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Parsons Corporation

PSN
37
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$56.05
-1.83 (-3.16%)
Market Cap
$6.00B
Winston Score
37
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

2.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 112.1M (2021) → 109.7M (2025)

Parsons Corporation is a technology and engineering services company that works mainly for the U.S. government. It builds and manages complex systems like missile defense networks, cybersecurity tools, and critical infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and transit systems. Its two main customer groups are U.S. federal agencies — including the Department of Defense and intelligence community — and state and local governments.

Parsons makes money by winning long-term government contracts, where it gets paid for labor, engineering work, and program management over months or years. Nearly all of its roughly $6 billion in annual revenue comes from North America, with the federal defense and intelligence segment being the larger and faster-growing piece. Its main competitive advantage is its security clearances and deep relationships with government clients, which are hard for new competitors to replicate. The key risk is budget pressure — if Congress cuts defense or infrastructure spending, contract awards could slow down.

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Quality

Gross Margin
24.0%
Thin — 24.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
6.3%
Modest — 6.3% operating margin
ROCE
2.3%
Weak — 2.3% 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
-6.9%
Shrinking sales (-6.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
-13.4%
Earnings shrinking (-13.4% 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
213%
Turns 213% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
6.6%
Modest free cash flow (6.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.57
Conservative — low debt load (0.57)
Interest Cover
7.27x
Adequate interest coverage (7.3x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
26.3x
Growth-priced — P/E 26.3

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

P/E vs Forward
+11.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (26.3 → 14.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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