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Fluor Corporation

FLR
21
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Winston Score
21
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Fluor Corporation is a large engineering and construction company. It designs and builds major infrastructure projects like oil refineries, chemical plants, pipelines, nuclear facilities, and government facilities. Its customers include big energy companies, mining firms, and government agencies around the world.

Fluor makes money by charging fees to manage and complete large construction projects, often working on contracts that can last several years. The company operates globally, with major work across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and generates roughly $15 billion in annual revenue. Its competitive position comes from decades of experience handling complex, large-scale projects that few companies can manage — but the negative margins shown in recent financials highlight a key risk: fixed-price contracts can turn unprofitable when costs run over budget, and Fluor has struggled with exactly that problem in recent years, making consistent profitability the central challenge the business must solve.

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Quality

Gross Margin
3.2%
Thin — 3.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
1.3%
Thin — 1.3% operating margin
ROCE
1.2%
Weak — 1.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-5.0%
Shrinking sales (-5.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
-102.4%
Earnings shrinking (-102.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-2.8%
Burning cash (-2.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.33
Conservative — low debt load (0.33)
Interest Cover
N/A
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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
24.6x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 24.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+5.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (24.6 → 19.1)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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