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AGX vs PWR

Side-by-side comparison of Argan Inc. (AGX) and Quanta Services Inc. (PWR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • AGX operates in Consumer Discretionary, while PWR operates in Industrials - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • PWR is the larger of the two at $94.33B, about 10.7x AGX ($8.80B).
  • Over the past year, AGX is up 339.4% and PWR is up 148.4% - AGX leads by 191.1 points.
  • AGX has been more active in the news (18 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for PWR).
  • PWR has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 6 for AGX).
PerformanceAGX+339.45%PWR+148.39%
2025-04-30+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricAGXPWR
Company
Argan Inc.
Quanta Services Inc.
Price
$674.02+6.98%
$727.68+15.76%
Market cap
$8.80B
$94.33B
1M return
+24.61%
+32.51%
1Y return
+339.45%
+148.39%
Industry
Engineering & Construction
Engineering & Construction
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
18
8
Recent ratings
6
25
AGX

Argan Inc.

Argan, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations management, maintenance, project development, technical, and consulting services to the power generation and renewable energy markets. The company operates through three segments: Power Industry Services, Industrial Fabrication and Field Services, and Telecommunications Infrastructure Services. The Power Industry Services segment offers engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting services to the owners of alternative energy facilities, such as biomass plants, wind farms, and solar fields; and design, construction, project management, start-up, and operation services for projects with approximately 15 gigawatts of power-generating capacity. This segment serves independent power project owners, public utilities, power plant equipment suppliers, and energy plant construction companies. The Industrial Fabrication and Field Services segment provides industrial field, and pipe and vessel fabrication services for forest products, industrial gas, large fertilizer, mining, and petrochemical companies in southeast region of the United States. The Telecommunications Infrastructure Services segment offers trenchless directional boring and excavation for underground communication and power networks, as well as aerial cabling services; and installs buried cable, high and low voltage electric lines, and private area outdoor lighting systems. It also provides structuring, cabling, terminations, and connectivity that offers the physical transport for high speed data, voice, video, and security networks. This segment serves state and local government agencies, regional communications service providers, electric utilities, and other commercial customers, as well as federal government facilities comprising cleared facilities in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Argan, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

PWR

Quanta Services Inc.

Quanta Services, Inc. provides specialty contracting services worldwide. The Electric Power Infrastructure Solutions segment engages in the design, construction, upgrade, repair, and maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure and substation facilities; energized installation, maintenance, and upgrade of electric power infrastructure; installation of smart grid technologies on electric power networks; and design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wirings. This segment also offers other engineering and technical services; emergency restoration services; engineering and construction services for the switchyards and transmission infrastructures; engineering and construction services related to micro-grids and battery storage; design and construction solutions to wireline and wireless communications companies and cable multi-system operators; aviation services; and training for electric workers, and gas distribution and communications industries. The Underground Utility and Infrastructure Solutions segment provides design, engineering, construction, upgrade repair, and maintenance services to customers involved in the transportation, distribution, storage and processing of natural gas, oil and other products; pipeline protection, integrity testing, rehabilitation and replacement; catalyst replacement, high-pressure and critical-path turnaround, instrumentation and electrical, and piping, and fabrication and storage tank services; engineering and construction services for pipeline systems, storage systems, and compressor and pump stations; fabrication of pipeline support systems and related structures and facilities; trenching, directional boring, and mechanized welding services; and construction services for the offshore energy market, as well as designs, installs, and maintains fueling systems and water and sewer infrastructure. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.