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Dycom
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Rating:66Neutral
Price Target:
$336.00
▼(-4.49% Downside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/27/26
The score reflects strong business performance and a very constructive earnings update (raised guidance and record backlog) offset by increased leverage and notably weak technical momentum (price below key moving averages with bearish MACD). Valuation is a secondary headwind given the higher P/E and no dividend yield support.
Positive Factors
Revenue and Margin Expansion
Sustained revenue growth alongside materially higher EBIT and net margins indicates improving execution and operating leverage. This strengthens Dycom’s earnings base and provides a more durable foundation for growth as network infrastructure demand continues.
Negative Factors
Higher Financial Leverage
The sharp increase in debt raises fixed financial obligations and reduces flexibility if telecom spending, project execution or cash conversion weakens. Although operating performance is strong, higher leverage increases balance-sheet sensitivity during a softer business cycle.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Revenue and Margin Expansion
Sustained revenue growth alongside materially higher EBIT and net margins indicates improving execution and operating leverage. This strengthens Dycom’s earnings base and provides a more durable foundation for growth as network infrastructure demand continues.
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Dycom (DY) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$10.57B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)586.11K
Price to Earnings (P/E)29.3
Beta (1Y)1.08
Revenue Growth37.79%
EPS Growth23.60%
CountryUS
Employees19,556
SectorIndustrials
Sector Strength72
IndustryEngineering & Construction
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)11.09
Shares Outstanding30,031,454
10 Day Avg. Volume377,969
30 Day Avg. Volume586,109
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.82
Price to Book (P/B)5.69
Price to Sales (P/S)1.91
P/FCF Ratio26.36
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$536.00Price Target Upside52.36% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering9
EPS Forecast (FY)16.66
Revenue Forecast (FY)$7.62B
Dycom Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Dycom Industries, Inc. provides specialty contracting services to the digital infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, and utility industries in the United States. It operates through Communications and Building Systems segments. The com...
How the Company Makes Money
Dycom makes money primarily by performing contracted infrastructure and field services for communications and utility-related customers, generating revenue as projects are delivered under service agreements and construction/installation contracts....
Dycom Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Aug 26, 2026
(Q2-2027)
| Next Earnings Date:Nov 24, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call presents a strongly positive operational and financial performance: record revenue, substantial EBITDA and EPS growth, robust backlog, strategic acquisitions, improved cash flow and raised guidance. Offsetting near-term headwinds include Communications margin pressure driven by investments and a $150 million wireless revenue deferral into FY2028, craft labor constraints that may limit near-term capacity, fuel and benefit cost pressures, and timing uncertainty around BEAD-related construction. On balance, the highlights — particularly large revenue and profitability gains, backlog strength and improved cash generation — meaningfully outweigh the lowlights, which are largely timing, investment-driven, or related to industry-wide labor and cost constraints.Positive Updates
Record Quarterly Revenue
Total contract revenues of $2.01 billion in Q2, a 45.6% year-over-year increase and 16.7% organic growth, representing record quarterly revenue for the company.
Negative Updates
Communications Margin Pressure
Communications adjusted EBITDA margin declined to 13.6% of segment revenue, decreasing ~134 basis points year-over-year due to scaling investments, the wireless revenue deferral and ~35 basis points of fuel cost pressure.
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Q2-2027 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record Quarterly Revenue
Total contract revenues of $2.01 billion in Q2, a 45.6% year-over-year increase and 16.7% organic growth, representing record quarterly revenue for the company.
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Company Guidance
Dycom raised full‑year contract revenue guidance to $7.48–7.66 billion (midpoint implying +36.5% total revenue growth and +11.3% organic growth YoY), with Communications now expected at $5.90–6.01 billion (including a ~ $150 million wireless revenue deferral into FY2028) and Building Systems at $1.58–1.65 billion (including ~ $90 million of NTI revenues in H2); Q3 guidance is $1.90–1.98 billion of revenues, $281–302 million of adjusted EBITDA and $4.33–4.79 adjusted diluted EPS. The company still expects consolidated adjusted EBITDA margin to increase year‑over‑year (Communications margin modestly down; Building Systems margin in the high‑teens to low‑20s), finished Q2 with record backlog of $12.2 billion (Communications $10.98B, Building Systems $1.26B; $6.47B expected to convert in 12 months), and noted pro forma net leverage of ~2.3x adjusted EBITDA, cash of $340.1 million, total liquidity > $1.086 billion, DSOs of 101 days (‑7 days YoY) and a new $150 million share repurchase authorization through February 2028.Dycom Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
82
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
58
Neutral
Cash Flow
72
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2023 | Jan 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 6.88B | 5.55B | 4.70B | 4.18B | 3.81B | 3.13B |
| Gross Profit | 1.30B | 1.14B | 733.57M | 650.67M | 504.02M | 343.99M |
| EBITDA | 1.17B | 703.95M | 567.36M | 507.69M | 396.99M | 270.43M |
| Net Income | 329.58M | 281.19M | 233.41M | 218.92M | 142.21M | 48.57M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 6.54B | 5.98B | 2.95B | 2.52B | 2.31B | 2.12B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 340.08M | 709.16M | 104.00M | 121.30M | 243.83M | 310.76M |
| Total Debt | 3.05B | 2.99B | 1.06B | 885.04M | 892.02M | 901.91M |
| Total Liabilities | 4.48B | 4.12B | 1.71B | 1.46B | 1.44B | 1.36B |
| Stockholders Equity | 2.06B | 1.86B | 1.24B | 1.05B | 868.75M | 758.54M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 468.67M | 401.71M | 98.64M | 40.48M | -36.17M | 151.61M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 718.11M | 642.50M | 349.10M | 258.98M | 164.79M | 308.65M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -2.10B | -1.84B | -395.20M | -306.16M | -183.93M | -151.68M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 1.69B | 1.81B | 37.69M | -75.91M | -67.43M | 142.01M |
Dycom Technical Analysis
Negative
351.80
Price Trends
424.80
Negative
428.42
Negative
394.14
Negative
Market Momentum
-17.41
Positive
25.14
Positive
5.11
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For DY, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 351.8 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 399.71, below the 50-day MA of 424.80, and below the 200-day MA of 394.14, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -17.41 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 25.14 is Positive, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 5.11 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for DY.
Dycom Risk Analysis
Dycom disclosed 1 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Dycom reported the most risks in the "Tech & Innovation" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Dycom Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (63)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
73 Outperform | $12.48B | 29.04 | 44.00% | ― | 22.66% | 83.09% | |
70 Outperform | $4.75B | 11.42 | 27.41% | 1.79% | -4.37% | 13.37% | |
66 Neutral | $10.57B | 29.28 | 18.85% | ― | 37.79% | 23.60% | |
65 Neutral | $19.82B | 39.17 | 15.30% | ― | 23.46% | 86.29% | |
64 Neutral | $4.03B | 30.31 | 8.46% | 0.37% | 5.12% | -42.27% | |
63 Neutral | $10.79B | 15.43 | 7.44% | 2.01% | 2.89% | -14.66% | |
50 Neutral | $6.86B | -4.32 | -57.08% | ― | -4.77% | -151.32% |
* Industrials Sector Average
DY
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Dycom Corporate Events
Executive/Board Changes
Dycom Announces Routine Board Change After Director Resignation
Neutral
Aug 25, 2026
On August 25, 2026, Dycom Industries, Inc. announced that Jennifer Fritzsche resigned from its Board of Directors, effective the same day. Her departure reduced the size of the board from eleven to ten members and was explicitly stated not to stem...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Dycom Industries Adds Independent Directors to Strengthen Board
Positive
Aug 4, 2026
On August 4, 2026, Dycom Industries, Inc. appointed David Fallon and Michael Lenz to its Board of Directors, expanding the board from nine to eleven members and setting their initial terms to run through the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Bo...
Executive/Board ChangesShareholder Meetings
Dycom Announces Board Transitions and Shareholder Meeting Results
Positive
Jun 1, 2026
At its May 28, 2026 annual meeting, Dycom Industries implemented board changes required by its tenure and mandatory retirement policy, as directors Laurie J. Thomsen and Luis Avila-Marco retired at the conclusion of the meeting, reducing the board...
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