PARSONS CORP · IT systems design

PSN

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The short version

A profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Profitable every year for 9 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 3.3% in 3 years

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 4.4% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (182 bought, 169 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$49.97+2.0% that day

Company value: $5.3B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 23.9x; You pay about $24 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.85x; Company value is 0.85 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 5%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 23%; Debt as a share of company value

From PSN's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Mar '26

$1.5B-4.1% vs a year earlier

Jun '23Tap a barMar '26

Last 12 months: $6.3B, down 6.9% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 10% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of PSN. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth-7% a yearRecently: -6.9% a yearProfit margin4%Last 12 months: 3.6%P/E at the end24xToday: 23.9x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-1% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$4.4B

Profit in 5 years$175M

Price these guesses point to$41.36-17% vs $49.97 todayAbout -3.7% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 4% margin and a 24x P/E, sales could shrink about 3.4% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.9.5%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.47x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.3.8%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 9 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$478.4M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-3.3% in 3 years

Revenue: $6.4B; -5.7% vs prior year
5-year growth: +10.2%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $1.2B; 0.47x equity
Current ratio: 1.75x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.