Fluor vs Jacobs Solutions
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The short version
- Fluor is the larger business, with $15.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $12.0B for Jacobs Solutions.
- Jacobs Solutions grew revenue faster (4.6%, against −5.0%).
- Jacobs Solutions kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (7.2% operating margin, against −2.4%).
- Jacobs Solutions turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.1% FCF margin, against −2.8%).
- Jacobs Solutions earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (10.1%, against −13.9%).
| Latest fiscal year | FLR · FY25 | J · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.2B | $17.2B |
| Revenue | $15.5B | $12.0B |
| Free cash flow | −$437M | $607M |
| Net income | −$51.0M | $289M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −5.0% | 4.6% |
| 5-year growth | −0.4% | −2.4% |
| Share count change | −5.8% | −3.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | −0.8% | 24.8% |
| Operating margin | −2.4% | 7.2% |
| Net margin | −0.3% | 2.4% |
| FCF margin | −2.8% | 5.1% |
| Return on capital | −13.9% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | −1.4% | 7.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$1.1B | $1.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 1.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $754M | $907M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 50.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 7 |
Revenue
FY16
FLR $19.0B
J $11.0B
FY17
FLR $14.8B
J $10.0B
FY18
FLR $18.9B
J $15.0B
FY19
FLR $15.5B
J $12.7B
FY20
FLR $15.8B
J $13.6B
FY21
FLR $14.2B
J $14.1B
FY22
FLR $13.7B
J $9.8B
FY23
FLR $15.5B
J $10.9B
FY24
FLR $16.3B
J $11.5B
FY25
FLR $15.5B
J $12.0B
FLR
J
Operating margin
FY16
FLR —
J 3.1%
FY17
FLR 1.4%
J 2.4%
FY18
FLR 2.7%
J 2.6%
FY19
FLR −5.4%
J 3.2%
FY20
FLR −1.5%
J 4.0%
FY21
FLR −1.9%
J 4.9%
FY22
FLR 1.5%
J 5.5%
FY23
FLR 1.0%
J 6.2%
FY24
FLR 2.8%
J 6.0%
FY25
FLR −2.4%
J 7.2%
FLR
J
Free cash flow
FY16
FLR $470M
J $612M
FY17
FLR $319M
J $457M
FY18
FLR −$48.8M
J $386M
FY19
FLR $38.2M
J −$502M
FY20
FLR $73.0M
J $689M
FY21
FLR −$50.0M
J $633M
FY22
FLR −$44.0M
J $347M
FY23
FLR $106M
J $837M
FY24
FLR $664M
J $934M
FY25
FLR −$437M
J $607M
FLR
J
Return on capital
FY16
FLR 15.7%
J 5.9%
FY17
FLR 5.1%
J 4.2%
FY18
FLR 9.8%
J 3.4%
FY19
FLR −33.1%
J 5.3%
FY20
FLR −18.2%
J 7.2%
FY21
FLR —
J 5.7%
FY22
FLR —
J 5.7%
FY23
FLR —
J 6.4%
FY24
FLR 25.7%
J 8.0%
FY25
FLR −13.9%
J 10.1%
FLR
J
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.