About Ferrovial SE
Ferrovial SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of transport infrastructure and urban services internationally. It operates through four segments: Construction, Toll Roads, Airports, and Energy Infrastructures and Mobility. The company designs and executes various public and private works, including the construction of public infrastructure; and develops, finances, and operates toll roads.
It also develops, finances, and operates airports; and develops, finances, and operates power transmission lines and renewable energy generation plants, as well as offers mobility and waste management plants and services to the mining industry in Chile. In addition, the company promotes, constructs, and operates energy generation and transmission infrastructures. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
FER operates in the Construction | approximately 24,566 employees | led by CEO Ignacio Madridejos Fernandez.
$30.3 billion 8.4x P/E 6.5x EV/EBITDA 1.6% ROE 0.5% rev. growth 2.0% yield
Our six-factor quantitative model, which ranks 7,333 publicly traded U.S. companies on quality, value, momentum, investment efficiency, financial stability, and short interest positioning, assigns Ferrovial SE a Strong Buy rating with a composite score of 76/100 — placing it at rank #4 in the entire universe.
What makes this rating noteworthy is not any single exceptional factor, but the breadth of strength across the profile. Ferrovial SE's dominant factor is stability at 95/100, followed closely by value at 94/100. The one area of relative weakness is investment efficiency at 47/100, though this is more than compensated by strength elsewhere.
At $30.3 billion, Ferrovial SE operates in the Construction sector where it ranks 1st out of 50 stocks — the 98th percentile among its peers. A dividend yield of 2.0% adds an income component to the total return thesis.
Quality Analysis
Ferrovial SE's quality score of 89/100 places it among the top profitability performers in the market. The quality factor evaluates margins, return on equity, return on assets, and earnings consistency — the fundamental building blocks of a durable business.
Return on equity of 1.6% trails the sector median of 15.0%. Gross margins of 87.8% reflect strong pricing power and competitive moats. Operating margins of 88.9% sit above the 8.0% sector average.
Net margins of 38.1% demonstrate that the company efficiently converts revenue into bottom-line profit.
Valuation Assessment
A value score of 94/100 puts FER in the top 6 percent of all stocks on cheapness — suggesting the market is significantly underpricing the company's fundamentals. Key valuation metrics include a P/E ratio of 8.4x, an EV/EBITDA of 6.5x, a price-to-sales of 3.2x. Deep value scores like this historically correlate with above-average forward returns, though they can also reflect legitimate concerns about business quality that the value factor does not capture.
Momentum & Timing
A momentum score of 74/100 shows FER is trending above average, with its stock price outperforming the majority of the market. This is not explosive, meme-stock-style momentum — it is the gradual, fundamental-driven kind that tends to persist.
Revenue growth of 0.5% provides a moderate fundamental underpinning. A beta of 0.65 means Ferrovial SE moves with less volatility than the market, which can be attractive for risk-conscious investors.
Our entry timing model currently signals Favorable, which warrants caution despite the price trend.
Risk Factors
No investment comes without risks, and honest analysis requires flagging them clearly:
- Leverage risk. A debt-to-equity ratio of 5.56 indicates significant leverage. In a rising rate environment or economic downturn, high debt loads can amplify losses and strain cash flow. Investors should monitor the company's ability to service its obligations.
- Model limitations. Quantitative models measure what is measurable — financial ratios, price trends, leverage — but cannot capture qualitative factors like management quality, competitive positioning, or pending litigation. This analysis should be supplemented with fundamental due diligence.
- Market regime risk. Factor-based strategies perform differently across market regimes. The current factor exposures that support Ferrovial SE's rating may become headwinds if the macro environment shifts — for example, if interest rates move sharply or if sector rotation accelerates.
Bottom Line
Ferrovial SE earns a Strong Buy rating with a composite score of 76/100 and 5 out of 5 stars, ranking #4 out of 7,333 stocks. The quantitative profile is among the strongest in the market — not because of any single factor, but because of consistent strength across multiple dimensions.
Stocks with this multi-factor profile have historically delivered above-average risk-adjusted returns over three to twelve month horizons. Whether that pattern holds for FER specifically is, of course, uncertain — quantitative models identify probabilities, not certainties.
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