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AtkinsRéalis Group

ATRL.TO
44
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
C$85.67
-0.08 (-0.09%)
Market Cap
C$13.93B
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Share count falling — buybacks

2.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 175.6M (2021) → 170.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

AtkinsRéalis is a Canadian engineering and construction company that designs and manages large, complex infrastructure projects. Its main services include engineering design, project management, and construction oversight for bridges, roads, transit systems, nuclear facilities, and dams. Its customers are mostly governments, utilities, and large industrial companies around the world.

The company earns money by charging fees for professional services and managing long-term contracts, rather than building things itself. It operates in over 50 countries, with strong roots in Canada, the UK, and the Middle East, and generates roughly $9 billion in annual revenue. AtkinsRéalis has a notable competitive edge in nuclear engineering — it owns and operates the CANDU reactor business and manages nuclear plants in Canada — which is a specialized area with very few global competitors. The key growth driver is rising government spending on infrastructure and the global push to expand nuclear power as a low-carbon energy source.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-95.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$1.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

AtkinsRéalis Group is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
8.0%
Thin — 8.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.1%
Modest — 7.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.4%
Good — 12.4% 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
+14.9%
Fast-growing sales (+14.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-82.1%
Earnings shrinking (-82.1% 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
164%
Turns 164% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.4%
Thin free cash flow (4.4%)

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
0.16
Conservative — low debt load (0.16)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
8.66x
Comfortably covers interest (8.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
32.7x
Pricey — P/E 32.7

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+10.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (32.7 → 22.5)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.09%
Small dividend — 0.09% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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