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Argan Inc

AGXNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryEngineering & Construction

Beta (adjusted)0.75

Intrinsic Value $384.45median of 6 methods · middle span $119-$2,081based on filings through 31 Jul 2026

Market Price $377.95Price as of 30 Sep 2026

Near fair valueIntrinsic value is 2% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $5.3B

Enterprise Value $4.9B

Shares Outstanding 14.2M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date3 Dec 2026

Last ex-dividend23 Jul 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Argan enters its next reporting event with substantial operating momentum: fiscal Q1 2027 produced record revenue, a 21.0% gross margin, and approximately $2.8 billion of backlog. The backlog provides multi-year visibility and is supported by demand for dispatchable generation, data-center infrastructure, and industrial capacity. Liquidity and the absence of reported debt provide execution and acquisition flexibility, illustrated by the July 2026 ValCor bolt-on. These strengths are balanced by fixed-price construction risk, dependence on a limited number of large Power projects, potential backlog timing changes, tariff and equipment constraints, and an unresolved overseas contract dispute.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets5 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$500.00

Mean target$679.80

High · most bullish analyst$860.00

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$500.0020%

The bear case assumes one or more large projects are delayed, resized, or experience adverse cost revisions; backlog falls materially without replacement awards; and fixed-price execution, tariffs, equipment availability, labor constraints, or the overseas dispute pressure profitability and cash conversion. Concentration in the Power segment would amplify the effect of adverse developments on a small number of projects.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$679.8056%

Matches the consensus mean

The base case assumes backlog conversion remains broadly on plan while consolidated backlog moderates as construction activity outpaces new awards. Margins normalize below the exceptional fiscal Q1 2027 level but remain healthy, and the balance sheet continues to support bonding, dividends, repurchases, and selective acquisitions.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$860.0024%

The bull case assumes Argan converts the large Power backlog on schedule, replenishes awards as existing projects advance, sustains gross margins near the strong fiscal Q1 2027 level, and expands Industrial and Teledata operations without weakening execution. Demand from data centers, manufacturing reshoring, and grid-reliability requirements could extend the project-award cycle, while the ValCor acquisition may broaden Teledata relationships and geographic reach.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Approximately $2.8 billion of consolidated backlog at April 30, 2026 provides substantial revenue visibility; Argan expected about 42% of remaining performance obligations to be recognized during the following 12 months.
Fiscal Q1 2027 demonstrated strong execution, with record revenue of $291.0 million and consolidated gross margin of 21.0%, versus 19.0% in the prior-year quarter.
Argan reported $973.6 million of cash, cash equivalents, and investments and no debt at April 30, 2026, while the ValCor acquisition added a New England Teledata platform and customer relationships.

Key Investment Risks

Most revenue is generated under fixed-price construction arrangements, making results sensitive to estimating errors, scope changes, schedule slippage, equipment delays, labor availability, and unrecovered cost inflation.
The Power segment represented 77.9% of fiscal Q1 2027 revenue, and three Power customers individually represented 15%, 13%, and 12% of consolidated revenue, creating project and customer concentration.
Trade-policy uncertainty may raise material costs and delay imported equipment, while the unresolved overseas contract dispute includes a contested $9.9 million performance-bond draw and other disputed receivables and claims.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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