AMRC vs J vs SPXC Stock Comparison

Ameresco, Jacobs Solutions and SPX Technologies Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMRC Ameresco, Inc.
$19.92 -7.3% 1M -52.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.05B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Engineering and Construction Industrials
1 win
J Jacobs Solutions Inc.
$148.28 +7.2% 1M -7.9% 1Y
Market cap
$17.37B
P/E
51.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.22B
Div. yield
0.94%
Engineering and Construction Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

SPX Technologies leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (SPX Technologies 7, Jacobs Solutions 3, Ameresco 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMRCJSPXCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.05B $17.37B $8.26B J
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 51.6x 29.6x SPXC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.1x 21.9x 19.3x AMRC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +20.1% +20.6% SPXC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.4% 11.3% SPXC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.8% 10.5% SPXC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.7x 0.8x SPXC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.94% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -52.1% -7.9% -15.7% J
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.3%/yr +5.2%/yr +23.1%/yr SPXC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.3% 33.0% 41.5% J
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 45/100 71/100 SPXC

Percentile Scorecard

AMRCJSPXC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMRCJSPXC
Valuation – 37 #33 of 52 42 #33 of 56
Growth – 31 #26 of 37 100 #1 of 52
Profitability – 53 #18 of 37 69 #16 of 49
Financial Health 27 #42 of 57 45 #32 of 57 75 #15 of 56
Shareholder Returns – 62 #11 of 27 –
Overall – 45 71
  • AMRC ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • J ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • SPXC ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMRCJSPXCSPY
1 month -7.3%+7.2%-4.5% -0.2%
3 months +1.3%+5.4%-19.2% +3.9%
6 months -28.2%+17.3%-23.7% +8.2%
Year to date -32.0%+11.9%-17.5% +12.9%
1 year -52.1%-7.9%-15.7% +12.3%
3 years -26.9%+36.7%+109.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year -9.9%+11.0%+28.1% +23.3%
5 years -75.1%+28.7%+182.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -24.3%+5.2%+23.1% +10.9%
10 years +286.8%+253.7%+760.4% +261.1%
10 years, per year +14.5%+13.5%+24.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMRCJSPXCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.3%33.0%41.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.2%36.0%41.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.110.771.75 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.76-0.24-0.38 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.1%-34.8%-38.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.1%-7.9%-33.0% -1.2%
52-week high $41.55$161.00$246.41 $779.14
52-week low $18.32$107.27$160.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMRCJSPXC
P/E now vs peer median —median 26.7x 51.6xmedian 26.7x 29.6xmedian 20.1x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.8x 1.2xmedian 0.8x 3.3xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x 22.4xmedian 13.1x 16.4xmedian 11.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.0x 26.9xmedian 23.0x 27.2xmedian 16.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.4x 5.3xmedian 2.4x 3.5xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.57 -2.43median 0.57 0.44median 0.99

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMRCJSPXC
Revenue – $14.22B $2.48B
Gross profit – $3.14B $996.30M
Operating income – $649.64M $399.90M
Net income – $301.35M $278.90M
Free cash flow – $644.54M $304.30M
EPS (diluted) – $2.85 $5.50
Cash & equivalents $71.79M $1.17B $166.40M
Total debt $6.70B $3.58B $2.29B
Shares (diluted) 53.37M 118.90M 50.68M
Enterprise value $773.21M $12.02B $7.35B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMRCJSPXC
P/E – 51.6x 29.6x
P/FCF – 26.9x 27.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 23.6x 19.5x
P/S – 1.2x 3.3x
P/B 0.9x 5.3x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 6.5x 6.2x
EV/EBITDA – 22.4x 16.4x
EV/EBIT – 30.4x 21.8x
EV/Revenue – 1.4x 3.5x
EV/FCF – 30.7x 28.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 26.9x 20.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -2.43 0.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMRCJSPXC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 20.1% 20.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 28.1% 15.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.3% 18.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.8% 17.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -23.4% 24.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 14.0% 52.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – -40.0% 32.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -26.5% 72.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – -30.4% 23.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -21.3% 67.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 47.1% 52.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -10.7% 131.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 56.4% 23.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -10.1% 168.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMRCJSPXC
Gross margin – 22.1% 40.2%
EBITDA margin – 6.2% 21.4%
Operating margin – 4.6% 16.2%
Pretax margin – 3.6% 14.8%
Net margin – 2.4% 11.3%
FCF margin – 4.5% 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 5.2% 17.1%
Return on equity – 9.2% 12.0%
Return on assets – 2.5% 7.1%
Return on invested capital – 5.8% 10.5%
Return on capital employed – 8.2% 12.1%
Asset turnover – 1.2x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.4x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMRCJSPXC
Debt / assets 41.5% 30.5% 15.6%
Debt / equity 1.7x 1.1x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.7x 0.8x
Debt / FCF – 5.6x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 75.3% 72.2% 40.4%
Equity / assets 24.7% 27.8% 59.6%
Interest coverage – 3.9x 10.7x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.3x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.6x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 2.85 4.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMRCJSPXC
Dividend yield – 0.9% –
Net buyback yield – 3.9% –
Shareholder yield – 4.9% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 53.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 25.1% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 8.9% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMRCJSPXC
Forward P/E 15.1xFY2026 21.9xFY2026 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.32FY2026 $6.78FY2026 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +46.7%FY2026 +10.8%FY2026 +26.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +24.2% +27.6% +20.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.04BFY2026 $9.78BFY2026 $2.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 -18.7%FY2026 +16.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.7% -0.5% +14.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMRCJSPXC
Held by institutions 65.5% 92.2% 93.8%
Institutions holding 184 871 510
Change in shares held, QoQ +13.3% +3.0% +10.8%
Institutions buying 103 375 275
Institutions selling 56 360 162
Buyers to sellers 1.84 1.04 1.70

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMRCJSPXC
AMRC 1.00 0.13 0.41
J 0.13 1.00 0.14
SPXC 0.41 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMRC, J and SPXC?

Jacobs Solutions (J) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ameresco (AMRC) $1.05B, Jacobs Solutions (J) $17.37B, SPX Technologies (SPXC) $8.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMRC, J and SPXC?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Jacobs Solutions (J) 51.6x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 29.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ameresco (AMRC) is cheapest (Ameresco (AMRC) 15.1x, Jacobs Solutions (J) 21.9x, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 19.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Jacobs Solutions (J) +20.1%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +20.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

SPX Technologies (SPXC) has the highest net margin (Jacobs Solutions (J) 2.4%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 11.3%). On return on invested capital, SPX Technologies (SPXC) leads (Jacobs Solutions (J) 5.8%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Jacobs Solutions (J) returned the most: Ameresco (AMRC) -52.1%, Jacobs Solutions (J) -7.9%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) -15.7%. Over five years, SPX Technologies (SPXC) compounded fastest (Ameresco (AMRC) -24.3%/yr, Jacobs Solutions (J) +5.2%/yr, SPX Technologies (SPXC) +23.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Jacobs Solutions (J) 0.94%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 0.00%. Ameresco (AMRC) and SPX Technologies (SPXC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Jacobs Solutions (J) has been the steadiest (Ameresco (AMRC) 68.3%, Jacobs Solutions (J) 33.0%, SPX Technologies (SPXC) 41.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMRC, J and SPXC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, SPX Technologies (SPXC) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.