ARCOSA INC (ACA) Fundamental Analysis & Valuation

NYSE:ACA • US0396531008

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This ACA fundamental analysis includes valuation metrics, fair value assessment, financial health analysis, profitability trends, growth metrics and dividend sustainability analysis.

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1. ACA Profitability Analysis

1.1 Basic Checks

  • In the past year ACA was profitable.
  • ACA had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.
  • Each year in the past 5 years ACA has been profitable.
  • Each year in the past 5 years ACA had a positive operating cash flow.
ACA Yearly Net Income VS EBIT VS OCF VS FCFACA Yearly Net Income VS EBIT VS OCF VS FCFYearly Net Income VS EBIT VS OCF VS FCF 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 100M 200M 300M 400M 500M

1.2 Ratios

  • With a Return On Assets value of 4.17%, ACA perfoms like the industry average, outperforming 58.93% of the companies in the same industry.
  • ACA's Return On Equity of 7.88% is in line compared to the rest of the industry. ACA outperforms 48.21% of its industry peers.
  • The Return On Invested Capital of ACA (5.80%) is comparable to the rest of the industry.
  • ACA had an Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years of 4.62%. This is significantly below the industry average of 17.34%.
  • The 3 year average ROIC (4.62%) for ACA is below the current ROIC(5.80%), indicating increased profibility in the last year.
Industry RankSector Rank
ROA 4.17%
ROE 7.88%
ROIC 5.8%
ROA(3y)3.51%
ROA(5y)4%
ROE(3y)6.18%
ROE(5y)6.66%
ROIC(3y)4.62%
ROIC(5y)4.24%
ACA Yearly ROA, ROE, ROICACA Yearly ROA, ROE, ROICYearly ROA, ROE, ROIC 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2 4 6 8 10

1.3 Margins

  • ACA has a Profit Margin of 7.22%. This is in the better half of the industry: ACA outperforms 71.43% of its industry peers.
  • ACA's Profit Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
  • The Operating Margin of ACA (11.37%) is better than 75.00% of its industry peers.
  • ACA's Operating Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
  • With a decent Gross Margin value of 22.45%, ACA is doing good in the industry, outperforming 69.64% of the companies in the same industry.
  • ACA's Gross Margin has improved in the last couple of years.
Industry RankSector Rank
OM 11.37%
PM (TTM) 7.22%
GM 22.45%
OM growth 3Y16.52%
OM growth 5Y6.57%
PM growth 3Y-12.89%
PM growth 5Y5.71%
GM growth 3Y5.99%
GM growth 5Y2.61%
ACA Yearly Profit, Operating, Gross MarginsACA Yearly Profit, Operating, Gross MarginsYearly Profit, Operating, Gross Margins 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 5 10 15 20

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2. ACA Health Analysis

2.1 Basic Checks

  • ACA has a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), which is below the Cost of Capital (WACC), which means it is destroying value.
  • The number of shares outstanding for ACA has been increased compared to 1 year ago.
  • The number of shares outstanding for ACA has been increased compared to 5 years ago.
  • Compared to 1 year ago, ACA has an improved debt to assets ratio.
ACA Yearly Shares OutstandingACA Yearly Shares OutstandingYearly Shares Outstanding 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 10M 20M 30M 40M
ACA Yearly Total Debt VS Total AssetsACA Yearly Total Debt VS Total AssetsYearly Total Debt VS Total Assets 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 1B 2B 3B 4B

2.2 Solvency

  • An Altman-Z score of 2.54 indicates that ACA is not a great score, but indicates only limited risk for bankruptcy at the moment.
  • Looking at the Altman-Z score, with a value of 2.54, ACA is in line with its industry, outperforming 44.64% of the companies in the same industry.
  • The Debt to FCF ratio of ACA is 8.68, which is on the high side as it means it would take ACA, 8.68 years of fcf income to pay off all of its debts.
  • The Debt to FCF ratio of ACA (8.68) is comparable to the rest of the industry.
  • ACA has a Debt/Equity ratio of 0.57. This is a neutral value indicating ACA is somewhat dependend on debt financing.
  • ACA's Debt to Equity ratio of 0.57 is in line compared to the rest of the industry. ACA outperforms 57.14% of its industry peers.
Industry RankSector Rank
Debt/Equity 0.57
Debt/FCF 8.68
Altman-Z 2.54
ROIC/WACC0.58
WACC9.91%
ACA Yearly LT Debt VS Equity VS FCFACA Yearly LT Debt VS Equity VS FCFYearly LT Debt VS Equity VS FCF 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 500M 1B 1.5B 2B 2.5B

2.3 Liquidity

  • ACA has a Current Ratio of 2.20. This indicates that ACA is financially healthy and has no problem in meeting its short term obligations.
  • The Current ratio of ACA (2.20) is better than 89.29% of its industry peers.
  • A Quick Ratio of 1.35 indicates that ACA should not have too much problems paying its short term obligations.
  • ACA has a better Quick ratio (1.35) than 67.86% of its industry peers.
Industry RankSector Rank
Current Ratio 2.2
Quick Ratio 1.35
ACA Yearly Current Assets VS Current LiabilitesACA Yearly Current Assets VS Current LiabilitesYearly Current Assets VS Current Liabilites 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 200M 400M 600M 800M 1B

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3. ACA Growth Analysis

3.1 Past

  • The Earnings Per Share has grown by an impressive 48.50% over the past year.
  • ACA shows quite a strong growth in Earnings Per Share. Measured over the last years, the EPS has been growing by 12.78% yearly.
  • The Revenue has grown by 12.20% in the past year. This is quite good.
  • Measured over the past years, ACA shows a quite strong growth in Revenue. The Revenue has been growing by 8.30% on average per year.
EPS 1Y (TTM)48.5%
EPS 3Y26.66%
EPS 5Y12.78%
EPS Q2Q%150%
Revenue 1Y (TTM)12.2%
Revenue growth 3Y8.74%
Revenue growth 5Y8.3%
Sales Q2Q%7.58%

3.2 Future

  • Based on estimates for the next years, ACA will show a quite strong growth in Earnings Per Share. The EPS will grow by 11.17% on average per year.
  • The Revenue is expected to grow by 5.28% on average over the next years.
EPS Next Y9.06%
EPS Next 2Y11.17%
EPS Next 3YN/A
EPS Next 5YN/A
Revenue Next Year3.91%
Revenue Next 2Y5.28%
Revenue Next 3YN/A
Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

  • The EPS growth rate is stable: in the next years the growth will be about the same than in the last years.
  • When comparing the Revenue growth rate of the last years to the growth rate of the upcoming years, we see that the growth is decreasing.
ACA Yearly Revenue VS EstimatesACA Yearly Revenue VS EstimatesYearly Revenue VS Estimates 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 1B 2B 3B
ACA Yearly EPS VS EstimatesACA Yearly EPS VS EstimatesYearly EPS VS Estimates 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 1 2 3 4 5

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4. ACA Valuation Analysis

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

  • The Price/Earnings ratio is 23.70, which indicates a rather expensive current valuation of ACA.
  • Based on the Price/Earnings ratio, ACA is valued a bit cheaper than 76.79% of the companies in the same industry.
  • ACA is valuated at similar levels of the S&P average when we compare the Price/Earnings ratio to 26.21, which is the current average of the S&P500 Index.
  • The Price/Forward Earnings ratio is 21.73, which indicates a rather expensive current valuation of ACA.
  • Based on the Price/Forward Earnings ratio, ACA is valued a bit cheaper than 76.79% of the companies in the same industry.
  • ACA is valuated at similar levels of the S&P average when we compare the Price/Forward Earnings ratio to 23.13, which is the current average of the S&P500 Index.
Industry RankSector Rank
PE 23.7
Fwd PE 21.73
ACA Price Earnings VS Forward Price EarningsACA Price Earnings VS Forward Price Earnings ChartPrice Earnings - Forward Price Earnings PE FPE 10 20 30 40

4.2 Price Multiples

  • ACA's Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio is rather cheap when compared to the industry. ACA is cheaper than 80.36% of the companies in the same industry.
  • Based on the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio, ACA is valued a bit cheaper than 60.71% of the companies in the same industry.
Industry RankSector Rank
P/FCF 29.6
EV/EBITDA 11.84
ACA Per share dataACA EPS, Sales, OCF, FCF, BookValue per sharePer Share Data Per Share 10 20 30 40 50

4.3 Compensation for Growth

  • The high PEG Ratio(NY), which compensates the Price/Earnings for growth, indicates ACA does not grow enough to justify the current Price/Earnings ratio.
  • ACA has a very decent profitability rating, which may justify a higher PE ratio.
PEG (NY)2.61
PEG (5Y)1.85
EPS Next 2Y11.17%
EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. ACA Dividend Analysis

5.1 Amount

  • With a yearly dividend of 0.19%, ACA is not a good candidate for dividend investing.
  • Compared to an average industry Dividend Yield of 0.14, ACA pays a better dividend. On top of this ACA pays more dividend than 80.36% of the companies listed in the same industry.
  • Compared to an average S&P500 Dividend Yield of 1.89, ACA's dividend is way lower than the S&P500 average.
Industry RankSector Rank
Dividend Yield 0.19%

5.2 History

  • The dividend of ACA has a limited annual growth rate of 0.14%.
  • ACA has been paying a dividend for over 5 years, so it has already some track record.
  • As ACA did not decrease their dividend in the past 5 years, we can say the dividend looks stable.
Dividend Growth(5Y)0.14%
Div Incr Years0
Div Non Decr Years6
ACA Yearly Dividends per shareACA Yearly Dividends per shareYearly Dividends per share 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 0.05 0.1 0.15

5.3 Sustainability

  • ACA pays out 4.81% of its income as dividend. This is a sustainable payout ratio.
  • The dividend of ACA is growing, but earnings are growing more, so the dividend growth is sustainable.
DP4.81%
EPS Next 2Y11.17%
EPS Next 3YN/A
ACA Yearly Income VS Free CF VS DividendACA Yearly Income VS Free CF VS DividendYearly Income VS Free CF VS Dividend 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 100M 200M 300M
ACA Dividend Payout.ACA Dividend Payout, showing the Payout Ratio.ACA Dividend Payout.PayoutRetained Earnings

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ACA Fundamentals: All Metrics, Ratios and Statistics

ARCOSA INC

NYSE:ACA (4/7/2026, 2:31:22 PM)

105.93

-0.35 (-0.33%)

Chartmill FA Rating
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryGroupCapital Goods
GICS IndustryConstruction & Engineering
Earnings (Last)02-26
Earnings (Next)04-23
Inst Owners94.27%
Inst Owner Change0%
Ins Owners1.85%
Ins Owner Change8.12%
Market Cap5.19B
Revenue(TTM)2.88B
Net Income(TTM)208.10M
Analysts84
Price Target130.39 (23.09%)
Short Float %2.36%
Short Ratio3.67
Dividend
Industry RankSector Rank
Dividend Yield 0.19%
Yearly Dividend0.2
Dividend Growth(5Y)0.14%
DP4.81%
Div Incr Years0
Div Non Decr Years6
Ex-Date04-15
Surprises & Revisions
EPS beat(2)2
Avg EPS beat(2)19.92%
Min EPS beat(2)15.61%
Max EPS beat(2)24.24%
EPS beat(4)4
Avg EPS beat(4)54.93%
Min EPS beat(4)15.61%
Max EPS beat(4)162.24%
EPS beat(8)7
Avg EPS beat(8)28.84%
EPS beat(12)11
Avg EPS beat(12)33.04%
EPS beat(16)15
Avg EPS beat(16)36.75%
Revenue beat(2)1
Avg Revenue beat(2)-0.02%
Min Revenue beat(2)-1.23%
Max Revenue beat(2)1.18%
Revenue beat(4)2
Avg Revenue beat(4)-0.48%
Min Revenue beat(4)-3.72%
Max Revenue beat(4)1.83%
Revenue beat(8)3
Avg Revenue beat(8)-1.48%
Revenue beat(12)6
Avg Revenue beat(12)0.12%
Revenue beat(16)10
Avg Revenue beat(16)1.69%
PT rev (1m)3.76%
PT rev (3m)6.71%
EPS NQ rev (1m)-20.38%
EPS NQ rev (3m)-17.63%
EPS NY rev (1m)0%
EPS NY rev (3m)0%
Revenue NQ rev (1m)-1.32%
Revenue NQ rev (3m)-3.95%
Revenue NY rev (1m)-1.21%
Revenue NY rev (3m)-1.91%
Valuation
Industry RankSector Rank
PE 23.7
Fwd PE 21.73
P/S 1.8
P/FCF 29.6
P/OCF 15.23
P/B 1.97
P/tB 5.29
EV/EBITDA 11.84
EPS(TTM)4.47
EY4.22%
EPS(NY)4.88
Fwd EY4.6%
FCF(TTM)3.58
FCFY3.38%
OCF(TTM)6.96
OCFY6.57%
SpS58.8
BVpS53.86
TBVpS20.02
PEG (NY)2.61
PEG (5Y)1.85
Graham Number73.6
Profitability
Industry RankSector Rank
ROA 4.17%
ROE 7.88%
ROCE 7.32%
ROIC 5.8%
ROICexc 6.09%
ROICexgc 9.96%
OM 11.37%
PM (TTM) 7.22%
GM 22.45%
FCFM 6.09%
ROA(3y)3.51%
ROA(5y)4%
ROE(3y)6.18%
ROE(5y)6.66%
ROIC(3y)4.62%
ROIC(5y)4.24%
ROICexc(3y)4.82%
ROICexc(5y)4.43%
ROICexgc(3y)8.06%
ROICexgc(5y)7.51%
ROCE(3y)5.83%
ROCE(5y)5.36%
ROICexgc growth 3Y7.62%
ROICexgc growth 5Y-0.63%
ROICexc growth 3Y10.26%
ROICexc growth 5Y1.46%
OM growth 3Y16.52%
OM growth 5Y6.57%
PM growth 3Y-12.89%
PM growth 5Y5.71%
GM growth 3Y5.99%
GM growth 5Y2.61%
F-Score9
Asset Turnover0.58
Health
Industry RankSector Rank
Debt/Equity 0.57
Debt/FCF 8.68
Debt/EBITDA 2.75
Cap/Depr 74.26%
Cap/Sales 5.74%
Interest Coverage 3.18
Cash Conversion 61.92%
Profit Quality 84.33%
Current Ratio 2.2
Quick Ratio 1.35
Altman-Z 2.54
F-Score9
WACC9.91%
ROIC/WACC0.58
Cap/Depr(3y)99.71%
Cap/Depr(5y)89.53%
Cap/Sales(3y)7.31%
Cap/Sales(5y)6.45%
Profit Quality(3y)151.62%
Profit Quality(5y)117.46%
High Growth Momentum
Growth
EPS 1Y (TTM)48.5%
EPS 3Y26.66%
EPS 5Y12.78%
EPS Q2Q%150%
EPS Next Y9.06%
EPS Next 2Y11.17%
EPS Next 3YN/A
EPS Next 5YN/A
Revenue 1Y (TTM)12.2%
Revenue growth 3Y8.74%
Revenue growth 5Y8.3%
Sales Q2Q%7.58%
Revenue Next Year3.91%
Revenue Next 2Y5.28%
Revenue Next 3YN/A
Revenue Next 5YN/A
EBIT growth 1Y67.98%
EBIT growth 3Y26.7%
EBIT growth 5Y15.41%
EBIT Next Year75.5%
EBIT Next 3YN/A
EBIT Next 5YN/A
FCF growth 1Y-43.8%
FCF growth 3Y69.09%
FCF growth 5Y-0.26%
OCF growth 1Y-32.05%
OCF growth 3Y25.08%
OCF growth 5Y5.59%

ARCOSA INC / ACA Fundamental Analysis FAQ

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ChartMill assigns a fundamental rating of 6 / 10 to ACA.


Can you provide the valuation status for ARCOSA INC?

ChartMill assigns a valuation rating of 4 / 10 to ARCOSA INC (ACA). This can be considered as Fairly Valued.


What is the profitability of ACA stock?

ARCOSA INC (ACA) has a profitability rating of 7 / 10.


What is the expected EPS growth for ARCOSA INC (ACA) stock?

The Earnings per Share (EPS) of ARCOSA INC (ACA) is expected to grow by 9.06% in the next year.


Can you provide the dividend sustainability for ACA stock?

The dividend rating of ARCOSA INC (ACA) is 5 / 10 and the dividend payout ratio is 4.81%.