Quanta Services, Inc. · PWR · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026
Quanta Services: Record growth, backlog, and transformer investment
Quanta Services enters 2026 with strong demand visibility from a $44 billion backlog, utility modernization and data-center growth, and maintained double-digit EPS-growth guidance. The supporting thesis is constructive, but execution, labor, supply-chain capacity, and project timing remain the key tests.
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What changed
The quarter added emphasis on a $500 million-$700 million vertical supply-chain investment for 345-kV to 765-kV transformer capacity, AI-enabled operating efficiency, and data-center infrastructure, which management said represented about 10% of revenue and was its fastest-growing backlog segment.
Guidance delta
Management maintained its outlook, including a target for continued double-digit EPS growth in 2026.
Key takeaways
- Management described record 2025 growth across major financial metrics and record free cash flow.
- Backlog reached $44 billion, supporting multi-year demand visibility.
- The company plans $500 million-$700 million of transformer-manufacturing investment and cited data-center demand as a growth driver.
Management priorities
- Expand transformer manufacturing and vertical supply-chain capabilities.
- Grow data-center infrastructure services and support utility modernization.
- Use AI in engineering and field operations while continuing selective M&A.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 30, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Sector Weight | Upgrade | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 31, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Perform | Upgrade | May 28, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 11, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 4, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 4, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 1, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Mar 27, 2026 |
| DA Davidson | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 20, 2026 |
| B. Riley Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Northland Capital Markets | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Roth Capital | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 30, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 4, 2023 |
| Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 11, 2022 |
| B. Riley FBR | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Dec 16, 2020 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Mar 2, 2020 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 10, 2019 |
| Citi | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 2, 2019 |
| Avondale Partners | Market Perform | Market Outperform | Downgrade | Nov 18, 2016 |
| Johnson Rice | Accumulate | Buy | Maintain | Oct 19, 2015 |
| FBR Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Oct 19, 2015 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 20, 2015 |
| BB&T Capital | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Dec 1, 2014 |
| Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Dec 18, 2012 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jun 21, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $641.88. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $714 | $649.13 | +11.2% | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Chad Dillard | $775 | $634.9 | +20.7% | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $731 | $639.05 | +13.9% | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Julian Dumoulin-Smith | $833 | $681.04 | +29.8% | Aug 13, 2026 |
| KeyBanc | Sangita Jain | $807 | $667.84 | +25.7% | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Analyst unavailable | $800 | $697.56 | +24.6% | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Maheep Mandloi | $741 | $667.36 | +15.4% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Chad Dillard | $748 | $666.66 | +16.5% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Joseph Osha | $800 | $672.18 | +24.6% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $728 | $657.98 | +13.4% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $645 | $628.53 | +0.5% | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $784 | $659.98 | +22.1% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $940 | $691.4 | +46.4% | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $800 | $733.62 | +24.6% | May 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $900 | $753.24 | +40.2% | May 4, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brian Brophy | $784 | $734.99 | +22.1% | May 1, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Jamie Cook | $851 | $725.32 | +32.6% | May 1, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $777 | $726.9 | +21.1% | May 1, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $693 | $719.8 | +8.0% | May 1, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $713 | $602.01 | +11.1% | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $654 | $585.85 | +1.9% | Apr 16, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Ameet Thakkar | $650 | $549.98 | +1.3% | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $537 | $549.11 | -16.3% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Julien Dumoulin-Smith | $634 | $549.11 | -1.2% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Ati Modak | $685 | $549.11 | +6.7% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $647 | $550.29 | +0.8% | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Jamie Cook | $643 | $557.09 | +0.2% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Brent Thielman | $575 | $559.68 | -10.4% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Roth Capital | Analyst unavailable | $600 | $555.59 | -6.5% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Nicholas Amicucci | $604 | $562.98 | -5.9% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $630 | $554 | -1.9% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Justin Hauke | $606 | $554 | -5.6% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $517 | $468.76 | -19.5% | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $520 | $468.78 | -19.0% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Seaport Global | Tom Curran | $503 | $413.17 | -21.6% | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $428 | $421.31 | -33.3% | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $495 | $430.15 | -22.9% | Nov 24, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brian Brophy | $495 | $450.12 | -22.9% | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Nicholas Amicucci | $480 | $452.84 | -25.2% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Argus Research | John Staszak | $540 | $454.56 | -15.9% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Roth Capital | Analyst unavailable | $500 | $453.83 | -22.1% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $490 | $461.62 | -23.7% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Maheep Mandloi | $415 | $436.22 | -35.3% | Oct 28, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $475 | $443.45 | -26.0% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $521 | $421.51 | -18.8% | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $360 | $376.09 | -43.9% | Sep 4, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brian Brophy | $411 | $383.78 | -36.0% | Jul 11, 2025 |
| UBS | Steven Fisher | $413 | $358.65 | -35.7% | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Kashy Harrison | $360 | $322.62 | -43.9% | May 6, 2025 |
| Argus Research | John Staszak | $375 | $322.62 | -41.6% | May 5, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Ameet Thakkar | $352 | $321.14 | -45.2% | May 2, 2025 |
| Truist Financial | Jamie Cook | $399 | $319.9 | -37.8% | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Julian Dumoulin-Smith | $299 | $304.32 | -53.4% | Nov 4, 2024 |
| D.A. Davidson | Brent Thielman | $295 | $304.32 | -54.0% | Nov 4, 2024 |
| B.Riley Financial | Alex Rygiel | $343 | $305.54 | -46.6% | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brian Brophy | $342 | $303.02 | -46.7% | Oct 10, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Jamie Cook | $358 | $308.67 | -44.2% | Oct 9, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Julian Dumoulin-Smith | $256 | $257.6 | -60.1% | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Argus Research | John Staszak | $310 | $278.42 | -51.7% | May 30, 2024 |
| D.A. Davidson | Brent Thielman | $250 | $269.3 | -61.1% | May 7, 2024 |
| B.Riley Financial | Alex Rygiel | $286 | $256.37 | -55.4% | May 3, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Jamie Cook | $301 | $241.83 | -53.1% | Mar 13, 2024 |
| Cowen & Co. | Cowen Cowen | $165 | $142.7 | -74.3% | Dec 30, 2022 |
| UBS | Steven Fisher | $156 | $125.81 | -75.7% | Jun 13, 2022 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $145 | $137.88 | -77.4% | Apr 20, 2022 |
| D.A. Davidson | Brent Thielman | $108 | $115.81 | -83.2% | Sep 3, 2021 |
| KeyBanc | Sean Eastman | $129 | $115.81 | -79.9% | Sep 3, 2021 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Noelle Dilts | $105 | $94.3 | -83.6% | Jun 8, 2021 |
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Start freeCompany context
Snapshot as of publicationQuanta Services, Inc. is a global provider of specialized contracting solutions. The company operates through three main business segments: The Electric Power Infrastructure Solutions division is dedicated to designing, procuring, constructing, upgrading, repairing, and maintaining critical infrastructure for electric power transmission, distribution networks, and substation facilities. This includes executing projects on live electrical systems for installation, upkeep, and modernization, as well as integrating advanced smart grid technologies. The segment also handles commercial and industrial wiring from design through repair. Furthermore, it furnishes aviation services, vital emergency restoration support, and various other engineering and technical assistance. Quanta Services extends its design and construction expertise to the telecommunications sector, serving wireline and wireless carriers, cable multi-system operators, and other clients.…
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