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Construction Partners

Builds Sunbelt road infrastructure through paving crews and vertically integrated asphalt assets.

$110.10
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Construction Partners, Inc.ROADIndustrials

Builds roadways, bridges, runways, and site infrastructure across the Sunbelt, earning from construction contracts and third-party sales of hot-mix asphalt, aggregates, and liquid asphalt cement. Vertically integrated local operations serve mostly publicly funded projects and expand through acquisitions.

Builds and maintains roads, highways, bridges, airport runways, and commercial and residential sites across eight Sunbelt states. Its vertically integrated platform manufactures hot-mix asphalt, mines aggregates, distributes liquid asphalt cement, and performs paving, base-layer, drainage, utility, and site-development work for public agencies and private customers.

Pairs local bidding and project execution with strategically placed materials assets; plant proximity affects project awards because hot-mix asphalt is costly to transport. Expansion comes through acquisitions that add crews, plants, and market density; the network is reported as one operating segment.

Relies mainly on publicly funded work, especially state transportation departments, while private developers supply the rest. Results depend on government infrastructure budgets, fixed-price and unit-price bid discipline, bonding capacity, acquisition integration, weather, and the availability and cost of asphalt, aggregates, fuel, and skilled labor.

Company facts

CEOFred J. Smith, III
ListedMay 4, 2018
ExchangeNASDAQ
HeadquartersDothan, AL
CountryUnited States
Employees6,412
CIK0001718227
ISINUS21044C1071

Key statistics

Market cap$6.22B
EPS (ttm)$2.54
P/E (ttm)43.35
ROE14.6%
P/B5.91
P/S1.79
Dividend yield
Beta1.62vs XLI 1.41

Year to date −1.9% · Average volume (30d) 1.0M

Analysts

Price target, next 12 months$141.00+28.1%Median of 9 analysts · vs the Aug 28 close
ConsensusBuy7 of 9 analysts rate it buy or better

Ratings

Target range

Latest analyst notes

DateFirmActionPrior ratingRatingPrior targetTarget
Aug 10, 2026Robert W. BairdTarget$145$141
Jul 15, 2026Raymond JamesReiterateStrong Buy$140$150
Jul 1, 2026Robert W. BairdTarget$169$145
Jun 3, 2026Truist FinancialTarget$130
May 11, 2026Robert W. BairdTarget$142$169

Earnings

EPS

Estimate$1.43
ReportedDue Nov 19, 2026

Revenue

Estimate$1.09B
ReportedDue Nov 19, 2026

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Aug 7, 2026Q3 FY26$1.01$1.08+6.9%$948.8M$999.4M+5.3%+19.55%
May 8, 2026Q2 FY26−$0.05$0.18+460.0%$678.5M$769.2M+13.4%−3.58%
Feb 5, 2026Q1 FY26$0.31$0.47+51.6%$743.1M$809.5M+8.9%−0.47%
Nov 20, 2025Q4 FY25$1.09$1.07−1.8%$896.1M$899.8M+0.4%+0.73%
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Financial highlights

12 quartersQ2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26
Revenue$571.7M$779.3M$899.8M$809.5M$769.2M$999.4M
Gross profit$71.4M$131.8M$159.4M$121.5M$100.2M$168.4M
Operating income$24.7M$80.8M$102.0M$60.0M$36.6M$109.4M
Net income$4.2M$44.0M$56.6M$17.2M$9.2M$59.6M
Diluted EPS$0.08$0.79$1.01$0.31$0.16$1.06
Gross margin12.5%16.9%17.7%15.0%13.0%16.8%
Operating margin4.3%10.4%11.3%7.4%4.8%10.9%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $910.7M · FY22 $1.30B · FY23 $1.56B · FY24 $1.82B · FY25 $2.81B

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $94.5M · Total debt $1.89B · Total assets $3.61B · Shareholders' equity $1.04B

Dividends

No dividends on record.

Ownership

Institutions 100.19%Insiders 2.71%

A 13F quarter can total more than the shares outstanding — sub-advisers file the same block twice, and a filer's own share count can be a quarter stale. No split is drawn from it.

Shares outstanding 56.51M · Float 47.37M · 83.8% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
FMR LLC7.15M12.64%13FAug 13, 2026
SunTx Capital II Management Corp.5.92M11.00%13GNov 14, 2025
BlackRock, Inc.3.88M6.86%13FAug 7, 2026
Vanguard Capital Management LLC2.01M3.55%13FAug 13, 2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC1.97M3.48%13FAug 13, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

DateInsiderRoleSharesAvg price
Dec 9, 2025Ned N. III Flemingdirector, 10 percent owner: +2,000
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Peers

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