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Primoris Services Corporation

PRIM
48
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Winston Score
48
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Primoris Services Corporation is a construction and engineering company that builds and maintains infrastructure across the United States and Canada. It works on pipelines, power lines, solar farms, natural gas facilities, and underground utility systems. Its main customers are utility companies, energy producers, and government agencies that need large infrastructure projects built or repaired.

Primoris makes money by winning contracts to complete specific construction projects, so revenue depends on a steady flow of new work. The company operates primarily in the U.S., with some activity in Canada, and generates roughly $6 billion or more in annual revenue. Its competitive position comes from long-standing relationships with major utilities and the technical expertise needed to handle complex, regulated infrastructure work. The key growth driver is the ongoing buildout of renewable energy infrastructure, particularly utility-scale solar, but the business faces real risk from project delays, labor cost increases, and the thin margins typical of contract construction.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-4.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

1.1%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$541M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Primoris Services Corporation is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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
9.4%
Thin — 9.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
4.2%
Thin — 4.2% operating margin
ROCE
2.9%
Weak — 2.9% 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
+19.0%
Fast-growing sales (19.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+51.5%
Earnings growing fast (51.5% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
171%
Turns 171% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
4.5%
Thin free cash flow (4.5%)

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
14.38x
Comfortably covers interest (14.4x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
19.8x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 19.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+5.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (19.8 → 14.2)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.36%
no trend
Small dividend — 0.36% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+6.7%
no trend
Dividend growing modestly (6.7% YoY)

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