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Parsons Corporation PSN
$40.79 -0.54% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.36B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned -52.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 67.2 percentage points.
- Net debt is 3.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The shares trade at 28.1× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology 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 9%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 44%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 44%
- Gross marginBottom 14%
- Operating marginTop 50%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Interest coverTop 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 11%
- 6-month returnBottom 7%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 9%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 17%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 16%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.9% | -5.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -11.8% | -35.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 21.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 4.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 7.8% | 4.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.8% | -6.9% | ↑ | Bottom 9% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -35.3% | -11.8% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 21.4% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 6.3% | ↓ | Top 50% |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 5.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.9% | 7.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.4% | — | Top 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.9% | — | Top 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.44×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +16.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.47×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- -0.77%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.87%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.10%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -23.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -7.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $47.75
- Target vs current price
- +17.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -107.9% | -35.0% | -21.7% | -22.6% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +12.9% | -3.0% | -3.9% | +9.6% | +13.3% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -6.3% | -14.2% | -9.2% | -16.4% | -27.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +9.1% | +4.2% | +8.9% | +4.2% | -14.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +5.4% | -1.4% | +3.9% | +2.2% | +7.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +5.4% | -2.6% | -8.7% | -4.5% | +10.8% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -14.3% | -11.5% | -18.0% | -18.3% | -9.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +20.3% | +4.7% | +6.0% | -8.3% | -23.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -$0.06 | $0.76 | -107.9% | $1.58B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.79 | $0.70 | +12.9% | $1.49B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.75 | $0.80 | -6.3% | $1.60B |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.86 | $0.79 | +9.1% | $1.62B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.74 | +5.4% | $1.58B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.74 | +5.4% | $1.55B |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $0.78 | $0.91 | -14.3% | $1.73B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.95 | $0.79 | +20.3% | $1.81B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 28.1× | 51.0× | 14th | Top 25% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.5× | — | — | Top 25% |
| EV / Sales | 0.91× | — | — | Top 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.07% | — | — | Top 22% |
| Earnings yield | 3.55% | — | — | Top 25% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 24.1× – 431.3× since Jun 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
- -52.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -35.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -17.9%
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)
- -8.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -26.9%
- RSI (14)
- 30.3
- Relative volume
- 1.81×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 97.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 96th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.86
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -54.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2024 | Jul 29, 2026 | -64.4% | 427 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Jan 28, 2022 | -33.5% | 190 days | 189 days (Oct 28, 2022) |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Mar 17, 2023 | -17.7% | 88 days | 94 days (Aug 2, 2023) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Jun 6, 2024 | -12.2% | 43 days | 37 days (Jul 31, 2024) |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Mar 1, 2021 | -11.6% | 8 days | 21 days (Mar 30, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.36B
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.45
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.29B
- 52-week range
- $36.26 – $89.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.66B | $4.20B | $5.44B | $6.75B | $6.36B |
| Gross profit | $852.8M | $946.7M | $1.21B | $1.41B | $1.43B |
| Operating income | $132.4M | $185.7M | $288.4M | $428.1M | $418.2M |
| Net income | $64.1M | $96.7M | $161.1M | $235.1M | $241.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.59 | $0.85 | $1.42 | $2.12 | $2.20 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.81B | $1.73B | $1.55B | $1.58B | $1.62B | $1.60B | $1.49B | $1.58B |
| Net income | $72.0M | $201.3M | $66.2M | $55.2M | $64.1M | $55.6M | $52.9M | -$15.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.65 | $0.49 | $0.60 | $0.50 | $0.59 | $0.51 | $0.49 | -$0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $205.6M | $237.5M | $407.7M | $523.6M | $478.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.1M | -$30.6M | -$40.4M | -$49.2M | -$68.0M |
| Free cash flow | $184.5M | $206.9M | $367.3M | $474.4M | $410.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$16.1M | -$16.6M | -$4.9M | -$17.1M | -$116.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $266.0M
- Total assets
- $6.11B
- Total liabilities
- $3.36B
- Total debt
- $1.63B
- Net debt
- $1.37B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.63B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,335,612
- Days to cover
- 4.44
- Change vs previous report
- -2.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.