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Legence

NSQ:LGN · US52476L1098
Construction & EngineeringMedium

360

19
EV / EBIT3
Price / Owner Earnings3
Owner Earnings Yield12
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales69
EV / Gross Profit21
Price/Book5
Return on Capital14
Cash Return on Capital12
Return on Equity4
EBIT Margin15
Gross Profitability56
Accruals72
Owner Earnings Margin16
Sales growth90
Profit Growth84
Long-Term EPS Growth100
Owner Earnings Growth58
Reinvestment94
Price momentum90
Debt load22
Refinancing52
Debt Payback3
Liquidity41
Analyst ratings75
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside63
Market mood8
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Legence clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryConstruction & Engineering
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded2025
Employees124
ISINUS52476L1098
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Energy EfficiencySmart BuildingData Center TechnologyHVAC ServicesEnvironmental EngineeringEnergy Management

Description

Legence Corp. provides engineering, installation and maintenance services for mission-critical systems in buildings. The company focuses on high-growth sectors that have technically demanding buildings, including technology, life sciences, healthcar…

Analysis

Story stock

Legence Corp. trades at an expensive price on a weak set of business metrics, a combination we flag as a story stock.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 120.1×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 31% a year, against analyst forecasts of 67%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is solid and accelerating; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
45
2026

All-time high

90

Mar 2026

All-time low

45

Jun 2026

Average rank

68

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
69
Price/Earnings
19
Price/Book
5
Dividend Yield
1
Value (overall)
14

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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