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Construction Partners, Inc. earns 8.6% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
8.6%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 0.39 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 8.6%
Operating margin · Engineering & Construction median 7.4% · 12 months to Q3 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.23×
Cash conversion · 2.05× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more
- Share count, year on year
- +1.1%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7.0% |
| FY2021 | 3.3% |
| FY2022 | 2.7% |
| FY2023 | 5.2% |
| FY2024 | 6.1% |
| FY2025 | 8.0% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 16%
- Operating margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 8.6%
- Net margin12 months to Q3 2026
- 4.1%
- Free cash flow margin
- 5.1%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.48B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $176M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $143M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 8.6%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Engineering & Construction
Ranks #26 of 27 by Smart Score