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Tutor Perini Corporation

TPC
52
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
$78.62
-0.27 (-0.34%)
Market Cap
$4.15B
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+4.0% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 51.4M (2021) → 53.4M (2025)

Tutor Perini Corporation is a large construction company that builds big, complex projects across the United States. Its main work falls into three areas: civil projects like highways, bridges, and tunnels; building projects like hospitals, hotels, and government facilities; and specialty work like electrical and mechanical systems. The company works mostly for government agencies, transit authorities, and large private developers.

Tutor Perini makes money by winning construction contracts, then completing the work and billing clients over time — a model called contract revenue recognition. It operates almost entirely in the United States, with some international exposure, and generates roughly $4 billion in annual revenue. The company's competitive position comes from its ability to handle very large, technically difficult projects that few contractors can manage, but its thin margins leave little room for error. The biggest risk the business faces is cost overruns on fixed-price contracts, which can quickly turn a profitable project into a money-losing one.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+41.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+136.4% 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

15.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$770M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue accelerating

Tutor Perini Corporation grew revenue 41% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
9.8%
Thin — 9.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.3%
Thin — 3.3% operating margin
ROCE
3.1%
Weak — 3.1% 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
+28.1%
Fast-growing sales (28.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
930%
Turns 930% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
10.2%
Modest free cash flow (10.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.34
Conservative — low debt load (0.34)
Interest Cover
4.22x
Adequate interest coverage (4.2x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
51.4x
Expensive — P/E 51.4

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

P/E vs Forward
+29.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (51.4 → 22.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.23%
Small dividend — 0.23% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+47.5%
Dividend growing fast (47.5% YoY)

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