FBYD vs FER vs IBP Stock Comparison

Falcon's Beyond Global, Ferrovial and Installed Building Products Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FER Ferrovial N.V.
$50.35 -9.8% 1M -21.8% 1Y
Market cap
$38.80B
P/E
36.1x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Engineering and Construction Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ferrovial leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Ferrovial 4, Installed Building Products 4, Falcon's Beyond Global 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFBYDFERIBPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $392.15M $38.80B $5.46B FER
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 62.3x 36.1x 21.8x IBP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 47.1x 20.1x IBP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +144.6% — +0.3% FBYD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 33.5% — 8.5% FBYD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -17.1% — 16.0% IBP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.2x — 1.4x FBYD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -26.3% -21.8% -24.6% FER
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +11.4%/yr +10.2%/yr FER
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 135.4% 25.4% 55.0% FER
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 51/100 62/100 IBP

Percentile Scorecard

FBYDFERIBP

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

AxisFBYDFERIBP
Valuation 4 #50 of 52 37 #33 of 52 51 #26 of 52
Growth 42 #22 of 37 – 19 #30 of 37
Profitability 39 #23 of 37 – 94 #3 of 37
Financial Health 41 #34 of 57 34 #38 of 57 68 #19 of 57
Shareholder Returns – 81 #6 of 27 77 #7 of 27
Overall 31 51 62
  • FBYD ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • FER ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • IBP ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFBYDFERIBPSPY
1 month +5.1%-9.8%+1.1% -0.8%
3 months -25.3%-19.9%-11.3% +3.5%
6 months -54.2%-25.6%-32.2% +7.0%
Year to date -48.0%-22.1%-22.0% +12.2%
1 year -26.3%-21.8%-24.6% +13.0%
3 years -40.0%+54.9%+85.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year -15.7%+15.7%+22.9% +23.1%
5 years —+71.3%+62.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+11.4%+10.2% +11.0%
10 years —+137.7%+528.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+9.0%+20.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFBYDFERIBPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 135.4%25.4%55.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 132.1%24.6%60.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.631.021.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.19-0.86-0.45 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.3%-34.3%-49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -62.5%-32.3%-41.2% -1.8%
52-week high $20.80$74.38$344.19 $779.14
52-week low $3.90$48.86$180.32 $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.

MultipleFBYDFERIBP
P/E now vs peer median 61.2xmedian 25.7x 36.1xmedian 25.7x 21.5xmedian 25.7x
P/S now vs peer median 40.0xmedian 0.8x 3.3xmedian 0.8x 1.8xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -126.9xmedian 12.9x —median 12.9x 12.6xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 22.5x 18.5xmedian 22.5x 18.4xmedian 22.5x
P/B now vs peer median 25.1xmedian 2.3x 5.2xmedian 2.3x 8.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.56 —median 0.56 6.47median 0.56

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 monthsFBYDFERIBP
Revenue $18.81M – $2.96B
Gross profit – – $996.90M
Operating income -$7.33M – $367.80M
Net income $14.09M – $250.70M
Free cash flow – – $291.70M
R&D $92.00K – –
EPS (diluted) $0.13 – $9.39
Cash & equivalents $3.09M $5.02B $394.50M
Total debt $16.47M $12.25B $1.06B
Shares (diluted) 49.33M 718.72M 26.71M
Enterprise value $356.79M $17.05B $3.93B

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
MetricFBYDFERIBP
P/E 61.2x 36.1x 21.5x
P/FCF – 18.5x 18.4x
P/Operating cash flow – – 14.9x
P/S 40.0x 3.3x 1.8x
P/B 25.1x 5.2x 8.4x
P/Tangible book 26.0x 5.3x 14.5x
EV/EBITDA -126.9x – 12.6x
EV/EBIT -104.4x – 16.4x
EV/Revenue 40.7x – 2.0x
EV/FCF – – 20.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 16.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 6.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFBYDFERIBP
Revenue growth (1Y) 144.6% – 0.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 0.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 4.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 50.2% – -0.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 0.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -68.3% – 0.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 1.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -57.5% – 2.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 3.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 0.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 4.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 5.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 3.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFBYDFERIBP
Gross margin – – 33.6%
EBITDA margin -32.1% – 16.2%
Operating margin -39.0% – 12.4%
Pretax margin 74.9% – 11.3%
Net margin 33.5% – 8.5%
FCF margin – – 9.8%
Operating cash flow margin – – 12.1%
Return on equity 52.4% – 38.4%
Return on assets 21.6% – 11.2%
Return on invested capital -17.1% – 16.0%
Return on capital employed -18.0% – 19.8%
Asset turnover 0.3x – 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 9.5% – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFBYDFERIBP
Debt / assets 25.9% 38.0% 47.2%
Debt / equity 0.6x 1.8x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.2x – 1.4x
Debt / FCF – – 3.6x
Liabilities / assets 53.0% 78.5% 71.6%
Equity / assets 47.0% 21.5% 28.4%
Interest coverage -3.2x – 10.2x
Current ratio 0.7x 1.1x 3.0x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.1x 2.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.7x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 12.20 – 4.93

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFBYDFERIBP
Dividend yield – 2.6% 1.5%
Net buyback yield – – 3.5%
Shareholder yield – 2.6% 5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusFBYDFERIBP
Forward P/E – 47.1xFY2026 20.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.07FY2026 $10.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -20.7%FY2026 -12.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +12.1% +2.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $11.77BFY2026 $3.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +4.1%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -5.3% -7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFBYDFERIBP
Held by institutions 4.0% 33.2% 97.9%
Institutions holding 59 337 423
Change in shares held, QoQ +47.6% +17.5% +0.2%
Institutions buying 40 208 229
Institutions selling 12 103 146
Buyers to sellers 3.33 2.02 1.57

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.

FBYDFERIBP
FBYD 1.00 0.05 0.01
FER 0.05 1.00 0.37
IBP 0.01 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FBYD, FER and IBP?

Ferrovial (FER) is the largest by market capitalisation: Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) $392.15M, Ferrovial (FER) $38.80B, Installed Building Products (IBP) $5.46B.

Which stock is cheaper, FBYD, FER and IBP?

Installed Building Products (IBP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) 62.3x, Ferrovial (FER) 36.1x, Installed Building Products (IBP) 21.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Installed Building Products (IBP) is cheapest (Ferrovial (FER) 47.1x, Installed Building Products (IBP) 20.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) +144.6%, Installed Building Products (IBP) +0.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) has the highest net margin (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) 33.5%, Installed Building Products (IBP) 8.5%). On return on invested capital, Installed Building Products (IBP) leads (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) -17.1%, Installed Building Products (IBP) 16.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ferrovial (FER) returned the most: Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) -26.3%, Ferrovial (FER) -21.8%, Installed Building Products (IBP) -24.6%. Over five years, Ferrovial (FER) compounded fastest (Ferrovial (FER) +11.4%/yr, Installed Building Products (IBP) +10.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ferrovial (FER) has been the steadiest (Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD) 135.4%, Ferrovial (FER) 25.4%, Installed Building Products (IBP) 55.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FBYD, FER and IBP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ferrovial (FER) leads on 4. 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.