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Construction Partners, Inc. carries $1.69B of net debt at 3.63× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
$1.69B
Net debt · as at Q3 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.63×
Net debt / EBITDA · 4.59× a year ago · the load is coming down
- Altman Z-score
- 3.24
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Interest cover
- 2.74×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill, with room to spare
Details›
- Total debtQ3 2026
- $1.79B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $95M
- Net debt
- $1.69B
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $466M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $298M
- Debt / equity
- 1.72×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 3.83×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 53%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −55%
- Below its 52-week high
- −18%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
Engineering & Construction
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