Quanta Services, Inc. PWR

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Quanta Services has ridden a powerful story around power infrastructure and AI data centers, and the share price now puts a lot of faith in the cash that this business can generate over time. With that backdrop, the live question for investors is whether the current valuation is fully grounded in the cash flows the company is expected to produce. Over the past 5 years, Quanta Services has delivered a return of about 469.6%, which raises the stakes on whether the current price is still...

Key Stats for Quanta Services StockCurrent Price: $643. 50Target Price (Mid): ~$1,020Street Target (Mean): ~$770Potential Total Return: ~59%Annualized IRR: ~11% / yearWhat Happened?Quanta Services (PWR) won a Bernstein upgrade on September 24 that pairs a valuation call with an argument about people rather than power.

A growing shortage of skilled workers needed to build data centers will likely accelerate Quanta Services ’ earnings at a faster rate than Wall Street expects, Bernstein analysts wrote Thursday. Bernstein upgraded Quanta to Outperform from Market Perform and raised its price target for the stock to $775 from $748, implying a 22% upside from its closing price of $634.90 on Wednesday. Labor constraints will emerge for the broader data-center buildout, to which Quanta has “invested aggressively to capture this opportunity,” the analysts wrote.