NYSE:PWR - Quanta Services Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

Quanta Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PWR."

Quanta Services declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Quanta Services Inc (NYSE:PWR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The construction company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.01. The construction company had revenue of $2.66 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.51 billion. Quanta Services had a net margin of 3.10% and a return on equity of 7.72%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 20.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.50 EPS. View Quanta Services' Earnings History.

Quanta Services is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Quanta Services.

Quanta Services issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.55-2.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.35-10.75 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.44 billion.

10 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Quanta Services' shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate Quanta Services' share price to reach $47.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Quanta Services.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quanta Services in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Quanta Services.

Quanta Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 4,204,142 shares, an increase of 52.7% from the June 29th total of 2,752,606 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,215,914 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Quanta Services' Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about PWR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Quanta Services earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the construction company an impact score of 47.04 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Quanta Services.

Quanta Services' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.89%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.29%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.18%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.45%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.05%) and Point72 Asset Management L.P. (1.85%). Company insiders that own Quanta Services stock include Jerry K Lemon, John Michal Conaway, Nicholas M Grindstaff, Patrick Wood III and Randall C Wisenbaker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Quanta Services.

PWR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Voya Investment Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jennison Associates LLC, Putnam Investments LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Quanta Services company stock in the last year include Jerry K Lemon, Patrick Wood III and Randall C Wisenbaker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quanta Services.

PWR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Greenhaven Associates Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Bank of America Corp DE, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quanta Services.

Shares of PWR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PWR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.93.

Quanta Services has a market capitalization of $5.13 billion and generates $9.47 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $314.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.78 on an earnings per share basis. Quanta Services employs 32,800 workers across the globe.

Quanta Services' mailing address is 2800 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 2600, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The construction company can be reached via phone at 713-629-7600 or via email at [email protected]