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Argan, Inc.

$AGX·$7.7B·Engineering & Construction·Industrials
$602.18+9.2%YTD+89.9%1Y+190.8%
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AGAGX
$AGXArgan, Inc.
$602.18+9.24%57 posts-11%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $AGX, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-07-19

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Argan up 74% YTD as gas-turbine EPC AI-power infrastructure play — but a director just sold $15.21M into the run.

Argan is a specialty engineering-and-construction firm focused on gas-turbine power-plant construction — a direct beneficiary of the AI-data-center power buildout as hyperscalers rush to bring behind-the-meter gas generation online. Up 74% YTD and 170% over 12 months, sitting at 58% of the 52-week range with real momentum but a large insider sale.

  • The fundamentals are accelerating on the power-EPC cycle: revenue grew 50% YoY to $290M last quarter with 21% gross margin and 16% operating margin, and consensus FY27 EPS of $12.09 growing to $15.63 in FY28 puts the stock at 46x forward — expensive but supported by the record Q1 results and the specific AI-power infrastructure story.
  • The AI-power infrastructure narrative is genuinely favorable: Argan builds gas-turbine power plants — exactly what hyperscalers are contracting for as they hunt for firm generation to serve AI-data-center loads that regulated utilities cannot deliver fast enough. Bulls compare AGX to FIX, STRL, and GEV as the infrastructure-buildout playbook.
  • The insider signal is the notable counter: Director William F. Griffin Jr. sold $15.21M on June 23 — this is a large concentrated insider print at a $7.7B-cap company right into the run, and combined with the tape 19% below the 50-day but still up 74% YTD, is exactly the pattern that often marks near-term consolidation.

The Sept 3 earnings print is where either continued 40%+ revenue growth combined with fresh AI-data-center gas-plant backlog commentary restart the setup toward $650+, or a soft backlog print combined with the fresh insider selling keeps the stock in the $460-490 range. Real AI-power EPC setup with real insider-selling counter — the print has to sustain the growth pace.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on AGX deserving more attention with the comparison to FIX/STRL/GEV playbook, and the mechanics fully support the AI-power infrastructure setup — 50% growth with 16% operating margin on the specific gas-turbine EPC exposure is legitimate. The tension the crowd is under-weighting is the $15.21M director sale on June 23 into the run.

What to watch: Sept 3 earnings — continued 40%+ revenue growth combined with fresh AI-data-center gas-plant backlog commentary restart the setup toward $650+; a soft backlog print combined with the fresh insider selling keeps the stock in the $460-490 range.

On the calendar: 2026-09-03 — Q2 FY27 earnings

X sentiment

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Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-03

Argan (AGX) deserves more attention with community targeting a run like FIX, STRL, GEV. Trend continuing higher after brief pause. The tone is aggressive long positioning into the infrastructure buildout.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

EPC contractor building gas and renewable power plants for utilities and independent power producers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Engineering & Construction sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $AGX.

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

No material change from last week — hyperscaler campus builds requiring mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and plumbing contractors have pushed PWR's backlog to $50B, with FIX (Comfort..

What this means for $AGX

Neutral — EPC contractor building gas and renewable power plants for utilities and independent power producers; limited read-through from engineering & construction macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Industry benchmark

14-name peer basket
+45.7%YTD
+71.7%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
60.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
27.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
14.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
5.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
9.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
36.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
20.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 4, 2026$3.24$2.31+40.3%
Q4 2025Mar 26, 2026$3.47$1.99+74.4%
Q3 2025Dec 4, 2025$2.17$2.05+5.9%
Q2 2025Sep 4, 2025$2.50$1.99+25.6%
Next earningsThu, Sep 3·consensus EPS $2.68

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$291.0M+50.2%21.0%15.6%$3.30$111.0M
Q4 FY26$262.1M+12.7%25.0%18.2%$3.54$171.1M
Q3 FY26$251.2M-2.3%18.7%13.0%$2.22$171.9M
Q2 FY26$237.7M+4.7%18.6%12.6%$2.57$32.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY27$1.3B$1.2B – $1.3B$12.09$10.89 – $13.284
FY28$1.6B$1.4B – $1.8B$15.63$11.82 – $19.434
FY29$1.9B$1.9B – $1.9B$19.59$16.94 – $24.374
FY30$1.8B$1.7B – $2.0B$16.78$15.07 – $19.023
FY31$1.9B$1.7B – $2.1B$14.24$12.79 – $16.142

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.67%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-11.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+27.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 13.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.565-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 22William F GriffinChair20.0K sh$15.2MSellJun 18William F GriffinChair30.0K sh$21.8MSellJun 17Baugher Joshua ScottCFO760 sh$557KSellJun 17Karen SweeneyDirector300 sh$212KSellJun 17Peter W GetsingerDirector2.0K sh$1.4MSellJun 16Peter W GetsingerDirector4.7K sh$3.4MSellJun 16Watson David HibbertCEO1.9K sh$1.3MSellJun 15Watson David HibbertCEO10.0K sh$6.5MSellJun 15Cynthia FlandersDirector2.6K sh$1.7MSellJun 12William F GriffinChair50.0K sh$32.2M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteJun 108-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Argan, Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting on June 10, 2026, electing all nine director nominees to serve until 2027 and ratifying Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year ending January 31, 2027. The board also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share, payable July 31, 2026 to shareholders of record July 23, 2026. The dividend declaration is the material item — routine governance otherwise.

+ 11 other (3 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Argan vs. MYR Group: Which Power Infrastructure Stock Should You Buy?zacks.com·17h agoIs Argan (AGX) Stock Outpacing Its Construction Peers This Year?zacks.com·17h agoOur Top 10 High Growth Dividend Stocks - July 2026seekingalpha.com·2d agoCan Argan's Record Q1 Results Keep the Stock on Its Winning Path?zacks.com·6d agoHere's Why This Hidden AI Stock Rose 155% in the First Half of 2026fool.com·8d ago

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