AECOM vs Quanta Services
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I put AECOM and Quanta Services side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Quanta Services is the larger business, with $28.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $16.1B for AECOM, about 1.8 times as much.
- Quanta Services grew revenue faster (20.3%, against 0.2%).
- AECOM kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (6.4% operating margin, against 5.7%).
- Quanta Services turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.7% FCF margin, against 4.2%).
- AECOM earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (22.4%, against 9.5%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Quanta Services’s earnings: a P/E of 64.6x against 27.9x for AECOM.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 11 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
AECOM
ACM
6/11
Operating marginReturn on capitalReturn on equityPiotroski F-scoreNet debt / EBITDAShare count change
Quanta Services
PWR
5/11
Revenue growth5-year growthGross marginNet marginFCF margin
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | ACM FY25 | PWR FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $7.8B | $85.9B |
| Revenue | $16.1B | $28.5B |
| Free cash flow | $685M | $1.6B |
| Net income | $562M | $1.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 0.2% | 20.3% |
| 5-year growth | 4.0% | 20.5% |
| Share count change | −2.3% | 0.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 7.5% | 15.0% |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 5.7% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 5.7% |
| Return on capital | 22.4% | 9.5% |
| Return on equity | 24.0% | 12.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.1B | $5.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9x | 2.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $522M | $195M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 27.9x | 64.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 5 |
Ten years
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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.