Argan

AGX

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

Price

$551.26

+3.75 (+0.68%)

Market Cap

$7.73B

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−10.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 15.9M (2022) → 14.2M (2026)

Argan, Inc. is a holding company that builds power plants. Its main subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems, designs and constructs natural gas and renewable energy power plants for utility companies and large energy producers across the United States. Argan is a smaller, specialized player in the engineering and construction industry, focused almost entirely on the power generation sector.

Argan makes money by taking on fixed-price contracts to build power plants from start to finish. Most of its revenue comes from a small number of large projects at any given time, which means its financial results can swing significantly depending on which projects are active. The company operates primarily in the U.S. and carries a strong balance sheet with little debt, which is a competitive advantage when bidding on large contracts. The key growth driver is rising electricity demand tied to data centers and electrification, but the main risk is project concentration — losing or delaying one major contract can meaningfully hurt revenue.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+53.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

3.4%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$339M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Argan is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 13%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

25.0%

Modest — 25.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

18.2%

Healthy — 18.2% operating margin

ROCE

10.3%

Below par — 10.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+16.8%

Fast-growing sales (16.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+77.9%

Earnings growing fast (77.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

289%

Turns 289% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

42.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (42.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

51.8x

Expensive — P/E 51.8

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+11.4

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (51.8 → 40.4)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.24%

Small dividend — 0.24% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+33.3%

Dividend growing fast (33.3% YoY)

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