Stock

Aecom

ACM

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

Also trades as: 0H9N.L GBP 0.61 (-0.36%)

Price

$60.49

-0.34 (-0.56%)

Market Cap

$7.78B

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Oct 25, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

4/30

Growth

Mixed

5/20

Cash Flow

Strong

7/10

Stability

Mixed

4/10

Valuation

Strong

7/10

Ownership

Weak

2/15

Dividends

Strong

4/5

33 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 33.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−10.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 149.7M (2021) → 133.3M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Aecom is a professional services firm that designs and manages large infrastructure projects like bridges, highways, airports, water systems, and government buildings. Its main customers are governments and public agencies around the world, though it also works with private companies. It is one of the largest infrastructure consulting and engineering firms in the United States.

Aecom makes money by charging fees for its design, planning, and project management services rather than building things itself. It operates globally, with significant work across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, and generates roughly $15 billion in annual revenue. Its long-term government contracts and deep expertise in complex public infrastructure create some switching costs, but its thin margins — around 6-7% — mean profitability is sensitive to project delays, cost overruns, and changes in government spending budgets, which remain the key risk to watch.

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Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

-0.9%

Thin — -0.9% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-2.1%

Losing money on operations — -2.1%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

11.8%

Below par — 11.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-4.2%

Shrinking sales (-4.2% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-55.4%

Earnings shrinking (-55.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

5/8 quarters

Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

127%

Turns 127% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

1.3%

Thin free cash flow (1.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

1.52

Elevated debt (1.52)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

3.21x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.2x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

27.4x

Growth-priced — P/E 27.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+17.9

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (27.4 → 9.5)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

2.09%

Moderate income — 2.09% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+19.2%

Dividend growing fast (19.2% YoY)

Payout Ratio

52%

no trend

Pays out a modest share of profit and keeps the rest to reinvest. Room to keep paying through a weak year.

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