J reads 1.24 and PWR reads 0.08. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What J's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (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 | J | PWR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $125.81 | $658.46 |
| Market cap | $14.8B | $100.1B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.8% | — |
| P/E | 39.2 | 90.3 |
| P/B | 4.48 | 10.95 |
| P/S | 1.12 | 3.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 28.2 | 55.1 |
| Revenue growth | +12.7% | +21.1% |
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 14.1% |
| Operating margin | -2.2% | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | 11.6% | 12.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.2% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | 15.7% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 1.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.24 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.35 | 5.27 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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