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Quanta Services, Inc (NYSE: PWR) closed the day trading at $292.43 down -18.32% from the previous closing price of $358.03. In other words, the price has decreased by -$18.32 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.48 million shares were traded. PWR stock price reached its highest trading level at $324.39 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $291.91.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PWR, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 56.25 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.90. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.19 and its Current Ratio is at 1.23. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.71 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.62.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, BofA Securities on January 24, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $407.
On December 06, 2024, Daiwa Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $355.Daiwa Securities initiated its Outperform rating on December 06, 2024, with a $355 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 21 ’24 when Studer Karl W sold 23,357 shares for $270.51 per share. The transaction valued at 6,318,341 led to the insider holds 10,631 shares of the business.
Studer Karl W bought 15,538 shares of PWR for $4,205,099 on Aug 21 ’24. On Aug 21 ’24, another insider, Karl W Studer, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 7,819 shares for $268.25 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PWR now has a Market Capitalization of 43166175232 and an Enterprise Value of 57110769664. As of this moment, Quanta’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 54.03, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 28.61. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.95. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.88 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.10. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.494 whereas that against EBITDA is 30.557.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PWR is 1.07, which has changed by 0.8151077 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23883796 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PWR has reached a high of $365.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $193.50. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -11.69%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.44%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PWR traded about 1.01M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PWR traded about 1249870 shares per day. A total of 147.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 145.89M. Insiders hold about 1.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.89% stake in the company. Shares short for PWR as of 1735603200 were 4592731 with a Short Ratio of 4.53, compared to 1732838400 on 4385723. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4592731 and a Short% of Float of 3.54.
Dividends & Splits
PWR’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.37, up from 0.36 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0010055024The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.23. The current Payout Ratio is 6.59% for PWR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-01-02 with an ex-dividend date of 1735776000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-04-10 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
