Stocks · Industrials · Engineering & Construction
Legence Corp. Class A Common stock LGN
$53.61 +3.75% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $6.49B
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 13, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 29.9% in a year.
- Net debt is 4.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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, 3-year CAGRTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 43%
- Gross marginBottom 24%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Interest coverBottom 36%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 24%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 11%
- 6-month returnBottom 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 10%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 9%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 16.7% | — | Bottom 24% | |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | — | Bottom 33% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.6% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | — | Bottom 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 27.0% | — | Top 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.3%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.69×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -11.92%
- Shareholder yield
- -11.92%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +29.9%
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 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -60.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 4
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $97.11
- Target vs current price
- +81.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 91%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -199.7% | -7.9% | -9.0% | -22.0% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | +16.5% | -11.0% | -17.5% | -14.9% | -35.8% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | +66.7% | +3.3% | +10.8% | +51.8% | +52.9% |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -124.1% | +20.9% | +22.9% | +25.3% | +60.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -$0.37 | $0.37 | -199.7% | $1.26B |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.21 | +16.5% | $1.04B |
| Mar 27, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.03 | +66.7% | $737.6M |
| Nov 14, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.08 | -124.1% | $708.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 40.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 38.3× | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| EV / Sales | 1.97× | — | — | Top 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.98% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | -1.22% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
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)
- -12.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.4%
- RSI (14)
- 45.5
- Relative volume
- 1.28×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 72.4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.93
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.41
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -49.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | -49.8% | 82 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 | -19.8% | 11 days | 3 days (Nov 18, 2025) |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | -15.9% | 15 days | 8 days (Apr 1, 2026) |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | -15.8% | 4 days | 22 days (Jan 16, 2026) |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | -13.9% | 5 days | 2 days (Feb 9, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.49B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.66
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.75B
- 52-week range
- $29.32 – $107.24
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.25B | $1.62B | $2.10B | $2.55B |
| Gross profit | $233.7M | $315.1M | $428.6M | $535.9M |
| Operating income | -$24.2M | $10.3M | $58.4M | $92.9M |
| Net income | -$82.3M | -$46.0M | $9.7M | -$59.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.81 | -$0.45 | $0.10 | -$1.01 |
| Q1 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $468.8M | $520.8M | $506.0M | $598.9M | $708.0M | $737.6M | $1.04B | $1.26B |
| Net income | -$15.0M | $6.2M | -$21.2M | -$5.3M | -$576,000 | -$32.7M | $16.1M | -$27.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.15 | $0.06 | -$0.21 | -$0.05 | -$0.01 | -$0.55 | $0.27 | -$0.37 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $27.0M | $33.9M | $29.3M | $256.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$26.3M | -$17.1M | -$19.0M | -$37.9M |
| Free cash flow | $684,000 | $16.8M | $10.3M | $218.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$268,000 | -$1.5M | -$301.6M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $41.7M | $550,000 | $400,000 | $780.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $292.0M
- Total assets
- $3.74B
- Total liabilities
- $2.76B
- Total debt
- $1.20B
- Net debt
- $903.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $600.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,400,660
- Days to cover
- 4.16
- Change vs previous report
- +5.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.