Based on the aggregated intelligence of 120,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, professional technical and management support services provider AECOM Technology (NYSE: ACM ) has earned a respected four-star ranking. While five-star stocks have been the best performers, our data has shown that four-star stocks still outshine the market by a significant margin and shouldn't be taken lightly; conversely, low-rated stocks have woefully lagged the market average.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at AECOM's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
AECOM facts
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Headquarters (founded)
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Los Angeles, California (1980)
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Market Cap
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$3.09 billion
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Industry
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Technical Services
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TTM Revenue
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$5.19 billion
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Management
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CEO John Dionisio (since 2005)
CFO Michael Burke (since 2006)
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Return on Equity (average last two years)
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13.6%
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Competitors
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Fluor (NYSE: FLR ) ,
Shaw Group (NYSE: SGR )
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CAPS members bullish on ACM also bullish on
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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) ,
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG )
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CAPS members bearish on ACM also bearish on
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General Motors (NYSE: GM ) ,
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN )
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Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, fully 564 of the 580 members who have rated AECOM -- some 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These Fools include Hoping2Retire and Genkibro.
In October, Hoping2Retire included AECOM as one of the more attractive ways to play infrastructure:
There will be significant pressure for new infrastructure project investments in U.S. and Europe to reduce unemployment in the next several years. Additionally Asia will continue its massive investments in this area and, accordingly, architecture and engineering firms should do well.
In a pitch from two days ago, Genkibro agrees with that line of thinking, writing:
Loose money and emphasis on infrastructure will give heavy construction a charge, Aecom does nice work.... They also have year-over-year earnings growth of over 45% a PEG below 1.0, and a good track record all over the planet, so whatever region recovers and grows, they will have a chance to be part of it.
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