Key Topics Among Quanta Services Investors Today

By Chris Stiles • Friday, July 19 07:54 • Permanent Link

Quanta Services logged a 8.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $264.71 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. PWR's trading volume is 2,218,031 compared to the stock's average volume of 974,288.

Quanta Services trades -7.14% away from its average analyst target price of $285.05 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $250.0 to $313.0, and on average have given Quanta Services a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in PWR, you'll want to know the following:

Quanta Services's current price is 284.4% above its Graham number of $68.86, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Quanta Services has moved 31.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 22.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.16, Quanta Services has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 51.3 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
PWR has a forward P/E ratio of 27.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $9.72 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.69 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Quanta Services is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 6.1 compared to its sector average of 3.17
Quanta Services, Inc. provides infrastructure solutions for the electric and gas utility, renewable energy, communications, and pipeline and energy industries in the United States, Canada, Australia, and internationally.
Based in Houston, the company has 52,500 full time employees and a market cap of $38.75 Billion. Quanta Services currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.1%.

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