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Should You Be Holding Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE:TPC)?

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Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE:TPC) is a company with exceptional fundamental characteristics. Upon building up an investment case for a stock, we should look at various aspects. In the case of TPC, it is a financially-robust company with a a excellent growth outlook, not yet priced into the stock. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. For those interested in digger a bit deeper into my commentary, read the full report on Tutor Perini here.

Very undervalued with reasonable growth potential

TPC's shares are now trading at a price below its true value based on its discounted cash flows, indicating a relatively pessimistic market sentiment. Investors have the opportunity to buy into the stock to reap capital gains, if TPC's projected earnings trajectory does follow analyst consensus growth, which determines my intrinsic value of the company. Compared to the rest of the construction industry, TPC is also trading below its peers, relative to earnings generated. This supports the theory that TPC is potentially underpriced.

NYSE:TPC Past and Future Earnings, May 27th 2019
NYSE:TPC Past and Future Earnings, May 27th 2019

TPC's ability to maintain an adequate level of cash to meet upcoming liabilities is a good sign for its financial health. This implies that TPC manages its cash and cost levels well, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. Debt funding requires timely payments on interest to lenders. TPC’s earnings sufficiently covered its interest in the prior year, which indicates there’s low risk associated with the company not being able to meet these key expenses.

NYSE:TPC Historical Debt, May 27th 2019
NYSE:TPC Historical Debt, May 27th 2019

Next Steps:

For Tutor Perini, I've compiled three relevant aspects you should look at:

  1. Historical Performance: What has TPC's returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
  2. Dividend Income vs Capital Gains: Does TPC return gains to shareholders through reinvesting in itself and growing earnings, or redistribute a decent portion of earnings as dividends? Our historical dividend yield visualization quickly tells you what your can expect from TPC as an investment.
  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of TPC? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

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