Legence Corp. vs Quanta Services, Inc., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LGN and PWR diverge most: on net margin, LGN reads -1.3% and PWR reads 3.7%; on return on equity, LGN reads -2.4% and PWR reads 12.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | LGN | PWR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.58 | $658.46 |
| Market cap | $8.0B | $100.1B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | — | 90.3 |
| P/B | 8.39 | 10.95 |
| P/S | 4.57 | 3.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 72.5 | 55.1 |
| Revenue growth | +65.7% | +21.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.9% | 14.1% |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 4.3% |
| Net margin | -1.3% | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | -2.4% | 12.1% |
| Return on assets | -0.7% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.4% | 15.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 1.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.06 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 1.30 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.41 | 5.27 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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