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Granite Construction’s Earnings Growth Outpaced Sales Over Five Years
StockStory cited faster per-share earnings growth and a wider free cash flow margin, despite a six-month decline in Granite’s shares.
Key takeaways
- Granite Construction’s sales grew at a 7.7% annualized rate over five years.
- Its free cash flow margin was 9.5% for the trailing 12 months, StockStory reported.
Granite Construction shares fell 11.5% over six months to $112.54, while the S&P 500 gained 12.8%, according to StockStory’s Oct. 12 report.
The publisher pointed to five-year annualized sales growth of 7.7% and earnings-per-share growth of 23.6%. StockStory also said the company’s free cash flow margin expanded by 14.6 percentage points over five years, reaching 9.5% for the trailing 12 months.
StockStory described the company positively and said its shares traded at 15.4 times forward earnings.
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This article was produced with the help of AI technology. Source: Yahoo Finance
