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Quanta Services, Inc. stock research

Mar 31, 2024

FY2024 Q1

Quanta Services (PWR) Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Mar 31, 2024

Revenue declined from the prior quarter but increased from the same quarter a year ago. Gross profit followed a similar pattern, yet gross margin weakened both sequentially and year-over-year as cost of revenue changed at a different rate than revenue.

Gross margin takeaway

Quarter ended Mar 31, 2024 · FY2024 Q1

Revenue declined from the prior quarter but increased from the same quarter a year ago. Gross profit followed a similar pattern, yet gross margin weakened both sequentially and year-over-year as cost of revenue changed at a different rate than revenue.

  • The strongest observable margin driver is the relative movement of cost of revenue versus revenue. The margin compression reflects that cost of revenue did not decline proportionally with the sequential revenue decrease and grew faster than revenue on a year-over-year basis.
  • Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin was lower. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin was also lower.

Gross margin snapshot

The selected quarter's reported revenue, gross profit, direct costs, and margin comparisons.

Gross margin

12.4%

Gross profit

$623.5M

Revenue

$5.0B

Cost of revenue

$4.4B

Quarter-over-quarter change

-1.3 pts

Year-over-year change

-0.6 pts

Quarterly gross margin trend

A four-quarter view of the revenue and direct-cost bridge behind gross margin.

PeriodRevenueGross profitCost of revenueGross margin
Jun 30, 2023$5.0B$724.1M$4.3B14.3%
Sep 30, 2023$5.6B$847.3M$4.8B15.1%
Dec 31, 2023$5.8B$792.5M$5.0B13.7%
Mar 31, 2024$5.0B$623.5M$4.4B12.4%

Quarterly comparisons

Compare the selected margin with the preceding quarter and the same fiscal quarter one year earlier.

Previous-quarter change

Dec 31, 2023

-1.3 pts

Year-over-year change

Mar 31, 2023

-0.6 pts

What the margin says

Filing-constrained interpretation of margin direction, comparisons, and what to monitor next.

The strongest observable margin driver is the relative movement of cost of revenue versus revenue. The margin compression reflects that cost of revenue did not decline proportionally with the sequential revenue decrease and grew faster than revenue on a year-over-year basis.

Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, gross margin was lower. Compared to the same quarter one year earlier, gross margin was also lower.

Monitor the trend in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue to assess whether margin pressure persists.

PWR Gross Margin — Quarter Ended Mar 31, 2024