Stocks · Industrials · Engineering & Construction
Aecom ACM
$59.66 +0.10% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $7.67B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 17, 2026
Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.
Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.18, down 55.7% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -54.3%, behind the S&P 500 by 69.3 percentage points.
- The stock is 56% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 39%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 12%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 33%
- Gross marginBottom 6%
- Operating marginBottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
- Interest coverBottom 47%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 8%
- 6-month returnBottom 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 7%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.4% | -4.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -9.4% | -55.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 5.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 4.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.2% | -0.4% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -55.7% | -9.4% | ↓ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 5.7% | 7.3% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 6.4% | ↓ | Bottom 38% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 3.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.5% | — | Top 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.1% | — | Top 39% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -906.32×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.2×
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -34.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $84.56
- Target vs current price
- +41.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 64%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -134.2% | -3.3% | -16.8% | -12.2% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +2.6% | -1.4% | -11.5% | -12.1% | -7.1% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | -8.5% | +1.7% | -12.6% | -6.9% | -16.3% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | +1.5% | -3.6% | -21.3% | -25.4% | -33.1% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +6.3% | +0.8% | +6.6% | +12.4% | +19.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | +5.0% | -0.2% | +2.2% | +6.6% | +10.0% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +19.1% | -1.5% | +1.6% | -7.8% | -6.9% |
| Nov 18, 2024 | +2.4% | +2.1% | +8.8% | +3.5% | -6.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.50 | $1.46 | -134.2% | $1.61B |
| May 11, 2026 | $1.59 | $1.55 | +2.6% | $1.95B |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $1.29 | $1.41 | -8.5% | $1.85B |
| Nov 18, 2025 | $1.36 | $1.34 | +1.5% | $4.18B |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $1.34 | $1.26 | +6.3% | $4.18B |
| May 5, 2025 | $1.25 | $1.19 | +5.0% | $3.77B |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $1.31 | $1.10 | +19.1% | $4.01B |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $1.27 | $1.24 | +2.4% | $4.11B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 27.4× | 35.9× | 32th | Top 34% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.0× | — | — | — |
| Earnings yield | 3.65% | — | — | Top 34% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.1× – 117.7× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -54.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -55.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +39.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -25.3%
- RSI (14)
- 39.5
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 99th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -55.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -56.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | Sep 24, 2026 | -56.4% | 224 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -25.5% | 87 days | 81 days (Aug 5, 2025) |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 | -23.0% | 57 days | 105 days (Nov 15, 2022) |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | -17.9% | 177 days | 28 days (Dec 7, 2023) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | -16.3% | 74 days | 34 days (Aug 26, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $7.67B
- P/E (TTM)
- 27.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $15.39B
- Dividend yield
- 2.08%
- 52-week range
- $58.08 – $135.52
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.34B | $13.15B | $14.38B | $16.11B | $16.14B |
| Gross profit | $798.4M | $848.0M | $945.5M | $1.08B | $1.22B |
| Operating income | $629.6M | $646.8M | $324.1M | $827.4M | $1.03B |
| Net income | $173.2M | $310.6M | $55.3M | $402.3M | $561.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.16 | $2.18 | $0.39 | $2.95 | $4.21 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.11B | $4.01B | $3.77B | $4.18B | $4.18B | $3.83B | $3.80B | $3.59B |
| Net income | $172.5M | $167.0M | $143.4M | $131.0M | $120.4M | $74.5M | $179.9M | -$86.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.28 | $1.25 | $1.08 | $1.31 | $0.90 | $0.56 | $1.39 | -$0.67 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $704.7M | $713.6M | $696.0M | $827.5M | $821.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$136.3M | -$137.0M | -$105.6M | -$119.6M | -$136.7M |
| Free cash flow | $568.4M | $576.6M | $590.4M | $707.9M | $684.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$63.3M | -$96.2M | -$115.2M | -$133.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$837.4M | -$446.3M | -$346.4M | -$443.9M | -$348.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $762.02B
- Total assets
- $12.03B
- Total liabilities
- $9.63B
- Total debt
- $3.33B
- Net debt
- -$758.69B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.19B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.31 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.31 | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.31 | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $0.31 | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.26 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jul 2, 2025 | $0.26 | Jul 18, 2025 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | $0.26 | Apr 17, 2025 |
| Jan 2, 2025 | $0.26 | Jan 17, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,336,477
- Days to cover
- 4.09
- Change vs previous report
- +10.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.