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Energy Services of America Corporation

$ESOA·$239M·Engineering & Construction·Industrials
$11.65+1.3%1Y+11.9%
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ESESOA
$ESOAEnergy Services of America Corporation
$11.65+1.29%3 posts0%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ESOA, 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.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-08-21

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Pipeline-services contractor beats on revenue and EPS but the tape is 26% off the 50-day — the electrification tailwind isn't yet in the multiple.

Energy Services of America is a specialty contractor building and maintaining natural-gas pipelines, storage facilities, and electrical infrastructure for utility customers in the eastern US. The setup is a small-cap picks-and-shovels play on gas-fired power buildout and grid-electrification capex.

  • Fiscal Q3 revenue was $130M, up 25% year-on-year, and EPS of $0.18 beat the $0.17 consensus — the growth acceleration is real, and the pattern of surprises has been mixed (last four: +5.9%, +106%, +77.8%, -34%) but net-positive.
  • Analyst estimates model FY 2026 revenue of $454M and EPS of $0.65, then $491M and $0.83 in FY 2027 — the coverage implies double-digit growth continuing, and the equity trades at 21x trailing which prices in some of that.
  • Sits at the 33rd percentile of the 52-week range and 26% below the 50-day trend — the equity has been in a corrective phase despite improving fundamentals, which is what a coiling setup looks like.
  • Presenting at investor conferences on Aug 13 announcement — the small-cap awareness effort is the specific driver that could re-engage buyers, and Seeking Alpha's May 27 electrification-megatrend note is the framing bulls will reach for.

What breaks the range is Dec 10 Q4 delivering another double-digit revenue-growth print or a specific large utility award announcement. What extends the coil is a soft backlog update or a weather-related project delay in the Appalachian footprint; treat the current setup as an accumulation phase for patient holders while the tape works out.

What to watch: Dec 10 Q4 earnings — consensus $0.245 EPS. Watch backlog metrics, any large utility award, and commentary on the electrification and grid-hardening spend pipeline.

On the calendar: 2026-12-10 — Q4 earnings

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What it does

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

Pipeline construction and repair contractor building US interstate and intrastate natural gas and oil infrastructure.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

Data center and grid infrastructure construction are the most active verticals; semiconductor fab construction (TSMC Arizona, Intel Ohio) adds a large multi-year project pipeline. Labor and materials cost inflation are the primary execution risks.

What this means for $ESOA

Partial — upstream oil & gas exposure ties to commodity price cycle; Energy Services of America Corporation (ESOA) delivers speci.

Industry benchmark

19-name peer basket
+42.8%YTD
+55307.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
21.3How 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
9.2%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
3.9%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
6.4%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
0.5Same 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
14.6%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
11.8%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
0.6Total 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
Q2 2026Aug 10, 2026$0.18$0.17+5.9%
Q1 2026May 11, 2026$0.01$-0.16+106.3%
Q4 2025Feb 9, 2026$0.16$0.09+77.8%
Q3 2025Dec 9, 2025$0.25$0.38-34.2%
Next earningsMon, Nov 23·consensus EPS $0.24

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$130.0M+25.5%11.0%3.6%$0.18$5.2M
Q2 FY26$93.2M+21.5%11.0%1.1%$0.01$-62K
Q1 FY26$114.1M+13.4%12.3%4.3%$0.16$16.8M
Q4 FY25$130.1M+24.3%12.6%5.8%$0.25$-6.5M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$453.9M$452.4M – $455.3M$0.65$0.57 – $0.732
FY27$490.8M$471.6M – $510.0M$0.82$0.72 – $0.932
FY28$500.3M$491.7M – $508.9M$1.18$1.15 – $1.211

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.1.4×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.30%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.-25.0%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.-13.4%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 14.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.6% 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.β1.395-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

BuyJun 18Douglas V ReynoldsPresident6.0K sh$98KSellJun 1Marshall T ReynoldsDirector35.1K sh$525KSellMay 29Marshall T ReynoldsDirector64.9K sh$1.0MSellMay 28Marshall T ReynoldsDirector43.2K sh$706KSellMay 27Mark PrinceDirector33.0K sh$587KSellMay 27Marshall T ReynoldsDirector56.8K sh$976KBuyMar 20Douglas V ReynoldsPresident4.8K sh$64KBuyMar 19Douglas V ReynoldsPresident1.5K sh$20K
+ 1 other (1 inkind) in window

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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

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 263
8-KOfficer or director changeMay 218-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 12 other (6 routine 8-Ks · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 1 11-K) in window

Recent news

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

Energy Services of America to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferencesprnewswire.com·18d agoEnergy Services of America Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Resultsprnewswire.com·21d agoEnergy Services of America to Present and Host 1x1 Investor Meetings at the 16th Annual East Coast IDEAS Investor Conference on June 10th & 11th in New York, NYprnewswire.com·90d ago

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